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Stalling is credited with both the composition and the musical arrangement of The Skeleton Dance (1929), the first of the Silly Symphonies. [1] [2] These cartoons allowed Stalling to create a score that Disney handed to his animators.
Aug 23, 2010 · Soon after his first cartoon with music (Steamboat Willie, 1928), Walt Disney hired Carl Stalling as his music director. Stalling provided music for many more cartoons over the next few years, including the earliest Silly Symphonies.
Aug 19, 2019 · The idea for the Silly Symphonies came from Disney’s first in-house composer, Carl Stalling, who suggested Disney launch a series in which music could be applied more cohesively than in the Mickey shorts in which scores were subject to the demands of plot and gags.
Mar 4, 2024 · He was previously a composer and musical director at the Walt Disney animation studio in 1928, where he composed music for the Mickey Mouse shorts and led Walt Disney to create the Silly Symphonies series. Stalling left Disney two years later to work at Iwerks Studio until 1936, when he was hired by Leon Schlesinger to compose music for his ...
Nov 18, 2016 · That music was composed by a quiet, unassuming theater organist out of Kansas City named Carl Stalling, who was soon lured to Hollywood by Disney to work on subsequent Mickey Mouse and “Silly Symphony” cartoons.
Aug 19, 2019 · 1929–1939 was a period of great experimentation at The Walt Disney Studios. Walt followed the runaway success of Mickey Mouse with a series centered around music, the Silly Symphonies, to test out their latest technological innovations. In January 1930, Disney’s first in-house composer Carl Stalling left the Disney Studios and eventually ...
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Oct 23, 2021 · The Skeleton Dance is known as the very first Silly Symphony ever produced. It was animated by Ub Iwerks and composed by Carl Stalling. Learn more about the other innovations attached to Disney’s The Skeleton Dance, the animation process, and what the theatrical response was.