Reply To: Do you like synth scores?
Yes, there’s a lot of great French electronic music, slint. It’s one of the world’s foremost countries when it comes to that, after all.
My exposure to Francois de Roubaix is fairly limited. I have LE SAMOURAI and LES AVENTURIERS, obviously, but not a lot of synth in them. He died so young, yet managed to compose a lot of stuff in his lifetime. I’ve always wanted to check out more.
As for Umiliani, I’m embarassed to say that I don’t own anything by him (I think, maybe some themes somewhere).
Goblin is of course a legendary band. While I’ve been a fan of SUSPIRIA since the 90s, I haven’t really found any other scores by them that I’ve enjoyed as a whole. Only individual themes, which I’ve assembled in a digital album (PROFONDO ROSSO, JENNIFER, ROLLER etc.). It’s strange that I’ve never latched on them that much, since I’m a prog rock fan.
I’ll see if I can think of some recommendations for you. But definitely check out the aforementioned CAMPING DU LAC by Yannick Dupont, as well as the scores by Forever Pavot to get that loungey (and occasionally synth-y) 60s vibe from contemporary composers.