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- Stalling's main source of musical inspiration, however, were the works of Raymond Scott; Scott's "Powerhouse" theme is forever linked with Stalling's work for Warners.
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After Stalling retired in 1958, he was succeeded by Milt Franklyn, who had assisted Stalling as an arranger since the mid 1930s and was promoted to musical director in the early 1950s. Stalling and Franklyn had shared credits for musical direction during the last years of Stalling's tenure.
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.
Oct 16, 2023 · Stalling was born on November 10, 1891, in Lexington, Missouri. With an innate musical talent, he began his career as an organ accompanist for silent films at the Isis Movie Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. His virtuosity captivated audiences in the early 1920s.
Mar 30, 2018 · Starting out as an organist at the Isis Theater in Kansas City, accompanying and improvising for silent films, Stalling was initially scouted by Walt Disney in the 1920s and began scoring for Mickey Mouse cartoons.
May 23, 2018 · Stalling's musical career in the 1920s was spent as an accompanist and director in silent movie houses in the Kansas City area. Sound had not yet become a part of film. Each theater typically had its own orchestra that performed live for each showing of a movie.
Stalling left Disney in 1930 to work at Aesop's Fables Studio in New York, a short-lived job where he was paid three times what he had been earning, but for which he did little. In retrospect, Stalling noted that this had been a competitor's ploy to undermine Disney.
Dec 5, 2003 · Walt Disney discovered Stalling in the early ‘20s at Kansas City’s Isis Theater, where Stalling was conducting his own orchestra and improvising on the organ to silent movies.