"Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals"

[frizfrelengfan]

I am intrigued by the name of this musical composition by Raymond Scott. According to the Raymond Scott web site, it appears in several WB cartoons, including "The Big Snooze." "Powerhouse" is the best-known Scott composition in WB cartoons and I'm familiar with it, but how does "Cannibals" go? I'm sure I've heard it, having seen "The Big Snooze." Can anyone supply a short clip?

[RetroMan]

Well, I wouldn't know how to supply a clip, but Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00002SWK0/qid=1137808022/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-3551658-6631059?s=music&v=glance&n=5174) does.
In The Big Snooze, it's played when Bugs "paints" the nightmare.

[J. B. Warner]

Of course, the most extensive use of the tune was in "Gorilla My Dreams" - it plays during the fast-paced chase between Bugs and Gruesome Gorilla.

[Patrick McCart]

There are two CD's you ought to get... Find "Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights" which has most of the great Raymond Scott original performances. Excellent quality for being from the 1930's, too.

There's also a GREAT CD featuring orchestral versions... The Chesterfield Arrangements 1937-1938. The Beau Hunks Sextet and the Metropole Orchestra perform and they're excellent.

Here's Dinner Music in Scott's 1930's recording:

Click here to watch Dinner-Music-for-a-Pack-of-Hungry-Cannibals (http://media.putfile.com/Dinner-Music-for-a-Pack-of-Hungry-Cannibals)

Here's Dinner Music in the orchestral re-recording:

Click here to watch dinnermusic-new (http://media.putfile.com/dinnermusic-new)

Seriously, these two albums belong in any decent CD collection. The orchestral Raymond Scott has some tracks that apparently do not survive as original recordings from his quintet, but impressive!

[RetroMan]

And to the above mentioned albums, I'd also suggest an album entitled "Microphone Music". Besides the familiar Scott compositions, there are also rarer works, some of which have never been commercially released. The album includes radio transcripts, rehearsals and alternate takes of the familiar tunes, plus Quintette renditions of non-Raymond Scott compositions.

[mmtper]

It's funny, I think the sextet version's wilder, while the orchestral version sounds more "civilized".

[Studio Toledo]

There are two CD's you ought to get... Find "Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights" which has most of the great Raymond Scott original performances. Excellent quality for being from the 1930's, too.

There's also a GREAT CD featuring orchestral versions... The Chesterfield Arrangements 1937-1938. The Beau Hunks Sextet and the Metropole Orchestra perform and they're excellent.

Here's Dinner Music in Scott's 1930's recording:

Click here to watch Dinner-Music-for-a-Pack-of-Hungry-Cannibals (http://media.putfile.com/Dinner-Music-for-a-Pack-of-Hungry-Cannibals)

Here's Dinner Music in the orchestral re-recording:

Click here to watch dinnermusic-new (http://media.putfile.com/dinnermusic-new)

Seriously, these two albums belong in any decent CD collection. The orchestral Raymond Scott has some tracks that apparently do not survive as original recordings from his quintet, but impressive!

They sure don't do it like this anymore!

[frizfrelengfan]

They sure don't do it like this anymore!
They certainly don't! That is great music. It's a wonder that (except for cartoon buffs) Raymond Scott is not as well known as, say, Duke Ellington.