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Goblin was an Italian band who were known for their soundtracks on Dario Argento films (e.g. Deep Red of 1975 a.k.a. Profondo Rosso and Suspiria of 1977).

They were initially named Cherry Five and were influenced by Genesis and King Crimson. Their early work spawned one progressive rock record named after the band, until they were called in as replacements for Giorgio Gaslini, who had left the film Profondo Rosso after a conflict with director Dario Argento. They changed their name to Goblin and rewrote most of the score, including the famous main theme. The film, and the soundtrack album, were huge hits.

A reshuffle in their line-up followed, and then an progressive rock album Roller, before they got the chance to work with Argento again for Suspiria. The score’s nerve-jangling sounds and bizarre vocals have since become legendary. Other film soundtracks and a (Il Fantastico Viaggio Del Bagarozzo Mark) followed, then the score for the European version of George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead (1978).

Despite their success, more members of the band left. The line-up was altered again, but this time they struggled to maintain their credibility. What was left of the band continued to work on further soundtracks, but there was a partial reunification for Argento’s Tenebrae (1982) (although they were credited separately, not as Goblin).

In 2000, the group reformed to score the new Dario Argento thriller entitled Nonhosonno (Sleepless). After over 22 years of absence, their return was spectacular. The soundtrack was a great success and showed the group could still compose after such a long time apart, much to the fans delight.
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  • dr_bun

    I really love this band and the dario argento films they are associated with, surly one of if not their greatest piece is the track entilted goblin from the roller album.....

    Yesterday 4:08pm Reply

  • Tricksta_P

    Did you guys know that Goblin is Nilbog spelled backwards?

    16 May 11:48pm Reply

  • missionair

    have you heard Morte Macabre, solo Nicklas Barker stuff and Anima Morte? Zombie Zombie also make music inspired by classic horror scores.

    11 Apr 4:31pm Reply

  • adamcooleyisdea

    Does anyone know any good bands that resemble Goblin? At the top of my head, there is Zombi, Traditionalists ("Le Mani Destre Recise Degli Ultimi Uomini" is a soundtrack to a fake giallo), Giallo Flame, Conspirators, Point Line Plane... and I suppose avant-prog/rock in opposition bands like Dun and Ahvak resemble Goblin too. I'm not looking for similar film composers (though I do love me some Frizzi), just bands... proggy, bass and synth driven mainly.. thanks.

    3 Apr 6:16am Reply

  • adamcooleyisdea

    Don't know where else to post this but I highly reccomend checking out the SNES video game "Famicom Detective Club II: The Girl in Back"... it's a Japanese game that has been translated to English via a patch and it's available to download at emuparadise.me ... it's a detective visual novel game not unlike Hotel Dusk for the DS.. it's fucking amazing... it's developed by Nintendo and there are child murders in it! .... anyway. What's this have to do with Goblin you ask? Well, the theme song to FDCII:TGIB is a note-for-note ripoff of the Deep Red theme. Not just that but many other songs in the game are ripoffs of songs on the Deep Red OST, or they at least reuse the main melody. Not a coincedence as we're talking exact notes, song structure, amount of instruments, etc. The cool thing is that Super Metroid's composer did the OST, and he reuses samples from that game, so hearing Goblin's Deep Red score redone with Super Metroid sounds is kinda awesome! Anyway... seek this game out!

    3 Apr 6:13am Reply

  • EIisabeth

    http://www.last.fm/group/Old+School+Movies

    18 Mar 6:25pm Reply

  • dr_bun

    lesbo makes me smile :)

    14 Mar 9:48pm Reply

  • m-saIami

    Latest Justin Greaves is awesome !!

    9 Mar 11:07am Reply

  • korchevsky

    SUSPIRIA

    5 Mar 8:03am Reply

  • snarfoogle

    Goblin ist Krieg

    9 Feb 6:44pm Reply

  • WINTERREICH666

    DON'T KNOW YOU, DON'T WANNA KNOW YOU

    26 Nov 2012 Reply

  • EWGENIYDYACONOW

    toyz never sleep http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU2WtFn5Ee0 = Goblin - Suspiria

    22 Nov 2012 Reply

  • Jealousheart

    Not bad, not bad

    7 Oct 2012 Reply

  • Cesareeeee

    one of the most beautiful italian band I have listening to

    8 Aug 2012 Reply

  • dries_k

    http://www.last.fm/music/New+Goblin

    31 May 2012 Reply

  • Itsuki_

    Li amo!

    9 May 2012 Reply

  • flowwwz

    love

    3 Apr 2012 Reply

  • Kuba084

    Their soundtrack to Zombi (actually is Dawn of the Dead) is simply awesome. The title track is already a classic tune (Zombi).

    19 Mar 2012 Reply

  • ladyinradiatorr

    <3

    26 Jan 2012 Reply

  • atiredmachine

    Lost in the Dark free Halloween compilation: http://holypagerecords.bandcamp.com/album/holy-page-halloween-compilation-2011

    27 Oct 2011 Reply
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