There is a lot of classical music snuck into kid’s cartoons, stealthily worming snippets of “culture” into unsuspecting children’s brains. I was flipping channels and paused at a Smurfs cartoon, and recognized Tchaikovsky (tnx, spell-check) in the background. And there’s the third movement from the William Tell Overture that signals spring/pastoral scenes (not to mention the Lone Ranger theme from the same piece).
And sometimes deliberate: cf. Carl Stalling and Warner Bros. I got a CD of Strauss waltzes for calming background music while I work, and I can easily visualize the Bugs Bunny cartoon that goes with each tune.
There is a lot of classical music snuck into kid’s cartoons, stealthily worming snippets of “culture” into unsuspecting children’s brains. I was flipping channels and paused at a Smurfs cartoon, and recognized Tchaikovsky (tnx, spell-check) in the background. And there’s the third movement from the William Tell Overture that signals spring/pastoral scenes (not to mention the Lone Ranger theme from the same piece).
And sometimes deliberate: cf. Carl Stalling and Warner Bros. I got a CD of Strauss waltzes for calming background music while I work, and I can easily visualize the Bugs Bunny cartoon that goes with each tune.