I had a blast last night at the Boston show. The opening band was Dust Witch. It's a local band that I hadn't heard of before. They did a 50-minute set that comprised long, proggy jams -- definitely fit the mood of what was coming next.
Frizzi's band was set up on the floor in front of the seats, so the screen was not blocked. He was conducting while the rest of the band did its thing. Now, I haven't heard the score for Beyond in many years. However, this composer's cut didn't sound that different from what I remembered. The electric guitar was more pronounced and muscular than I remembered, but overall at times it just felt like the score was coming from the film as I remembered it. The band's playing was top-notch and no real sound issues (the film sound for dialogue and effects was just a tad bit high, so when there was a scream or a screech, it was a little painful). There was a technical issue at the very beginning of the film (no sound at all), but they resolved it quickly, rewound the film, and started again without issue.
After the film and the ovations, Fabio got behind the keyboards, and the band performed an encore. They did a few tracks from Beyond again and then finished up with a song that I know I've heard but couldn't place. After that, the lights came on, and we left. Right as we were walking out, I could hear music again, but I'm not sure if it is was another encore or if it was house music.
The crowd was very enthusiastic and welcoming, and the band seemed to enjoy themselves.
From a merch standpoint, they had a lot of items. A person from Beat Records ran the table, so music-wise, most of the items were back catalogue Frizzi CDs. I did see a couple of things that I hadn't seen before, though, such as a 2-CD Frizzi 2 Fulci Live in Austin and a single CD Frizzi 2 Fulci Barbican Bootleg. They did have the composer's cut on brand-new CD, which I picked up. The CD is 60 minutes. Prices were decent -- $15 for a single CD and $20 for a double-CD set. The only vinyl I saw was for Shark (Rosso Nell'Oceano). They also had some t-shirts and a few posters. Two were smaller (the one at the start of this thread and the art with Emily in a black dress, which she never wore in the film, with her wonderdog Dickie and skeleton face) and one was larger. I didn't get a look at the larger because of the number of people and other items were on top of it.
Next week: Morricone Youth and Goblin!