Cue the Music: Recent Episodes
Ralph Apel
Unboxing Ep. 43 – Scare Flair Records has put out a non-horror soundtrack and I have jumped all over it! I absolutely adore Time Bandits and I didn't know I need this on vinyl until now. Huge shoutout to Scare Flair for putting out this exquisite looking vinyl with music by Mike Moran and art by Terry Gilliam (poster cover) and Brad Mrock (gatefold). Join my as I open up the most fabulous object in the world! Related Stories* Unboxing: The Munsters
Unboxing Ep. 42 – Ralph has the latest record in the Godzilla Series. This time it’s “Godzilla: Tokyo SOS” with music by Michiru Oshima and beautiful artwork by Francesco Francavilla! My apologies for being a bit of a downer on … Related Stories* Unboxing: Carnival of Souls * Unboxing: Summer School * Unboxing: Starship Troopers
Unboxing Ep. 41 – Ralph is back and he's unboxing the third title in Waxwork Records' Rob Zombie Presents collection! Herk Harvey's cult classic "Carnival of Souls"! With absolutely stunning artwork by Graham Humphreys. Thanks to Zoe for exquisitely packing this record. I can't wait to give it a listen! Related Stories* Unboxing: Summer School * Unboxing: Starship Troopers * Unboxing: Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla
Unboxing Ep. 40 – Ralph got his hands on a record he didn't even know was possible. Danny Elfman's film score to Summer School on vinyl! What?! This EP soundtrack features the never before released musical score for the Carl Reiner directed 1987 comedy. Watch as Ralph opens up the Ocean Front Hight School seafoam green vinyl, which is limited to 350 copies. Related Stories* Unboxing: Starship Troopers * Unboxing: Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla * Unboxing: Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
Unboxing Ep. 39 – Ralph is over the moon that Varèse Sarabande has not only started a brand-new vinyl club, but has released Starship Troopers as their first title. Ralph has been wanting this release for years and can't believe that it's actually in his hands!! He opens up the Blood and Bug Juice exclusive limited to 500 copies. Was it worth the wait, or does this release deserve death from above? Would you like to know more? Related Stories* Unboxing: Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla * Unboxing: Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah * Unboxing: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
Unboxing Ep. 38 – Ralph is unboxing the latest TOHO Godzilla release from Mondo Death Waltz! With art from Luke Preece and music by the incredible Michiru Oshima, this release is wonderful all around! There are only 2,000 copies of Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002), so be sure to grab it while you still can! Related Stories* Unboxing: Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah * Unboxing: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial * Unboxing: Light & Magic
Unboxing Ep. 37 – Ralph is unboxing the latest TOHO Godzilla release from Mondo Death Waltz! With art from Greg Ruth and music by the incomparable Akira Ifukube, this release is sure to please! There are only 1,000 copies of Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991), so let's take a look inside! Related Stories* Unboxing: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial * Unboxing: Light & Magic * Unboxing: White Zombie
Unboxing Ep. 36 - Ralph is unboxing John Williams' score to the Steven Spielberg classic, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial vinyl soundtrack from Mondo Music. Join him as he shares some of his memories of the film and takes a look at the 180 Gram "Full Moon" Vinyl and art by Dan McCarthy! Related Stories* Unboxing: Light & Magic * Unboxing: White Zombie * Unboxing: Werewolf by Night
Unboxing Ep. 35 - Ralph is unboxing James Newton Howards soundtrack to Lawrence Kasdan's six part documentary Light & Magic, the story of Lucasfilm's Industrial Light and Magic on Disney+! This release contains great photos from the Lucasfilm archive and wonderful liner notes by Brandon Wainerdi of Talking Bay 94. Related Stories* Unboxing: White Zombie * Unboxing: Werewolf by Night * Unboxing: Godzilla, Mothra & King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
Episode 15: Joel McNeely - On this episode, Ralph is listening to the score from the 1998 film The Avengers, starring Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman and Sean Connery.
Playlist:
The Avengers Theme by Laurie Johnson
John Steed, I Presume?
Meet Emma Peel
Chasing Teddy Bears
Flight of the Mechanical Bees
Main Title
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The Other Avengers
Episode 14: Michael Giacchino - Cue the Music returns with music from the Academy Award winning composer of Up, Michael Giacchino. In this episode Ralph will attempt to retrace his steps through the playlist from the LOST Live Event at Royce Hall on May 13th, 2010.
PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT
Playlist:
The U-Boat - Medal of Honor
LOST Main Theme/The Eyeland - Season 1
Hollywood and Vines - Season 1
Landing Party - Season 4
Sawyer Jones and the Temple of Boom - Season 5
Life and Death - Season 1
The Tangled Web - Season 5
Crocodile Locke - Season 1
Parting Worlds - Season 1
Married Life - Up
Hurley's Helping Hand - Season 3
Jack FM - Season 3
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The LOST Episode
Episode 13: Joseph LoDuca - On this episode of CTM Ralph plays you through the Evil Dead Trilogy, From the eerie strings of the Evil Dead 1 to the large orchestral arrangements of Army of Darkness. Follow Ash through his battle across time, to defeat the Deadites! Happy Halloween!
