# Looney Tunes theme—how's that sound made? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 3, 2003, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looney-tunes-theme-hows-that-sound-made/192701 "2003-08-03T07:44:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looney-tunes-theme-hows-that-sound-made/192701/1 "2003-08-03T07:44:17Z")
I’m talking about when the song starts, and there’s that ascending glissando-- duuuuuoooooOOOOOMMMM–then the actual orchestra commences. How is that sound made? Is it a specific instrument? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looney-tunes-theme-hows-that-sound-made/192701/2 "2003-08-03T16:28:46Z")
Musical saw? ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looney-tunes-theme-hows-that-sound-made/192701/3 "2003-08-03T16:51:25Z")
I believe it’s a slide whistle. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looney-tunes-theme-hows-that-sound-made/192701/4 "2003-08-03T17:29:55Z")
I thought it was a **steel guitar or a Dobro**. As for the musical saw or whistle they only play single notes whereas that introduction is definitely a chord. Of course they could have gone to the trouble of multi-tracking a musical saw or whistle, but I’m sticking with either of the slide guitars I mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looney-tunes-theme-hows-that-sound-made/192701/5 "2003-08-03T18:03:45Z")
I believe I read some sort of guitar makes that unique noise that orchestrates the arrival of the WB shield. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looney-tunes-theme-hows-that-sound-made/192701/6 "2003-08-03T18:18:37Z")
Investigating further, I found on Google that **Treg Brown** did a lot of WB sound effects including the WB Cartoon Intro. I tried searching for Treg Brown’s name and found some articles about him but nothing as detailed as to how that sound was made. Perhaps some other “Dopers” can find out about Treg Brown. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looney-tunes-theme-hows-that-sound-made/192701/7 "2003-08-03T21:19:52Z")
I have always thought it was a glissando on violin. ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looney-tunes-theme-hows-that-sound-made/192701/8 "2003-08-03T22:04:41Z")
Ah, steel guitar! :smack: Of course! I don’t why that instrument escaped me…perhaps it was all that theremin music I was listening to yesterday. Well, I shall research Treg Brown then. Thanks so much.