Patrick

AMG Review of Patrick

Martin Walters
All Music Guide

Italian progressive rock group Goblin was an outstanding group who exclusively worked in soundtracking horror films in the '70s. This release is their score to the 1978 Australian cult classic directed by Richard Franknin, best known for Psycho 2 and Link before directing the underground Patrick. Cinevox commissioned Goblin to write and record a more fashionable soundtrack for the Italian release to replace the orchestral drama of the Briay May incidental music from the original language version. With Goblin having scored horror and sci-fi classics Pnemomena, Buio Omega, Suspiria, Zombi, and La Via Della Droga, among many others, the group was the essential candidate for sound designing the black atmosphere of this psycho-thriller. Soundtrack freaks and progressive rock fans alike take note: Essentially this space rock/prog recording stands out as an album in its own right -- a document of one of the more influential soundtrack groups of the '70s.