Sound Library Gems: Musica Ed Elettronica by Gino Marinuzzi Jr.

Gino Marinuzzi Jr – behind the creepy electronic score for Planet of the Vampires – continued in a similar vein on this Italian sound library classic.

Here's the scoop...

Gino Marinuzzi Jr. was a pivotal pioneer of the early Italian Electronic music scene, founding the first Electronic music laboratory in Rome in 1956.

His work is strictly linked to cinema and TV, with credits for directors like Mario Bava and Jean Renoir. His most famous score remains the legendary sci-fi film "Terrore Nello Spazio" (1965), a.k.a. Planet of the Vampires. This work is a classic in the Early Electronic Sci-Fi Soundtrack canon (alongside The Day The Earth Stood Still & Forbidden Planet), featuring amazing Synket work by the instrument’s namesake, Paolo Ketoff. Marinuzzi Jr., along with Ketoff and Paolo Strini, was the inventor of the 'Fonosynth,' the very first centralized system for electronic sound production and processing built in Europe.

In 1971, he released the Library album "Musica Ed Elettronica" for the Sermi label. It cleanly breaks from the late-'60s Italian Moog-discovery lineage of Umiliani & Boneschi et al., adding stronger abstract and musique concrète elements. Have a listen below. 

Check out Gino Marinuzzi Jr's Musica Ed Elettronica via Spotify (if you must) right here.