Aka The Fifth Cord, Giornata Nera Per L’ariete stars this site’s favourite Italian leading man, Franco Nero, as a reporter caught in a game of cat and mouse with a serial killer, and the score sits alongside other classic giallo compositions from The Maestro, such as What Have They Done To Solange and his Dario Argento Animal Trilogy (The Bird With The Crystal Plumage; Cat O’ Nine Tails; Four Flies On Grey Velvet).
This is Morricone at his creepy, dissonant best. The music unnerves you slowly and completely. Accompanied by the visuals directed by Luigi Bazzoni (The Possessed) and lensed by master of colour and light Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now), Morricone‘s score primes you for unbearable suspense.
Listen to the entire score here:
