PLAY MORRICONE FOR ME: EP.1 – FIRST FILM SCORES

Welcome to the inaugural episode of PLAY MORRICONE FOR ME on CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO. You have no idea how thrilled I am to welcome Jack Criddle and his terrific program into the CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO family. I’ve been an admirer of Jack’s show for quite some time; it reminds me a lot of Ley Bricknell’s FILMIC program… eclectic, unique, exceptional, and downright entertaining. Similar to Ley, he plays stuff on this show I never would have thought to play. So, strap yourself in because once you hear the words “Play Morricone For Me,” you are in for a ride. Please give a warm CINEMATIC SOUND RADIO welcome to Jack in the comments below. – Erik Woods

SHOW NOTES

Producer & host Jack Criddle started broadcasting PLAY MORRICONE FOR ME—a film music radio show with an inclination towards cult and genre scores—in 2017, on the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts’ station. The program switched to a prerecorded format in 2020, has highlighted everything from spaghetti westerns to cannibal movies to Disney songs, and has featured such guests as John Sayles, Fabio Frizzi, Ben Model and the B-52’s Pat Irwin.

To celebrate the beginning of PMFM’s new home on Cinematic Sound Radio, Jack turns his attention to debut film scoring gigs by some of the world’s great composers. These range from the relatively obscure, like Morricone’s IL FEDERALE, John Barry’s NEVER LET GO, and Quincy Jones’s THE BOY IN THE TREE, to the well-known and celebrated, like CITIZEN KANE, CAPTAIN BLOOD, DEEP RED, SHAFT and more.

Enjoy!

Jack Criddle is a filmmaker, writer, photographer, cartoonist, childless cat guy, and the host of PLAY MORRICONE FOR ME. He was associate producer of the 2019 documentary Museum Town, he’s crewed on filmed pieces for Inside Edition, Bloomberg, and
Channel News Asia, and has shot and/or edited online video content for Wilco, No Depression, BlueHost and the Norman Rockwell Museum, among others. He lives in Western Massachusetts, in the USA.

Jack’s adolescent love of cult cinema and international classic films, and his affection for creating mix tapes and “expanded” compilations of movie soundtracks, were the genesis of the radio program Play Morricone For Me. What started as a weekly live broadcast on WJJW 91.1 FM, the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts’ station, eventually became a home-studio prerecorded show during the COVID-19 pandemic before joining the Cinematic Sound Radio Podcast network. Previous guests have included John Sayles, Fabio Frizzi, Ben Model and the B-52’s Pat Irwin, and the show has highlighted everything from spaghetti westerns to cannibal movies to Disney songs. We’re pleased to be part of the CSR roster and to continue bringing you sounds from the arthouse to the grindhouse.

You can find archival episode of PLAY MORRICONE FOR ME  by clicking HERE!

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