As these 15 selections from WB cartoons dating between 1936 and 1958 attest, his cut and paste style -- a singular collision between jazz, classical, pop, and virtually everything else in between -- was unprecedented in its utter disregard for notions of time, rhythm, and compositional development; Stalling didn't just break the rules, he made them irrelevant.
7 Stalling Self-Parody: Music from Porky's Preview
8 Anxiety Montage
9 Stalling: The War Years
10 Medley: Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungary Cannibals
11 Carl Stalling with Milt Franklyn in Session
12 Speedy Gonzalez/Meets Two Crows from Taco
13 Powerhouse and Other Cuts from the Early 50's
14 Porky in Wackyland/Dough for the Do Do
15 To Itch His Own
As these 15 selections from WB cartoons dating between 1936 and 1958 attest, his cut and paste style -- a singular collision between jazz, classical, pop, and virtually everything else in between -- was unprecedented in its utter disregard for notions of time, rhythm, and compositional development; Stalling didn't just break the rules, he made them irrelevant.
