Description

The second instalment of a devoted series of vinyl releases focussing on Italian composer Bruno Nicolais soundtrack music to the films of Edwige Fenech.

This 10 LP opens up with one of the composers greatest Giallo theme tunes from his recorded golden era, containing all of those characteristic traits as previously heard on Finders Keepers De Sade and Conte Dracula releases.

The final film in the Luciano Martino produced series of Edwige Fenech / George Hilton 1970s horror vehicles, The Case Of The Bloody Iris (released in Italy as What Are Those Strange Drops Of Blood Doing On Jennifers Body?) remains a key feature for Italian soundtrack fans and pre-cert VHS enthusiasts alike.

Recorded in just two days in July 1972 at the seminal Ortophonic studio in Rome (birthplace of Goblins Roller, Alessandronis Cops Blood as well as recordings by Morricone, Vangelis and The New Trolls), Nicolais entirely instrumental score for The Case Of The Bloody Iris is the result of a composer and his small orchestra free from outside influence. With heavy emphasis on the bass and rhythm led arrangements (mirrored through most of his exploitation soundtracks), this score balances the avant-garde stylings of the Morricone / Macci founded Gruppo di Improvvisazione di Nuova Consonanza set to an uptempo beat with awkward saccharine bossa interjections (which hardcore fans of the genre will associate with the work of Giorgio Gaslini, particularly Rivelazioni Di Un Maniaco Sessuale Al Capo Della Squadra Mobile, or Nicolais very own De Sade 70).

The soundtrack to The Case Of The Bloody Iris was never originally manufactured as a dedicated soundtrack album when the film was released in late 1972. These tracks are presented on vinyl here for the first time, including two recently uncovered theme variations that didnt make the final theatrical cut of the film.