{{short description|Italian musician and composer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Fabio Frizzi | image = Fabio Frizzi.JPG | caption = Frizzi in 2011 | background = non_performing_personnel | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|7|2|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Bologna]], [[Emilia-Romagna]], Italy | death_date = {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} | death_place = | occupation = [[Film composer]] | genre = [[Film score]] }} '''Fabio Frizzi''' (born 2 July 1951) is an Italian musician and [[composer]]. Born in [[Bologna]], [[Emilia-Romagna]], [[Italy]], he is best known for his [[film scores]] and was a frequent collaborator with horror director [[Lucio Fulci]].
Fabio is the older brother of the late television presenter [[Fabrizio Frizzi]].
==Selected filmography== Solo {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="width: 33px;" | Year ! style="width: 350px;" | Film ! style="width: 225px;" | Directed by ! style="width: 500px;" | Singles / Main Tracks ! style="width: 275px;" | Latest CD / Digital Release |- | rowspan="1" | 1974 | ''[[Amore libero - Free Love]]'' | [[Pier Ludovico Pavoni]] | Cinevox MDF 055: Ibu Ile / Coconut | Quartet Records / QRSCE012 / 2010 |- | rowspan="1" | 1978 | ''[[Manaos (film)|Manaos]]'' | [[Alberto Vázquez-Figueroa]] | | Beat Records / DDJ023 / 2012 |- | rowspan="3" | 1979 | ''[[7 Dangerous Women]]'' | [[Pedro Lazaga]] | | |- | ''[[Cindy's Love Games]]'' | [[Aldo Grimaldi]] | | |- | ''[[Zombi 2]]'' <ref name="Spencer" /> | [[Lucio Fulci]] | | Beat Records / CDX1035 / 2021 |- | rowspan="2" | 1980 | ''[[Contraband (1980 film)|Contraband]]'' | [[Lucio Fulci]] | Cinevox MDF 133: You Are Not The Same / The Smuggler | Beat Records / DDJ038 / 2015 |- | ''[[City of the Living Dead]]'' <ref name=Willis>{{cite book|last=Willis|first=Donald|title=Horror and science fiction films III|url=https://archive.org/details/horrorsciencefic0000will_f8a2|url-access=registration|year=1984|publisher=Scarecrow Press|location=Lanham, Maryland|isbn=0-8108-1723-3|pages=[https://archive.org/details/horrorsciencefic0000will_f8a2/page/110 110]}}</ref> | [[Lucio Fulci]] | | Beat Records / BCM9549 / 2014 |- | rowspan="1" | 1981 | ''[[The Beyond (1981 film)|The Beyond]]'' | [[Lucio Fulci]] | | Beat Records / CDCR 114 / 2011 |- | rowspan="4" | 1982 | ''[[Vieni avanti cretino]]'' | [[Luciano Salce]] | | Beat Records / DDJ03DLX / 2015 |- | ''[[Manhattan Baby]]'' | [[Lucio Fulci]] | | Beat Records / CDCR 112 / 2011 |- | ''[[Scorpion with Two Tails]]'' | [[Sergio Martino]] | | Cometa Edizioni Musicali / CMT 10022 / 2011 |- | ''[[La gorilla]]'' | [[Romolo Guerrieri]] | | |- | rowspan="5" | 1984 | ''[[Crime in Formula One]]'' | [[Bruno Corbucci]] | | Beat Records / DDJ26DLX / 2022 |- | ''[[Rolf (1984 film) |The Last Mercenary]]'' | [[Mario Siciliano]] | | CAM Digital / 2025 |- | ''[[Blastfighter]]'' | [[Lamberto Bava]] | | Beat Records / DDJ055 / 2023 |- | ''[[Cop in Drag]]'' | [[Bruno Corbucci]] | | Beat Records / DDJ11DLX / 2016 |- | ''[[Monster Shark|Devil Fish]]'' | [[Lamberto Bava]] | | Beat Records / DDJ044 / 2016 |- | rowspan="2" | 1986 | ''[[Stripped To Die]]'' | [[Gabriele Lavia]] | Mercury / 888256: We'll Die Together (3:35) / Sensi (2:48) | |- | ''[[Aladdin (1986 film)|Aladdin]]'' | [[Bruno Corbucci]] | | Digitmovies / CDDM118 / 2008 |- | rowspan="1" | 1990 | ''[[A Cat in the Brain|Cat in the Brain]]'' | [[Lucio Fulci]] | | Beat Records / CDCR 135 / 2017 |- | rowspan="1" | 1999 | ''[[Fantozzi 2000 – La clonazione]]'' | [[Domenico Saverni]] | | |- | rowspan="1" | 2002 | ''[[Febbre da cavallo - La mandrakata]]'' | [[Carlo Vanzina]] | | |- | rowspan="1" | 2012 | ''[[House of Forbidden Secrets]]'' | [[Todd Sheets]] | | |- | rowspan="1" | 2013 | ''The Cold Eyes of Death'' | [[Chris Milewski]] | | |- | rowspan="1" | 2014 | ''Violets Bloom at an Empty Grave'' | [[Chris Milewski]] | | |- | rowspan="1" | 2018 | ''[[Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich ]]'' | [[Sonny Laguna]], [[Tommy Wiklund]] | | |- |} Finnish singer [[Taiska]] used the melody of Frizzi's composition "Ibo lele" for her song, "[[Mombasa (song)|Mombasa]]".<ref>''L'Espresso'', Izd. 6-9. 2003. "''La musica originale sarebbe stata composta da Fabio Frizzi (fratello dello showman Fabrizio) per una cantante finlandese, tale Taiska, «una delle poche eroine nel misero panorama del pop finlandese».''”</ref>
