The Beyond expanded soundtrack CD

As I said in my post about the Bloodnight LP, Lucio Fulci's The Beyond is, in my opinion, the greatest horror film of all time. ALL TIME. Given that Italian horror is essentially my lifeblood, that is a remarkably high claim to come from me. As such, when the opportunity arose to pick the expanded soundtrack released by BEAT Records in 2011, I jumped at the opportunity. This makes my second copy of this film's soundtrack, the first being a CD included with Blackest Heart Media/Rotten Cotton's graphic novel adaptation of the film from the late 90s. (When Grindhouse Releasing issues their Blu of The Beyond in February, that will be my third copy of it, and I really hope it's sourced from this edition.)

Because a lot of the expansions seem to be alternate takes of compositions that had been released on earlier issues of the soundtrack, all of the tracks will be listed below with running times so I can differentiate them as much as I can. I won't link to any songs on the soundtrack, partially because I already had in the Bloodnight post, and partially because I may end up linking to the wrong sequence of that particular track.

The tracklisting is as follows:

1. Oltre La Soglia (1:35)*

2. Oltre La Soglia (3:20)*

3. Voci Dal Nulla (4:25)

4. Sequenza Coro E Orchestra (2:27)*

5. Suono Aperto (3:56)

6. Voci Dal Nulla (4:16)

7. Oltre La Soglia (3:59)

8. Giro Di Blues (2:20)*

9. Verso L'Ignoto (3:56)

10. Suono Aperto (1:32)*

11. Sequenza Ritmica A Tema (1:36)*

12. Voci Dal Nulla (2:56)

13. Oltre La Soglia (1:42)*

14. Sequenza Ritmica A Tema (4:22)*

15. Giro Di Blues (2:20)

16. Verso L'Ignoto (3:21)

17. Voci Dal Nulla (1:36)*

18. Suono Aperto (1:22)

19. Sequenza Coro E Orchestra (4:30)

20. Voci Dal Nulla (1:32)*

*Previously unreleased

This is something I will say to anyone who loves Italian horror as much as I do: Keep an eye on BEAT Records, as well as any other releases of Italian soundtracks. Surprises keep on popping out all the time from there; hell, the last thing I picked up from the Italian soundtrack front was a new CD issue of the soundtrack to Antonio Margheriti's The Last Hunter, composed by none other than Franco motherfucking Micalizzi himself. I mean, there are some miracles that likely won't ever happen, like the apparently destroyed masters for Marcello Giombini's Anthropophagus soundtrack resurrecting to give us a CD release, but I've heard a CD for Fulci's Contraband is on the way from BEAT! Keep your eyes peeled, and be open to just about anything!