Picture This Playlist 128: The Spectacular 70s, Part II
Picture This: Film Music on the Radio 05/10/2026 Wayne Cresser WRIU-FM, 90.3 Kingston, RI Sundays 6-8 pm On the web at: www.wriu.org
A Word about Tonight’s Show—The focus of the 5/10 program was to continue the exploration of the film music of the 1970s, along with the TV side of things. and the added topic of the emergence of ROCK music across multiple genres of filmmaking— the era of the bigtime rock concert film with Woodstock, The Last Waltz and Wattstax, the rockumentary with Mad Dogs and Englishmen and The Kids Are Alright, and the rock opera, with a whole bunch of things.
Catch me next week, when I celebrate three full years of Picture This: Film Music on the Radio on WRIU Kingston, with a show that blends the first two programs I ever did (when I had only an hour and far too much material), into one two hour program that monkeys with the originals only enough to allow some revelations since then into the mix.
Pressed Rat and Warthog from Wheels on Fire, written by Mike Taylor and Ginger baker, performed by Cream
Willow’s Song from The Wicker Man, composed by Paul Giovanni, performed by Magnet
Tubular Bells from The Exorcist, composed and performed by Mike Oldfield
Funeral March for Queen Mary from A Clockwork Orange, composed by Henry Purcell, performed by Wendy Carlos and Gonzalo Schafer Canobra
Also Sprach Zarathustra from Being There, composed by Richard Strauss, performed by Deodato
Ride of the Valkyries from Apocalypse Now, composed by Richard Wagner, performed by The Royal Philharmonic
Why Don’t You Love Me (like you used to do) from The Last Picture Show, composed and performed by Hank Williams
The Object of My Affection from Paper Moon, composed by Pinky Tomlin, Coy Poe and Jimmie Grier, performed by Pinky Tomlin
It Goes Like it Goes from Norma Rae, composed by David Shire and Norman Gimbel\, performed by Melissa Manchester
Theme from The Waltons, composed and performed by Jerry Goldsmith
Transylvanian Lullaby from Young Frankenstein, composed by John Morris, performed by Claude Bucelle and Dominique La Guern
Blazing Saddles Medley from Blazing Saddles, composed by John Morris
Title song from Blazing Saddles, composed by John Morris and Mel Brooks, performed by Frankie Laine
Theme from Taxi, also known as Angela, composed and performed by Bob James
Theme from Sanford and Son, composed and performed by Quincy Jones
Car Wash from Car Wash, composed by Norman Whitfield and performed by
Haulin’ from Cooley High, composed and performed by Freddie
Intro to Wattstax Concert from Wattstax, composed and performed by Reverend Jesse Jackson
Respect Yourself from Wattstax, composed by Luther Ingram and Mack Rice, performed by the Staple Singers
Love March from Woodstock, composed by Gene Dinwiddie and Phil Wilson, performed by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Theme from The Last Waltz, composed and performed by The Band
Give Peace a Chance from Mad Dogs and Englishmen, composed by Leon Russell/Bonnie Bramlett, performed by Joe Cocker
Amazing Journey from Tommy, composed by Pete Townshend, performed by The Who
I Am the Sea and 5:15 from Quadrophenia, composed by Pete Townshend, performed by the Who
Long Live Rock from The Kids Are Alright, composed by Pete Townshend, performed by the Who