With Bixio - Frizzi - Tempera {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="width: 33px;" | Year ! style="width: 350px;" | Film ! style="width: 225px;" | Directed by ! style="width: 500px;" | Singles / Main Tracks ! style="width: 275px;" | Latest CD / Digital Release |- | rowspan="7" | 1975 | ''[[Carambola's Philosophy: In the Right Pocket]]'' <ref name="Spencer">{{cite book|last=Spencer|first=Kristopher|title=Film and television scores, 1950-1979: a critical survey by genre|year=2008|publisher=McFarland & Company, Inc.|location=Jefferson, NC|isbn=978-0-7864-3682-8|pages=141, 159, 279–281}}</ref> | [[Ferdinando Baldi]] | Cinevox MDF 071: Sky's Motor Bike (3:07) / Coby And Len (3:39) | Digitmovies / CDDM054 / 2006 |- | ''[[Fantozzi (film)|Fantozzi]]'' | [[Luciano Salce]] | Regal 3C 006-18082: La Ballata Di Fantozzi (3:30) / L'Impiegatango (3:05) | Beat Records / DDJ01-1DLX / 2012 |- | ''[[The Sinner (1975 film)|The Sinner]]'' (1975) | [[Pier Ludovico Pavoni]] | | |- | ''[[Dracula in the Provinces]]'' <ref name=Browning>{{cite book|last=Browning|first=John|title=Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010|url=https://archive.org/details/draculavisualmed00brow|url-access=limited|year=2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-3365-0|pages=[https://archive.org/details/draculavisualmed00brow/page/n53 45]}}</ref> | [[Lucio Fulci]] | | |- | ''[[Four of the Apocalypse]]'' <ref name="Spencer" /> | [[Lucio Fulci]] | Cinevox MDF 080: Movin' On (3:39) / Let Us Pray (2:56) + Cinevox MDF 089: Death's Song (2:58) | Cinevox / CD MDF 316 / 1998 |- | ''[[Go Gorilla Go]]'' <ref name="Spencer" /> | [[Tonino Valerii]] | Cinevox MDF 085: Vai Gorilla (2:55) / Selvaggia (3:25) | Chris' Soundtrack Corner / CSC 007 / 2010 |- | ''[[Get Mean]]'' <ref name="Spencer" /> | [[Ferdinando Baldi]] | | |- | rowspan="8" | 1976 | ''[[The Loves and Times of Scaramouche]]'' | [[Enzo G. Castellari]] | Cinevox MDF 088: Scaramouche (3:20) / Ouverture 1812, Op. 49 (3:12) | |- | ''[[Geometra Prinetti selvaggiamente Osvaldo]]'' | [[Ferdinando Baldi]] | Cinevox MDF 094: Savanah's Theme (2:59) / Saudade (3:56) | Beat Records / DDJ039 / 2015 |- | ''[[Blue Belle]]'' | [[Massimo Dallamano]] | | |- | ''[[Il secondo tragico Fantozzi]]'' | [[Luciano Salce]] | | Beat Records / DDJ01-1DLX / 2012 |- | ''[[Rome: The Other Side of Violence]]'' | [[Marino Girolami]] | | Digitmovies / CDDM180 / 2011 |- |- | ''[[Febbre da cavallo ]]'' | [[Stefano Vanzina|Steno]] | Cinevox MDF 101: Febbre Da Cavallo / Tris | Beat Records / CDF 090 / 2017 |- | ''[[Tutti Possono Arricchire Tranne I Poveri]]'' | [[Mauro Severino]] | Cinevox MDF 102: 850 Milioni / Euforia | Beat Records / DDJ048 / 2019 |- | ''[[Born Winner]]'' | [[Aldo Lado]] | Cinevox MDF 103: L'Ultima Volta (2:19) / Avanagiu (2:04) | |- | rowspan="1" | 1977 | ''[[Sette note in nero]]'' aka ''The Psychic'' <ref name="Spencer" /> | [[Lucio Fulci]] | Cinevox MDF 112: 7 Note / Tracce Sul Muro | Digibeat / DGBT002 / 2015 |- | rowspan="3" | 1978 | ''[[Nest of Vipers]]'' | [[Tonino Cervi]] | Cinevox MDF 117: Ritratto Di Borghesia In Nero / Immagini Sfocate | Digitmovies / CDDM206 / 2012 |- | ''[[Silver Saddle]]'' <ref name="Spencer" /> | [[Lucio Fulci]] | Cinevox MDF 119: Silver Saddle (3:13) Two Hearts (4:39) | Digitmovies / CDDM023 / 2004 |- | ''[[Where Are You Going on Holiday?]]'' "Si, Buana" episode | [[Luciano Salce]] | | GDM / CD CLUB 7079 / 2010 |- |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0006088|name=Fabio Frizzi}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090328140323/http://www.luciofulci.fr/pages/interviews_fabiofrizzi_luciofulcifr.html Fabio Frizzi] interviewed by Lionel Grenier for [http://www.luciofulci.fr/ luciofulci.fr (in French)] *[http://www.cinema-suicide.com/2008/06/23/interview-fabio-frizzi/ Fabio Frizzi] interviewed by Tim Fife for [http://www.cinema-suicide.com Cinema Suicide] (in English) *[http://www.fangoriaonline.com/blogs/chris-alexander/766-interview-composer-fabio-frizzi.html Fabio Frizzi interview by ''Fangoria'']
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