Rosso

The soundtrack to the film Deep Red was mainly composed and performed by the Italian progressive rock band Goblin. Director Dario Argento had originally contacted jazz pianist and composer Giorgio Gaslini to score the film, but he was unhappy with his output, deeming it "awful". After failing to get Pink Floyd to write music for the film, Argento turned back to Italy and found Goblin. In the final score, only three of Gaslini's original themes were retained; however, in the film's original theatrical release, Gaslini was given full composer credit for the entire score, while Goblin were wrongly credited only as performers [i.e. "Music by Giorgio Gaslini, performed by Goblin"]. This was corrected in subsequent home video releases. In 2005 and, then, in 2016 the complete film soundtrack was re-released on CD under the supervision of Claudio Simonetti. This release includes all the music featured in the film, as well as a remix of the main theme and two sound effects tracks from the film itself.

Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso - Garofano Rosso
EAC+LOG+CUE | APE: 435 MB | Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Virgin # 7866172 | Country/Year: Italy 2000, 1976
Genre: Rock | Style: Progressive Rock, RPI, Soundtrack

…Garofano Rosso is one of the best instrumental packages from the 70s progressive rock scene and should be seen as the latter and not the former. As such and especially because of its unique qualities, this is a prog collector's dream album. While some may lament Di Giacomo not presenting his dramatic voice, the music simply stands all the tests and proves once and for all, the mammoth talents of the musicians involved.

b. Celeste Rosso, 19 September 1926, Italy, d. 1994. As a teenager, Rosso ran away from home through parental pressure to pursue an academic career. After he was found playing trumpet in a Nice night spot, his parents relented, and he formed a small orchestra that garnered a work schedule beyond Italy to include, on one occasion, a tour of India. After a residency on Radio Turin, Rosso relocated to Rome where he became recognized as a formidable mainstream jazz player. Nevertheless, his fortune would be made in pop after he was contracted by Durium late in 1962. His debut single, ‘La Ballenta Della Tromba’, sold well nationally but 1963’s ‘Concerto Disperato’ - also self-composed - entered charts as far afield as Japan.