Looney Tunes Themes

[Marty26]

Okay, somebody here already posted a listing of the different Merrie Melodies themes and which cartoons they started/ended with. Could somebody please do the same for the different Looney Tunes themes?

[LooneyLover81]

Marty,

Here's a list from http://bosko.toonzone.net/titles/ on all the Looney Tunes opening and closing themes:

1930-1932 - "A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" by Theodore Metz
1932-1933 - "Whistle and Blow Your Blues Away" by Carmen Lombardo and Joseph Young
1933-1936 - "Beauty and the Beast" by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby
1936-1937 - "Porky Signature" by M.K. Jerome
Version 1: No twang sound at open (December 1936-January 1937)
Version 2: Rising xylophone lick at open (February-July 1937)
Version 3: The twang sound at open. Sometimes fast. (July-September 1937)
1937-1969 - "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" by Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin
Version 1 (September-October 1937, January-November 1938): Twang sound accentuating the WB shield.
Version 2 (November 1937-January 1938): Same twang sound effect, alternate arrangement of instruments.
Version 3 (December 1938-March 1941): Different twang sound effect, new arrangement. Remixed version used exclusively for "Joe Glow the Firefly" released March 8, 1941.
Version 4 (March 1941-April 1945): Last long version.
Version 5 (May 1945-June 1946): First short version.
Version 6 (July 1946-June 1955): Second short version.
Version 7 (March 1955-July 1964): Third short version, which sounds like a hybrid of the '45-'55 theme and the second '37-'38 theme.
Version 8 (April 1963-September 1967): A weird version. Opens with the twang sound, followed by two sets of ascending notes, and then the main theme. Also used in the Merrie Melodies of the era.
Version 9 (October 1967-September 1969): A newer version of #8. Alternate twang sound. Main theme sounds one octave lower. A different version was heard at the open in the Daffy/Speedy short "See Ya Later, Gladiator." Also used in the Merrie Melodies of the era.

Closing themes:

1930-1935: "That's all folks!" as announced by Bosko (1930-1933) or Buddy (1933-1935).
1936-1937: Stock music finishes out over the logo.
July-September 1937: Short version of M.K. Jerome's theme music ("Porky Signature").
October 1937-June 1938: Short version of Friend/Franklin's theme music ("The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down"), accompanied by Porky Pig's stuttered signoff of "That's all, Folks!"
July 1938-March 1941: Version 2 of the Friend/Franklin theme, accompanied by the same Porky signoff. A different version was heard in the short "Joe Glow the Firefly."
April 1941-June 1946: Version 3 of the Friend/Franklin theme. On some Bugs Bunny cartoons, Porky Pig's signoff was replaced by a Bugs signoff, announcing "And that's the end." A version of this without a signoff was heard at the end of the Bugs Bunny cartoon "Acrobatty Bunny."
July 1946-June 1955: Version 4 of the Friend/Franklin theme, without a signoff.
March 1955-July 1964: Version 5 of the Friend/Franklin theme.
April 1963, February 1964-September 1969: A weirder version of the Friend/Franklin theme, also used for the Merrie Melodies of the era.

Benjamin Edge (LooneyLover81)

[Marty26]

Marty,

Here's a list from http://bosko.toonzone.net/titles/ on all the Looney Tunes opening and closing themes:

1930-1932 - "A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" by Theodore Metz
1932-1933 - "Whistle and Blow Your Blues Away" by Carmen Lombardo and Joseph Young
1933-1936 - "Beauty and the Beast" by Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby
1936-1937 - "Porky Signature" by M.K. Jerome
Version 1: No twang sound at open (December 1936-January 1937)
Version 2: Rising xylophone lick at open (February-July 1937)
Version 3: The twang sound at open. Sometimes fast. (July-September 1937)
1937-1969 - "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" by Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin
Version 1 (September-October 1937, January-November 1938): Twang sound accentuating the WB shield.
Version 2 (November 1937-January 1938): Same twang sound effect, alternate arrangement of instruments.
Version 3 (December 1938-March 1941): Different twang sound effect, new arrangement. Remixed version used exclusively for "Joe Glow the Firefly" released March 8, 1941.
Version 4 (March 1941-April 1945): Last long version.
Version 5 (May 1945-June 1946): First short version.
Version 6 (July 1946-June 1955): Second short version.
Version 7 (March 1955-July 1964): Third short version, which sounds like a hybrid of the '45-'55 theme and the second '37-'38 theme.
Version 8 (April 1963-September 1967): A weird version. Opens with the twang sound, followed by two sets of ascending notes, and then the main theme. Also used in the Merrie Melodies of the era.
Version 9 (October 1967-September 1969): A newer version of #8. Alternate twang sound. Main theme sounds one octave lower. A different version was heard at the open in the Daffy/Speedy short "See Ya Later, Gladiator." Also used in the Merrie Melodies of the era.

