Dario Argento

I guess I prefer psychological horror, while this was entirely visceral. Brilliantly so -- baroque sets dripping with deep reds, explicit, over-the-top shots of stabbings, maulings, and a woman writhing in a nest of razor wire. But the stiff dialogue and thin plot didn't quite work for me the way it seems to have for others. I can see how it might have been intended as a kind of Brechtian distancing effect, but it left me feeling like I was just eating my cinematic vegetables, watching something because it's an iconic part of film history but not really feeling engaged.… (más)

Product Details

* Audio CD (November 21, 2000)
* Format: Soundtrack, Import
* Label: King Japan
* ASIN: B00004Y801
* Average Customer Review: based on 6 reviews. (Write a review.)
* Amazon.com Sales Rank: #83,630 in Music (See Top Sellers in Music)
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Track Listings
1. Suspiria
2. Witch
3. Opening to the Sighs
4. Sighs
5. Markos
6. Black Forest
7. Blind Concert
8. Death Valzer
9. Suspiria [Celesta and Bells]
10. Suspiria (Narration)
11. Suspiria (Intro)
12. Markos [Alternate Version]
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Re-Issued with Four Bonus Tracks: Suspiria (Celesta and Bells), Suspiria (Narration), Suspiria (Intro), and Markos (Alternate Version).
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Great Soundtrack but Get the DVD Instead, August 4, 2005
Reviewer: Robert W. Gomez "r0bertg0mez" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This is a great soundtrack, but you can save your money and get a lot more by purchasing the Anchor Bay 25th Anniversary DVD Set of the movie. It includes this soundtrack in addition to the movie, a making-of documentary and booklet. And it costs less than this import CD.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
Goblin soundtracks Dario Argento's opus., June 25, 2005
Reviewer: Joseph P. Ulibas "Jesus of Cool" (Sacramento, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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Suspiria was Dario Argento's opus. This was a ground breaking movie. It was a visual and audio attack on the senses. He used sight and sound like no other film maker has before ( or since). What made the film remarkable was
the synth pounding music from Goblin. A drum and synth driven soundtrack that was mixed VERY LOUD. The title track as eerie spoken word verses spoken by Claudio Simonetti (the band's leader and keyboard/synth player) because of his command of the english language. As a stand alone disc it's just as creepy. Dario Argento arranged and conducted some of the music (to keep it flowing to the movie) as well. Argento and Goblin made one hell of a team. From time to time, Goblin would reunite with Simonetti and compose music for Dario Argento as a favor to the man who made them world famous.

Highly recommended.… (más)