Description

First time ever on vinyl the entire score to Nicoles classic giallo score pressed on 2 x 180g Black vinyl records housed inside a 425gsm gatefold sleeve.

Art and Layout by Eric Adrian Lee, Mastered for vinyl by James Plotkin.

Death Waltz Recording Co. is ecstatic to be able to shock and thrill you once again with another classic slice of senseless violence and beautiful melodies from the giallo playbook with Bruno Nicolais score to the 1971 Sergio Martino mystery THE CASE OF THE SCORPIONS TAIL (a.k.a. LA CODA DELLO SCORPIONE). After Lisa Baumers husband dies in an airplane explosion, she becomes the beneficiary of a huge life insurance payout in his name. But things are never as they seem, and after being confronted by her husbands mistress demanding a cut, Lisa is murdered, leaving an insurance detective and crime scene photographer to solve the titular whodunnit.

Doubling the films effectiveness is the hypnotic score by Nicolai, who himself was a master veteran of the genre with soundtracks for ALL THE COLOURS OF THE DARK, THE CASE OF THE BLOODY IRIS, and THE RED QUEEN KILLS SEVEN TIMES. TAIL opens with the main theme, a haunting melody on guitar that repeats while a thick bass lurks in the background to underline the hard edge that comes with the genre tropes. A beautiful jazzy waltzing piece on strings and piano brings some real class while electronics and brass provide nailbiting tension, which Nicolai capitalises on with avant-garde jazz techniques, the omnipresent bass grounding the more surreal and dissonant elements. A soundtrack enthusiasts wet dream, THE CASE OF THE SCORPIONS TAIL is one of the greatest scores ever recorded.

Charlie Brigden Editor, Films On Wax.