Carl Stalling

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

Carl Stalling (1891–1972) was a cinema organist in Kansas City, where he accompanied silent films. Walt Disney knew him from that city and in 1928 asked him to create the sound for his first Mickey Mouse films. He did not score Steamboat Willie himself, but he did the sound versions of Plane Crazy and The Gallopin' Gaucho. He proposed the Silly Symphonies and wrote The Skeleton Dance (1929). From 1936 to 1958 he worked at Warner Bros. on the Looney Tunes. There his music followed every movement to the second, and he quoted well-known songs at lightning speed. Every gag had its own musical wink. His work was rediscovered in 1990 through the album The Carl Stalling Project.

Listening

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  Hillbilly Hare · Carl Stalling, 1950
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  Porky in Wackyland / Dough for the Dodo · Carl Stalling, 1938
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  There They Go Go Go · Carl Stalling, 1956

Discography

Studio albums

• 1990The Carl Stalling Project
• 2001"That's All Folks!" Cartoon Songs From Merrie Melodies & Looney Tunes (soundtrack)

Other work

• 1928Plane Crazy / The Gallopin' Gaucho (geluidsversies)
• 1929The Skeleton Dance
• 1936–1958Looney Tunes

In School of Rock

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• Film Music Map^NL Map
• The Dream Factory: Film Reel 7^NL Reader

Mentioned in other articles

• Disney and classic cartoons (Mickey Mousing) GenreCarl Stalling wrote the music for The Skeleton Dance (1929) and later worked for more than twenty years at Warner Bros., where he strung together quotations from classical and popular repertoire at high speed.

See also

• Disney and classic cartoons (Mickey Mousing)