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cartoon music. Running Head: Cartoon Music Cartoon Music Cartoon Music Awhile
ago I was flipping through radio stations and I came ...
... trend continues they might go as far as to come out with cartoon reality shows. ... As
bad mannered as the music and television has gotten people just cannot get ...
... and music videos. Children often do not realize that it hurts to hit someone else
because they see it all the time on TV. Everyday a cartoon character is beat ...
... that seems as an innocent as a video game or movie can send out an even stronger
message then music itself. Video games that show cartoon characters that look ...
... Shirts emblazoned with cartoon characters are also common. ... The music isn?t ?real?
and how realistic does an 18 year old look sucking on a pacifier? ...
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Running Head: Cartoon Music
Cartoon Music
Cartoon Music
Awhile ago I was flipping through radio stations and I came to one that was playing classical music, the song that was playing at the time got me to pause at that station for a few moments. I didn’t know what the piece of music was, or who composed it, but I knew it sounded familiar. I ended up having that theme stuck in my head for about a week, and I was trying to figure out where I heard it before. Finally it hit me, that piece of music is in the cartoons that I used to love watching when I was young, mainly the cartoons such as Bugs Bunny, and Tom and Jerry, which did not have much dialogue within them, therefore, the music drove the cartoon. Many people have been introduced to the music of classical and romantic eras without even realizing it, through the watching of cartoons as a child.
Thinking about cartoons, particularly Warner Bros. Looney Tunes, I began to realize just how important music was to the cartoon industry and how much classical music was used in the making of them. In cartoons music plays several roles, such as set the mood, fill empty space, and emphasize movement. According to Wikipedia Encylopedia, in the 1920s the “Golden Age of American Animation” began with the advent of sound cartoons. Cartoons of this era included rich orchestral scores played by studio orchestras, using original material as well as incorporating familiar melodies from the classical and romantic eras.
During the “Golden Age of American Animation” (1920s to 1950s), a leading influence on sound and animation, was Carl Stalling. According to Daniel Goldmark, Stalling began his career with Disney productions and then began working for Warner Bros. Co. (pg 7). It was there that Stalling began using familiar tunes...
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