The Mood Swing by Ralph

Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010

I’ve known ralph for almost ten years now. We met when we were cast-members or employees for you non Disney people. We both have a passion for film music and I was very grateful when he agreed to create a guest playlist for my blog. He was 1/2 and creator of the very popular Lost Podcast “The Dharmalars”. So popular in fact that it even gained fans from actual Lost cast members. He currently co hosts a new final Lost Podcast called “The Tail End” and he also has a blog, Casinoskunk, that features everything from movie reviews to even his top fast food places!

When Cesar asked me if I wanted to do a playlist for The Dead Format, my mind went off in many different directions. As a fan of film scores, I immediately thought of doing a list of some of my favorite cues from film, but I figured that it would probably be monotonous as a playlist. I really wanted to do something a bit more eclectic. For me there is nothing more eclectic than the ups and downs that I have gone through durning my life. The following are songs that have a link to my past. For the most part all of these songs transport me to a specific time in my life. Even though this is a list created specifically for The Dead Format, these songs have pretty much always been my soundtrack when I could use some direction.

-Ralph

UPDATE

I am really happy that i did this. I had a good time digging into my library and finding songs that took me to a different time in my life. The photo for the album art is a picture of my grandfather (Ralph J. Apel).