Dario Argento is shooting in Italy, in the medieval village of Ricetto, his new movie: ‘Dracula 3D’. The director announced that Claudio Simonetti will compose the score. Argento named Simonetti and not (New) Goblin so probably he believed to be a better choice for his new film a classic score in the way of those composed by Bernard Herrmann (or for the Hammer movies), maybe with some electronic touches as in ‘Mother of tears’, a soundtrack also composed by Claudio Simonetti.
Dracula 3D is a French-Italian-Spanish coproduction with a budget of 13 million euros. The cast is international: Thomas Kretschmann (the psychopathic murderer in 'The Stendhal Syndrome') as Dracula, Marta Gastini (Mina), Asia Argento (Lucy) and Rutger Hauer (Van Helsing). The great Luciano Tovoli is the cinematographer: Tovoli is the man responsible of the fantastic cromatic palette of Suspiria (and also Tenebre/Unsane) and formerly worked with such directors as Antonioni, Comencini, Ferreri, Risi, Zurlini, Scola, Cavani, Schroeder and Veber.
Dracula 3D is filmed in stereophonic 3D with a new and more manageable Arriflex camera and two Sony steadicams. Argento says that he will use the 3D in a naturalistic way as did Hitchcock for ‘Dial M for Murder’.
The director assured that 'Dracula 3D' will be totally different from the Coppola's Dracula, the count is bisexual and has the power to transform not only in a bat but also in other animals (“giant mantis and giant cockroach").
Claudio Simonetti on FB stated: "I’ve been on the set and in the editing room of ‘Dracula 3D’ and I’ve seen many scenes. I must say that Dario is giving his best. Dracula in 3D is really impressive, very bloody !!!!!".
Here is the link to the official website of Dracula 3D (with backstage, stills and other information):
Some stills:
and Claudio Simonetti with the ‘Dracula 3D’ clapper:
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