Newbie
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Mar 17, 2005, 8:43 AM
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Classical music in cartoons
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Is there a list anywhere of classical music used in cartoons...?
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Cartoon Aficionado / Contributor
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Mar 17, 2005, 10:31 AM
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For classical music in cartoons, nothing beats Fantasia. But Warners Bros, "A Corny Concerto" also used classical music(with Elmer Fudd in the Leopold Stokowski role). Also, The Smurfs underscore consisted mostly of classical music rather than the traditional Hanna-Barbera music scores Then, of course, Tom tried to play LIzst's Second Hungarian 'rhapsody, with Jerry disturbing him. A similar plot was used in a Bugs Bunny cartoon. And last but not least, the LOne Ranger cartoons of the 60's opened with the William Tell Overture, just like the radio show and live action TV series..
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(This post was edited by TammiToon on Mar 17, 2005, 10:48 AM)
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Directing Animator / Contributor
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Mar 17, 2005, 10:37 AM
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"What's Opera Doc?"
"Allegro Non Troppo" was the Italian version of 'Fantasia'" ("Bolero" was used in the best sequence in the film)
on a lighter note, the CBS version of the 80s "Dennis The Menace" cartoon used a Mozart piece as its opening theme.
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Research Guru
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Mar 17, 2005, 12:16 PM
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An important precursor of Fantasia was Summertime (ComiColor Cartoons; Celebrity Productions, 1935). Produced and directed by Ub Iwerks before he rejoined Disney, the short had a soundtrack made up entirely of classical tunes.
Classical music -- specifically, Brahms' Hungarian Dances -- was also used to good effect in Pigs In A Polka (Merrie Melodies; Warner Bros., 1943).
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Directing Animator / Contributor
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Mar 17, 2005, 1:34 PM
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"Beany and Cecil" also used classical music. On BEANY MEETS THE MONSTEROUS MONSTER, Tchaikovsky's "Chinese Dance" (the music accompanying the mushrooms on FANTASIA) is heard, as well as "Ride of the Valkyries." BEANYLAND has "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies, and that episode and SUPER CECIL both use "The William Tell Overture" (the storm-type part, not the "Lone Ranger" part). SUPER CECIL also has "Flight of the Bumblebee."
"The Ren and Stimpy Show" also has a huge amount of classical music to pay tribute to how those WB classics used them. They use "The Nutcracker Suite" (most notably "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies" such as the nerve-ending fairy scene), "Brahms' Lullaby" when Ren and Stimpy are sleeping, a sped-up version of "Light Cavalry" accompanies the opening titles of STIMPY'S BIG DAY, "William Tell Overture" plays in its many sections (including the "Lone Ranger" part, such as when they rush to disaster on FIREDOGS,) "The Funeral March" by Chopin (when a death march is seen, or better, the ghost drinking poison on HAUNTED HOUSE (which has "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" under the opening titles), "The Wedding March" by Mendelsohn (usually played on a church organ, such as the marriage sequence on SON OF STIMPY), "Beethoven's Sixth Symphony - First Movement" plays during the morning scene on NURSE STIMPY, "Peer Gynt Suite - Anitra's Dance" plays when Stimpy serves cabbage to Ren on MAROONED, and there's also "Claire De' Lune," "Poet and Peasant," "Romeo and Juliet's Fantasy Overture," "Peer Gynt Suite - Morning," AND THE LIST GOES ON!!!
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(This post was edited by WileECoyote on Mar 17, 2005, 1:44 PM)
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Directing Animator
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Mar 18, 2005, 8:01 AM
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There's a new book out, entitled (aptly enough), Cartoon Music. It is available from Amazon and contains a number of articles on the use of music in animated catoons. It is more of an anthology than an actual history of cartoon studio composers. Among the more interesting items are an interview with Carl Stalling (the only interview he ever gave), two articles written by Scott Bradley, an article on music in cartoons by Chuck Jones, and an interview with Hoyt Curtain on his work for Hanna-Barbera in the 1960's.
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Animator
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Mar 27, 2005, 7:47 PM
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Disney
FANTASIA some parts of the 1940s packahe flicks
Wanrer Bros\.
Bob Clampett's A CORNY CONCERTO-uses Johann Strauss' VIENNA WOODS & HE BLUE DANUBE.
Friz's HOLIDAY FOR SHOESTRINGS-used the Tscyhcosky NUTCRACKER used in FANTASIA for more of the time.
The CHuck trilogy of musical carotons, the excellent LONGHAIRED HARE & RABBIT OF SEVILLE and the rtaher blah WHATS OIPERA DOC
Friz's RHAPSOY RABBIT
'Hanna-NBarbera
FLINTSTONES had some uses of Percy Grainger's COUNTRY GARDEN..(Da DA da da..da DA da da.. DAdDADAdadaDAAAAdaaaaDAdsa!)Warners and Robert McKImson also userd it in STRIFE WITH FATHER when Monty Sparrtow's lecturing Beaky on catching chickens, case you don't recognzie it.
Warners's HAVE YOU GOT ANY CASTLES used GAVOTTE IN G when the book figures come fey- dancing.
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Research Guru
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Mar 27, 2005, 11:35 PM
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See also this post: Re: Happy wake-up music?
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Apprentice
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Oct 3, 2005, 2:43 PM
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Disney
FANTASIA some parts of the 1940s packahe flicks
Wanrer Bros\.
Bob Clampett's A CORNY CONCERTO-uses Johann Strauss' VIENNA WOODS & HE BLUE DANUBE.
Friz's HOLIDAY FOR SHOESTRINGS-used the Tscyhcosky NUTCRACKER used in FANTASIA for more of the time.
The CHuck trilogy of musical carotons, the excellent LONGHAIRED HARE & RABBIT OF SEVILLE and the rtaher blah WHATS OIPERA DOC
Friz's RHAPSOY RABBIT
'Hanna-NBarbera
FLINTSTONES had some uses of Percy Grainger's COUNTRY GARDEN..(Da DA da da..da DA da da.. DAdDADAdadaDAAAAdaaaaDAdsa!)Warners and Robert McKImson also userd it in STRIFE WITH FATHER when Monty Sparrtow's lecturing Beaky on catching chickens, case you don't recognzie it.
Warners's HAVE YOU GOT ANY CASTLES used GAVOTTE IN G when the book figures come fey- dancing.
I remember seeing The Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog one time and I heard some familiar classic music pieces in the theme song. Have you noticed that?
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Supervising Animator
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Sep 12, 2007, 9:47 PM
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What Classical peice was used in the Donald Duck Short 'Slide Donald Slide' and 'Tom and Jerry at the Hollywood Bowl'?
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(This post was edited by bmode on Sep 12, 2007, 10:19 PM)
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Directing Animator
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Sep 13, 2007, 7:22 PM
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What Classical peice was used in the Donald Duck Short 'Slide Donald Slide' and 'Tom and Jerry at the Hollywood Bowl'?
The piece featured in T&J at the Hollywood Bowl is an abridged version of the Overture to Johann Strauss Jr.'s comic-operetta, Die Fledermaus ("The Bat"). The music heard during the opening credits is a snippet from Franz Liszt's tone-poem, Les Preludes.
I don't remember the Donald Duck short, or what piece is heard therein...
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Directing Animator
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Sep 13, 2007, 7:27 PM
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Omigod! I just noticed (or maybe I forgot) that Sonic Racer's avatar is the Viacom logo from the depths of HELL!!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
   
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