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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 · Beginning in 1936, he worked for Warner Bros. and wrote all of the cartoon music there (including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Road Runner, Porky Pig, and Sylvester) for 22 years until his retirement in 1958. Stalling saw his first movie at age 12 in1903 and vowed to be involved in movies in some way.
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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 · 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.
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Carl Stalling, composer and arranger, was the genius behind the kaleidoscopic music that accompanied the classic cartoons made under the auspices of Warner Bros. Studios in the middle of 20th century. His work was passionate and frenzied.
Dec 5, 2003 · Stalling invented cartoon scoring, which included a “tick” system, whereby individual members of the orchestra were provided with earphones through which they heard a steady beat and, on one...
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Stalling's first work in music was as house organist in Newman Theatre in Kansas City, where he would accompany the latest silent film with his organ playing. He soon came to the attention of fellow Kansan Walt Disney, who recruited Stalling as musical director for his fledgling animation company.
