… the “bouncy” classical piece that’s often played in cartoons when someone is riding on horseback:
DadaDAdada, dadaDAdada, dadaDAdadadadaDAAAAda! DAdada, daDAdada, dadadadadaDAAAAA…
Do you mean
dadaDA dadaDA dadaDADADAAAA dadaDA dadaDA dadaDADADAAAA ?
If so, it’s from the William Tell Overture by Rossini. It’s also known as the them from the Lone Ranger.
I am guessing “Happy Trails”. I can’t access Youtube right now, but there should be many versions out there.
Nope, not that one.
As in Roy Rogers and Dale Evans? Nope.
It’s not just used with people on horseback. It’s also heard, for example, when some goofy dog or other quadruped is loping through a meadow.
Franz von Suppe’s Light Cavalry Overture.
Excellent verbal description, BTW.
That’s it, starting at 2:10! Thank you! 
“Franz von Suppe.” What a great name! Right on a par with “Wolf Blitzer”!
For some reason, I also associate the tune with fox hunting (in cartoons).
43 minutes with very limited information. Man, we’re awesome.
Stuff like this is why I’m still hanging around. 
Another tune that is worth knowing about is “Sobra las Olas”, the emblematic tune of every circus. It was composed in 1888 by the 20-year old Mexican composer Juventino Rosas, who died at age 26, already the most prolific Mexican composer in history, even to this date.
Von Suppe also contributed the Poet and Peasant Overture to the Warner Brothers oeuvre
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What’s the origin of the “Frankenstein sneakng” music:
doomp-dump-damp-deemp, daaaaa, ta-duddle-doodle.
If it’s what I’m thinking of, Mysterioso Pizacatto is the best we were able to figure out, from a folio of picture music.
Earlier thread on topic.
Mysterioso Pizzicato, or “The Villain’s Theme.”
I knew that! :mad: 
I didn’t!
“March of Time” theme sometimes heard for “On This Day in History” radio bits. Actual title, Prokofiev’s “Love of Three Oranges.”
“Mynah Bird” music from old WB cartoons. Actual title, Mendelssohn’s “Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave).”
