# Name this tune... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 27, 2017, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/780940 "2017-02-27T12:20:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/780940/1 "2017-02-27T12:20:43Z")
… the “bouncy” classical piece that’s often played in cartoons when someone is riding on horseback: _DadaDAdada, dadaDAdada, dadaDAdadadadaDAAAAda! DAdada, daDAdada, dadadadadaDAAAAA…_ ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/780940/2 "2017-02-27T12:32:53Z")
Do you mean dadaDA dadaDA dadaDADADAAAA dadaDA dadaDA dadaDADADAAAA ? If so, it’s from the [William Tell Overture](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIbYCOiETx0) by Rossini. It’s also known as the them from the Lone Ranger. ---
**Author:** ![Clark\_Cello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Clark\_Cello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clark_Cello)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/780940/3 "2017-02-27T12:37:24Z")
I am guessing “Happy Trails”. I can’t access Youtube right now, but there should be many versions out there. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/780940/4 "2017-02-27T12:44:02Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Do you mean > > dadaDA dadaDA dadaDADADAAAA dadaDA dadaDA dadaDADADAAAA ? > > If so, it’s from the [William Tell Overture](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIbYCOiETx0) by Rossini. It’s also known as the them from the Lone Ranger. Nope, not that one. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/780940/5 "2017-02-27T12:47:08Z")
> [@Clark\_Cello](#): > > I am guessing “Happy Trails”. I can’t access Youtube right now, but there should be many versions out there. 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. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/780940/6 "2017-02-27T12:56:59Z")
Franz von Suppe’s [Light Cavalry Overture](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFQpPbjJWTc). Excellent verbal description, BTW. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/780940/7 "2017-02-27T13:03:05Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Franz von Suppe’s [Light Cavalry Overture](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFQpPbjJWTc). > > 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). ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/780940/8 "2017-02-27T14:05:07Z")
43 minutes with very limited information. Man, we’re awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/780940/9 "2017-02-27T14:07:59Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > 43 minutes with very limited information. Man, we’re awesome. Stuff like this is why I’m still hanging around. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/780940/10 "2017-02-27T14:23:45Z")
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. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPzUkWkuDnU) ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/780940/11 "2017-02-27T14:35:31Z")
Von Suppe also contributed the [Poet and Peasant Overture](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3_aM_s0R1U&t=3m34s) to the Warner Brothers oeuvre ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/780940/12 "2017-02-27T20:28:29Z")
N/M ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/780940/13 "2017-02-27T22:21:36Z")
What’s the origin of the “Frankenstein sneakng” music: doomp-dump-damp-deemp, daaaaa, ta-duddle-doodle. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/780940/14 "2017-02-27T23:04:15Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > 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](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=636365) on topic. [More recent thread on topic](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=665824). ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/780940/15 "2017-02-27T23:04:37Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > What’s the origin of the “Frankenstein sneakng” music: > > doomp-dump-damp-deemp, daaaaa, ta-duddle-doodle. [Mysterioso Pizzicato](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysterioso_Pizzicato), or “The Villain’s Theme.” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/780940/16 "2017-02-27T23:21:23Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > [Mysterioso Pizzicato](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysterioso_Pizzicato), or “The Villain’s Theme.” I knew that! :mad: ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/780940/17 "2017-02-28T09:40:25Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I knew that! :mad: ☹ I didn’t! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-tune/780940/18 "2017-02-28T16:23:28Z")
“March of Time” theme sometimes heard for “On This Day in History” radio bits. Actual title, Prokofiev’s “Love of Three Oranges.” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/-Ur8dHVxByE/hqdefault.jpg "Prokofiev 'March' ('Love for 3 Oranges') - Tilson Thomas conducts") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ur8dHVxByE) “Mynah Bird” music from old WB cartoons. Actual title, Mendelssohn’s “Hebrides Overture (Fingal’s Cave).” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/zcogD-hHEYs/maxresdefault.jpg "Mendelssohn - Hebrides Overture (Fingal's Cave) (Abbado)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcogD-hHEYs)