Lucio Fulci, (b.1927, Rome) remains as controversial in death as he was in life, achieving notoriety for his gore epics of the late ’70’s / early ’80’s. In 1979, Fulci’s film making career hit a high point, breaking into the international market with “Zombi 2” (1979), an in-name-only sequel to George A. Romero’s “Zombi” (1978). With its flamboyant imagery, graphic gore and moody atmospherics, the film established Fulci as a gore director par excellence. Fulci’s camera technique, and the decayed splendour of his art design, make the films more than just a gross endurance test. His opus latifundium is the “Trilogy Of Death”: “Paura Nella Città Dei Morti Viventi” (City Of The Living Dead, 1980), “L’aldila” (The Beyond, 1981), and “Quella Villa Accanto Al Cimitero” (House By The Cemetery, 1981). Fulci passed away at his home on 13th March 13 1996 at the age of 68.
This compilation, dedicated to Fulci’s “Trilogy Of Death”, a unique and unrepeatable corpus in the history of Italian supernatural cinema, tries to imagine an alternative soundtrack for those movies. The souls of Fulci’s movies are evoked by musicians: Nàresh Ran, Mario Lino Stancati, Kloob, Bad Girl, DuoSerpe, Sara Fontana, Progetto No Name – through electroacoustic, dark ambient, concrete music, prog-rock, and drone music. Some have kept in mind lessons of the master Fabio Frizzi, composer of the original soundtracks, while others escaped any attempt to revive that glorious tradition and interpreted Fulci’s horror universe in a totally contemporary way.
Available now as a Ltd CD of 200 copies in a 6-panel digipak as well as a Digital album.
