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Carl William Stalling (November 10, 1891 – November 29, 1972) was an American composer, voice actor and arranger for music in animated films. He is most closely associated with the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts produced by Warner Bros. , where he averaged one complete score each week, for 22 years.
Jul 30, 2015 · This weekend we’ll explore the systematic and mathematical world of Carl Stalling ‘s compositions, guided by composer Robert Nelson. Stalling was a unique composer who could read between the...
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Born on November 10, 1891, in Lexington, MO; died on November 25, 1974, near Los Angeles, CA. Began playing piano, c. 1897; played piano between reels at local movie house, c. 1910; accompanist and orchestra leader for silent films in Kansas City area, c. 1918-28; hired as musical director at Walt Disneystudios, 1928-30; hired away by Aesop's Fable...
The Carl Stalling Project,Volume 1, Warner, 1990. The Carl Stalling Project,Volume 2, Warner, 1995. That's All Folks!—Cartoon Songs from Merrie Melodies & Looney Tunes,Rhino, 2001.
For Disney
The Barn Dance,1928. Gallopin' Gaucho,1928. Plane Crazy,1928. The Skeleton Dance,1928. The Merry Dwarfs,1929. The Op'ry House,1929. When the Cat's Away,1929. Springtime,1930. Wild Waves,1930.
For Warner Bros.
Porky's Poultry Plant,1936. The Village Smithy,1936. Picador Porky,1937. Little Red Walking Hood,1937. Sniffles Takes a Trip,1940. Little Blabbermouse,1940. Bedtime for Sniffles,1940. Sniffles Bells the Cat,1941. The Brave Little Bat,1941. Rhapsody in Rivets,1941. Inki and the Minah Bird,1941. Little Red Riding Rabbit,1944. What's Cookin', Doc?,1944. Stage Door Cartoon,1944. Odor-able Kitty,1945. Baseball Bugs,1946. Rhapsody Rabbit,1946. I Taw a Putty Tat,1948. Mouse Wreckers,1949. Mutiny on...
Books
Goldmark, Daniel, and Yuval Taylor, editors, Cartoon Music Book,Da Capo, 2002. International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 4: Writers and Production Artists,St. James, 1996.
Online
"Carl Stalling," All Music Guide,http://www.allmusic.com(June 3, 2004). "Carl Stalling and Humor in Cartoons," Animation World Magazine,http://www.awn.com/mag/issue2.1/articles/goldmark2.1.html(June 3, 2004). "The Mickey Mouse Genius," Slate,http://slate.msn.com/id/2092021/ (June 3, 2004). —Linda Dailey Paulson
Mar 30, 2018 · An exploration of the music of America wouldn’t be complete without a nod to Carl Stalling, the man behind the madcap music of Looney Tunes.
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Jan 19, 2015 · Stalling was a prolific American composer whose orchestral music reached millions in those classic Warner Brothers cartoons featuring Bugs Bunny and his Merrie Melodies. His work is instantly...
More important, people began to realize how much contemporary cartoon music—on television, in theaters, and online—models itself on the sound of the Warner Bros. cartoons (which has indeed become the standard in the field), a sound that Stalling developed and systematized.
Jan 17, 2018 · Stalling and Disney pioneered cartoon animation that matched the music instead of the other way around. The idea led to Walt Disney’s award-winning Silly Symphonies beginning in 1929.
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