# What's this piece of music I've heard in a few Warner Bros cartoons? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 22, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-piece-of-music-ive-heard-in-a-few-warner-bros-cartoons/772716 "2016-11-22T02:29:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-piece-of-music-ive-heard-in-a-few-warner-bros-cartoons/772716/21 "2016-11-24T14:57:42Z")
If it’s a question about a sci-fi story about bunch of kids in the rain, it’s Bradbury’s _All Summer in a Day_. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-piece-of-music-ive-heard-in-a-few-warner-bros-cartoons/772716/22 "2016-11-24T15:47:53Z")
Does anyone know the name of the musical score that plays whenever an Asian guy with big buck teeth walks on screen in a WB cartoon? (stereo typical and racist I know.) ---
**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:** [November 24, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-piece-of-music-ive-heard-in-a-few-warner-bros-cartoons/772716/23 "2016-11-24T16:23:16Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > Does anyone know the name of the musical score that plays whenever an Asian guy with big buck teeth walks on screen in a WB cartoon? (stereo typical and racist I know.) “Oriental Riff,” Round-eye? :dubious: [https://juicesfree.me/mp3/oriental-riff.html#](https://juicesfree.me/mp3/oriental-riff.html#) ---
**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:** [November 24, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-piece-of-music-ive-heard-in-a-few-warner-bros-cartoons/772716/24 "2016-11-24T16:27:19Z")
> [@txjim](#): > > I was betting it was “Ride of the Valkyries.” AKA “Kill the Wabbit!” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-piece-of-music-ive-heard-in-a-few-warner-bros-cartoons/772716/25 "2016-11-24T18:10:12Z")
To be fair, “what’s that piece of music from cartoons” isn’t _always_ Powerhouse. It could also be that song used whenever there’s an idyllic spring scene. Trick question: There are actually two songs used for that. One is a non-Lone-Ranger portion of “The William Tell Overture”, and the other is… um… that other one. ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-piece-of-music-ive-heard-in-a-few-warner-bros-cartoons/772716/26 "2016-11-24T18:16:00Z")
Chronos - “Morning Mood” (usually just “Morning”) from Grieg’s “Peer Gynt” ---
**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:** [November 25, 2016, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-piece-of-music-ive-heard-in-a-few-warner-bros-cartoons/772716/27 "2016-11-25T10:24:25Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > To be fair, “what’s that piece of music from cartoons” isn’t _always_ Powerhouse. It could also be that song used whenever there’s an idyllic spring scene. > > Trick question: There are actually two songs used for that. One is a non-Lone-Ranger portion of “The William Tell Overture”, and the other is… um… that other one. Peer Gynt is more morning-specific. For idyllic spring scenes it’s usually [Mendelssohn’s "Spring Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPwNbEySjG4)" in various orchestrations. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-piece-of-music-ive-heard-in-a-few-warner-bros-cartoons/772716/28 "2016-11-25T16:31:24Z")
How doooo! Welcome to my shop Let me cut your mop Let me shave your crop! [Daintily! Daint-til-ly!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RWNRhefF1g) I wonder how many of us got an introduction to classical and opera due to Warner Bros? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-piece-of-music-ive-heard-in-a-few-warner-bros-cartoons/772716/29 "2016-11-25T17:51:45Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Peer Gynt is more morning-specific. For idyllic spring scenes it’s usually [Mendelssohn’s "Spring Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPwNbEySjG4)" in various orchestrations. For completeness: [Rossini’s _William Tell Overture_, “Ranz de Vaches”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PAEuqHJ6Z4) [Grieg’s _Peer Gynt_, “Morning Mood”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rh8gMvzPw0) I’m pretty sure that the Rossini and the Grieg are the two I was thinking of; the Mendelssohn is much less familiar. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-piece-of-music-ive-heard-in-a-few-warner-bros-cartoons/772716.md?page=1)