Playlist:
Automatic Writing - The Evil Dead
Prologue - Army of Darkness
Eye Games/ Charm - The Evil Dead
Rape of the Vines - The Evil Dead
Give her the Axe - The Evil Dead
Kandarian Dagger - The Evil Dead
Behemoth - Evil Dead II
Ash's Dream/Dancing Game - Evil Dead II
Hush Little Baby/Pee Wee Head - Evil Dead II
Hail to the King/End Titles - Evil Dead II
Building the Deathcoaster - Army of Darkness
March of the Dead - Danny Elfman
End Titles - Army of Darkness
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Book of the Dead
Episode 12: Jerry Goldsmith -After another long break CTM is back with an all new episode. This episode is the first in a long run of episodes soon to follow. On today's show Ralph plays a couple of scores from Jerry Goldsmith's Our Man Flint and In Like Flint. Follow this electronic odyssey into the spy world of Derek Flint. Be sure to check out the ALL NEW CTM Myspace page, myspace.com/cuethemusicpodcast !
Playlist:
Main Titles - Our Man Flint
Man Does Not Live by Bread Alone - Our Man Flint
A Bit of Research - Our Man Flint
You're a Foolish Man, Mr. Flint - Our Man Flint
It's Gotta be a World Record - Our Man Flint
Where the Bad Guys are Gals - In Like Flint
The Golf Lesson - In Like Flint
Get Flint - In Like Flint
Lost in Space - In Like Flint
Flint is Alive - In Like Flint
End Titles (Your Zowie Face) - In Like Flint
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In Like Our Man
Episode 11: Elmer Bernstein - Ralph pulls out two incredibly rare score for you to check out. Elmer Bernstein has done some of the greatest comedy scores of all time, including Blues Brothers, Airplane! and Animal House. On today's episode Ralph discusses three collaborations with Ivan Reitman and Bill Murray! Sit back and enjoy the latest episode of Cue The Music!
Playlist:
Depression- Stripes
Stripes March- Stripes
Olympiad- Meatballs
Rudy and Tripper- Meatballs
Rudy Wins the Race - Meatballs
Hair Cut - Stripes
V-J-R - Stripes
Library & Title- Ghostbusters
Walk- Ghostbusters
Get Her!- Ghostbusters
We Got One! - Ghostbusters
Halls - Ghostbusters
Client - Ghostbusters
I Respect You - Ghostbusters
Ghosts! - Ghostbusters
Good Friend - Mary MacGregor
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Tripper, Winger & Venkman
Episode 10: Danny Elfman Part 2 - On this episode of Cue The Music, Ralph discusses the music of Danny Elfman from 1989-1991. This is the sound that defined Danny Elfman's style. Even though he went on to do very diverse scores, nobody will forget what Elfman did in '89/'90!
Playlist:
Travel Music - Beetlejuice
Descent into Mystery - Batman
Flowers - Batman
Clown Attack - Batman
Rage/Peppy Science - Darkman
Love Themes - Darkman
Main Titles - Nightbreed
Carnival Underground - Nightbreed
Into Midian - Nightbreed
Crime Spree - Dick Tracy
Breathless' Theme - Dick Tracy
Tess' Theme - Dick Tracy
The Story Unfolds - Dick Tracy
Storytime - Edward Scissorhands
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The Darker Side
For those of you in the Southern California area, Varése Sarabande will be holding an event in Burbank on the 10th of May for their upcoming release of their 30th Anniversary CD. Several composers will be there signing CDs!!
Check it out at varesesarabande.com
Composers Attending:
Christophe Beck (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, We Are Marshall)
Marco Beltrami (3:10 to Yuma, Hellboy)
Charles Bernstein (Nightmare on Elm Street, Cujo)
Don Davis (The Matrix, Jurassic Park 3)
Mychael Danna (Capote, Surf's Up)
John Debney (Sin City, The Passion of the Christ)
Cliff Eidelman (Christopher Columbus: The Discovery)
John Frizzell (Office Space, Alien Resurrection)
Michael Giacchino (LOST, The Incredibles, Ratatouille)
Mark Isham (Blade, The Black Dahlia)
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek (Finding Neverland, Unfaithful)
Joel McNeely (The Avengers, Young Indiana Jones)
John Ottman (Usual Suspects, Superman Returns)
Trevor Rabin (The Great Raid, Armageddon)
Lalo Schifrin (Rush Hour, Enter the Dragon)
Marc Shaiman (South Park, City Slickers)
Richard M. Sherman (Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)
Edward Shearmur (Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow)
Brian Tyler (Six String Samurai, Rambo)
Christopher Young (Rounders, Spider-Man 3)
and more...
Episode 9: Basil Poledouris - Even though he may not be a house hold name, Basil Poledouris is nothing short of genius. His powerful themes and romantic strings show that he was one of the greatest film composers of the last thirty years.
