The Carl Stalling Project, Volume 2: More Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons 1939-1957
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Composer: Carl StallingOrchestra: Carl Stalling
Edition: Music CD
Format: Soundtrack
CD Release Date: 1995-02-28
Music Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Zoom and Bored
- Stage Fright
- High and the Flighty
- Bad Swiss Band
- Marching Pink Elephants
- Slap Hoppy Mouse
- Orchestra Gag
- Variation on Grandfather's Clock
- Variation on Chinatown My Chinatown
- Variation on Lucky Day
- Wind-Up Doll
- Guided Muscle
- Fall and Splat-SFX
- Ghost Wanted
- Unexpected Pest
- Drunk la Cucaracha
- Flea-Ridden Sheep Dog
- Golf Cue
- Barbary Coast Bunny
- Satan's Waitin' [Excerpt]
- Rubber Dog
- Pappy's Puppy
- Variations on la Danza
- Variations on Johann Strauss
- Kangaroo-SFX
- Mouse-Taken Identity
- Variations on Mexican Hat Dance
- Frazzled Coyote
Music reviews of The Carl Stalling Project, Volume 2: More Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons 1939-1957
Music Review: Buy this with Vol. 1
Rating: 4 Stars
I don't feel that this volume is quite as effective as Vol. 1, but it is a must have either way. I strongly suggest buying both to complete the collection, as you will find that every Stalling composition stands out and it NEVER gets old. The following is the review I posted for Volume 1:
I cannot pass up the opportunity to express my love for this music. If you are familiar with the cartoons, then the music is in your bones. The images fly by in your imagination, and you may even recognize the specific scenes that were married to the pieces; but the goal of this compilation is not to make you think of the visuals - it is to illustrate the point of just how strong the music is on it's own merit, and how important this music is in American culture. When separated from the cartoons, it is now all too clear how diverse and talented the composer, Carl Stalling really is. He holds his own in the world of American modern classical composers, and this may just be the one of the first times in history we have heard such a range of genres pulled off with such ease and grace.
In the liner notes, we find out that the Warner Brother studio used for these cartoons was just one big room, and the music was created side-by-side with voice actors and artists. The energy is there all the way, and the music is eventful, to say the least. Beyond the ability to effectively hit you with character-action assossiation, the music will likely be found referred to by many generations down the road as some of the most inspirational and complex compositions to come from the U.S. at that time in history. This record should sit in the collection of any music or art historian, amateur or professional, as well as those who just enjoy a good laugh or thrilling ride. Do not pass this up.
Description of The Carl Stalling Project, Volume 2: More Music From Warner Bros. Cartoons 1939-1957
The second volume of the master Warner Bros. cartoon composer's work downplays the head-spinning montage of the first in favor of just-as-head-spinning complete scores. They aren't from the studio's best-known cartoons but from some of Stalling's most impressive tempo-warping, all-systems-go pieces, augmented by a few mini-pieces that illustrate the way he could transform barely familiar show tunes and classical themes into wild, rubbery jokes. Even without images, Stalling could make an orchestra suggest a "Flea-Ridden Sheep Dog" in 24 seconds flat and run enough changes on Stephen Foster's "Camptown Races" to match every mood in a Foghorn Leghorn cartoon. The head-snapping reversals of his scores anticipate much later avant-garde music. --Douglas WolkCartoon Music CDs
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