FRIZZI TO FULCI 2025 - ZOMBIE THE COMPOSERS CUT

Composer, orchestrator and conductor, Fabio Frizzi, with more than a hundred soundtracks. between cinema and television series, winner of numerous awards, has followed in the footsteps of the masters of Italian cinema. From an early age he combined his innate musicality with the seventh art. A lover of the Baroque and of Johann Sebastian Bach, inspired by the works of Nino Rota, Carlo Rustichelli, Ennio Morricone, but also by the great international composers, he made his decision to pursue this career after having attended as an observer, thanks to Sergio Leone, to the recording of "Giù la testa" soundtrack. He studied the piano and many other instruments, but the great companion of a lifetime is the classical guitar. In addition to composing for the cinema, he has signed the music for numerous television series and variety shows for Italian television. He writes a lot for the theater and considers the creation of his many ballets as a jewel. The beginning of his career was marked by the success of an emblematic comedy of Italian cinema, FANTOZZI. Immediately after forming a composers trio with Franco Bixio and Vince Tempera, they created many movie scores together from 1976 to 1979. He worked alongside famous Italian directors, Luciano Salce, Steno, Vittorio Sindoni, Tonino Valerii, Gabriele Lavia, Bruno Corbucci, Carlo and Enrico Vanzina. A special mention deserves the collaboration with director Lucio Fulci, which lasted from 1975 to 1990, a real red thread in Frizzi's career, which gave him international visibility and appreciation among genre cinema lovers. “THE BEYOND”, “THE CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD”, “THE FOUR OF THE APOCALYPSE”, “THE SEVEN NOTES IN BLACK”, “THE SILVER SADDLE”. "ZOMBIE 2", "MANHATTAN BABY", "A CAT IN THE BRAIN" are the most popular titles. In 2003, Quentin Tarantino, a great fan of Lucio Fulci's cinema, included the main theme of "SEVEN NOTES IN BLACK" in the soundtrack of "KILL BILL: VOL 1", further solidifying Frizzi's impact on the world stage. Since 2008 he has had numerous international collaborations, writing the music for successful short films. Since 2013, he has been working with some American independent productions engaged in the horror sector. In 2018 Frizzi created the soundtrack for "PUPPET MASTER THE LITTLEST REICH" for Dallas Cinestate. In 2020, for the same production group, he wrote the music for another remake, "CASTLE FREAK" In 2013 the project "FRIZZI 2 FULCI" was born, a tribute to the cinema of Lucio Fulci. Frizzi, accompanied by a band of great musicians, after the legendary debut at the Union Chapel in London, tours the world with this show, which traces the entire musical history of the collaboration. The long suites of progressive rock flavor attract many fans everywhere, in Europe, North America, the Middle East... The project then grows with a second show, the live soundtrack of "THE BEYOND COMPOSER'S CUT", and in 2023, with a third show, "ZOMBIE COMPOSER'S CUT" the soundtracked screening with the band of the first horror film by Lucio Fulci. In October 2020 he published his autobiography "Fabio Frizzi - Backstage di un compositor" the story of half a century of love for music. The book was released in an American version and is being published in France and Spain. Since 2016 he has been collaborating with the US label Cadabra Records, writing music on the works of H.P.Lovecraft and E.A.Poe. Cadabra has also released the double album "THE BEYOND COMPOSER'S CUT" and "ZOMBIES THE COMPOSER'S CUT".