cartoon soundtrack

[mcfly]

Hey all,
There has got tobe someone out there who knows the answer to this. A cartoon where proky pig hires a "specialist" cat to take care of his mouse problem as sylvester (I think) can't get it done. This exterminator builds a ridiculous Rube Goldberg machine and the last step is a bowling ball falling on the mouses head which by this time is entranced by th workings of the machine. Right?! OK? Got it? NOW.... The song that plays during the machines operation is awsome but I dont know if is a tune unto itself/or who the artist is(was) or if it was "composed" just for that toon.
Anyone know? Atlseat do you know what I am talking about? I'm ging crazy here, nobody at my work knows.
Thanks
Ken:(

[PorkyandDaffy]

I don't know who did the music (Carl Stalling???) but the cartoon that scene is from is called MOUSE MENACE.

[Matt Yorston]

Actually, I don't think it's from "Mouse Menace" but rather from "Trap Happy Porky". The music you're referring to is almost certainly "Powerhouse" by Raymond Scott. This musical piece turns up in many other WB cartoons including "Compressed Hare", "It's Hummer Time", "Jumpin' Jupiter", "Falling Hare", and "His Bitter Half" among others. It's available on the CD, "The Music of Raymond Scott: Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights".

[PorkyandDaffy]

Oops, you're right. I was thinking of a scene from MOUSE MENACE, I always get both of these cartoons mixed up.

[mcfly]

Wow,
I AM Impressed
Thanks all. Now the hunt is on for a sound clip that I know the name of.

[Jack]

Perhaps there's something at http://www.raymondscott.com/ It has a few sound clips from Raymond Scott's music. You'll proably find Powerhouse, as well as other familiar tunes.


Jack:D

[johnmcw]

POWERHOUSE is available in various versions. There are two CDs of actual broadcasts of Raymond Scott's combo doing POWERHOUSE and other songs (check Amazon). Then in modern sound, a Dutch band called THE BEAU HUNKS have transcribed and recorded Scott's arrangement of POWERHOUSE on one of their CDs (check Amazon again). But if you want to hear the piece the way it sounds in Warner cartoons, that is, done by a full orchestra instead of by a five-piece combo, then the Beau Hunks have another CD of recordings of full-orchestra arrangements used on Paul Whiteman's radio show in the 30s ("THE CHESTERFIELD RECORDINGS"). This CD actually has TWO versions of POWERHOUSE; the second one is a kind of "default" version that is like listening to the piece the way Stalling usually arranged it, straight, for three minutes. It's a great piece.

And of course, a lot of the little tunes you hear in Looney Tunes were Scott pieces, many of them that you would never think actually had names -- one would think Stalling just cooked up the little tunes himself.

[Rob]

Bits and pieces of "Powerhouse" are also on THE CARL STALLING PROJECT, VOLUME ONE from WB Records.

This may be out of print, but you might find it used on ebay or in a second-hand shop.

[TeamFX]

Let's not forget the 1997 remix of "Powerhouse" that is featured on Cartoon Network's Cartoon Medley album. FYI, the station still uses various cuts from that version on some of their current commercial bumpers and promos from time to time.

[Larry T]

You might just want to watch "Baby Bottleneck" a few times. It probably has one of the best renditions of the Carl Stalling version in it. ;)

[TeamFX]

Just out of coincidence, the late night edition of "Bugs and Daffy" (3AM last night) aired that cartoon you guys were talking about... Trap Happy Porky. They used the 8-beat cut of "Powerhouse" in this picture. That is also the most commonly used music plug on CN today. What other cartoons used that particular cut if not the fast-paced score?

:rolleyes: