Migliardi, Mario
Matalo!
Calling all fans of cult soundtracks and genre-bending scores! Four Flies is thrilled to present a limited edition gatefold beauty containing the premiere vinyl release of the complete score to Matalo!, one of the most captivatingly unique Spaghetti soundtracks ever. Composer Mario Migliardi - who was also a conductor, pianist, and Hammond organist - throws out the rulebook for Italian Westerns. Prepare for a wild ride of psych-rock textures, swirling electronic filters, haunting reverbs, and concrete sounds - a sonic tapestry that seamlessly blends influences ranging from Jimi Hendrix to Luciano Berio. Migliardi masterfully combines traditional folk instruments like acoustic guitars and percussion with non-canonical electronic processing, creating an electro-acoustic alchemy that feels both fresh and timeless today, probably way more than it did in the 1970s. In particular, the Leslie filter, a hallmark in the Hammond organs popular at the time, is applied to the entire soundtrack, resulting in a very distinctive and dynamic phaser effect.