Over the span of the Looney Tunes cartoons, there were numerous variations of its famous theme song, The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down. This was especially true when Carl Stalling was doing the music for the Warner cartoons, but there were not as many variations as Merrily We Roll Along. \r
This includes most (if not all) of these Carl Stalling arrangements, along with the 1955 Milt Franklyn version, and the infamous (and STRANGE) Bill Lava versions of the 1960s (but I steer away from that pseudo-jazzy version used on The Looney Tunes Show!)\r
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Unlike the logo montages Ive seen, this is only to showcase the evolution of the theme music.\r
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0:01 - The very first version, from 1937\r
0:22 - A rarer alternate opening theme used only on three cartoons, from late 1937-early 1938\r
0:43 - First version of the closing theme (with Porkys Thats all, folks!), 1937\r
0:52 - Second version of the closing theme (with Porkys Thats all, folks!), early 1938\r
1:02 - A different take on the opening theme, late 1938\r
1:23 - A unique one-time variant of the opening theme, used only on Joe Glow the Firefly, 1941\r
1:42 - Faster-paced, vaguely brassier version of the opening theme, 1941\r
2:01 - Faster-paced closing theme (with Porkys Thats all, folks!), 1941\r
2:09 - First shortened version of the opening theme, 1945\r
2:23 - A unique one-time variant of the closing theme, used only on Acrobatty Bunny, mid-1946\r
2:31 - Goofy variant of the shortened opening theme, final Carl Stalling arrangement, late 1946 (also accidentally shows up on the 1957 cartoon Boston Quackie)\r
2:45 - Accompanying closing variant of the above theme, late 1946\r
2:53 - Milt Franklyns version of the shortened opening theme, 1955\r
3:08 - Milt Franklyns version of the closing theme, 1955\r
3:16 - Strange klunky version of the theme arranged by Bill Lava, 1962\r
3:32 - Abridged version of above theme used for closing titles, 1964\r
3:41 - Revamped, lighter version of the Bill Lava theme, 1967\r
3:57 - Rarer alternate version of Bill Lava theme used only on two cartoons, 1968\r
4:12 - A unique one-time variant of the Bill Lava theme, used only on Fistic Mystic, 1969
This includes most (if not all) of these Carl Stalling arrangements, along with the 1955 Milt Franklyn version, and the infamous (and STRANGE) Bill Lava versions of the 1960s (but I steer away from that pseudo-jazzy version used on The Looney Tunes Show!)\r
\r
Unlike the logo montages Ive seen, this is only to showcase the evolution of the theme music.\r
\r
0:01 - The very first version, from 1937\r
0:22 - A rarer alternate opening theme used only on three cartoons, from late 1937-early 1938\r
0:43 - First version of the closing theme (with Porkys Thats all, folks!), 1937\r
0:52 - Second version of the closing theme (with Porkys Thats all, folks!), early 1938\r
1:02 - A different take on the opening theme, late 1938\r
1:23 - A unique one-time variant of the opening theme, used only on Joe Glow the Firefly, 1941\r
1:42 - Faster-paced, vaguely brassier version of the opening theme, 1941\r
2:01 - Faster-paced closing theme (with Porkys Thats all, folks!), 1941\r
2:09 - First shortened version of the opening theme, 1945\r
2:23 - A unique one-time variant of the closing theme, used only on Acrobatty Bunny, mid-1946\r
2:31 - Goofy variant of the shortened opening theme, final Carl Stalling arrangement, late 1946 (also accidentally shows up on the 1957 cartoon Boston Quackie)\r
2:45 - Accompanying closing variant of the above theme, late 1946\r
2:53 - Milt Franklyns version of the shortened opening theme, 1955\r
3:08 - Milt Franklyns version of the closing theme, 1955\r
3:16 - Strange klunky version of the theme arranged by Bill Lava, 1962\r
3:32 - Abridged version of above theme used for closing titles, 1964\r
3:41 - Revamped, lighter version of the Bill Lava theme, 1967\r
3:57 - Rarer alternate version of Bill Lava theme used only on two cartoons, 1968\r
4:12 - A unique one-time variant of the Bill Lava theme, used only on Fistic Mystic, 1969
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