What more can be said by me? Not much...

What can I add to all the information about the Giallo? If you found this site, then you know what a Giallo is. I wish I could add some new piece of information that someone else hasn't already written else where. I plan on putting together some selected links to sites that I find interesting on Giallos. Kino Eye has a great article on an introduction to the Giallo. Here is a link to that article: "Kinoeye: An introduction to the Italian 'giallo'". (They did stop publishing and the article was unavailable but it's back again, but the images were missing last time I checked.)

How did I find my way into the musical world of the Giallo? I read about these Italian directors, Fulci, Argento, Lenzi, and of course Mario Bava. I had seen a few of Bava's films as a kid but never thought more about them. It was with my introduction to the magazine Videowatchdog that I learned more about these films and who the directors were. This was pre-World Wide Web.

My first exploration was Lucio Fulci. It was not his Giallos that I had heard about but his horror films filled with gore. As I would watch these films I would hear the music and think this is really strange. The music is not what I was used to. It was cool yet seemed to be a bit out of place. I can remember the first Italian horror CD I bought and thought this isn't a horror films score! This isn't scary sounding! I had a lot to learn about Italian films and Italian film music. Over the years, I have become accustomed to the Italian way of film making.

Two of my favorite Argento films are TENEBRE and OPERA. I know that these two are not as popular as so many of his other films. I have often wondered if it's the music that makes these films more attractive me.

There are even scores that I bought I could not stand on first listen but then grew to like them. NON HO SONNO. It wasn't until I had listened to selected tracks that I began to appreciate the music. I only wish that the DVD was widscreen in the USA!