Looney Tunes: The "Seely Six" cues

[Walk the Skies 202]

The "Seely Six" are six Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons from 1958 that are rather infamous for utilizing music from the Capitol Hi-Q lineup, due to a musician's strike that took place in that year.

Although many cues have been found and listed elsewhere, I've yet to see a rundown of what tracks are used at what points in the cartoons, and so that's where this thread comes in, housing a cue breakdown of the cartoons plus a list of what cues came from what reels.

Also included here is 1964's Freudy Cat, as certain botched prints of that cartoon feature some of Phil Green's cues layered on top of the double-tracked original works by WB's in-house musicians.


D Series

D-31/32 - Chase (ZR-54) - George Hormel
D-31/32 - Chase (ZR-57) - George Hormel
D-41/42 - Heavy Agitato (TC-415) - William Loose, John Seely


L Series

L-1/2 [1956] - Comedy Underscore (CB-88A) - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [reissued by CPM as Puzzled Pup [#28]]
L-1/2 [1957] - Wistful Comedy (TC-200) - William Loose, John Seely
L-1/2 [1957] - Wistful Comedy (TC-203) - William Loose, John Seely
L-1/2 [1957] - Pixie Comedy - William Loose, John Seely
L-1/2 [1957] - Eccentric Comedy (TC-202) - William Loose, John Seely
L-1/2 [1957] - Zany Comedy (TC-303) - William Loose, John Seely
L-1/2 [1957] - Zany Waltz (TC-301) - William Loose, John Seely
L-1/2 [1957] - Eccentric Comedy (TC-300) - William Loose, John Seely
L-3/4 [1956] - Comedy Underscore (CB-88A) - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [reissued by CPM as Playful [#29]]
L-3/4 [1957] - Underwater Scenic - George Hormel
L-5/6 - Comedy Underscore (L-69) - Spencer Moore
L-5/6 - Comedy Underscore (L-72) - Spencer Moore
L-5/6 - Comedy Underscore (L-78) - Spencer Moore
L-5/6 - Comedy Underscore (L-82) - Spencer Moore
L-7/8 - Domestic - Children (C-5) - William Loose
L-23/24 - Animation - Children (L-992) - Spencer Moore
L-23/24 - Animation - Comedy (L-1158) - Spencer Moore
L-23/24 - Animation - Light (L-1137) - Spencer Moore
L-23/24 - Animation - Light (L-1119) - Spencer Moore
L-23/24 - Animation - Light (L-1144) - Spencer Moore
L-27/28 - Metro M.T. (EM-130) - Phil Green
L-27/28 - Comedy 6/8 Movement (EM-131C) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Animal Antics [#44]]
L-27/28 - Comedy-Mysterioso (EM-131D) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Animal Antics [#45]]
L-27/28 - Comedy Movement (EM-149) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Animal Magic]
L-33/34 - Light Mechanical Movement (EM-116B) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Going Automatic]
L-33/34 - Mechanical Movement (EM-116C) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as The Operator]
L-33/34 - Mechanical Movement (EM-115B) - Phil Green
L-35/36 - Heavy Mechanical (EM-101J) - Phil Green
L-35/36 - Comedy Underscore (EM-130C) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Befuddled Gent]
L-35/36 - Comedy Underscore (EM-151) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Cute and Lovable]
L-39/40 - Sublime Ghost - William Loose, John Seely
L-39/40 - Vibe Ghost - William Loose, John Seely
L-39/40 - Heavenly Harp - William Loose, John Seely
L-41/42 - Comedy Underscore (PG-160E) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Tipsy Turvy]
L-41/42 - Comedy Underscore (PG-161E) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Drunken Dandy]
L-47/48 - Comedy Walker (PG-205) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Off We Go]
L-47/48 - Comedy Circus (PG-206) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Circus Chase]
L-47/48 - Comedy March (PG-207) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Misfits March]
L-47/48 - Grotesque Comedy (PG-209) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Late Night Jinx]
L-47/48 - Comedy Walker (PG-210) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Peeping Tom]
L-47/48 - Comedy Walker (PG-211) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Chirpy Chappie]
L-47/48 - Comedy Movement (PG-214) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Sneaking About]
L-47/48 - Lite Comedy Melodic (PG-215) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Woodland Birds]
L-47/48 - Toy March (PG-216) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Cocksure Capers]
L-139/140 - Comedy Cartoon 7 - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Elephant Party]
L-139/140 - Comedy Cartoon 8 - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as At the Circus]


