Library Music Themes
General Sharing & Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: apmnut on April 14, 2026, 09:09:02 PM
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Here's a rarity graciously sent to me by "Bevcats" on Discogs, who earlier today granted me permission to share this publicly with this community. This is an actual catalog for one of the production music libraries I've been most curious about for a long time, the mighty Mutel library out of Hollywood - which was once one of the most popular libraries in usage in the States in the 50s, but is now very obscure compared to Capitol or Valentino. This particular catalog originates from the early 70s, after they were purchased by the "A. Schroeder" company, who also distributed the Ember Mood Music library for a spell during this time - specifically stamped as having been acquired May 16, 1972 by "Slim Barnard Enterprises", who produced a travel show called The Happy Wanderers.
The way the individual cues are organized is fascinating - they're all grouped by theme/mood onto various discs, and each one has a corresponding catalogue number. These are interesting to me - each cue is part of a specific "set" of tracks seemingly associated with one particular composer who was responsible for each cue package (most of which are numerically named, but there are also cues with "REG" and "DC" prefixes). Most of them I've been unable to decipher, but the cues labelled "14xxx" are Herschel Gilbert's work, and can actually be heard online as part of his collection of film and TV music on UCLA's digital archives. The cues labelled "22xxx", despite having no credited composer, appear to be the work of Marlin Skiles, as he is credited as the arranger of cue #22318, "Santa Lucia (Medley)" on the "Public Domain - Disc 2" album. I'm aware a few other composers like Joe Mullendore and Mahlon Merrick also contributed to this library, but I have no way of knowing which "sets" of cues are theirs, and if they were even still being offered by the library at this late stage in its life.
With my rambling out of the way - enjoy! Any additional information they'd like to contribute regarding this and the cues listed is very much appreciated.
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Thanks for this catalog apmnut! This is a really useful catalog! Plus, with this catalog, we now know the Herschel Burke calliope cue (14266) from Stimpy's Fan Club's official name, being "Calliope Jig".
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A fascinating find!
Despite their apparent popularity, these discs seem to be incredibly obscure.