"You've heard his merry melodies underscoring the antics of Bugs, Daffy, Porky and Elmer countless times since your childhood. These days his eccentric recording provide counterpoint to Ren & Stimpy. However, Raymond Scott never wrote a note of music for a cartoon in his life... These recordings that we know of as cartoon soundtracks, composed and performed between '36 and '39 were intended as an improvement of swing music, which Scott found stagnant."
Remember "Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals" (download wav) as performed by The Reckless Penguins, a Raymond Scott tribute band, and re-released as part of Otis Fodder's 365 Days Project? I do.
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