S Series

S-1/2 - Short Main Title (C-126) - William Loose
S-19/20 - Show Business (ZR-110F) - George Hormel
S-23/24 - Light Movement (EM-104E) - Phil Green
S-23/24 - Light Movement (EM-127E) - Phil Green
S-23/24 - Light Movement (EM-127F) - Phil Green
S-23/24 - Light Movement (EM-118E) - Phil Green
S-23/24 - Scenic (EM-110E) - Phil Green
S-23/24 - Light Activity (EM-108H) - Phil Green
S-31/32 - Light Movement (PG-160G) - Phil Green
S-31/32 - Light Mechanical Bridge (PG-182D) - Phil Green
S-31/32 - Comedy Movement (PG-205A) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Off We Go [#24]]
S-31/32 - Rapid Comedy Movement (PG-206A) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Circus Chase [#71]]
S-31/32 - Comedy Eccentric (PG-207A) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Misfits March [#2]]
S-31/32 - Comedy March Bridge (PG-207B) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Misfits March [#3]]
S-31/32 - Grotesque Comedy (PG-207C) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Misfits March [#4]]
S-31/32 - Military Comedy (PG-208A) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Rag Tag Parade [#6]]
S-31/32 - Trumpet Wa Wa (PG-209A) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Late Night Jinx [#39]]
S-31/32 - Light Comedy Movement (PG-211B) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Chirpy Chappie [#21]]
S-31/32 - Comedy Movement (PG-212A) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Harry the Hippo [#55]]
S-31/32 - Light Movement (PG-213A) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Horseplay [#52]]
S-31/32 - Eccentric Military Comedy (PG-213B) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Horseplay [#53]]
S-31/32 - Trumpet Comedy (PG-214A) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Sneaking About [#36]]


X Series

X-7/8 - Xylophone (R-109) - Henry Russell


Unknown reels

These cues have been reissued elsewhere, but the reel they were on is currently unknown.

Q2-003 - The Cheeky Chappie (GR-91) - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Peeping Tom [#42]]
Q2-007 - Clockwork Clowns - Phil Green [reissued by CPM as Puppet Playtime]

[Walk the Skies 202]

And now for the scene-by-scene breakdowns.


Weasel While You Work:
Comedy Walker (PG-205) - Phil Green (Title card)
Comedy Movement (PG-205A) - Phil Green (Director credit)
Light Movement (EM-104E) - Phil Green (First shot of the cartoon)
? (Foghorn Leghorn walking through the snow)
Light Movement (EM-127E) - Phil Green (Foghorn rolls Barnyard Dawg into a snowman)
Comedy Underscore (EM-130C) - Phil Green (Barnyard sharpens one of Foghorn's ice skates)
Rapid Comedy Movement (PG-206A) - Phil Green (Foghorn skates)
Comedy Circus (PG-206) - Phil Green (Foghorn falls through the ice)
Comedy March Bridge (PG-207B) - Phil Green ("Speaking of figures...")
Grotesque Comedy (PG-207C) - Phil Green ("...and come up with a four-legged smart aleck mutt!")
Wistful Comedy (TC-200) - William Loose, John Seely (Foghorn rolls a snowball towards Barnyard's doghouse)
Zany Comedy (TC-303) - William Loose, John Seely (Barnyard sees the snowball)
Light Movement (EM-127F) - Phil Green (Snowball rolls into the air)
? (Foghorn looks up)
? (Foghorn wipes the snow off himself)
? (Weasel chews on Foghorn's leg)
Comedy Eccentric (PG-207A) - Phil Green (Foghorn sees it's a weasel)
Grotesque Comedy (PG-207C) - Phil Green (Weasel is hungry)
Grotesque Comedy (PG-209) - Phil Green (Foghorn tempts the weasel with venison)
Trumpet Wa Wa (PG-209A) - Phil Green ("There's your venison, boy, go get 'em!")
? (Weasel chews on Barnyard's leg)
Grotesque Comedy (PG-209) - Phil Green (Barnyard slaps the weasel)
Trumpet Wa Wa (PG-209A) - Phil Green ("What's the idea, munching on my instep?!")
Grotesque Comedy (PG-209) - Phil Green (Barnyard notices the antlers on his head)
Peeping Tom [#42] - Phil Green (Barnyard promises the weasel some chicken)
Comedy Circus (PG-206) - Phil Green (Foghorn sledding)
Grotesque Comedy (PG-207C) - Phil Green (Barnyard brings a frozen Foghorn to the weasel)
Comedy 6/8 Movement (EM-131C) - Phil Green (Weasel chops Foghorn's block of ice open)
Comedy-Mysterioso (EM-131D) - Phil Green ("I got a splittin' headache.")
Light Movement (EM-127F) - Phil Green (Foghorn splits in half)
Comedy-Mysterioso (EM-131D) - Phil Green ("The screwball in the back pocket!")
? (Barnyard flies out of his doghouse)
? (Barnyard trapped in a corset)
Comedy Underscore (EM-130C) - Phil Green (Weasel peppering Barnyard)
Zany Comedy (TC-303) - William Loose, John Seely (Barnyard gets mad)
Comedy Circus (PG-206) - Phil Green (Foghorn sledding again)
Comedy March Bridge (PG-207B) - Phil Green (Foghorn collides with a pole)
Rapid Comedy Movement (PG-206A) - Phil Green (Foghorn slides into the weasel's kettle)
? ("Wouldn't you, I say, wouldn't you rather have some delicious dog soup?")
? (Foghorn runs away)
Light Movement (EM-118E) - Phil Green ("Here! Don't let him get away!")
? (Weasel goes after Foghorn)
? (Ice sculpture of Foghorn)
? (Weasel gnaws on the ice sculpture)
Wistful Comedy (TC-203) - William Loose, John Seely ("Now I won't have anything to worry about 'til the fourth... of July, that is!")
Heavy Mechanical (EM-101J) - Phil Green (Firework takes off with Foghorn)

