8016158303469

Inferno (Crystal Vinyl Edition)

Keith Emerson

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Cat No: AMS34LPC

Format Details: Crystal Vinyl Edition

Release Date:  28 May 2021

Label:  AMS

Packaging Type:  Gate Fold Vinyl

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  8016158303469

Genres:  Rock  Progressive Rock  

  • Description

    Inferno is a 1980 Italian supernatural horror film written and directed by Dario Argento, and starring Irene Miracle, Leigh McCloskey, Eleonora Giorgi, Daria Nicolodi and Alida Valli. The plot follows a young man's investigation into the disappearance of his sister, who had been living in a New York City apartment building that also served as a home for a powerful, centuries-old witch. The cinematography was by Romano Albani, and Keith Emerson composed the film's musical score.

    A thematic sequel to Suspiria (1977), the film is the second installment of Argento's Three Mothers trilogy, though it is the first in the trilogy to explore the idea of the Three Mothers. The long-delayed concluding entry, The Mother of Tears, was released in 2007. All three films are partially derived from Thomas de Quincey's 1845 work Suspiria de Profundis, a collection of prose poetry in which he proposes the concept of three "Ladies of Sorrow" Unlike Suspiria, Inferno received a very limited theatrical release, thus unable to match the box office success of its predecessor. While initial critical response was mostly negative, its reputation has improved considerably over the years. Kim Newman has called it "perhaps the most underrated horror movie of the 1980s. In 2005, the magazine Total Film named Inferno one of the 50 greatest horror films of all time.

    Dario Argento chose progressive rocker Keith Emerson to compose Inferno's soundtrack because he wanted a different sort of score from that by Italian prog group Goblin on Suspiria. He wanted a more delicate sound. Argento prominently featured a selection from Giuseppe Verdi's Nabucco throughout Inferno, the Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves ("Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate"), an operatic chestnut, from scene two of the opera's third act. In two instances, a recording of the Sinphonic [sic] Orchestra and Chorus of Rome was used. Argento also tasked Emerson with including the piece in his soundtrack. He re-orchestrated "Va, pensiero..." in five-four time to mimic a "fast and bumpy" taxi ride through Rome When Argento reviewed Emerson's progress he did not initially recognize the remix, but was later used for Sara's taxi ride.

    A soundtrack album was originally released as an LP in 1980 on Atlantic Records (K 50753), and by the Cinevox label in 1981, In 2000, Cinevox released an expanded version of the album on vinyl. The final is "Cigarettes, Ice, Etc." on which Emerson uses his full keyboard arsenal to excellent effect.

    Re-released in 180g Vinyl Crystal Clear Ltd Ed in May 2021

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Inferno Main Title Theme
      • 2. Rose's Descent Into The Cellar
      • 3. Taxi Ride Rome
      • 4. The Library
      • 5. Sarah In The Library Vaults
      • 6. Brookbinders Delight
      • 7. Rose Leaves The Apartment
      • 8. Rose Gets It

      Side 2

      • 1. Elisa's Story
      • 2. A Cat Attic Attack
      • 3. Kazanians Tarantella
      • 4. Marks Discovery
      • 5. Mater Tenebrarum
      • 6. Inferno Finale
      • 7. Cigarettes Ices Etc