27 Facts About Carl Stalling

Carl W Stalling was an American composer, voice actor and arranger for music in animated films.

Carl Stalling'sparents were from Germany; his father arrived in the United States in 1883.

Carl Stalling was at his job at the Isis Movie Theatre, demonstrating his ability to combine well-known music by other creators with his own, improvised compositions.

Carl Stalling was able to arrange the screening of a few Disney animated shorts at the Isis, and Disney ensured that Carl Stalling would play the accompaniment for his films.

Carl Stalling composed several early cartoon scores for Walt Disney, including Plane Crazy and The Gallopin' Gaucho in 1928 .

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Carl Stalling soon followed Disney in moving to Hollywood, in order to work for his friend.

Carl Stalling even voiced Mickey Mouse in The Karnival Kid in 1929.

Carl Stalling encouraged Disney to create a new series of animated short films, in which the animation and its action would be created to match the music.

Carl Stalling is credited with both the composition and the musical arrangement of The Skeleton Dance, the first of the Silly Symphonies.

Carl Stalling helped Disney streamline and update the sound process used in creating early animated sound films, following the long and laborious synchronization process used in Steamboat Willie.

Carl Stalling left Disney after two years, at the same time as animator Ub Iwerks.

Carl Stalling served as the music director of Iwerks' studio until the studio shut down in 1936.

Carl Stalling already had a reputation as a very talented musician and composer.

Carl Stalling had been recommended to Schlesinger by storyman Ben Hardaway.

From 1936 onwards, Carl Stalling was the film score composer for almost every theatrical animated short released by Warner Bros.

Carl Stalling served as the music director for this studio for 22 years and is credited for the film score of over 600 animated films.

Carl Stalling is among the first music directors to extensively use the metronome to time film scores.

Carl Stalling'sstock-in-trade was the "musical pun", where he used references to popular songs, or even classical pieces, to add a dimension of humor to the action on the screen.

Carl Stalling's working process involved meeting each animated short film's director or directors before the animation process began.

Carl Stalling recorded many variations of the opening themes of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series.

Carl Stalling was a master at quickly changing musical styles based on the action in the cartoon.

Carl Stalling made extensive use of the many works of Raymond Scott, whose music was licensed by Warner Bros.

Carl Stalling is remembered today for the scores of cartoons that remain popular, and are often remembered for their music.

Carl Stalling'smelodies are heard through most of the classic Warner Brothers cartoons, and imitated in new Looney Tunes compilations and features such as Looney Tunes: Back in Action.

Carl Stalling did use the melody composed by Felix Mendelssohn in several animated shorts, but never in combination with an actual cave scene.

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Carl Stalling died in the Los Angeles area on November 29,1972, nineteen days after his 81st birthday.

Original music scores and other documents relating to Carl W Stalling can be found at the University of Wyoming - American Heritage Center.