A Bird In a Bonnet:
Puppet Playtime - Phil Green (Title card)
Metro M.T. (EM-130) - Phil Green (Director credit)
Light Activity (EM-108H) - Phil Green (Establishing shot of Chic Millinery)
? (Granny trying on hats)
Comedy Underscore (PG-160E) - Phil Green (Bird hat)
Military Comedy (PG-208A) - Phil Green (Military hat)
Animation - Light (L-1144) - Spencer Moore (Sylvester chasing Tweety)
Comedy Underscore (PG-160E) - Phil Green ("I-I tawt I... I taw a puddy tat!")
Animation - Light (L-1144) - Spencer Moore (Sylvester chases Tweety into the store)
Light Movement (PG-160G) - Phil Green (Tweety hides in a pile of hats)
Comedy Underscore (PG-161E) - Phil Green (Sylvester searching through the hats)
? (Sylvester chased out of the store)
Comedy Underscore (EM-151) - Phil Green ("That bad old puddy tat can't get me here!")
Comedy Movement (EM-149) - Phil Green (Tweety hides on a hat)
Comedy Walker (PG-211) - Phil Green (Sylvester follows Granny)
Animation - Light (L-1137) - Spencer Moore (Start of next scene)
Comedy Walker (PG-211) - Phil Green ("Oh boy, this is fun!")
Comedy Underscore (PG-160E) - Phil Green (Sylvester hides on top of a truck)
? (Bus drops Sylvester off)
? (Sylvester almost gets hit by a car)
Comedy Walker (PG-211) - Phil Green (Sylvester hiding in a man's hat)
Toy March (PG-216) - Phil Green (Sylvester follows Granny into a department store)
Mechanical Movement (EM-115B) - Phil Green (Sylvester snatches Granny's hat)
Light Mechanical Movement (EM-116B) - Phil Green (Sylvester jumps down with a balloon)
Eccentric Comedy (TC-202) - William Loose, John Seely (Tweety pops the balloon)
Light Mechanical Bridge (PG-182D) - Phil Green (Sylvester falls)
Light Comedy Movement (PG-211B) - Phil Green ("Hey lookit this, Ralph! A pussycat!")
Comedy Walker (PG-211) - Phil Green (Sylvester blows Granny's hat off)
? (Sylvester follows the hat into the street)
? (Granny retrieves the hat)
Wistful Comedy (TC-203) - William Loose, John Seely ("I wonder where that puddy tat is, I just know he didn't give up!")
Mechanical Movement (EM-116C) - Phil Green (Sylvester getting dragged behind Granny's taxi)
? (Sylvester grabs Tweety)
? (Ending)

Hook, Line, and Stinker:
? - William Loose, John Seely [often referred to as "Gumby Chase"] (Opening)
? (Roadrunner gets away)
Comedy Walker (PG-210) - Phil Green (Wile E. Coyote waits with a tin)
? - William Loose, John Seely [often referred to as "Gumby Chase"] (Roadrunner approaches)
Comedy Movement (PG-214) - Phil Green (Wile E. throws dynamite under the tin)
Trumpet Comedy (PG-214A) - Phil Green (Wile E. waddles off)
Comedy Underscore (L-78) - Spencer Moore (Wile E. hiding with a mallet)
Comedy 6/8 Movement (EM-131C) - Phil Green (Mallet pole hitting Wile E.)
Lite Comedy Melodic (PG-215) - Phil Green (ACME Bird Seed)
Comedy Movement (PG-212A) - Phil Green (Wile E. pours the bird seed on a railroad crossing)
Comedy-Mysterioso (EM-131D) - Phil Green (Wile E. holding a harpoon while tied to a balloon)
? - William Loose, John Seely [often referred to as "Gumby Chase"] (Wile E. swings in to spear Roadrunner)
Comedy-Mysterioso (EM-131D) - Phil Green (Lightning strikes Wile E.)
Comedy Underscore (CB-88A) - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin (Wile E. rolls out a stack of dynamite)
? - William Loose, John Seely [often referred to as "Gumby Chase"] (Wile E. blows himself up)
Zany Comedy (TC-303) - William Loose, John Seely (Wile E. tries and fails to smash Roadrunner with a piano)
? (Wile E. and the piano fall)
? (Wile E. pops out with piano key teeth)
Comedy Underscore (L-82) - Spencer Moore (Bird seed laid out on a target)
? - William Loose, John Seely [often referred to as "Gumby Chase"] (Wile E.'s complex device starts)
Underwater Scenic - George Hormel (Cannon ball falls)
? (Cannon ball buries Wile E.)

