Massimo Morante (6 October 1952 – 23 June 2022) was an Italian musician who was the
guitar
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player for the Italian
progressive rock
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band
Goblin
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. Goblin provided
soundtrack
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s for several
horror film
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s, including
Dario Argento
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's ''
Deep Red
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'' (1975) and ''
Suspiria
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'' (1977), and
George A. Romero
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's ''
Dawn of the Dead'' (1978). Morante died in June 2022, at the age of 69.
See also
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Tenebrae (soundtrack)
References
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1952 births
2022 deaths
Italian guitarists
Italian male guitarists
Progressive rock guitarists
Musicians from Rome
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