PAURA IS "FEAR" IN ITALIANO

Released by Decca Records on October 1, 2021 on CD and vinyl, "Paura: A Collection of Italian Horror Sounds" is a set of mostly short pieces from the soundtracks of Eurohorror films during their heyday from the 70's and 80's. Distinctive for their moody and atmospheric melodies and ambient sounds, they remain popular, in large part due to the work of Ennio Morricone and Goblin. The title, "Paura", is the italian term for "fear".

From Decca Records:

PAURA explores the horror repertoire from the precious CAM Sugar archives taking us on a hypnotic journey into the labyrinths of fear, through the different variations that Italian horror took on from the esoteric and supernatural to the slasher films of the early 1970s; to reinterpretations of Romantic literature and gothic fiction to the splatter films of the ‘80s; and from witchcraft to metropolitan horror This is not a real “best of” but an eclectic menu full of mysterious voices, childlike lullabies, sweet melodies, obsessive music boxes, obstinate harpsichords, crazy distortions and threatening synthesizers, conceived as a succession of sequences, as if a film edit The new collection includes some of the most creative music ever written and strives to do justice not only to some of the best known composers in this genre, but also to many great unsung composers: From celebrated composers like Ennio Morricone, Riz Ortolani & Stelvio Cipriani to long-forgotten personalities who fed the industrial backbone of Italian cinema such as Daniele Patucchi, Marcelo Giombini & Berto Pisano Includes 6 previously unreleased tracks plus 3 tracks released on vinyl for the first time and 5 tracks available commercially for the first time (originally released only as a limited promo item)

TRACKLIST:

1. Ennio Morricone – Mio Caro Assassino from MIO CARO ASSASSINO / MY DEAR KILLER (1971)  
2. Bruno Nicolai – La Notte che Evelyn Uscì dalla Tomba (Long Version) feat. Edda Dell’Orso from LA NOTTE CHE EVELYN USCÌ DALLA TOMBA / THE NIGHT EVELYN CAME OUT OF THE GRAVE (1971)  
3. Bruno Nicolai – La Dama Rossa Uccide Sette Volte (Edit) from LA DAMA ROSSA UCCIDE SETTE VOLTE / THE RED QUEEN KILLS SEVEN TIMES (1972)  
4. Stelvio Cipriani - Tribal Shake from REAZIONE A CATENA / A BAY OF BLOOD (1971)  
5. Stelvio Cipriani – Il Sesso del Diavolo (Finale) from IL SESSO DEL DIAVOLO / SEX OF THE DEVIL (1971)
6. Stelvio Cipriani – Deviation - M1 from DEVIATION (1971)  
7. Riz Ortolani – L’Etrusco Uccide Ancora (Titoli) from L’ETRUSCO UCCIDE ANCORA / THE DEAD ARE ALIVE! (1972)  
8. Daniele Patucchi – Giallo in Tensione from FRANKENSTEIN ‘80 (1972) 
9. Ennio Morricone – Ansimando feat. Edda Dell’Orso from MACCHIE SOLARI / AUTOPSY (1975)  
10. Manuel De Sica - Black Dream from MYSTERY TOUR (1985)  
11. Paolo Gatti, AlfonSo Zenga – Cerro Torre from CESARE MAESTRI: IL RAGNO DELLE DOLOMITI (1980)  
12. Berto Pisano - Greta from LA MORTE HA SORRISO ALL’ASSASSINO / DEATH SMILES ON A MURDERER (1973)  
13. Sante Maria Romitelli - Bambola Sensuale from LA ROSSA DALLA PELLE CHE SCOTTA / THE SENSUOUS DOLL (1972)
14. Adolfo Waitzman – Languidamente from PENSIONE PAURA / HOTEL FEAR (1978)  
15. Nico Fidenco – Il Demonio in Convento from IMMAGINI DI UN CONVENTO / IMAGES IN A CONVENT (1979)  
16. Ettore De Carolis - Flavour of Death from IL CAVALIERE, LA MORTE E IL DIAVOLO (1983)  
17. Marcello Giombini – Un Gioco per Eveline – M11 from UN GIOCO PER EVELINE (1971) 
18. Carlo Maria Cordio - Absurd from ROSSO SANGUE / ABSURD (1981)  
19. Stelvio Cipriani – Devil Dance – 1:20 performed by Goblin from UN’OMBRA NELL’OMBRA / RING OF DARKNESS (1979)  
20. Daniele Patucchi – E Tanta Paura – M2 from E TANTA PAURA / PLOT OF FEAR (1976)
21. Marcello Giombini – Orinoco: Prigioniere del Sesso – M19 from ORINOCO: PRIGIONIERE DEL SESSO (1980)
22. Franco Micalizzi - Bargain With The Devil #3 from CHI SEI? / BEYOND THE DOOR (1974) 
23. Stefano Liberati - The Prophecy (Vers. A) from I PENSIERI DELL’OCCHIO (1978)  
24. Luigi Ceccarelli – Walking Through The Shadows from DIFENDIMI DALLA NOTTE (1981)  
25. Daniele Patucchi – Minaccia Sulla Città – from BELVE FEROCI / WILD BEASTS (1984)

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