Gianfranco Reverberi (Genova, 1934 - Rome, 2024) has left an indelible mark on both Italian music history and the world of film soundtracks. A versatile musician, composer, orchestra conductor, arranger, and record producer, he collaborated with numerous prominent artists, including Giorgio Gaber and Adriano Celentano. In the late 1960s, Reverberi moved to RCA Italy, where as a producer he introduced talents like Lucio Dalla and Nicola Di Bari to the Italian audience. Simultaneously, he ventured into composing film scores, and at the end of the decade, he founded his music publishing company, Edizioni Musicali Reverberi. He then collaborated with director Renato Polselli, creating memorable scores for erotic horror flicks like “Riti, magie nere e segrete orge nel ‘300” (1973) and “Mania” (1974), as well as intentionally transgressive films like “Delirio Caldo” (1972) and “Rivelazioni di uno psichiatra sul mondo perverso del sesso” (1973) – all B-movies that have been rediscovered by new generations of cinephiles, becoming cult classics. Reverberi’s biggest success in this field is undoubtedly the soundtrack he composed with his brother Gian Piero for Ferdinando Baldi’s “Preparati la bara!” (1967), a violent, bloody Western starring a young Terence Hill. In 2006, the soundtrack’s main theme was sampled by American neo-soul duo Gnarls Barkley for their hit single “Crazy,” catapulting Reverberi’s name, as co-writer of the music, to the top of the charts.