Cue the Music

Ralph Apel

Ralph Apel does not know much about Music Theory. He has not gone through any film music training. The only instrument he plays is a nose flute. What does Ralph Apel know? Well, Ralph knows that he loves film scores. Since he was six years old, Ralph has been listening to the musical scores of major motion pictures. Over the years he has come to appreciate several of the talented artists that bring emotion and excitement to films we love. Join him as he discusses some of film musics greatest contributers!

  • The Other Avengers
    McNeely.jpg 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
    4 May 2016, 6:17 pm
  • The LOST Episode
    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
    27 June 2010, 6:00 pm
  • Book of the Dead
    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
    31 October 2008, 2:44 pm
  • In Like Our Man
    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
    7 October 2008, 10:59 pm
  • Tripper, Winger & Venkman
    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
    19 August 2008, 10:04 pm
  • The Darker Side
    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
    3 June 2008, 7:51 pm
  • Composer Signing!

    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...
    23 April 2008, 3:38 pm
  • Bugs, Bots and Barbarians
    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
    27 February 2008, 12:20 am
  • The Misses

    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
    31 January 2008, 8:03 pm
  • Bond in Space

    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
    19 October 2007, 8:58 pm
  • The Bourne Collective

    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
    12 October 2007, 5:41 pm
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