You know them, but you don't know you know them.
"Saber Dance" is a very peppy, circusy piece of classical music that was used in an episode of The Simpsons when Bart was playing with Grampa's false teeth.
I know I've heard "Gallop," but I can't think of where right off the top of my head...
Another source of great, wacky instrumentals is the works of Raymond Scott, a "jazzish" composer from the late 20's and 30's. His best known work is "Powerhouse," which was used extensively by Carl Stalling for scoring big machinery scenes in the Looney Tunes cartoons.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
"Saber Dance" is a very peppy, circusy piece of classical music that was used in an episode of The Simpsons when Bart was playing with Grampa's false teeth.
I know I've heard "Gallop," but I can't think of where right off the top of my head...
Another source of great, wacky instrumentals is the works of Raymond Scott, a "jazzish" composer from the late 20's and 30's. His best known work is "Powerhouse," which was used extensively by Carl Stalling for scoring big machinery scenes in the Looney Tunes cartoons.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll