Dean1700 4 Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 I've just been watching some old Bugs Bunny classics on DVD and just laugh myself silly watching them. Having grown up with them for 30 odd years it surprises me that apart from The Simpsons and Futurama no other animated cartoon makes me laugh so much.It is fair to say that any one who has watched them has also had their first experience listening to classic music that Carl Stalling ingeniusly incorporated into his own music. The stand out here is Rabbit of Seville but there are so many others that has classical music in them as well. I think he is an unsung genius in that he had to write music for the whole of the cartoon and not just part of it. Is there anyone else who would have been capable of writing so much music so often for short animated features like he did. Does anyone else agree or do you disagree? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,519 Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Stalling's music plays a large part why I find the old cartoon's so funny. And I heard many classical pieces first in the cartoons as a kid. One of the funniest is the Elmer and Bugs Bunny cartoon where they parodied German Opera (Wagner to be exact). Ride of the Valkyries is not the same after you hear the tune sung by Elmer "Kill the rabbit, kill the rabbit!" So I guess Stalling had an effect on me too. His music is half the fun of those cartoons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 The master of "Mickey Mousing".Perhaps not very deep or intellectual music, but unvaluable to it's art form nontheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,519 Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 The master of "Mickey Mousing".Perhaps not very deep or intellectual music, but unvaluable to it's art form nontheless. That typo turns the acknowledgement into an insult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 I had just woken up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,519 Posted January 28, 2006 Share Posted January 28, 2006 Ok that explains everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean1700 4 Posted January 28, 2006 Author Share Posted January 28, 2006 No excuses Stef. Face up to it. You're just a lousy typist. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,251 Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 My name...is not Stef. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric_JWFAN 11 Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 Sorry to bump an old thread, but I am a huge Carl Stalling fan.Yes, to answer your question. Carl Stalling was a musical genius. But even he was not as "unsung" as his friend and rival Scott Bradley. No one (save for Tom and Jerry fans) even knows his name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 859 Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 There are two CD that may still be in print that feature Carl Stalling's music to the Looney Tunes cartoons.The Carl Stalling Project Volume 1Tracklisting1. Putty Tat Trouble Part 62. Hillbilly Hare3. Early WB Scores: Depression Era4. The Good Egg - a vintage Merrie Melody5. Various cues from Bugs Bunny Films6. There They Go Go Go - a complete Road Runner7. Stalling Self Parody: Music from Porky's Preview8. Anxiety Montage9. Stalling: The War Years10. Medley: Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals11. Carl Stalling with Milt Franklyn in Session12. Speedy Gonzalez Meets Two Crows from Tacos13. Powerhouse and other cuts from the Early 50s14. Porky In Wackyland/Dough For The Do-Do15. To Itch His Own - Stalling's last score The Carl Stalling Project Volume 2Tracklisting1. Zoom And Bored2. Stage Fright3. The High And The Flighty4. Bad Swiss Band5. Marching Pink Elephants6. The Slap Hoppy Mouse7. Orchestra Gag8. Variation On Grandfather's Clock9. Variation On Chinatown My Chinatown10. Variation On Lucky Day11. Wind-Up Doll12. Guided Muscle13. Fall And Splat (SFX)14. Ghost Wanted15. The Unexpected Pest16. Drunk La Cucaracha17. Flea-Ridden Sheep Dog18. Golf Cue19. Barbary Coast Bunny20. Satan's Waitin' (excerpt)21. Rubber Dog22. Pappy's Puppy23. Variations On La Danza24. Variations On Johann Strauss25. Kangaroo (SFX)26. Mouse-Taken Identity27. Variations On Mexican Hat Dance28. Frazzled CoyoteI have both and they are well worth having.Also the Looney Tunes DVD sets have isolated scores for a few of the cartoons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 Stallings music is routinely performed live. It was even played in Philly last night. "Bugs Bunny on Broadway" is a lot of fun.As mentioned above, Scott Bradley is the one who is really unknown and he wrote some wonderful music for MGM.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 385 Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 Hooray for Carl Stalling! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 Or as he's credited in one Elmer Fudd short, "Cawl W. Stawwing".Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 859 Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 Stallings music is routinely performed live. Â It was even played in Philly last night. Â "Bugs Bunny on Broadway" is a lot of fun.I have that CD as well. It should still be in print.As mentioned above, Scott Bradley is the one who is really unknown and he wrote some wonderful music for MGM.Neil It would be nice to see a couple of CD's featuring Tom & Jerry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker 5 Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 It would be nice to see a couple of CD's featuring Tom & Jerry.It sure would. I'd buy them in a heartbeat. I grew up watching them on TV everyday before and after school. I haven't gotten around to getting the DVDs, which suffer from all sorts of problems, but I have the LDs, which are uncensored. The LDs were called, "The Art of Tom and Jerry" and that's exactly what those shorts were. To make hundreds of cartoons based off of the premise of a cat chasing a mouse and still be creative and funny is indeed an art. The glorious music also helps.Maybe I'll watch "The Truce Hurts" on Monday, since it was originally released on July 17.Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robthehand 3 Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 It would be nice to see a couple of CD's featuring Tom & Jerry.It sure would. I'd buy them in a heartbeat. I grew up watching them on TV everyday before and after school. I haven't gotten around to getting the DVDs, which suffer from all sorts of problems, but I have the LDs, which are uncensored. The LDs were called, "The Art of Tom and Jerry" and that's exactly what those shorts were. To make hundreds of cartoons based off of the premise of a cat chasing a mouse and still be creative and funny is indeed an art. The glorious music also helps. If you're interested, the Region 2 DVDs are completely uncensored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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