Suspiria＜限定盤/Clear Purple Vinyl＞

オカルト/ホラー映画の第一人者Dario Argento監督作品サントラ制作Studioユニットから発展した名Italian Rockバンドの1つ、伊Cinevoxから発表された'77年作がクリアー・パープル・ヴィニール仕様180g重量盤限定アナログで'22年再発!
代表作の1つにして同名Horror Movie用サントラ盤として制作/発表、従来のスタイルはそのままに、タイトルを力強く連呼するchorusも強烈なタイトル曲を筆頭に、新たなスタイル/arr.も取り入れさらにスケールを増したAlbumです!!

Goblin's score to Dario Argento's Suspiria is a timeless, horrifying ride into crazed vibes and buzzing progressive rock. Billed as The Complete Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, this edition goes a bit overboard in its four redundant extra tracks. Before those final additions, Goblin kicks out the jazz-rock jams with cool aplomb and creates a number of genuinely unnerving compositions. Argento fans will swoon being able to hear Suspiria's terror centerpieces "Suspiria," "Witch," and "Sighs." "Suspiria" might contain some dated keyboard work, but the music rings like a demonic version of the score to The Exorcist. A wicked voice chants and hums along to the melody, before the song takes a prog rock departure nearly three minutes in. The song turns into something that Trans Am or their contemporaries might concoct on a better day; in that sense, Goblin's music is ahead of its time. "Witch" is equally creepy; it's the song that acts as the background to the movie's demented opening sequence. The song is as cinematic in its scope as Argento's brutal visuals. "Sighs" might one of the scariest songs ever recorded. Sounding like a throbbing didgeridoo nightmare, it's a monument to tension and suspense. On the remainder of the album, Goblin mostly strives for a cool jazz-rock hybrid. Suspiria works best for fans of the film, who will appreciate the terror of the songs more than newcomers who haven't experienced Argento's darkest creation. The score is as enjoyable removed from the movie as it is attached. Suspiria is quite an achievement, as a scary soundtrack and as a vibe-heavy rock album.

This stunning soundtrack from 1977 is the favorite of many a Goblin fan because it represents their sound carried to its most powerful and intense extremes. Suspiria was another score for their cinematic alter ego, director Dario Argento, and backed up the story of a girl who enrolls in a German dance academy only to discover it is a cover for a powerful coven of witches. The music is just as scary as the film itself, blending wailing electric guitar, whooping synthesizers, and screaming wordless cries into a spooky, bombastic sound that manages to be terrifying even without the benefit of the film's gruesome images. Suspiria has long been popular with heavy metal fans because it sports a hard-rocking edge equal in intensity to the scariest works of Black Sabbath or King Diamond: the title theme slowly builds a spooky riff on bells, acoustic guitar, and synthesizer until it erupts into a hard-rocking mid-section where nimble synthesizer solos spar with ghostly cries of "Witch! Witch!," and "Sighs" mixes panting, wordless vocals with an array of furious power chords to create an unbearably high level of suspense. Even when the score downplays the gothic rock theatrics on subtler tracks like "Black Forest" and "Blind Concert," the group's members still manage to create an intensely creepy atmosphere. The end result is an album that is guaranteed to please Goblin fans and is highly likely to appeal to fans of gothic and heavy metal sounds. [Collector's note: the 1997 CD reissue of Suspiria sports four bonus tracks, consisting of three alternate version of "Suspiria" and a slightly different version of "Markos."] ~ Donald A. Guarisco

『サスペリア』サウンドトラック(1977)
音楽 ゴブリン
監督 ダリオ・アルジェント
主演 ジェシカ・ハーパー、アリダ・ヴァリ

ゴブリン・サウンドといえば、代表作は『サスペリア2』 『ゾンビ』そして、この『サスペリア』。中でも、この『サスペリア』は、か弱い感じのメロディに悪魔の声?のようなヴォイスが追いかける、という最も具体的に怖さを盛り立てるサウンド。ダイナミック で美しく激しい、様式美なロック・インストゥルメンタル。70年代の映画音楽をかえた一枚としても、記念碑的傑作。 (C)馬場敏裕