Picture This Playlist 132: The First Picture This It’s a Movie! Song of the Week Compilation
Picture This: Film Music on the Radio 06/07/2026 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: Tonight we listen to a compilation of the the first 19 entries in the It’s A Movie! Song of the Week segment, plus a bonus track.
I probably hit on the idea for this opening segment of Picture This sometime last fall, and it took just about six moths to compile enough tunes to create an entire show, mostly because some of themes for programs between then and now precluded doing the segment at all.
I expect the segment will continue since I’ve gotten lots of suggestions from listeners who picked up on the idea that they’ve heard tunes in their lives that instantly suggest movies; it’s the powerful combination of strong visual imagery and an evocative narrative line set against the backdrop of great music, I think, that turns us into temporary filmmakers. So, enjoy!
Oh, and join me next week when Picture This heads back to the darkened movie house for a double feature, the scores from both Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane and Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times. the first 19 entries into the It’s A Movie! Song of the Week segment and spin them into a show.
Audio is available for 2 weeks following original airdate
Coming Attractions from Matinee, composed by Jerry Goldsmith
Is that All There Is? from Is That All There Is?, composed by a Jerry Lieber and Mike Stroller, performed by Peggy Lee
Talkin’ Lion Blues from Jungle Blues, composed and performed by C/W/ Stoneking
The Man Who Couldn’t Cry from American Recordings, composed by Loudon Wainwright II, performed by Johnny Cash
Somewhere Down the Lazy River from Robbie Robertson, composed and performed by U2 and Robbie Robnerston
The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest, from John Wesley Harding, composed and performed by Bob Dylan
May I? from Shooting the Moon, composed and performed by Kevin Ayers
A Sunday in Madrid from Schleep, composed and performed by Robert Wyatt
In the Future from Music for “The Knee Plays, composed and performed by David Byrne
Small Car from The Legendary Marvin Pontiac’s Greatest Hits, composed and performed by John Lurie as Marvin
King Henry Fifth’s Conquest of France from 1000 Years of Popular Music, traditional, performed by Richard Thompson
Paddy on the Canal from There’s Gangs of Them Digging, traditional, performed by Donnel Lunny and Frank Harte
Here’s Adieu to Old England from Stick in the Wheel Presents From Here…English Folk Field Recordings, performed by John Michael Kirkpatrick
Dignity from Robyn Sings, composed by Bob Dylan, performed by Robyn Hitchcock
What’s He Building in There? from Mule Variations, composed and performed by Tom Waits
Pressed Rat and Warthog from Wheels of Fire, composed by Mike Taylor and Ginger Baker, performed by Cream
My Pink Half of the Drainpipe from The Hole in Granny’s Greenhouse, composed and performed by the Bonzo Dog Band
Avant Gardener from The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas, composed and performed by Courtney Barnett
San Francisco B.C. from Look Out Mountain, Look Out Sea, composed by David Berman, performed by the Silver Jews