Devon E. Levins - Guitar;
John Castro - Bass, Vocals;
Dreiky Caprice - Vocals, Percussion;
Jefferson Rabb - Keyboards;
David Spinley, Saxophone, Clarinet;
Greg O'Keeffe - Drums, Percussion
Influences
Ennio Morricone, Lalo Schifrin, Jerry Goldsmith, John Barry, CAN, Atonio Carlos Jobim, John Carpenter, Goblin, Nino Rota, Ron Grainer, Barry Gray, Akira Ifukube, Krzysztof Komeda, Yuji Koseki, Francis Lai, Henry Mancini, Laurie Johnson, Michel Legrand, John Morris, Oliver Nelson, Piero Piccioni, Peter Thomas, Klaus Schulze, John Williams, Wendy Carlos, Armando Trovajoli, Adriano Celentano, Alan Hawkshaw, Angelo Badalamenti, Andre Previn, Roberto Pregadio, Phillipe Sarde, Miklos Rozsa, Elmer Bernstein, David Bowie, AR Rahman, OP Nayyar, Pino Donoggio, Bobby Beausoleil, Georges Gavarentz, Fred Frith, Ry Cooder, Stu Philips, Rudy Ray Moore, Nico Pavani, Billy Preston, Don Randi, Les Reed, Lenny Stack, Alain Goraguer, Gianni Ferrio, The Sandals, Jack Elliott, Keith Emerson, Dennis Dragon, Melvin Van Peebles, Barry DeVorzon, Bob Crewe, Norman Whitfield, Don Julian, Bill Conti, Michel Colombier, Pierre Cavalli, Tony Bruno, Francios Cousineau, Willie Hutch, Jerry Butler, Phillipe Besombes, Sonny Bono, Ed Bogas, Brian Bennett, Nino Nardini, Joe Hisaishi, Gene Page, Howard Roberts, Gert Wilden, Gil Melle, Irmin Schmidt, Jerry Fielding, Harry Lubin, Pink Floyd, Howard Shore, Ingfried Hoffmann, John Gregory, Keith Mansfield, Mario Nascimbene, Morton Stevens, Paul Haslinger, The Kinks, Piero Montanari, Pray For Rain, Resonance, Rick Wakeman, Riichiro Manabe, Waldo De Los Rios, Yoko Kanno, Ash Ra Tempel, Yo La Tengo, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brad Fiedel, Alan Silvestri, Galt Macdermot, John Massari, Joseph Koo, Karl Heinz Schafer, Carlo Rustichelli, Edwin Astley, Mikis Theodorakis, Angelo Badalamenti, Toshirô, Brian May, Edwin Starr, J.J. Johnson, James Brown, Jerry Butler, Curtis Mayfield, Isaac Hayes, Magma, Blackbyrds, Billy Strange, Hugo Montenegro, Booker T, Brian Bennett, Bruno Nicolai, Burt Bacharach, Carter Burwell, Cerrone, Claude Bolling, David Shire, Dennis Coffey, Dave Grusin, Denny Vaughan, Dominic Frontiere, Manu Dibango, Don Ellis, Donny Hathaway, Don Sebesky, Dudley Moore, Charles Bernstein, Francios de Roubaix, Frank DeVol, Fred Karlin, Gabriel Yared, Georges Delerue, Gene Page, Gerald Lee, Mauricio & Guido De Angelis, HB Barnum, Herbie Hancock, Mark Mothersbaugh, Jacques Loussier, Jack Nitzsche, Jimmy Cliff, John Dankworth, Johnny Pate, Johnnie Taylor, Johnny Mandel, Kalyanji Anandji, Ku Chih Hui, Laxmikant Pyarelal, Les Baxter, Leonard Rosenman, Bernard Herrmann, Luis Bacalov, Michel Magne, Mike Curb, Nico Fidenco, Paolo Vasile, Pierre Papadiamandis, Pete Rugolo, Piero Umiliani, Popol Vuh, Quincy Jones, RD Burman, SD Burman, Roy Budd, Roy Ayers, Serge Gainsbourg, Sid Ramin, Stanley Myers, Stelvo Cipriani, Stu Phillips, Vic Caesar, Walter Kubiczeck, Willie Hutch, Vladimir Cosma, Air, Bappi Lahiri, John Cacavas, Franco Micalizzi, Giorgio Moroder, Tangerine Dream, RZA, Kaada, Goron Bregovic, Fabio Frizzi, Brian Eno, Francesco De Masi, Neil Hefti, Allessandro Allessandroni, Danny Elfman, Tom Waits, John Lurie, Basil Poledouris, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Sun Ra, Richard Band, Maurice Jarre, Sven Libaek, Nora Orlandi, Vangelis, Harry Manfredi, Franz Waxman, Max Steiner, Alfred Newman, Nick Cave, Alex North, John Zorn, Esquivel, John Cale, Mike Vickers, Michael Andrews, Jon Brion
