 As to contemporary music, he composed symphonic works, operas and ballets represented at the Scala Theatre in Milan and other Italian theatres, in addition to film scores, including "Bali" (1970), "Your Hands on My Body" (1970), "Cross Current" (1971), "The Hassled Hooker" (1972), "The Night of the Devils" (1972), "So Sweet, So Dead" (1972), "When Women Were Called Virgins" (1972), "Five Women for the Killer" (1974) and "Kleinhoff Hotel" (1977).In 1975 he was contacted by Dario Argento to score "Deep Red", having previously scored Argento's "The Five Days" in 1973.Unfortunately Argento was disappointed by the music, and only three of Gaslini's original themes were retained.