Product description 28 songs .com The second volume of the master Warner Bros. cartoon composer's work downplays the head-spinning montage of the first in favor of just-as-head-spinning complete scores. They aren't from the studio's best-known cartoons but from some of Stalling's most impressive tempo-warping, all-systems-go pieces, augmented by a few mini-pieces that illustrate the way he could transform barely familiar show tunes and classical themes into wild, rubbery jokes. Even without images, Stalling could make an orchestra suggest a "Flea-Ridden Sheep Dog" in 24 seconds flat and run enough changes on Stephen Foster's "Camptown Races" to match every mood in a Foghorn Leghorn cartoon. The head-snapping reversals of his scores anticipate much later avant-garde music. --Douglas Wolk
C**K
Volume 1: That Wasn't All, Folks!
The biggest difference between this volume and the first of "The Carl Starling Project" is that Volume 2 presents more extended tracks of entire cartoons, whereas Volume 1 shuffles together briefer cues. Different listeners will favor different approaches; many can enjoy both. As others--including the discs' producers--have pointed out, a strength of this volume and its predecessor is to train the spotlight on Carl Stalling, not on the cartoon short he happened to be underscoring. Inferior or less well-known cartoons often brought out Starling's best: like all film composers, he could lift poorer product to something better. If the cartoon was not up to par, his music made you laugh, and his Warner Bros. collaborators loved him for it. Though the quality of musicianship was quite high, the music itself isn't an evening with Bach and never intended to be. This is your soundtrack for April Fool's Day, no matter what time of year.
J**L
Great Music
Great orchestration! Very descriptive.
A**N
you need Vol 2
More brilliant music from the man who nearly invented scoring for animated comedy shorts.
D**R
Vol. 1 is better
Big fan of Looney Tunes cartoons, loved Carl Stalling's music behind the cartoons. Have had Vol. 1 for several years, just got Vol. 2. It's OK, but no better than the first volume. Still, I now have both volumes. No regrets here.
M**Y
The Master with a great gathering of European orchestral and solo musicians - all ...
The Master with a great gathering of European orchestral and solo musicians - all playing with virtuosic, unbelievable technical and rhythmic integrity. Buy this!
D**O
If you like cartoon music
If you like cartoon music, this is the best. If you do not like cartoon music, it will piss you off in about 5 min.
N**V
A must for cartoon fans!
A must for fans of classic Warner Bros. cartoons. So many fond memories are contained within the work of Carl Stalling.
D**H
Genius!
I've had the first volume of this for years, and when I discovered there was a second one wasted no time getting it!
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