Spend a strange night on the plains with Play Morricone For Me's musical deep dive into the Weird West subgenre - in which the traditional western is infused with horror, science-fiction, the uncanny and the fantastic.
Obituaries, A Celebration of Life Pt. 2 /
As is Play Morricone For Me's New Year's tradition, we ring in 2022 by bidding a fond farewell to the artists, entertainers and luminaries who left us in 2022, from Charles Grodin to Barbara Shelley to DMX.
Obituaries: A Celebration of Life pt. 1 /
As is Play Morricone For Me's New Year's tradition, we ring in 2022 by bidding a fond farewell to the artists, entertainers and luminaries who left us in 2022, from Sonny Chiba to Melvin Van Peebles to Betty White.
A Musically Inclined Actors' Christmas /
Play Morricone For Me wishes you and yours a merry Christmas and a happy new year. Celebrate the season with the festive musical stylings of William Shatner, Antonio Fargas, Roger Moore, Mae West, and Dolemite, as well as the casts of Bonanza, The Dukes of Hazzard, and Star Wars.
John Sayles in Conversation /
Play Morricone For Me welcomes writer, director, and independent auteur John Sayles to the program, for an in-depth discussion on film music, when to use it and when not to use it, his decades-long relationship with composer Mason Daring, and what the future of independent film may hold.
1991, The Year in Film Music pt. 2 /
Play Morricone For Me resumes its deep dive of the films and film music of 1991. A year in which Terminator 2 dominates the box office, Hans Zimmer rises to household namehood with Backdraft, Bernard Herrmann's music lives again with Cape Fear, and paranoia and macabre humor is barely concealed beneath the rosiness of a new decade's start.
1991, The Year in Film Music /
Play Morricone For Me takes a deep dive into the cinematic year of 1991, with films that turn 30 this year - from acclaimed neo-classics like Silence of the Lambs, Barton Fink and My Own Private Idaho, as well as nostalgic favorites like Hook, The Rocketeer, and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, and a few more surprises and oddities.
Just The Wax, Ma'am: A Crime Jazz Compendium /
There are eight million soundtracks in the naked city. But Noirvember only comes around once a year, so get hip to this smokey and sinister compendium of the best of film and TV crime jazz.
All Giallo's Eve /
Round out the spooky season with Play Morricone For Me's "Giallo-ween" show! The Italian giallo subgenre combined horror-mystery tropes with sex, treachery and a heck of a lot of style, providing a fertile creative sandbox for both filmmakers and composers. Pour yourself a glass of J&B Scotch, put on your comfiest pair of black leather gloves, sit back, and enjoy!
Blood on the Tracks: A Vampire Happening /
Play Morricone For Me presents this musical tribute to cinematic bloodsuckers of the 60's and 70's - plus some modern throwbacks - when censorship codes waned, horror films became more graphic, and vampires got thirstier.
1981, the Year Horror Broke /
Like a musical Reese's Cup, this broadcast of Play Morricone For Me combines two of our favorite radio format flavors: horror soundtracks, which we're doing for all of October, and obsessively compiled lists of movies from a specific calendar year. In this case, 1981, a seminal year for horror, in which mask-wearing slashers, gut-munching zombies, self-aware werewolves and demonically-possessed spouses stalked the aisles of your local cineplex. Online listeners, stick around at the end for extra musical goodies available exclusively on the Mixcloud version!
90 Years of the Universal Monsters /
Play Morricone For Me celebrates 90 years of the Universal Monsters, including Dracula, Frankenstein, The Bride, The Wolf Man, and the Creature from the Black Lagoon - featuring both original and reorchestrated music and other surprises from cinema's first shared universe. Whether you saw these frightful flicks on original release, read about them in the pages of Famous Monsters of Filmland, or recall Universal's big branding push of the characters in the 90s, this show is a musical treat for monster kids of all ages.
Musically Inclined Actors /
Play Morricone For Me wraps up the month of September a program of actors not usually known for their musical ability, but who soldiered on anyway. Hear golden-throated vocal stylings of Jack Palance and Pia Zadora, campfire lullabies with Clint Eastwood, sonic insanity from Crispin Glover, plus grooves from the two secretly funkiest Goodfellas. Not only that, but we answer the age-old question: William Shatner's musical career - is it good actually?
1971, the Year in Film Music Pt. 3 /
It's the concluding chapter of Play Morricone's tribute to the cinema of 1971! From classic folk horror to future dystopias, from rural Quebec to Hong Kong to Bollywood, this is one for the books!
1971, the Year in Film Music Pt. 2 /
Play Morricone returns to the cinematic year of 1971, with New Hollywood classics, off-the-beaten-path genre fare, and the Disneyland Records LP that started Jack's obsession with film music.
1971, the Year in Film Music Pt. 1 /
From BILLY JACK to WILLY WONKA, Play Morricone For Me surveys the cinematic year of 1971 with this musical tribute to the films that turn 50 this year.
The Ecstasy of Goldsmith Rides Again (w/ Douglass Fake & Roger Feigelson) /
Play Morricone For Me returns to Jerry Goldsmith's West - with a wagonful of scores from HOUR OF THE GUN, RIO LOBO, ONE LITTLE INDIAN and several "honorary westerns." Plus, Intrada Records' Douglass Fake and Roger Feigelson stop by the program to tell us about their crowdfunding campaign to rerecord the long-lost scores for Goldsmith's BLACK PATCH and THE MAN.
Silver Spaceships Over Cinecittà /
From the swanky space-lounges of the cosmos to the post-nuke wastelands of the "Mozzarella Mad Max Knockoff" subgenre, Play Morricone For Me brings you this musical survey of the best of Italian sci-fi.
Drive-In Summer /
Play Morricone For Me presents this musical dusk-to-dawn drive-in extravaganza, with music from I DRINK YOUR BLOOD, THE GREEN SLIME, HITCHHIKE, INSEMINOID, THE DEVIL'S ANGELS, BARE KNUCKLES and more, plus, vintage radio spots and theater ads.
Richard Donner, The Greatest Goonie /
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.