Favoriting Morricone Island with Devon E. Levins: Playlist from January 31, 2017 Favoriting

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Soundtrack music from the first silent forward. If it was written for the moving image, we'll play it. Library music included; popcorn optional.

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Favoriting January 31, 2017: Music of NFL Films Pt. II (Super Bowl LI Special)
Morricone Island host Devon E. Levins absolutely abhors football...but that doesn't mean he can't get excited about Super Bowl Sunday! It's another poor excuse to spin his favorite NFL Films Music Library records. Anyone who grew up in the late 60's, 70s or 80s with family members blasting the NFL Films highlights or NFL Game of the Week from the tv in the other room will fondly remember the music of synth pioneer Sam Spence or KPM library composers Johnny Pearson, Syd Dale and Keith Mansfield. For many, the music is etched into their brains. Nobody knew the names of the songs nor the composers but they surely recognized the music...and to the uninitiated, it surprisingly sounds exactly like any other episode of Morricone Island.

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Artist Track Album Label Comments Images Approx. start time
Sam Spence/Tom Hedden/David Rubidoux  The Power And The Glory   Favoriting The Power and The Glory:Original Music And Voices Of NFL Films  Tommy Boy   
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0:00:00 (Pop-up)
Sam Spence  Life On The Wildside   Favoriting The Power and The Glory  Tommy Boy   
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0:03:33 (Pop-up)
Sam Spence  Bongo Run   Favoriting Autumn Thunder: 40 Years of NFL Films Music Box Set  Valley   
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0:04:16 (Pop-up)
Sam Spence  Round Up   Favoriting NFL Films Music Library (NFL 106) - Flamboyant Themes  KPM   
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0:05:28 (Pop-up)
Keith Mansfield  Viva Espagnol (1)   Favoriting KPM - Flamboyant Themes (KPM 1037)  KPM   
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0:06:39 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Ken Nelson/Jim Long 
Powersurge   Favoriting
NFL Primetime 
ESPN 
Bed 
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0:11:52 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Alan Hawkshaw 
Neck & Neck   Favoriting
NFL Primetime 
ESPN 
Bed 
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0:13:45 (Pop-up)
Sam Spence/John Facenda  A Time For Glory   Favoriting The Power And The Glory  Tommy Boy   
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0:17:02 (Pop-up)
Sam Spence  008   Favoriting NFL Films Music Library (NFL-104) Strong Hearts/Light Hearts  NFL Films Music   
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0:18:07 (Pop-up)
Sam Spence  The Dasher   Favoriting Autumn Thunder: 40 Years of NFL Films Music  Valley   
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0:19:24 (Pop-up)
Sam Spence  The Gladiators   Favoriting NFL Films Music Library (NFL-102) The Symphonic Touch  NFL Films Music   
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0:22:20 (Pop-up)
Sam Spence  Police Car   Favoriting NFL Films Music Library (NFL-103) Man With a Mission  NFL Films Music   
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0:25:13 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Roger Dexter/Alan Bell 
International Statement   Favoriting
NFL Primetime 
ESPN 
Bed 
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0:28:09 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Ray Russell 
Grid Lock   Favoriting
NFL Primetime 
ESPN 
Bed 
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0:33:07 (Pop-up)
Sam Spence/John Facenda  Heroes Of The 60's   Favoriting The Power And The Glory  Tommy Boy   
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0:34:20 (Pop-up)
Beverly Ann Hermann  Heavy Action   Favoriting NFL Films Music Library (NFL-100) Dramatic Tunes & The March is the Thing  NFL Films Music   
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0:35:45 (Pop-up)
Martha Jane Weber  Crossfire   Favoriting NFL Films Music Library (NFL-103) Man With a Mission  NFL Films Music   
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0:37:16 (Pop-up)
Elliot Blair Orchestra/Sam Spence  Headcracker Suite   Favoriting Music From National Football League Films (NFL-1)  NFL   
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0:38:53 (Pop-up)
Laurie Johnson  Lonely Stranger   Favoriting KPM 1156 – Metropolis  KPM   
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0:40:15 (Pop-up)
Keith Mansfield  Funky Chase   Favoriting KPM 1043 - Beats Incidental  KPM   
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0:42:07 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Alec Williams/Georgia Shapiro 
The Event   Favoriting
NFL Primetime 
NFL 
Bed 
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0:45:05 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Robert J. Walsh 
Showdown   Favoriting
NFL Primetime 
NFL 
Bed 
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0:45:54 (Pop-up)
Sam Spence/John Facenda  Lombardi   Favoriting The Power And The Glory  Tommy Boy   
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0:49:39 (Pop-up)
Elliot Blair Orchestra/Sam Spence  Milktrain To Paydirt   Favoriting Music From National Football League Films, Volume II  NFL   
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0:51:26 (Pop-up)
Elliot Blair Orchestra/Sam Spencer  Old Pros   Favoriting Music From National Football League Films Vol. 1  NFL   
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0:54:01 (Pop-up)
Sam Spence  Honchos   Favoriting NFL Film Library (NFL 106) Flamboyant Themes  NFL   
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0:55:04 (Pop-up)
Tony Luisi  Slo Moshun   Favoriting Music From NFL Films  NFL   
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0:56:15 (Pop-up)
Tony Luisi  Silicone Valley   Favoriting NFL Music Library (NFL 119) Free and Easy / Modern Communications  NFL Music Library    
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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:03pm
dale:

this music is fantastic! with an extra !!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:04pm
dale:

and such great musicianship.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:06pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

