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name: "Claudio Simonetti"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/claudio-simonetti"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "19 February 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T10:34:58.719116+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Claudio Simonetti

Composer. Born 19 February 1952 in São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 19 February 1952, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
- **Also known as:** Claude King

## Biography

Claudio Simonetti is an Italian composer and musician, born on 19 February 1952 in São Paulo, Brazil. He is the keyboardist and a founder member of the progressive rock band Goblin and has specialised in scores for Italian and American horror films since the 1970s.

A frequent collaborator with director Dario Argento, Simonetti contributed to the scores of *Deep Red* (1975), *Suspiria* (1977), *Dawn of the Dead* (1978), *Tenebrae* (1982), *Phenomena* (1985), *Demons* (1985) and *Opera* (1987). He has also worked with directors including Lucio Fulci, Ruggero Deodato and Lamberto Bava. He studied at the Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia in Rome and is the son of composer Enrico Simonetti. He has also been credited under the name Claude King.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, discogs.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dawn of the Dead* (1978), Fi1m 86, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/dawn-of-the-dead.md)

## Also known for

- *Suspiria* (1977), Original Music Composer
- *Deep Red* (1975), Original Music Composer
- *Phenomena* (1985), Songs, Original Music Composer
- *Tenebre* (1982), Original Music Composer
- *Demons* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *Opera* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *The Mother of Tears* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Martin* (1978), Musician

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