Closing themes:

1930-1935: "That's all folks!" as announced by Bosko (1930-1933) or Buddy (1933-1935).
1936-1937: Stock music finishes out over the logo.
July-September 1937: Short version of M.K. Jerome's theme music ("Porky Signature").
October 1937-June 1938: Short version of Friend/Franklin's theme music ("The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down"), accompanied by Porky Pig's stuttered signoff of "That's all, Folks!"
July 1938-March 1941: Version 2 of the Friend/Franklin theme, accompanied by the same Porky signoff. A different version was heard in the short "Joe Glow the Firefly."
April 1941-June 1946: Version 3 of the Friend/Franklin theme. On some Bugs Bunny cartoons, Porky Pig's signoff was replaced by a Bugs signoff, announcing "And that's the end." A version of this without a signoff was heard at the end of the Bugs Bunny cartoon "Acrobatty Bunny."
July 1946-June 1955: Version 4 of the Friend/Franklin theme, without a signoff.
March 1955-July 1964: Version 5 of the Friend/Franklin theme.
April 1963, February 1964-September 1969: A weirder version of the Friend/Franklin theme, also used for the Merrie Melodies of the era.

Benjamin Edge (LooneyLover81)

Actually, what I'm interested in are the specific cartoons these themes began and ended with. Nonetheless, thanks for the info.

[LooneyLover81]

Actually, what I'm interested in are the specific cartoons these themes began and ended with. Nonetheless, thanks for the info.
Marty,

Here you are (specific cartoons):

1936-1937 "Porky Signature" jingle: First used in "Porky in the North Woods" (rel. 12/19/36) and last used in "Porky's Garden" (rel. 9/11/37). The closing version was first heard in "Porky's Badtime Story" (rel. 7/24/37) and also last used in "Porky's Garden."

"The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down"
1937-1938 version: First heard in "Rover's Rival" (rel. 10/9/37) and last heard in "The Daffy Doc" (rel. 11/26/38). The closing version was first heard in "Rover's Rival" as well, but last heard in "Porky's Party" (rel. 6/25/38).
1938-1941 version: The opening version was first heard in "Porky the Gob" (rel. 12/17/38), but the closing version came five months early, being first heard at the end of "Porky's Spring Planting" (rel. 7/16/38). Both the opening and closing versions here were last used in "The Haunted Mouse" (rel. 2/15/41), because in "Joe Glow the Firefly" (rel. 3/8/41), the last official LT released before the 1941-1945 version was used, these themes were remixed.
1941-1945 version (1941-1946 for closing tag): First heard in "Porky's Bear Facts" (rel. 3/29/41). The long opening version was last heard in "Behind the Meat-Ball" (rel. 4/7/45). As to the closing version, it too made its mark beginning with "Porky's Bear Facts," but had last been used in "Acrobatty Bunny" (rel. 6/29/46). The Bugs signoff version of the closing tag was first heard at the end of the Bugs Bunny cartoon "Hare Tonic" if I'm not mistaken.
1945-1946 short version: First heard beginning with "Ain't That Ducky?" (though it's lost to history since 1953-1954 due to Blue Ribbon reissue policy) and ending with "Acrobatty Bunny."
1946-1955 short version: First heard beginning with "The Great Piggy Bank Robbery" (rel. 7/20/46) and last heard in the short "Lumber Jerks" (rel. 6/25/55). The closing version of the theme music was also used for the same period.
1955-1964 short version: First heard beginning with "Sahara Hare" (rel. 3/26/55) and last used in "False Hare" (rel. 7/18/64). The closing version was used for the same period.

Ben (LooneyLover81)

[Marty26]

Thanks.

[J Lee]

Just one correction -- "Joe Glow the Firefly" had the normal 1938-41 end music; it was only the opening music that was different (Nickelodeon played the short with its opening and closing themes intact back in the summer of 1993). "Porky and Daffy" and "The Sour Puss" have the unique LT end music mixes during that period.

[Marty26]

Just one correction -- "Joe Glow the Firefly" had the normal 1938-41 end music; it was only the opening music that was different (Nickelodeon played the short with its opening and closing themes intact back in the summer of 1993). "Porky and Daffy" and "The Sour Puss" have the unique LT end music mixes during that period.

Actually, Porky's Duck Hunt also had a unique closing.

[J Lee]

Actually, Porky's Duck Hunt also had a unique closing.

...but not with a regular theme song. The same is true of "The Major Lied Till Dawn," "Coal Black," and several other shorts over the years that abandoned the normal MM or LT themes for a distinctive closing.

[LooneyLover81]

...but not with a regular theme song. The same is true of "The Major Lied Till Dawn," "Coal Black," and several other shorts over the years that abandoned the normal MM or LT themes for a distinctive closing.
The 'several others over the years' were:

A Sunbonnet Blue (1937)
Old Glory (1939)

Ben (LooneyLover81)

[Marty26]

The 'several others over the years' were:

A Sunbonnet Blue (1937)
Old Glory (1939)

Ben (LooneyLover81)

Ditto to Stop, Look and Hasten and Two Crows From Tacos. I think What's Opera, Dock? also forewent the actual closing music.

[LooneyLover81]

Ditto to Stop, Look and Hasten and Two Crows From Tacos. I think What's Opera, Dock? also forewent the actual closing music.
"Nelly's Folly" (1962) had its own unique closing title as well.

Ben (LooneyLover81)