TP1 CD3

Listening practice

■GEAR■.　Korg Volca Drum, FM2, Bass, Ableton Live
■CREATE DE■.　KagomeYokai

絶対能力進化計画 𝐄 Ver.01

Lights Out...

Like most American children, my first prolonged exposure to classical music came by watching cartoons, notably Tom and Jerry and Looney Tunes. Only later on, well into adulthood, did I notice the simply incredible original music that also accompanied those short films. This combination of classical music, folk songs, and virtuosic original score is the familiar recipe of 50’s cartoon scores.

Several years ago, I had the unique task of transcribing several of MGM’s Tom and Jerry episodes for this same publisher. These scores, which had been discarded into a landfill years ago, were lost to time. I painstakingly listened to the original cartoons and re-constructed the score, writing down line by line what the original composer, Scott Bradley, wrote for his session musicians to play. In an age where live-to-concert orchestral performances are among the most well-attended concerts for professional and regional orchestras, the demand for lost scores of this type is
high.

Having spent months working on those transcriptions, I often wondered if I, myself, could write a score in that style,
and this resulting work is my first attempt at doing so. Since I composed this only to the picture of my imagination,
I invite you to make up your own story while listening to the music (just like I did while writing it).

Music For A Cartoon

Soundtrack creator and designer:
https://soundcloud.com/theeternalrealm1

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