Absurd (Rosso Sangue) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2XLP

Death Waltz Recording Company, in conjunction with PentaMusic, is proud to unleash another cult classic from the video nasty era (and their first in an ongoing series from the legendary CAM Records in Italy) with Carlo Maria Cordio’s musical score to Joe D’Amato’s notorious ABSURD (aka ROSSO SANGUE).

A pseudo-sequel to ANTHROPOPHAGUS, ABSURD reunited D’Amato with star George Eastman, and brought the action from Greece to America, where the near-invincible Mikos escapes from a hospital to go on another exceptionally gory killing spree. Using drills, band saws, axes, scissors, and even an oven, Mikos terrorizes the kids of an Italian American family, until he gets his inevitable comeuppance courtesy of a well placed drawing compass.

Mondo Site exclusive: Disc 1 Smokey Clear/Red swirl, Disc 2 Smokey Clear/Black swirl (Limited one time pressing). Also pressed on Black Vinyl.

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Carlo Maria Cordio’s score is centred around a versatile seven-note piano riff that gets an amazing amount of use without ever feeling too stale or repetitive. Cordio augments the riff in interesting and varied ways, sometimes going down the Goblin route with the big and impactful percussion and the funk beats, with a healthy dose of synth, or going for a bit of a chilled out proto-LETHAL WEAPON tune, with noodling electric guitar. Tension is the order of the day much of the time, with synths, an electric keyboard, and a snare drum being Cordio’s weapons. If you love your prog-rock horror music, ABSURD will be right up your alley. Just leave the axe at home, no?