Suspiria (soundtrack)
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The soundtrack to the film Suspiria
was composed and performed by the Italian
band Goblin
. A single version of the title track, "Suspiria", was released with the B-side "Blind Concert".
The title song from the soundtrack was featured in the trailer for the 2011 film Jane Eyre
.
Suspiria
Suspiria is a 1977 Italian horror film directed by Dario Argento and co-written by Argento and Daria Nicolodi. The film follows an American ballet student who transfers to a prestigious dance academy in Germany, only to discover that it is controlled by a coven of witches. The film's score was...
was composed and performed by the Italian
Italy
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band Goblin
Goblin (band)
Goblin are an Italian progressive rock band known for their soundtracks for Dario Argento films ....
. A single version of the title track, "Suspiria", was released with the B-side "Blind Concert".
The title song from the soundtrack was featured in the trailer for the 2011 film Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre (2011 film)
Jane Eyre is a 2011 British romantic drama film directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and starring Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender. The screenplay is written by Moira Buffini based on the 1847 novel of the same name by Charlotte Brontë...
.
Track listing
- "Suspiria" – 6:01
- "Witch" – 3:12
- "Opening to the Sighs" – 0:32
- "Sighs" – 5:16
- "Markos" – 4:05
- "Black Forest" – 6:08
- "Blind Concert" – 6:16
- "Death Valzer" – 1:51
- Bonus tracks
- "Suspiria [Celesta and Bells]" – 1:34
- "Suspiria (Narration)" – 1:48
- "Suspiria (Intro)" – 0:32
- "Markos [Alternate Version]" – 4:09
2007 Digipak Edition Track listing
- "Suspiria" – 6:01
- "Witch" – 3:12
- "Opening to the Sighs" – 0:32
- "Sighs" – 5:16
- "Markos" – 4:05
- "Black Forest (Blind Concert Original Film Edit)" – 12:35
- "Death Valzer" – 1:51
- "Suspiria (Celesta and Bells)" – 1:34
- "Suspiria (Narration)" – 1:48
- "Suspiria (Intro)" – 0:32
- "Markos (Alternate Version)" – 4:09
- "Suspiria (Alternate Version)" – 3:51
Personnel
- Agostino Marangolo: drums, percussion, vocals
- Massimo MoranteMassimo MoranteMassimo Morante is an Italian musician. He was the guitar player for the Italian progressive rock band Goblin. Goblin provided soundtracks for several horror films, including Dario Argento's Deep Red and Suspiria , and George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead .-External links:...
: Electric guitars, Acoustic guitars, bouzoukiBouzoukiThe bouzouki , is a musical instrument with Greek origin in the lute family. A mainstay of modern Greek music, the front of the body is flat and is usually heavily inlaid with mother-of-pearl. The instrument is played with a plectrum and has a sharp metallic sound, reminiscent of a mandolin but...
, vocals - Fabio PignatelliFabio PignatelliFabio Pignatelli is an Italian musician. He was the bass guitar player for the defunct Italian progressive rock band Goblin. Goblin provided soundtracks for several horror films, most famously Dario Argento's Suspiria and George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead...
: Fender Precision BassFender Precision BassThe Fender Precision Bass is an electric bass.Designed by Leo Fender as a prototype in 1950 and brought to market in 1951, the Precision was the first electric bass to earn widespread attention and use. A revolutionary instrument for the time, the Precision Bass has made an immeasurable impact on...
(fretless), Rickenbacker bass (fretted), TablaTablaThe tabla is a popular Indian percussion instrument used in Hindustani classical music and in popular and devotional music of the Indian subcontinent. The instrument consists of a pair of hand drums of contrasting sizes and timbres...
, Acoustic guitar, vocals - Claudio SimonettiClaudio SimonettiClaudio Simonetti is an Italian composer who has specialized in the scores for Italian and American horror films since the 1970s.- Biography :...
: MellotronMellotronThe Mellotron is an electro-mechanical, polyphonic tape replay keyboard originally developed and built in Birmingham, England in the early 1960s. It superseded the Chamberlin Music Master, which was the world's first sample-playback keyboard intended for music...
(presets: 3-Violins, church organ and 8-Choir), ElkaGeneralmusicGeneralmusic is an Italian musical instrument manufacturing company focusing on digital and acoustic pianos, synthesizers and arranger workstations...
organ, Logan violin, CelestaCelestaThe celesta or celeste is a struck idiophone operated by a keyboard. Its appearance is similar to that of an upright piano or of a large wooden music box . The keys are connected to hammers which strike a graduated set of metal plates suspended over wooden resonators...
, Fender RhodesRhodes pianoThe Rhodes piano is an electro-mechanical piano, invented by Harold Rhodes during the fifties and later manufactured in a number of models, first in collaboration with Fender and after 1965 by CBS....
Electric pianoElectric pianoAn electric piano is an electric musical instrument.Electric pianos produce sounds mechanically and the sounds are turned into electrical signals by pickups. Unlike a synthesizer, the electric piano is not an electronic instrument, but electro-mechanical. The earliest electric pianos were invented...
, Grand piano, Moog synthesizers (MinimoogMinimoogThe Minimoog is a monophonic analog synthesizer, invented by Bill Hemsath and Robert Moog. It was released in 1970 by R.A. Moog Inc. , and production was stopped in 1981. It was re-designed by Robert Moog in 2002 and released as Minimoog Voyager.The Minimoog was designed in response to the use of...
and System 55Moog modular synthesizerMoog modular synthesizer refers to any of a number of monophonic analog modular synthesizers designed by the late electronic instrument pioneer Dr. Robert Moog and manufactured by R.A Moog Co...
) - Antonio Marangolo: SaxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
(on "Black Forest") - Maurizio Guarini (uncredited): Additional Keyboards, including the Moog synthesizers and other keyboards listed on Roller