OST [Fabio Frizzi]- Lucio Fulci | Zombie | Composer's Cut

Label: Cadabra

Released 2023

For those who enjoyed the release of Fabio Frizzi's first Composer's Cut, in which he expanded and re-envisioned his score for Lucio Fulci's 1981 film, The Beyond, his sophomore outing will bring levels of delight and excitement previously thought unimaginable. In tackling Zombie (also known as Zombi 2 or Zombie Flesh Eaters), composer Frizzi has crafted something which feels familiar and new simultaneously. The story of how it came to be is truly necessary to really grasp just what Frizzi – as well as the members of his Frizzi 2 Fulci band, drummer Federico Tacchia, bassist Roberto Fasciani, guitarists Riccardo Rocchi and Francesco Saguto, and keyboardist Alessio Contorni – has done here. Whereas the Composer's Cut of The Beyond was crafted to be part of a version of the film wherein the original score had been completely removed, for Zombie, there was no such version. Thus, as the composer writes in his liners notes, he would have to “work over the old music by writing new themes that would be, so to speak, superimposed upon the old musical commentary, in effect creating something totally new, something almost unimaginable.” Thus, the tracks which make up the Zombie Composer's Cut are both reinterpretations of old themes – the title track, the percussion that tells of the immanent voodoo, the sequencer theme, and the harmonic rock sequence which accompanies the movie's goriest moments – while also crafting new music, such as “Afraid of Voodoo,” a completely new work which features the expert and haunting work of cellist Gennaro Della Monica.

Track listing:

1. The Boat Can Leave Now, Tell The Crew 
2. Paula's Eye 
3. Cut Off From The Rest Of The World 
4. Zombie Vs Policeman 
5. Zombies Wake Up And Walk 
6. Afraid Of Voodoo 
7. At The Door Of Menard's House 
8. Cemetery For Spanish Conquistadores
9. Gruesome Banquet 
10. Zombie Vs Shark 
11. Blood Under A Microscope 
12. Brooklyn Bridge (End Credits) 
13. These Islands, Voodooism, Zombies... 
14. Main Title