sorry but this is a mint re-writing of Guiseppe Verdi's famous chorus of the hebrew slaves from the opera "Nabucco". very original, experimental and just adds to what is already a great soundtrack.
If ever there were a perfect spot for overplaying, it's under an Argento flick. In a normal film, this music would be horribly out of place, calling attention to itself like a stroboscopic tie. But because Argento wants sensory overload, the music works -- the annoying synth melody is fun simply because *no one does that*. The only sad part: that a man who played and wrote for piano that well could have such awful taste in sound. Also: The piece sounds like a 5/8 version of "America."
This is one of the freakiest rock scores for a horror movie that you are likely to hear. Its sort of weird, unnerving and gives you shivers, like the movie! Emerson stuck knives into the keyboard as he was composing this giving it that grating metallic sound.
It's definitely not one of my favorites. The electric guitar is excruciating for the ears. Eventhough the melody is good, that guitar ruins the whole thing. I can't imagine why they thought it would be a good idea to leave it into the song.
Not that it's bad for the scene but when you listen to it separately, it's hard to enjoy it.
Sometimes in Argento's movie, the music gets a little out of place, especially in Phenomena and Opera, but that doesn't ruin the movie, because Argento is AWSOME !!
hell... that's not a guitar!!! it's just a guitar sound on the moog!!! I can assure you since I'm a guitar player and the dynamics of playing in that song are absolutely those of a keyboard...
I don't think it's annoying. Wakeman chose that sound cause it's full of "glissato" that mimics better a singing voice thus rendering better the lyrical nature of the melody that is based on that of "VA PENSIERO" from Verdi's NABUCCO
@Joorum I actually think it's a wicked deadly synth lead, it could cut through steel ... perhaps it's just used in the wrong context here. As a point of interest, the main melody is (to my ears) clearly adapted from the "Va pensiero" chorus from Verdi's Nabucco.
I don't understand why some people laughed at it? Sure it may seemed a little out of place, but it was beautifully shot with a wonderful atmosphere. The whole movie is beautiful and creepy!
It happens sometimes in Argento's work, but you either forget it or it grows on you. Well, that's my case. But hey, the rest of the movie must have payed off.
I personally love and appreciate Argento's work at all costs. I'm Argento crazy LOL!
Fantastic!
wandererlain 13 hours ago
eccola che styleeeee
AndreaArgento 9 months ago
I think the guitar sounds sick. It's a Giallo soundtrack.. They gotta throw some crazy synth funk in there SOMEwhere!
wizenhiemr 9 months ago
¡¡¡AGUANTE KEITH EMERSON!!! ES LO MÁS
Y ESTO ES BIEN DE SU ESTILO
Si escuchan en el primer tema hay un sintetizador muy parecido al de Works, será la época, 77, 80...
ES UN CAPOOOOO
FUKIMAKAI 11 months ago
sorry but this is a mint re-writing of Guiseppe Verdi's famous chorus of the hebrew slaves from the opera "Nabucco". very original, experimental and just adds to what is already a great soundtrack.
so there.
johnnyboynitro 1 year ago
@TheSynthExperience Agreed; didja know he also helped with the soundtrack for "godzilla: final wars"?
smartlamppost 1 year ago
i kind of like it...... kind of
its so 70's: to completely "juxtapose" (as emerson has admitted) the scene with the music.
i dont know why but it works, a taxi ride isn't the most exciting thing and it might be annoying but so are taxi rides.
i think thats actually what emerson was going for
watch his interview about inferno
BADSYNE 1 year ago
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If ever there were a perfect spot for overplaying, it's under an Argento flick. In a normal film, this music would be horribly out of place, calling attention to itself like a stroboscopic tie. But because Argento wants sensory overload, the music works -- the annoying synth melody is fun simply because *no one does that*. The only sad part: that a man who played and wrote for piano that well could have such awful taste in sound. Also: The piece sounds like a 5/8 version of "America."
Fremglerk 1 year ago
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Fremglerk 1 year ago
Its like a Sub ELP score...not the best score from and Argento movie, the Goblin where more appropriate for is vision.
dansimsss 2 years ago
Tingle the spinal column!
odraconiandevil79 2 years ago
Hey, thanks for the thumbs-up, guys! Spread the Chaos Magick!
odraconiandevil79 2 years ago
Bookbinders Delight reminds me of the Evil Dead I&II soundtrack in places. Very similiar if you compare them.
odraconiandevil79 2 years ago
This is one of the freakiest rock scores for a horror movie that you are likely to hear. Its sort of weird, unnerving and gives you shivers, like the movie! Emerson stuck knives into the keyboard as he was composing this giving it that grating metallic sound.
odraconiandevil79 2 years ago
The taxi ride one was hilarious I remember laughing at that when I saw the movie
LuvBytesNBruises 3 years ago
It's definitely not one of my favorites. The electric guitar is excruciating for the ears. Eventhough the melody is good, that guitar ruins the whole thing. I can't imagine why they thought it would be a good idea to leave it into the song.
Not that it's bad for the scene but when you listen to it separately, it's hard to enjoy it.
Joorum 3 years ago
Sometimes in Argento's movie, the music gets a little out of place, especially in Phenomena and Opera, but that doesn't ruin the movie, because Argento is AWSOME !!
trickmeagain907 2 years ago 4
I agree completely!
Joorum 2 years ago
hell... that's not a guitar!!! it's just a guitar sound on the moog!!! I can assure you since I'm a guitar player and the dynamics of playing in that song are absolutely those of a keyboard...
ghostdog7575 2 years ago
Alright then, doesn't change the fact that it sounds annoying.
Joorum 2 years ago
I don't think it's annoying. Wakeman chose that sound cause it's full of "glissato" that mimics better a singing voice thus rendering better the lyrical nature of the melody that is based on that of "VA PENSIERO" from Verdi's NABUCCO
ghostdog7575 2 years ago
Emerson, not Wakeman
822vijay 2 years ago 2
shit!
sorry...
Lapsus!
ghostdog7575 2 years ago
@Joorum I actually think it's a wicked deadly synth lead, it could cut through steel ... perhaps it's just used in the wrong context here. As a point of interest, the main melody is (to my ears) clearly adapted from the "Va pensiero" chorus from Verdi's Nabucco.
hegelec 10 months ago
@ghostdog7575 i thought it was a guitar thru a synth or effect of somekind, either way its awesome
virusinsideus 11 months ago
@Joorum are you mad, that peice of music fried my brain, in the best way possible! i love the guitars haha
virusinsideus 11 months ago
@Joorum its not an electric guitar its a synthetizer
hatecrewsix2 10 months ago
I don't understand why some people laughed at it? Sure it may seemed a little out of place, but it was beautifully shot with a wonderful atmosphere. The whole movie is beautiful and creepy!
It happens sometimes in Argento's work, but you either forget it or it grows on you. Well, that's my case. But hey, the rest of the movie must have payed off.
I personally love and appreciate Argento's work at all costs. I'm Argento crazy LOL!
trickmeagain907 2 years ago 2