I think the Ren and Stimpy theme cribbed this one, somewhat.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:07pm
common:

great. great cinematography on the nfl films stuff too. i
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:08pm
dale:

This stuff could have been used in an episode of mannix.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:11pm
melinda:

This is fun.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:11pm
dale:

hey devon - kudos on the lawyering thing. good for you helping people.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:12pm
dale:

does monica get a royalty check every time this is played?
  7:14pm
Listener Robert:

Hah! You said "Giants" instead of Jets!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:17pm
dale:

i love how this stuff takes on homeric importance. when it's just guys getting concussions.
Avatar 7:18pm
Devon E. Levins:

Dale - That's actually Dan Bodah!!
Avatar 7:19pm
Devon E. Levins:

Yes NY Jets!
Avatar 7:19pm
Devon E. Levins:

Hopefully Monica is getting paid tonight!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:20pm
dale:

ah!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:23pm
melinda:

Dan Bodah is a lawyer? cool.
Avatar 7:23pm
Devon E. Levins:

www.nytimes.com...
  7:24pm
Listener Robert:

While listening to this, I'm looking at this 2012 No. Reading (Mass.) HS varsity football offense highlights reel, and it fit very well:

www.youtube.com...
Avatar 7:24pm
Linda Lee:

loving the show tonight!! somehow really suits the times .. surreal drama .. thank you!
Avatar 7:26pm
Linda Lee:

also: Dan Bodah is the berries.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:28pm
melinda:

Go Dan! Go WFMU! This is good theme music.
Avatar 7:28pm
glenn:

mmmmm. berries.
Avatar 7:28pm
Linda Lee:

:-D
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:31pm
Ike:

It's all instrumentals! Aren't there any lyrics about the bravely concussed sweaty large men and their oval ball?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:32pm
common:

my friend geoff worked for nfl films in the early 2000's. where is that guy?
Avatar 7:33pm
Linda Lee:

i love this stuff. don't care for football, but i love the music.
  7:34pm
Mr Teefers in Hbg PA:

A ton of NFL Films songs can be found on Youtube posted by a guy named Dave Volsky - must be like 400 of them..
Avatar 7:34pm
Devon E. Levins:

We must find Martha Jane Weber the composer of this track and get her in to talk NFL Films Music with us. If the internet can be believed, and there isn't more than one MJW, she is a real estate agent now in Princeton, NJ. Local!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:36pm
dale:

baseball never earned this much musical cred. or bowling. maybe the olympics, but they only have one song. darts could just be the boss and stones.
Avatar 7:36pm
Linda Lee:

should be easy enough to find out if she's the composer!
  7:37pm
Mike:

Cool themed show!
Avatar 7:39pm
Linda Lee:

i'd love to find out how one lands a gig composing for the nfl!
Avatar 7:41pm
Linda Lee:

that looks like an early 80s vinyl graphic for MJW. if she was composing then she's a fairly elderly real estate agent!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:42pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Cool music, for sure, but in my mind, I'm waiting for the narrator's deep voice to start hyping the Oakland Raiders.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:43pm
dale:

pet shop boys did work for the nfl?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:48pm
common:

yo philly!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:49pm
Dave in Vermont:

awww, Roger Staubach - he was my man!
Avatar 7:50pm
Devon E. Levins:

I tried to get Pet Shop Boys on a few months ago on their last tour to discuss their Battleship Potemkin rescore. Schedule too tight.
Avatar 7:52pm
Linda Lee:

love this synth!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:53pm
dale:

baby elephant walk. when the baby is a 300 pound man.
Avatar 7:54pm
Linda Lee:

exactly!!! running into a few other 300 pound men ..
Avatar 7:56pm
Linda Lee:

'Honchos' sounds like porn. have we ever done a porn soundtrack show?
  7:56pm
Mr Teefers in Hbg PA:

The reference to Elliot Blair Orchestra could be tongue in cheek tip of the hat to NFL Films original name of Blair Studios.. named after Ed Sabol's daughter Blair
Avatar Swag For Life Member 7:59pm
melinda:

@Linda: I don't like football either but this music is great.
Avatar 7:59pm
Linda Lee:

why do i love this music so? can't figure it out :-D
Avatar 8:00pm
Linda Lee:

misread the list .. it's 'slo moshun' that sounds like porn :-D
  11:18am
B17_Bomber:

Martha Jane Weber is an alias, I had the pleasure of talking with former NFL films music director, Phillip Speiller, and he confirmed that Weber was an alias, although he couldn't remember the composer's real name... a mystery I hope to solve one day.
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