GOBLIN Phenomena LP horror soundtrack 80's dark synth prog Dario Argento umberto

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GOBLIN Phenomena LP

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(AMS / Cinevox)
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    Although classic Goblin scores like Suspiria and Profondo Rosso have continued to remain in print off and on throughout the years, the band's music for Dario Argento's 1985 black fantasy Phenomena had up until now been unavailable on vinyl since the late 80s. Largely considered to be one of Argento's lesser works from the era, Phenomena nevertheless remains one of my all-time favorite films from the maestro, and it's certainly one of his strangest. Featuring the innocent, luminous beauty of a young Jennifer Connelly in one of her earliest starring roles, the film plays out in a sequence of increasingly terrifying events that feel like fragments of a waking dream, a surreal tale of entomological telepathy, acts of brutal butchery and decapitation, hidden abominations, chimpanzee mayhem, and oodles of teenage angst. Yeah, it doesn't have the wild stylistic genius of Suspiria, but it's still one of Argento's films that I end up re-watching on at least a yearly basis, and a big part of the film's appeal for me is the score. Granted, due to some last minute scrambling, the soundtrack for Phenomena ended up being a real hodgepodge, but it's also the only Argento film where you'll hear the sinister prog rock of Italy's Goblin appearing side by side with original compositions from composer Simon Boswell, Iron Maiden's "Flash of the Blade", and solo material from Andi Sexgang of British goth rock pioneers Sex Gang Children.
    Thanks to the recent resurgence of interest in Goblin's music, their contributions to that soundtrack have finally been resurrected via Italian label AMS, assembling all of the Goblin-related music for Phenomena in a gorgeous new gatefold configuration. On previous releases, the original score has alternately been attributed to legendary spook-prog masters Goblin and to the individual members Claudio Simonetti and Fabio Pignatelli, when it reality it's a compilation of music from all three. The score features a pair of solo pieces from Simonetti and Pignatelli, with the rest of the material recorded under the Goblin name, albeit an extremely pared-down version of the band. It's also a much different style from their previous scores, with a large amount of 80's metal bombast informing much of this stuff. I love it when the guys in Goblin go "metal", but many fans were turned off by the less "prog", more rock approach they took to these tracks. There's still quite a bit of that classic Goblin vibe though: Claudio Simonetti's "Phenomena" theme is a rollicking mix of operatic female vocals, gothic prog overload and thunderous heavy metal drumming, and is one of the standout tracks, while the various other pieces prominently feature screaming guitar leads and more of that pounding percussion, alternating between moodier instrumental pieces and pulsating, atmospheric rock tracks. You won't find much of that witchy, Suspiria-style prog, this is much more of a glossy 80's style synth-rock soundtrack, but there are still some great moments of nocturnal creepiness and gothic delirium found on tracks like "The Wind". Pignatelli's "Insects" is one of the most experimental tracks, swarming with mesmeric electronics and rushing Alpine winds that create a dark, dreamlike driftscape, while the ominous, propulsive power of "Sleepwalking" and "Jennifer's Friend" both feel as if they were heavily influenced by what Tangerine Dream were doing around the same time, teeming with lush synth melodies and deep grooves. Since the Goblin guys were enlisted to produce music for the film in a last-minute rush to embellish the soundtrack, their contribution to the score is really only about eighteen minutes long, but it's all strong stuff, some of it continuing to be some of my favorite material from the band.
    That original Simonetti / Pignatelli / Goblin score makes up the entire a-side of AMS's new LP edition, while the other side contains alternate versions of the various tracks used throughout the film and during the end credits sequence, and also includes a short solo piano version of Simonetti's hauntingly lovely "Phenomena" theme. It's a great new edition of this oft-overlooked Goblin score that longtime fans of the film will especially enjoy, and AMS's reissue looks terrific, housing the LP in a glossy gatefold jacket that features the original gorgeous one-sheet artwork, reproductions of the different VHS box art variations (which of course includes that iconic image of a half-decomposed Connelly, her hand outstretched and surrounded by swarms of hellish insects - anyone who frequented the horror aisle at the video store back in the 1980's knows that one all too well...), and includes liner notes from Goblin historian Fabio Capuzzo. On black vinyl.   © CRUCIAL BLAST
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