It's no secret that one of my favorite composers is Carlo Maria Cordio. Cordio was Stelvio Cipriani's keyboard/synth-player for about 10 years from the latter half of the '70s onwards (lots of film scores and library albums) - some exceptions where Cordio was not available are "Solamente nero" (1978, which featured Claudio Simonetti on synths) and "Nightmare City" (1980, most likely featuring Sandro Centofanti).
Cordio also also played on soundtracks by Roberto Donati (Cannibal Ferox) and Riz Ortolani (he might have played on Cannibal Holocaust but he wasn't totally sure about that), Nico Fidenco (eg Zombi Holocaust, he often worked with Fidenco), Francesco De Masi (eg "Lone Wolf McQuade") the great Ennio Morricone, Armando Trovaioli, Nino Rota, Carlo Savina and others.
His own scores include the fantastic Absurd, Aenigma, Beyond The Door III, Zombi 5: Killing Birds, Beyond Darkness, The Crawlers, WItchery, Troll II, Hitcher In The Dark, Deep Blood, Metamorphosis, The Curse II: The Bite.
The synths and keys used on his early scores included Minimoog, Polymoog, mellotron, Logan and Solina string ensemble.
However for his later work, he used
Emulator III
Kurzweil K250
Kurzweil RMX250
Roland D-50
Roland D550
Korg M1
Ensoniq SQ-80
All sequenced by Digital Performer's software sequencer.
This isn't a cover at all but it's more or less a love letter to his later scores which were all over the Filmirage productions. It's also my first attempt at using Digital Performer's sequencer to control my external gear (in this case Prophet X). It's essentially 3 sequences, each bounced down and edited together.
I used some user samples from Emu, Ensoniq and the D-50, mostly as a nod to how often Cordio would use the iconic presets like "Digital Native Dance" or "Intruder Fx" on his work. There's also some M1 nods as well. There's still a lot of native Prophet X samples being used as well.
Overall, I'm happy with how it turned out. Hope you enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjw2fEsLoPU
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