Dada Debaser's G.O.A.T Giallo Cuts

Goblin - Profondo Rosso

Profondo Rosso, aka Deep Red soundtrack (Italian TV appearance)

 

Pour yourself a glass of J&B and celebrate, 'cause Dada Debaser managed to compile a list of the best giallo tracks out there. With the knowledge of certain composers appearing more than once or twice, it just wouldn't feel right passing up what I consider the best tracks just for the sake of including other themes that aren't as good.

Bunch of classic Stelvio Cipriani themes mistakenly get thrown in whenever I see giallo soundtrack compiliations, like La Polizia Sta A Guardare and La Polizia Ha Le Mani Legate. They really belong under the politzioteschi umbrella or something altogether different, like Femina Ridens shouldn't be considered either of them.

Also, if you're wondering why nothing from Suspiria is on the list, then shame on you!

 

 Carlo Rustichelli - Main Theme (Blood and Black Lace, 1964)

 Ennio Morricone - L'uccello dalle Piume di Cristallo (The Bird With the Crystal Plumage, 1970)

Sante Maria Romitelli - Hatchet Shake (Hatchet for the Honeymoon, 1970)

Pierro Umilliani - Cinque Bambole Versione Coro (5 Dolls for an August Moon, 1970)

Stelvio Cipriani - Due Amanti (A Bay of Blood, 1971)

Stelvio Cipriani - Sensualmente (Death Walks on High Heels, 1971)

Ennio Morricone - Come Un Madrigale (Four Flies on Grey Velvet, 1971)

Ennio Morricone - Notte di Giorno (A Lizard in a Woman's Skin, 1971)

Bruno Nicolai - Seq. 1 (The Case of the Scorpion's Tail, 1971)

Nora Orlandi - Dies Irae (The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh, 1971)

Fiorenzo Carpi - Marialé (A White Dress for Marialé)

Stelvio Cipriani - La Morte Accarezza a Mezzanotte (Valentina) (Death Walks at Midnight, 1972)

Giorgio Gaslini - Cio' Che E' Scritto Nel Vento (So Sweet, So Dead, 1972) 

Ennio Morricone - Canto Della Campana Stonata (Who Saw Her Die? 1972)

Bruno Nicolai - Servizio Fotographico (The Red Queen Kills Seven Times, 1972)

Bruno Nicolai - Pursuited / Jennifer's Recall (The Case of the Bloody Iris, 1972)

Bruno Nicolai - Sabba Sequence 2 (All the Colours of the Dark, 1972)

Bruno Nicolai - Deadly Race (Your Vice is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key, 1972)

Riz Ortolani - Main Titles (Seven Blood-Stained Orchids, 1972)

Giafranco Plenzio - Voce D'Amore (The Cat in Heat, 1972)

Gianfranco Reverberi - End Montage (Delirium, 1972)

Teo Usuelli - Piacere Sequence, M36 (Amuck, 1972)

Guido & Maurizio De Angelis - Il Primo Omicidio (Torso, 1973)

Bert Pisano - Greta (Version 2) (Death Smiles on a Murderer, 1973)

Ennio Morricone - Bambole (Spasmo, 1974)

Goblin - Profondo Rosso (Deep Red, 1975)

Goblin - Death Dies (Deep Red, 1975)

Bruno Nicolai - Nell'assolata Alhambra (Eyeball, 1975)

Bert Pisano - Main Title (Strip Nude for Your Killer, 1975)

Riz Ortolani - Il Corpo di Linda (The Pyjama Girl Case, 1977)

Trans Europa Express - Seq. 1 (Watch Me When I Kill, 1977)

Franco Bixio, Fabio Frizzi & Vince Tempera - Sette Note in Nero (The Pyschic, 1977)

Alessandro Alessandroni - Seq. 4 (Killer Nun, 1979)

Claudio Simonetti, Massimo Morante & Fabio Pignatelle  - Main Titles (Tenebre, 1982)

Francesco De Masi - New York One More Day (The New York Ripper, 1982)

Dada Debaser Notes:

• Big up Bruno Nicolai for not only owning this particular slice of soundtrack heaven, but dominated 1972 with four separate stellar soundtracks. You can bet your life it was a tough time having to pick one tune in the Year by Ear challenge since Blaxploitation also ruled the roost, too.
• Il Maestro, Ennio Morricone will always be my numero uno soundtrack composer, since he's dabbled in so many diverse styles and still been able to deliver some top notch heat in the process.
• Trans Europa Express might very well be a Goblin rip-off, but mio Dio do all the tracks from the Watch Me When I Kill soundtrack slap like Franco Nero.