The Adventures of Prince Achmed

Morricone Youth The Adventures of Prince Achmed Original live score composed and performed by MORRICONE YOUTH to Lotte Reiniger's 1926 German animated silent film. Country Club Records Catalog No. is CCR-007 Release Date: 2016-09-16

Morricone Youth
The Adventures of Prince Achmed
Original live score composed and performed by MORRICONE YOUTH to Lotte Reiniger's 1926 German animated silent film.

6-Song Vinyl EP with Digital Download Card (500 limited pressing)
Country Club Records Catalog No. is CCR-007

Devon E. Levins - Guitar
John Castro - Bass, Vocals
Dan Kessler - Keyboards, Percussion
Fraser Campbell - Tenor/Soprano Saxophone, Flute, Glockenspiel
Timur Yusef - Drums, percussion
Ayo Awosika - Vocals

Additional Instruments:
Conrad Harris - Violin
Quinn McCarthy - Percussion

First performed at Nitehawk Cinema, Williamsburg, Brooklyn on September 28, 2012.

Engineered and Mixed by Quinn McCarthy at The Creamery Studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in the summer of 2014.

Mastered by Alex DeTurk at Strange Weather, Brooklyn.

Rene Goldberg - Art
Brent Stickels/YYES - Design

Distributed by Light in the Attic and Revolver USA
Morricone Youth formed in New York City in 1999 with the mission statement of composing, re-interpreting, performing and recording only 'music written for the moving image.' With a repertoire of over 100 reinterpretations of film and television soundtracks and music production library recordings (many of which recorded for CDs released by Country Club Records),the band performs with projections thematically dedicated to specific composers or film music genres in addition to composing and performing its own original live scores to old silent films, midnight movies, animations and shorts in theaters and art spaces around the country. In 2005, Morricone Youthcomposed original music for its own imaginary film entitled 'SILENZIO VIOLENTO,' recorded with legendary Brooklyn producer and engineer Martin Bisi released by Country Club Records. The band's original music has regularly been used for television and films, including the documentary 'Second Skin' directed by Juan Carlos Pineiro-Escoriaza about MMORPGs.

The band has embarked on the ambitious project of recording and releasing a 15-vinyl/digital series of the enormous body of work it has composed and re-worked for the 15 silent films and midnight movies the band performed over the past six years around NYC. The first release of the series, 'THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED' 6-song 32-minute EPis now available digitally and on 150g black vinyl (limited pressing of 500 w/ digital download cards), and the second 'NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD' 6-song 25-minute EP will be available in late September 2016 digitally and on 150g neon green vinyl limited pressing of 500 w/ digital download cards). 'MAD MAX,' F.W. Murnau's 'SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS,' and Sergei Eisentein's 'BATTLESHIP POTEMKIN' are scheduled for November 2016, January 2017 and April 2017 releases, respectively. Distribution viaLight in the Attic Records.

Guitarist/founder DEVON E. LEVINS has been a dedicated soundtrack record collector since the 80's and hosted a weekly soundtrack internet radio show on East Village Radio from 2007-2014 under the same Morricone Youth name as well as interviewing soundtrack composers. Devon is currently hosting an all new soundtrack radio show MORRICONE ISLAND on WFMU (wfmu.org/91.1 FM in NYC/NJ) every Tuesday from 7-8pm ET.