Play Morricone For Me presents this soundtrack music-filled tribute to the life and films of Richard Donner. Episodic TV journeyman turned A-list blockbuster-maker. The man who made us believe a man could fly. The greatest Goonie of them all.
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The Many Lives of Fabio Frizzi (with special guest Fabio Frizzi) /
Thanks to genre auteur Lucio Fulci's sustained popularity 25 years after his passing, his main musical collaborator, Fabio Frizzi, has enjoyed a status as an unlikely rock star. We were thrilled to have Fabio as a guest on this week's program, to talk about his life, career, his new venture Smuzzle Music, and the recent compilation From The Archives Vol. 1: Frizzi Beyond Fulci, which showcases the more lighthearted and poppy side of the horror music icon.
A Cole Porter Tribute for Pride /
In honor of Pride and on the 130th anniversary of his birth, Play Morricone For Me presents this salute to musical theatre genius, LGBTQ icon and part-time Berkshires resident, Cole Porter, featuring music from his plays that were adapted into films, some deep-cut covers, and a few unexpected surprises.
New Releases and Employee Picks /
In this new addition to Play Morricone For Me's format, we're showcasing some of our favorite recent soundtracks, rerecordings or reissues in the first of what will become a recurring program, "New Releases and Employee Picks." This program features tracks from T. Griffin's THE PROPOSAL, Ella van der Woude's TAKE ME SOMEWHERE NICE, Benjamin Woodgates' DREAM HORSE and Kieran Kiley and Tim Williams' FINDING YOU. Plus, Intrada goes to spooky depths with Harry Manfredini's DEEPSTAR SIX Record Store Day exclusives from Varèse Sarabande, previously unreleased Armando Trovajoli from Four Flies Records, and a Bernard Herrmann chamber work given new life by Naxos Records and the PostClassical Ensemble.
We Love Something Weird Video /
Play Morricone For Me presents this special musical tribute to the weirdest, wildest, and greatest video label of all time - Something Weird Video, a celebration of over three decades worth of nudie-cuties, roughies, poverty row opuses, regional backwoods horrors, drug-scare features, burlesque films, demented kidvid, wrasslin' she-babes, mondo shockumentaries and all other cinematic detritus.
1961, The Year in Film Music /
From pop to peplum, from Tiffany's to Navarone, Play Morricone For Me's epic, two-part musical survey of the cinematic year of 1961 includes, timeless classics, hidden gems, Oscar winners, horror, Bollywood, Disney, and more, plus the film debuts of Ennio Morricone and Quincy Jones.
The Ecstasy of Goldsmith: Jerry Goldsmith's West /
Jerry Goldsmith's name doesn't come to mind as readily when thinking of the great composers of western film scores, but it should. As evidenced by this program, bookended by selections from Intrada Records' world premiere release of FACE OF A FUGITIVE and Varèse Sarabande's expanded re-release of LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION, Goldsmith proved to be exactly the right man for the job, musically speaking, as the western genre grew up and became alternately dark, gritty, referential and self-reflexive. Special thanks to Yavar Moradi of the Goldsmith Odyssey podcast for his assistance curating this playlist.