SCORED TO DEATH RADIO: PROFONDO GOBLIN: A HISTORY, PART 5—MORE WILD SESSIONS

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the band Goblin helped shape the sound of Italian and horror cinema, not only through their own scores but also through the many scores they played on for other composers. On this episode of Scored to Death Radio, host (and author) J. Blake Fichera continues…

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SCORED TO DEATH RADIO: PROFONDO GOBLIN: A HISTORY, PART 4—WILD SESSIONS

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the band Goblin helped shape the sound of Italian and horror cinema, not only through their own scores but also through the many scores they played on for other composers. On this episode of Scored to Death Radio, host (and author) J. Blake Fichera continues…

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SCORED TO DEATH RADIO: PROFONDO GOBLIN: A HISTORY, PART 3 – THE SOUNDTRACKS 1980-2001

The Italian progressive rock band Goblin found unexpected success throughout the mid to late 1970s as one of their country’s premiere film score creators—crafting music that helped shape the sound of horror films to this day. However, stereotyping and creative tensions caused the group’s line-up of members to change frequently…

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SCORED TO DEATH RADIO: PROFONDO GOBLIN: A HISTORY, PART 2 – THE SOUNDTRACKS 1978-1979

After finding success scoring, Dario Argento’s wildly popular Deep Red (aka Profondo Rosso) (1975) and Suspiria (1977), the previously unknown Italian progressive rock band Goblin were suddenly overnight rock stars, as well as in-demand film composers. On this episode of Scored to Death Radio, host [and author] J. Blake Fichera…

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SCORED TO DEATH RADIO: PROFONDO GOBLIN: A HISTORY, PART 1 – THE SOUNDTRACKS 1975-1977

In 1975, one of Italy’s biggest and most innovative filmmakers asked a group of unknown young musicians to record the score for his latest film and forever altered the course of film music. The filmmaker was Dario Argento, the film was DEEP RED [a.k.a. PROFONDO ROSSO], and the musicians were…

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