# Ren & Stimpy - Robin Hoek: Classical music used? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 16, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ren-stimpy-robin-hoek-classical-music-used/496685 "2009-05-16T23:06:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ren-stimpy-robin-hoek-classical-music-used/496685/1 "2009-05-16T23:06:40Z")
I’ve always wondered what the name of the music they used in the old Ren & Stimpy episode _Robin Hoek_. [It’s here at about 6:02](http://www.myvideo.de/watch/3153344/Die_Ren_Stimpy_Show_S01E02_Part_1_3). Anyone recognize it? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ren-stimpy-robin-hoek-classical-music-used/496685/2 "2009-05-16T23:19:54Z")
Sorry, I don’t recognize it. It sounds like the kind of thing that might have come from an opera overture. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ren-stimpy-robin-hoek-classical-music-used/496685/3 "2009-05-16T23:29:39Z")
> [@Patch](#): > > I’ve always wondered what the name of the music they used in the old Ren & Stimpy episode _Robin Hoek_. [It’s here at about 6:02](http://www.myvideo.de/watch/3153344/Die_Ren_Stimpy_Show_S01E02_Part_1_3). Anyone recognize it? Johann Strauss: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Hs3BF0b7Mtw/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hs3BF0b7Mtw?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ren-stimpy-robin-hoek-classical-music-used/496685/4 "2009-05-16T23:50:48Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Johann Strauss: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs3BF0b7Mtw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs3BF0b7Mtw) _hugs the wonderful internet_ That’s bugged me for years! ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ren-stimpy-robin-hoek-classical-music-used/496685/5 "2009-05-17T03:38:41Z")
So glad this thread came up. I’ve always heard this other piece of music in several movies and such. I’ve been trying to find the name of this piece for years. It’s in this classic Ren & stimpy clip “Space Madness” at the 9:19 mark. [http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=36684080](http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=36684080) They always play this music whenever tension is building in a movie scene. I hear it all over the place, but have no idea what the name of it is. Thanks to the OP for reminding me of this. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2009, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ren-stimpy-robin-hoek-classical-music-used/496685/6 "2009-05-17T04:33:50Z")
> [@dmheat](#): > > So glad this thread came up. I’ve always heard this other piece of music in several movies and such. I’ve been trying to find the name of this piece for years. > It’s in this classic Ren & stimpy clip “Space Madness” at the 9:19 mark. > [http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=36684080](http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=36684080) > They always play this music whenever tension is building in a movie scene. I hear it all over the place, but have no idea what the name of it is. > Thanks to the OP for reminding me of this. “Night on Bald (or Bare) Mountain,” by Mussorgsky. ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ren-stimpy-robin-hoek-classical-music-used/496685/7 "2009-05-17T12:52:55Z")
Thank you! I love the Straight Dope. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ren-stimpy-robin-hoek-classical-music-used/496685/8 "2009-05-17T15:57:57Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > “Night on Bald (or Bare) Mountain,” by Mussorgsky. …which was featured quite prominently in the original _ **Fantasia** _.