Raymond Scott Available on Spotify!

Raymond Scott (1908-1994) was a composer who came up with some very catchy tunes that had some very bizarre names. His music appealed to Carl Stalling (who was the composer for over 600 Warner cartoons in a 22-year period from 1936 until 1958), and he utilized it in several cartoons, with the most memorable of these being a tune called “Powerhouse”, a tune that every fan of the Warner Bros. cartoons is very familiar with (other than “Powerhouse”, I also really enjoy the energetic “Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals”, the jazzy “Huckleberry Duck”, as well as “The Toy Trumpet”, “The Penguin”, “Twilight in Turkey”, and “Reckless Night On Board an Ocean Liner”) . Scott’s music is also available to listen to on Spotify as well as YouTube, with the main attraction being an album called “Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights- The Music of Raymond Scott” (the title alludes to “Reckless Night On Board an Ocean Liner” and “Twilight in Turkey”, respectively). Below are all the pieces included on this album, with every instance where a specific tune plays in a Warner cartoon noted below (if it’s not in any of them, it’s left blank; I also highly recommend checking out the amazing YouTube channel: “Looney Tunes Songs”, which uploads compilation videos of every time a specific tune played in a cartoon. These are actually the reason why I’ve grown to love and respect Raymond Scott a lot more):

1. Powerhouse- plays in “Porky Pig’s Feat”, “Hiss and Make Up”, “Falling Hare”, “An Itch in Time”, “Puss N Booty” (all released in 1943), “Little Red Riding Rabbit”, “I Got Plenty of Mutton”, “Swooner Crooner”, “Birdy and the Beast”, “The Old Grey Hare” (all released in 1944), “Trap Happy Porky” (1945), “Baby Bottleneck”, “The Great Piggy Bank Robbery”, “The Mouse-Merized Cat” (all released in 1946), “House Hunting Mice” (1947), “The Up Standing Sitter” (1948), “His Bitter Half”, “It’s Hummer Time” (both released in 1950), “The Fair Haired Hare”, “Early to Bet” (both released in 1951), “The Hasty Hare”, “Oily Hare” (both released in 1952), “Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2th Century”, “Cat Tails for Two” (both released in 1953), “I Gopher You”, “Wild Wife” (1954), “The Hole Idea”,
   “Jumpin’ Jupiter” (both released in 1955), “Rocket Squad”, “Gee Whiz-z-z-z”, “Yankee Dood It”, “There They Go Go Go” (all released in 1956), “The Mouse on 57th Street”, “Compressed Hare” (both released in 1961), “A Sheep in the Deep”, and “The Jet Cage” (both released in 1962).

2. The Toy Trumpet- plays in “Daffy the Commando” (1943), “Booby Hatched” (1944), “Of Thee I Sting” (1946), “A Horsefly Fleas” (1947), “Odor of the Day” (1948), “Rebel Rabbit” (1949), “Drip Along Daffy” (1951), and “Cheese It, the Cat!” (1957).

3. Tobacco Auctioneer

4. New Years Eve in a Haunted House

5. Manhattan Minuet

6. Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals- plays in “Greetings Bait”, “Tin Pan Alley Cats”, “Puss N Booty” (all released in 1943), “The Stupid Cupid” (1944), “Fresh Airedale” (1945), “The Big Snooze” (1946), “Gorilla My Dreams”, “Two Gophers from Texas”, “Scaredy Cat” (all released in 1948), “Which is Witch” (1949), “Homeless Hare” (1950), “Bunny Hugged” (1951), “Beep Beep” (1952), “There Auto Be a Law” (1953), “Horse Hare”, and “Wild Wild World” (both released in 1960).

7. Reckless Night On Board an Ocean Liner- plays in “Mouse Warming”, “Hare Lift” (both released in 1952), and “Jumpin’ Jupiter” (1955).

8. Moment Musical

9. Twilight in Turkey- plays in “Jack Wabbit and the Beanstalk”, “The Aristo-Cat”, “Porky Pig’s Feat” (as a soundalike), “Fin N Catty” (all released in 1943), “Goldilocks and the Jivin’ Bears” (1944), and “Life with Feathers” (1945).

10. The Penguin- plays in “Yankee Doodle Daffy”, “Wackiki Wabbit”, “Porky Pig’s Feat” (all released in 1943), “I Got Plenty of Mutton”, “Hare Force” (both released in 1944), “Draftee Daffy” (1945), “Acrobatty Bunny” (1946), “The Shell Shocked Egg” (1948), “Operation Rabbit” (1952), “Forward March Hare”, and “Duck Amuck” (both released in 1953).

11. Oil Gusher

12. In an 18th Century Drawing Room- plays in “The Aristo-Cat” (1943), “What’s Cookin Doc”, “Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears”, “I Got Plenty of Mutton” (all released in 1944), “Inki at the Circus” (1947), “The Scarlet Pumpernickel”, “Dog Collared” (both released in 1950), “Gift Wrapped” (1952), “A Street Cat Named Sylvester” (1953), “Deduce You Say” (1956), “Rabbit Romeo” (1957), and “People are Bunny” (1959).

13. The Girl at the Typewriter

14. Siberian Sleighride- plays in “Meatless Flyday” (1944)

15. At An Arabian House Party

16. Boy Scout in Switzerland- plays in “Behind the Meat Ball”, “Tale of Two Mice” (both released in 1945), “Of Thee I Sting” (1946), “Haredevil Hare” (1948), and “The Hasty Hare” (1952).

17. Bumpy Weather Over Newark

18. Minuet in Jazz

19. War Dance for Wooden Indians- plays in “Odor-Able Kitty” (1945), “Bye Bye Bluebeard” (1949), “A Peck o’ Trouble”, and “Tom Tom Tomcat” (both released in 1953).

20. The Quintet Plays Carmen

21. Huckleberry Duck- plays in “Hiss and Make Up” (1943), “Meatless Flyday”, “I Got Plenty of Mutton” (both released in 1944), “Ain’t That Ducky” (1945), “Walky Talky Hawky” (1946), “Henhouse Henery” (1949), “A Fox in a Fix” (as a soundalike), “Canned Feud”, Leghorn Swoggled” (all released in 1951), and “Robot Rabbit” (1953).

22. Peter Tambourine

Other Raymond Scott Pieces Used in Warner Cartoons That Are Not on This Album, But Available Elsewhere on Spotify:

1. Singing Down the Road- plays in “Hush My Mouse”, “Mouse Menace” (both released in 1946), “Little Orphan Airedale” (1947), and “Boobs in the Woods” (1950).

2. Egyptian Barn Dance- plays in “Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2th Century” (1953)

3. The Happy Farmer- plays in “Muzzle Tough” (1954) and “Sandy Claws” (1955)