Animation music is original music written specifically to accompany an

animation Animation is a method by which image, still figures are manipulated to appear as Motion picture, moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent cel, celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited ...

History

One of the first American animation songs is "

Minnie's Yoo Hoo "Minnie's Yoo Hoo" is a song introduced in the 1929 ''Mickey Mouse'' cartoon ''Mickey's Follies''. The song was composed by Walt Disney and Carl Stalling. It was the first Disney song to be released on sheet music. The song, sung by Mickey Mouse, ...

" (1930). In Japan, anime music has reached the top 10 of the weekly

Oricon Singles Chart The Oricon Singles Chart is the Japanese music industry-standard singles popularity chart issued daily, weekly, monthly and yearly by Oricon. Chart rankings are based on physical singles' sales. Until 2017, Oricon did not track download sales. In J ...

Notable composers

Carl Stalling Carl William Stalling (November 10, 1891 – November 29, 1972) was an American composer, voice actor and arranger for music in animated films. He is most closely associated with the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' shorts produced by War ...

Scott Bradley Scott Bradley may refer to: * Scott Bradley (composer) (1891–1977), American composer, pianist, and conductor * Scott Bradley (baseball) (born 1960), American baseball catcher * Scott Bradley (politician) (born 1952), American politician and u ...

* Winston Sharples * Joe Hisaishi * Yoko Kanno *

Alf Clausen Alf Heiberg Clausen (born March 28, 1941) is an American film and television composer. He is best known for his work scoring many episodes of ''The Simpsons'', for which he was the sole composer between 1990 and 2017. Clausen has scored or orc ...

* Mark Mothersbaugh * Richard Stone

Notable films and shows with animation music

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Looney Tunes ''Looney Tunes'' is an American Animated cartoon, animated comedy short film series produced by Warner Bros. starting from 1930 to 1969, concurrently with its partner series ''Merrie Melodies'', during the golden age of American animation.

'' *'' Tom and Jerry'' *'' The Simpsons'' *'' Rugrats'' *'' Animaniacs'' The Carl Stalling Project: Music from Warner Bros. Cartoons 1936-1958 - Internet Archive
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History

Notable composers

Notable films and shows with animation music

See also

References