# Ren & Stimpy music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 11, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ren-stimpy-music/187649 "2003-07-11T04:51:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Carnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carnick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnick)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ren-stimpy-music/187649/1 "2003-07-11T04:51:20Z")
Odd question, I know. In my quest to collect all the music used in the classic Ren & Stimpy cartoons, I’ve stumbled across this in a FAQ somewhere. > [@](#): > > Apart from a few selections, there is not a single piece of original music in the whole show. Instead, R&S quotes extensively from the classical repertoire, as well as 50’s style TV themes and takes. In the second season, Raymond Scott’s works including “Powerhouse” and “Toy Trumpet” have made it onto the show. (Carl Stalling, the famous Warner Brothers musical composer and director, used his pieces quite frequently.) Space prohibits a complete listing of music here. I was able to track down and collect a lot of Raymond Scott’s music (great stuff… “Powerhouse” is the name of the “assembly line” theme you often hear in old Loony Tunes cartoons). What concern’s me is the “50’s style TV themes and takes” that the FAQ mentions. People familiar with Ren & Stimpy know what I’m talking about. The question is, where can I find and procure this music? What is it even called? Are there any well known song titles in the “50’s style TV theme” genre that one of you can toss at me? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ren-stimpy-music/187649/2 "2003-07-11T04:57:01Z")
Wow! I get to be one of those annoying people who correct newbies! Yay!!! Welcome to the boards. A thread like this belongs ins Cafe Society, since it deals with entertainment. I know, it’s weird, but Cafe society is relativy new and them’s the rule,so to speak. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ren-stimpy-music/187649/3 "2003-07-11T05:40:20Z")
Off to Cafe Society. **DrMatrix** - GQ Moderator ---
**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:** [July 11, 2003, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ren-stimpy-music/187649/4 "2003-07-11T05:57:01Z")
According to [this](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000063EK/103-2901563-0015849?vi=glance) site, it’s called “Dog Pound Hop”. A similar search would most likely turn up the titles to theme songs. ---
**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:** [July 11, 2003, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ren-stimpy-music/187649/5 "2003-07-11T06:00:09Z")
I may have misunderstood your OP. In which case, perhaps Henry Mancini did a bit of the music in question? ---
**Author:** ![fallapart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fallapart/32/3018_2.png) [@fallapart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fallapart)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ren-stimpy-music/187649/6 "2003-07-11T08:03:34Z")
Im not exactly sure if this counts, but while I was taking Drivers Ed, we had to watch these old “Driver Safety” videos that were made in the 50’s, and featured such caracters as: Ajax Nerd, Ames Frem, and Big Sam the Busness Man…any way, the music used for those films is the same used by Ren and Stimpy. Sorry I can’t offer any cites. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ren-stimpy-music/187649/7 "2003-07-11T13:48:17Z")
First season episodes of _Ren and Stimpy_ credit Associated Production Music, Capitol Production Music, and Screamin’ Lederhosen (which I believe was an in-house band that performed the opening and closing themes). Second season episodes on credit Associated, Capitol, and Raymond Scott (his Columbia recordings were used), and the new episodes produced for TNN/Spike TV credit Associated. Production music is not sold to the general public (I should know), but there were two volumes of _Music for TV Dinners_ released on Caroline/Scamp compiled by a man who wrote a book on production music that feature cues from the Associated library, a number of which were used on _Ren and Stimpy_. (John K. is credited in the acknowlegdements to these albums.) Associated has a website, feel free to visit. They have samples of many of their albums, but they’re in Flash buttons and take a while to load on a slow computer (possibly to fight piracy). The Capitol library no longer exists, but is currently owned by [Ole Georg Music](http://www.ogmmusic.com/). according to an essay on Ren and Stimpy that appears in _The Cartoon Music Book_, written by the same guy who compiled the _Music for TV Dinners_. And of course, the show did utilize some originally written pieces from time to time, most famously the Log jingle and, of course, _Happy Happy Joy Joy_.