Both soundtracks were composed by Roberto Nicolosi who was employed by Galatea Film (the Italian film company that produced Black Sunday and The Evil Eye) and was assigned the projects as opposed to being chosen by the director. Nicolosi and Bava went on to work together for the next five years during which time they collaborated on some of the finest films to emerge from the Golden Age of Italian fantasy movies.

Neither the Black Sunday soundtrack or The Evil Eye soundtrack have been released before and whilst all the music from The Evil Eye was available in the CAM archives, unfortunately some cues from Black Sunday could not be found. That said, we still get almost an hour's worth of fantastic movie music and it's worth noting that Nicolosi's score for Black Sunday was sparingly applied by Bava - leaving much of the film's macabre atmosphere to baleful winds and other creepy manifestations of the sound editor.

When AIP acquired the English rights to Black Sunday, they completely rescored the movie to make it sound "less Italian". For the rescoring duties they used in-house composer Les Baxter who actually made liberal use of Nicolosi's themes and left virtually no scene without music.

For The Evil Eye soundtrack we get a lovely mix of atmospheric orchestration and some jazz/lounge numbers.

"The world the Mario Bava and Roberto Nicolosi invented for La Maschera del Demonio was one of great terror and beauty. This unlikely combination became the very foundation of the Italian fantasy cinema that followed. The darkly romantic and atmospheric music collected on this CD acknowledges Maestro Nicolosi as one of the key architects of this special cinematic realm, an undersung artisan who made our movie nightmares more tantalizing and more beautiful."
Tim Lucas, Video Watchdog (from the liner notes).

Packaging & Liner Notes
Standard Jewel Case. Great 12 page colour booklet containing intro by Tim Lucas, movie synopsis, original poster art and some fantastic colour stills from Black Sunday.