Morricone Youth is a New York City band formed in 1999 dedicated to performing film and television soundtrack and library music. The band is composed of members of present or past members of Creedle, The Rugburns, Crash Worship, Misty Roses, Palomar, Pretendo, Pronto and The DaoSon For. Morricone Youth recorded its debut full length album of original film music entitled "Silenzio Violento" in 2004 with Martin Bisi at B.C. Studio in Brooklyn, New York released on October 8, 2005 by Country Club Records. Four songs from "Silenzio Violento" were used in documentary film Second Skin (film) directed by Juan Carlos Pineiro about MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games) and the people who play them. The film premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in March 2008.
Although the band was inactive from 2007 and 2010, Morricone Youth resumed performing live in 2011 and has began writing for a new album. Current members include Devon E. Levins (guitar), John Castro (bass/vocals), Dreiky Caprice (vocals/percussion), Jefferson Rabb (keyboards), David Spinley (tenor saxophone/clarinet) and Greg O'Keeffe (drums). Greg O'Keeffe is also a member of Pronto, a band fronted by Mikael Jorgensen of Wilco. Former drummer Dale W. Miller, who plays on the Times Square EP, is a current member of Palomar.
Guitarist/founder Devon E. Levins has hosted a weekly internet radio show since 2007 under the same Morricone Youth moniker on East Village Radio playing primarily obscure soundtrack music from the past.
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