Comments on: Music to My Ears

By: nick R.

nick R. — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

What to you mean!

By: Dave kirwan

Dave kirwan — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

I don’t really know, Eric. I do know that Sharples’ stuff was recycled endlessly as stock music, pasted onto all kinds of films including some silent movies(!) for TV airing. Makes sense. Like I was rambling about, his scores have a wonderful ‘one size fits all’ quality, where as Stalling’s stuff seemed designed for exactly the one cartoon at hand. When they repackaged a bunch of silent Paul Terry cartoons from the 1920’s, someone grabbed a handful of Sharples’ tracks from his RKO cartoons, slapped em on, and bingo… sound cartoons! His original Noveltoon tracks are smeared all over dozens of TV cartoons from the 60’s and 70’s like Batfink, Milton the Monster and Beetle Baily. I’ve even seen industrial films sporting the very familiar ‘Popeye Music’ background scores.

By: Dave kirwan

Dave kirwan — Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Love Hoyt Curtin! I’ve got a buddy who’s absolutely nutty about the guy, will go on for hours about the ‘big’ sound of vintage Hanna-Barbera TV toons. Count me among those who prefer Curtin’s alternate “Scooby Doo” theme to the official theme song.

By: Fred Seibert

Fred Seibert — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Dave, I know he’s later than the most of the cartoons we’re doing at ReFrederator, but I’ve got a soft spot for the (in my opinion) underrated Hoyt Curtin. He was more modern, more soulful (again, in my opinion), more swinging. He fit his times perfectly, and his cartoons did too.

By: Eric Homan

Eric Homan — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Dave, any rough estimate as to how many of these guys paid some dues at one point or another in silent movie houses?