A sextet of musicians scans the vaults of old rarities in search of lost aural treasures in a devotion seemingly of their own. The result is Morricone Youth, one of the more industrious bands in the spirited New York music scene today. Formed by soundtrack collector & guitarist Devon E. Levins in 1999, Morricone Youth plays music written for film and television by such composers as Lalo Schifrin, Jerry Goldsmith, Quincy Jones, Krzyszstof Komeda, Henry Mancini, Frances Lai, John Carpenter, Peter Thomas, Michel Legrand, and of course Ennio Morricone, to name but a few. Their arrangements run the gamut from spot on interpretations to rocked out orchestrations. Recently, the band has begun writing original material in the soundtrack-esque vein, which resulted in their new album, "Silenzio Violento".
The lineup, which has evolved over the years, consists of Devon E. Levins (guitar), Dreiky Caprice (vocals/percussion), John Castro (bass/vocals), David Spinley (saxophone), Sam Champion (drums) and Jefferson Rabb (keyboards). The members play or have played in many notable bands, including Crash Worship (Caprice), Creedle (E. Levins), The Rugburns (Castro), Big Numbers (Rabb), aMiniature (E. Levins and Champion), The Turn-Offs (Caprice), The DaoSon For (Rabb, E. Levins and Castro) and Pretendo (E. Levins and Castro).
Morricone Youth has in their repertoire a staggering eighty cover songs - the band's deep conviction and passion for film music is clear. Not to mention somewhat of a blessing for they bring back to the pop-soaked and redundant musical airwaves music from another time - soundtracks from Spaghetti Westerns, Italian horror films, Japanese monster flicks, 60's German sci-fi/spy/crime/detective films and television programs, and of course film noir. Whether unearthing these dismissed genres or playing original compositions directly inspired by them, Morricone Youth's aim is true.
"Silenzio Violento" is Morricone Youth's first full length album of soundtrack originals. The album was recorded and mixed in the Fall of 2004 by the legendary Martin Bisi at B.C. Studios in Brooklyn, NY (www.martinbisi.com) and mastered by Fred Kevorkian at Absolute Audio in NYC. Silenzio Violento consists of 14 tracks clocking in just under 60 minutes and is available via the band site (www.morriconeyouth.com), amazon.com or at finer record stores nationwide.
MORRICONE YOUTH also has its own internet radio show hosted by Devon E. Levins since 2007 on EASTVILLAGERADIO.COM every SATURDAY night from 10 PM EST to MIDNIGHT playing soundtrack hits from the present past and future. Streaming archives of each show are available throughout the week.
Hi there. You didn't post our last comment and track?! Try this inspired tune then, we'll see if you like our Morricone tinged uber-cool new album too! All the best, Andrew & Nana.
Hi there, MY still loving your morricone interpretations. I'm sending you a live video of my humble tribute to il maestro: Opening Scene. But we're mainly an acoustic folk band... with the best regards from Holland
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