Help identify this Looney Tunes music
January 23, 2007 3:10 PM Subscribe
Help me identify this piece of classical music from Looney Toons.
Its the music they play for a scene at dawn with birds chirping. The only way I can describe it is to piece out the first 10 or so notes. Keep in mind the key is most likely incorrect but the intervals are. It goes like this (moving downwards on the scale until G then back up to D again. Sorry i'm not a musician so forgive the description): D-B-A-G-A-B-D-B-A-G-A-B
Best answer: I'm guessing it's Grieg's Morning, just because that's the cliche song used for just such a scene.
posted by chococat at 3:20 PM on January 23, 2007
posted by chococat at 3:20 PM on January 23, 2007
Try the MIDI at the bottom of this page to see what I mean (sorry, all I could quickly find)
If not it might be Greig, also on that page.
posted by vacapinta at 3:20 PM on January 23, 2007
If not it might be Greig, also on that page.
posted by vacapinta at 3:20 PM on January 23, 2007
Grieg, Edvard: Peer Gynt suite No. 1 Morning mood (found at melodyhound.com by inputting your string)
posted by mbd1mbd1 at 3:21 PM on January 23, 2007
posted by mbd1mbd1 at 3:21 PM on January 23, 2007
Yeah, it's the Grieg.
posted by ludwig_van at 3:23 PM on January 23, 2007
posted by ludwig_van at 3:23 PM on January 23, 2007
Actually what follows is more distinctive to me:
D-B-A-G-A-B-D-B-A-G-A-B-D-B-D-E-B-E-D-B-A-G.
(am I correct?)
If so, I have no idea what it is, but yeah, it's universally used for morning music in old cartoons and cheap productions, it seems.
posted by zek at 3:23 PM on January 23, 2007
D-B-A-G-A-B-D-B-A-G-A-B-D-B-D-E-B-E-D-B-A-G.
(am I correct?)
If so, I have no idea what it is, but yeah, it's universally used for morning music in old cartoons and cheap productions, it seems.
posted by zek at 3:23 PM on January 23, 2007
Response by poster: Chococat is right on the money.. thanks!!!
posted by postergeist at 3:26 PM on January 23, 2007
posted by postergeist at 3:26 PM on January 23, 2007
its Morning Song by Edvard Grieg. from his Peer Gynt Suit.
yay, i got one, ya'll!
posted by Davaal at 3:27 PM on January 23, 2007
yay, i got one, ya'll!
posted by Davaal at 3:27 PM on January 23, 2007
Isn't it amazing all that happened in 10 minutes? There were no replies, but after I went out to the piano and tapped out the notes and wrote my reply, the problem was solved. Wow.
posted by zek at 4:35 PM on January 23, 2007
posted by zek at 4:35 PM on January 23, 2007
The next time you get stuck like this, try entering your unidentified melody into Musipedia (or Melodyhound, its underlying engine). Given the intervals you specified, Musipedia returned the Grieg as its second hit.
posted by goetter at 4:36 PM on January 23, 2007
posted by goetter at 4:36 PM on January 23, 2007
Grieg also wrote the two-lovers-running-toward-each-other-in-slow-motion song and the snooping-around-the-haunted-house song.
posted by Saucy Intruder at 5:41 PM on January 23, 2007 [3 favorites]
posted by Saucy Intruder at 5:41 PM on January 23, 2007 [3 favorites]
Ha! I vaguely remember hearing the music vacapinta posted in an elementary school video about rossini and thinking "breakfast cereal", but I never knew it was part of the William Tell Overture. I figured people would make fun of me if I suggested that such a common melody was part of a famous work and now I feel vindicated! Yay AskMe!
posted by MadamM at 6:41 PM on January 23, 2007
posted by MadamM at 6:41 PM on January 23, 2007
saucy intruder (or anyone), can you find a midi or write out letter notes of the haunted house song please? i need to know!
ps, i love this thread very very much, amen.
posted by twistofrhyme at 9:25 PM on January 23, 2007
ps, i love this thread very very much, amen.
posted by twistofrhyme at 9:25 PM on January 23, 2007
The Seattle Symphony did a concert featuring both classic Looney Toons and the music in them a few years ago. The whole family went to see it (two tween boys included). Great programming choice by the symphony, and a big hit for the kids (and their animation-loving parents).
posted by lhauser at 10:42 PM on January 23, 2007
posted by lhauser at 10:42 PM on January 23, 2007
Goetter - that Musipedia site is pretty amazing. Thanks for posting.
posted by kdern at 10:49 PM on January 23, 2007
posted by kdern at 10:49 PM on January 23, 2007
People who are in here will probably like this thread about cliched uses of classical music.
posted by teleskiving at 3:48 AM on January 24, 2007
posted by teleskiving at 3:48 AM on January 24, 2007
twistofrhyme - google "hall of the mountain king"
posted by Saucy Intruder at 6:55 AM on January 24, 2007
posted by Saucy Intruder at 6:55 AM on January 24, 2007
oh yes, that- thats what i thought. but i thought it was called "in the court of the crimson king" for some reason, possibly a stephen-king related reason. thanks, saucy intruder!
posted by twistofrhyme at 9:26 AM on January 24, 2007
posted by twistofrhyme at 9:26 AM on January 24, 2007
Hmmm.. In the Court of the Steven King. It might just work. In the Court of the Crimson King is King Crimson's earthshaking debut LP. And I will stop before going on to Hawkwind's Hall of the Mountain Grill.
posted by Dr.Pill at 2:38 PM on January 24, 2007
posted by Dr.Pill at 2:38 PM on January 24, 2007
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posted by vacapinta at 3:17 PM on January 23, 2007