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Oct 16, 2023 · In the early 1930s, Carl Stalling made the decision to leave Disney Studio and join the ranks of Warner Bros. Cartoons, where he continued to make significant contributions to the world of animation. At Warner Bros., Stalling’s musical genius found an ideal canvas to shine.
According to Tietyen (1990: 10), Carl Stalling said that Disney's genius was to inspire the people working with and for him to come up with new ideas. Donald Graham, a drawing teacher who worked for Disney, describes how artists ‘worked together with a common goal, to realise Disney's belief that analysis and thoroughness are the foundations ...
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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.
Stalling left Disney after two years, at the same time as animator Ub Iwerks. He had reportedly completed the scoring of about 20 animated films for Disney. Finding few outlets in New York, Stalling rejoined Iwerks at the Iwerks Studio in California, while freelancing for Disney and others.
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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
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. Stalling next took his talents to Warner Brothers Studios.
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Apr 1, 1997 · When he went to Warner Bros., this skill came in very handy. (Let's not forget the fact that Stalling started his cartoon career with Disney, scoring two of the first three Mickey cartoons, Plane Crazy and The Gallopin' Gaucho, as well as writing Mickey's first theme song (with Disney), "Minnie's Yoo-Hoo." He then worked at Iwerks' studio for a ...
