ABOUT MORRICONE YOUTH
Morricone Youth is a collective of New York City musicians founded by composer Devon Goldberg in 1999 reinterpreting 100+ film & television works all over the world, from CBGB’s, Tonic, Knitting Factory and the top of the World Trade Center to Brooklyn Academy of Music, MassMoCA, Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Sydney Festival, as well as supporting Italian prog soundtrack legends Goblin on their 2017 North American tour. The band has composed and performed 15 silent film and midnight movie live scores, including F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu (1922), Robert Clouse’s Enter The Dragon (1973), Jack Hill's Foxy Brown (1974), David Lynch's Eraserhead (1977) and Rene Laloux's La Planete Savauge (1973), and embarked on a 15-vinyl series for each film in 2016, the first seven of which have been released for George Miller's Mad Max (1979), George Romero's Night of the Living Dead (1968), F.W. Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927), Lotte Reiniger's The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926), Mario Bava's Danger: Diabolik (1968), Alfred Hitchcock's The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1928) and Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin (1926).ABOUT THE SOUNDTRACK ALBUMS
Eight Eyes
The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to psychological horror film Eight Eyes from director Austin Jennings (director/co-writer of Shudder’s The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs) which world premiered at the 2023 Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal, shot on 16mm and Super 8 on location in Serbia and Macedonia and starring Scream Queen Emily Sweet (V/H/S ‘99). The original score is composed by Devon Goldberg and performed by Morricone Youth featuring Sami Stevens (Sunnyside recording artist, Norah Jones) on vocals. The film was co-produced by Vinegar Syndrome as the Blu-ray reissue label’s first entirely original production and is distributed by Shudder in North America and Donau Film in Europe.Watch: Eight Eyes - Trailer
The Last Porno Show
The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to the dark comedy The Last Porno Show from director Kire Paputts which world premiered at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival and 2019 Torino Film Festival. The original score is composed by Devon Goldberg, performed by Morricone Youth with help from Cochemea Gastelum (Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings), Sean McCaul (Philip Glass), Karen Waltuch (JG Thirlwell) and Scott Hollingsworth (World Inferno Friendship Society).Watch: The Last Porno Show Trailer
