“Frizzi to Fucli 2025: 'Zombie,' the Composer's Cut" at the Capitol Theatre -- May 8.
Thursday, May 8, 8 p.m.
Capitol Theatre, 330 West Third Street, Davenport IA
A special night of brilliant music and blistering horror transpires at Davenport's Capitol Theatre on May 8 with the venue hosting Frizzi to Fucli 2025: "Zombie," the Composer's Cut, an event that finds Zombie composer, orchestrator, and conductor Fabio Frizzi headlining a thrilling, soundtracked screening of the genre classic – Lucio Fulci's first-ever horror film – as performed by gifted live musicians.
His professional credits boasting more than 100 soundtracks between cinema and television series, and the winner of numerous awards, Fabio Frizzi has followed in the footsteps of the masters of Italian cinema. From an early age, he combined his innate musicality with the seventh art. A lover of the Baroque and of Johann Sebastian Bach, inspired by the works of Nino Rota, Carlo Rustichelli, Ennio Morricone, but also by the great international composers, Frizzi decided to pursue this career after having attended as an observer, thanks to Sergio Leone, to the recording of the Giù la testa soundtrack. He studied the piano and many other instruments, but the great companion of a lifetime is the classical guitar.
In addition to composing for the cinema, Frizzi has signed the music for numerous television series and variety shows for Italian television. He also frequently writes for the theatre and considers the creation of his many ballets as a jewel. The beginning of his career was marked by the success of an emblematic comedy of Italian cinema, Fantozzi. Immediately after forming a composers trio with Franco Bixio and Vince Tempera, they created many movie scores together from 1976 to 1979. He worked alongside famous Italian directors Luciano Salce, Steno, Vittorio Sindoni, Tonino Valerii, Gabriele Lavia, Bruno Corbucci, Carlo and Enrico Vanzina in addition to his collaborations with Lucio Fulci, a professional partnership that lasted from 1975 to 1990 and gave Frizzi international visibility and appreciation among genre cinema lovers.
The Beyond, The City of the Living Dead, The Four of the Apocalypse, The Seven Notes in Black, The Silver Saddle, Zombie 2, Manhattan Baby, and A Cat in the Brain are among the composer's most popular titles, and in 2003, Quentin Tarantino, a great fan of Lucio Fulci's cinema, included the main theme of Seven Notes in Black in the soundtrack of Kill Bill: Vol. 1, further solidifying Frizzi's impact on the world stage. Since 2008, the musician has had numerous international collaborations on successful short films, and since 2013, he has been working with American independent productions engaged in the horror sector. In 2018, Frizzi created the soundtrack for Puppet Master of the Littlest Reich for Dallas Cinestate, while two years later, he wrote the music for a remake of Castle Freak.
It was in 2013 the project Frizzi 2 Fulci was born, a tribute to the cinema of Lucio Fulci. Frizzi, accompanied by a band of great musicians after the legendary debut at the Union Chapel in London, currently tours the world with this show, which traces the entire musical history of the collaboration. The long suites of progressive rock flavor attract many fans in Europe, North America, and the Middle East, and the project has grown with the touring engagements of The Beyond: Composer's Cut and the new Zombie: Composer's Cut.
The film and concert event Frizzi to Fucli 2025: “Zombie,” the Composer's Cut will be held in Davenport on May 8, admission to the 8 p.m. show is $22-62, and more information and tickets are available by visiting FirstFleetConcerts.com/first-fleet-venues/capitol-theatre.
