Bruno Nicolai’s score for All the Colors of the Dark is one of the most distinctive soundscapes in the giallo genre. It's an unsettling blend of psychedelic experimentation, ritualistic percussion, and eerie vocal textures. it’s ritual filtered through a psychedelic rock lens.
While the chanting and percussion give it that ceremonial, almost pagan atmosphere, Nicolai layers in fuzz guitar, electric bass, and distorted organ in a way that feels closer to underground 70s psych or proto-prog than traditional film scoring. The drums are key too as they’re not orchestral percussion, they’re rock drums, and that changes the entire feel as they play alongside the tribal percussion.
It seemed around this time a lot of composers were incorporating more rock elements into their work as oppose to remaining strictly traditional. Perhaps they felt the new sound on the charts unique and a fresh texture to add to their pallet.
For this cover the sitar, fuzz guitar, piano, electric bass, choir, organ, tribal percussion, and eerie vocals are all from the Prophet X while the Tempest provides a steady rock beat.
I tried to incorporate some bizarre techniques such as altering the fine tuning of a piano in real time to add a strange LSD trip type effect.
I hope you enjoy! I'm quite proud of this one.
℗ Everett Dudgeon 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQFwLHy1bLM