Claudio Simonetti's Goblin x 'Profondo Rosso'

Name: Claudio Simonetti's Goblin x 'Profondo Rosso' — VIDEODROOM 2025
Start: 2025-09-20T20:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-09-20T22:00:00+02:00
Location: De Vooruit

VIDEODROOM 2025

VIERNULVIER & Film Fest Gent

Sat 20.09

20:00 - 22:00

De Vooruit, Gent

THEATERZAAL

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We’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of cult horror classic Profondo Rosso (aka Deep Red) with a screening of the film — and a live score by none other than Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin.

It all starts on Christmas Eve, when a child witnesses a brutal murder. Twenty years later, a British pianist finds himself caught in a Hitchcockian web of mystery, paranoia and bloodshed, with a sultry, shadowy Rome as backdrop.

Exactly fifty years ago (1975) legendary Italian director Dario Argento delivered Profondo Rosso: the ultimate giallo film. This blood-soaked, baroque genre hit its peak in the gritty 1970s and is known for its twisted murder mysteries, masked killers with a thing for sharp objects, elegant victims, and — of course — buckets of blood. Because the “deep red” of the title most certainly does not refer to strawberry jam.

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Sure, names like Mario Bava, Sergio Corbucci and Lucio Fulci all contributed classics to the giallo canon. But no one left their mark quite like Dario Argento. No one choreographs a stylish killing spree quite like he does — flamboyant, kinetic, and dazzling in its violence.

Profondo Rosso is Argento’s crowning achievement following his giallo triptych The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970), The Cat o’ Nine Tails (1971), and Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1972) — all featuring scores by Ennio Morricone. But with Profondo Rosso, he upped the ante: adding unprecedented visual flair, a (relatively) coherent plot, and a brand-new musical signature.

This was the beginning of his long-standing collaboration with Italian prog rock band Goblin. Their nervy blend of jazz rock, psychedelia and occult energy proved the perfect sonic match for Argento’s murder fantasies. As the story goes, Argento spotted Goblin during a live show and asked keyboardist Claudio Simonetti to write “a couple of tracks.” By the next morning, Simonetti delivered two fully finished pieces. Argento was hooked — and commissioned the full score.

It turned out to be a masterstroke. The gothic synths and pounding bass of the title track, the jazzy dissonance of Death Dies (later sampled by Beck), and the hypnotic Mad Puppet all pushed the film to cult status. Goblin became Argento’s go-to soundtrack partner (Suspiria, Tenebrae...) and would go on to inspire artists like Air, Justice and Zombi.

Simonetti continued composing for horror films, formed a new incarnation of Goblin, and has since been touring the world with live scores. This marks the third time Claudio Simonetti’s Goblin takes the stage at our venue — after previous sold-out performances with Suspiria and Dawn of the Dead. This time, they’re bringing one of their all-time masterpieces.

Or as Slant Magazine put it:

“Deep Red is a riveting thriller whose secrets unravel like Freudian fever dreams. Its killer is everywhere, the camera all-seeing, and the claustrophobia is etched into every frame.”