Werba, Marco
Nero Infinito
"Nero Infinito" is an interesting Giallo, and the two main actors, Francesca Rettondini and Rosario Petix, gave excellent performances. The presence of cult directors such as Ruggero Deodato, Enzo Castellari and Claudio Fragrasso arise curiosity and add a bit of irony. The musical structure of "Nero Infinito" is variegated. There are two alternating main themes, dissonant music with contemporary flavor-almost avant-garde, two rock cues, piano versions of the two main themes, and so on. For torture scenes-as Id done previously for "Giallo"-I tried to differentiate the musical styles. In the first scene, I made use of dissonant chords, unusual sounds and female voices, in the second, obsessive and abstract sound effects, and in the third, a solo flute and some atmospheric sounds. My collaborator Guido Zen and I synchronized frame after frame of music with the images. This is high-precision work that is always done in the States but not very often in Italy. Once the various cues were prepared in wave format, I went to "Revolver" studios in order to mix the music into 5.1. Nowadays, its fundamental to mix the original music in this way in order to wrap the audience and pull them into the soundtrack. The sound comes not only from the loudspeakers on screen but also from the left and right and behind the audience (for instance, violins on the extreme left and cellos on the extreme right, electronics in the subwoofers in the back, just to bring them forward and make them tour the whole cinema). In these first 25 years of my career, Ive had the opportunity to work with a diverse array of publishers, including Fonit Cetra (Raitrade), CAM, Cometa, Sinfonica, Emergency Music, Warner Chappell and Cinevox. For some time now, I have wanted to work with the historic label Beat Records, owned by Franco De Gemini. Daniele De Gemini and I immediately felt at ease working together, and through this movie we started a relationship that Im sure will last a long time. I hope the score for "Nero Infinito" pleases you! Marco Werba