Playlist:
Prologue/Anvil of Crom - Conan the Barbarian
The Wifeing/Love Theme - Conan the Barbarian
Rock Shop - Robocop
Home - Robocop
Klendathu Drop - Starship Troopers
Tango Urilla - Starship Troopers
Lester - Cherry 2000
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Bugs, Bots and Barbarians
Episode 8: John Williams - Even though John Williams has composed some of the most memorable themes for some of the most successful films of all time, it does not mean that he is impervious to scoring some bad motion pictures. On this episode of of CTM, Ralph discusses three great scores to films that fell short of their mark.
HERE is the only place to find Heartbeeps!
Playlist:
Abandoned in the Woods - A.I.
The Moon Rising - A.I.
Hide and Seek - A.I.
The Never-Feast - Hook
Remembering Childhood - Hook
The Ultimate War - Hook
Main Titles - Heartbeeps
Val's First Drive - Heartbeeps
The Junkyard - Heartbeeps
Going to Sleep - Heartbeeps
Banning Back Home - Hook
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The Misses
Episode 7: John Barry - 007 Takes to the sky and beyond! On this weeks episode Ralph talks a bit about James Bond's adventures in Outer Space and what John Barry did to ground it in reality.
Playlist:
Lured to Pyramid - Moonraker
Capsule in Space - You Only Live Twice
007 and Counting - Diamonds are Forever
Space Lazer Battle - Moonraker
Flight into Space - Moonraker
On Her Majesty's Secret Service - Propellerheads/David Arnold
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Bond in Space
Episode 6: John Powell - Cue the Music is back and Ralph is discussing the scores to the three Bourne Films, composed by the British film composer John Powell. Although he is still a fairly new composer, Powell's sweeping themes and inovative use of electronics have secured a place in my personal top five favorite film composers of all time.
Playlist:
Escape From Embassy - The Bourne Identity
Treadstone Assassins - The Bourne Identity
Bourne on Land - The Bourne Identity
Gathering Data - The Bourne Supremacy
Atonement - The Bourne Supremacy
Six Weeks Ago - The Bourne Ultimatum
Faces Without Names - The Bourne Ultimatum
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The Bourne Collective
Episode 5: David Arnold - With his breakout score to 1994's Stargate, David Arnold proved that he could play with the big boys. Probably best known for scoring the last four James Bond Scores, David Arnold shows that he can do a lot more than just the spy genre. On this episode of Cue the Music, Ralph discusses four epic scores from David Arnold.
Playlist:
Overture - Wing Commander
Daniel's Mastadge - Stargate
Mastadge Drag - Stargate
Main Title - The Musketeer
Fight Inn - The Musketeer
The President's Speech - Independence Day
Base Attack - Independence Day
The Wilderness - The Last of the Dogmen
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Action Extravaganza
Episode 4: Bernard Herrmann - On this episode of Cue the Music, Ralph discusses three of the most popular scores from the Hitchcock/Herrmann collaberation.
Playlist:
Prelude - Psycho
Marion and Sam - Psycho
Temptation - Psycho
The Finale - Psycho
Overture - North by Northwest
The Streets (outtake) - North by Northwest
It's a most Unusual Day - North by Northwest
The U.N. - North by Northwest
Interlude - North by Northwest
Carlotta's Portrait - Vertigo
The Bay - Vertigo
Scene d' Amour - Vertigo
Fashion Show - North by Northwest
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Maestro of Suspense
Episode 3: Danny Elfman - Before the Dark Knight, there was the Mystic Knights and Danny Elfman was the front man. On this weeks episode of Cue the Music, Ralph takes a look at the comedy scores of Danny Elfman from 1980-1988.
Playlist:
The Ex-Queen - The Forbidden Zone
Overture - Pee Wee's Big Adventure
The Breakfast Machine - Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Overture - Back to School
Main Titles - Hot to Trot
Main Titles - Midnight Run
Try to Believe [Oingo Boingo]- Midnight Run
Main Titles - Big Top Pee Wee
Rise and Shine - Big Top Pee Wee
Main Titles/Show Time at IBC - Scrooged
Stolen Bike - Pee Wee's Big Adventure
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The Lighter Side
Episode 2: James Newton Howard - On this enstallment of Cue The Music, Ralph will discuss the five collaborations between Director M. Night Shyamalan and composer James Newton Howard.
Playlist:
Main Titles - Signs
De Profundis - The Sixth Sense
The Wreck - Unbreakable
The Hand of Fate part 1 - Signs
I Cannot See His Color - The Village
Those we don't Speak of - The Village
The Healing - The Lady in the Water
The Great Eatlon - The Lady in the Water
Visions - Unbreakable
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With A Twist
Episode 1 - Welcome to the first episode of the Cue The Music Podcast. In this episode, you will get a chance to learn more about me and where my love for Film Music began. Thanks for listening to the show. The only direction to take it, is UP!
Playlist:
Desert Chase [raiders of the lost ark] - John Williams
Back to the Future Overture [back to the future] - Alan Silvestri
Main Titles [beetlejuice] - Danny Elfman
End Credits [beetlejuice] - Danny Elfman
Main Theme [adventures of the great mouse detective] - Henry Mancini
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Cue The Music