Pre-Hysterical Hare:
Eccentric Comedy (TC-202) - William Loose, John Seely (Title card)
Chase (ZR-57) by George Hormel (Bugs Bunny running from Elmer Fudd)
Light Mechanical Bridge (PG-182D) - Phil Green (Bugs falls through the ground)
? ("Oh, dwat that bwasted wabbit!")
? (Bugs in an underground cave)
Heavy Agitato (TC-415) - William Loose, John Seely (Start of the documentary)
[original music by Carl Stalling] (Scenes of prehistoric life)
? (Elmer Fuddstone appears)
? ("Sabertooth rabbit?")
Show Business (ZR-110F) - George Hormel [Capitol Records] (Sabertooth rabbit introduced)
? (Fuddstone hunts for the sabertooth rabbit)
? (Fuddstone falls)
Comedy Underscore (L-69) - Spencer Moore ("No sabertooth wabbit's going to make a monkey out of Elmer Fuddstone.")
? (Sabertooth rabbit backfires Fuddstone's blowdart device)
Pixie Comedy - William Loose, John Seely (Sabertooth rabbit tells Fuddstone to invent gunpowder)
? ("I've pwoduced the first gunpowder!")
Eccentric Comedy (TC-300) - William Loose, John Seely (Sabertooth rabbit "assists" Fuddstone in making a gun)
? ("'Twas ever thus.")
? (Ending)

Gopher Broke:
Comedy March (PG-207) - Phil Green (Title card)
Grotesque Comedy (PG-207C) - Phil Green (Director credit)
Scenic (EM-110E) - Phil Green (Opening shot of the farm)
Mechanical Movement (EM-115B) - Phil Green (Farmer picks carrots before the Goofy Gophers can)
Light Mechanical Movement (EM-116B) - Phil Green (All the carrots are gone)
Comedy Eccentric (PG-207A) - Phil Green ("It's heading for the barn!")
Comedy March (PG-207) - Phil Green (Gophers follow the truck)
Comedy March Bridge (PG-207B) - Phil Green (Gophers enter the barn, but see Barnyard Dawg)
Wistful Comedy (TC-200) - William Loose, John Seely (Gophers make a plan)
Mechanical Movement (EM-115B) - Phil Green (Gophers lay out banana peels)
Animation - Comedy (L-1158) - Spencer Moore (Barnyard falls into a water trough)
Domestic - Children (C-5) - William Loose ("Well, let's go get our vegetables.")
Comedy Underscore (PG-160E) - Phil Green (Barnyard returns)
Light Movement (PG-160G) - Phil Green (Barnyard goes back to sleep)
Comedy Underscore (PG-160E) - Phil Green (Gophers tie a rope around Barnyard's tail)
Light Movement (PG-213A) - Phil Green (Gopher pushes hay bail)
Eccentric Military Comedy (PG-213B) - Phil Green (Barnyard pulled outside)
Light Mechanical Bridge (PG-182D) - Phil Green (Barnyard falls down a well)
Animation - Comedy (L-1158) - Spencer Moore (Pig stares at Barnyard)
Animation - Light (L-1119) - Spencer Moore (Barnyard reads a book about dreams)
? (Page about nightmares)
Heavenly Harp - William Loose, John Seely (Barnyard laughs)
Comedy Underscore (L-69) - Spencer Moore (Gophers saw Barnyard's spot out of the barn)
? (Barnyard asleep while floating on the pond)
Vibe Ghost - William Loose, John Seely (Barnyard terrified)
Comedy Underscore (CB-91) - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin (E-Z Doze It Sleep Pills)
Sublime Ghost - William Loose, John Seely (Gophers put Barnyard in a corset and tie him to a balloon)
Comedy March (PG-207) - Phil Green (Gophers taking the vegetables)
Grotesque Comedy (PG-207C) - Phil Green (Vegetables going into the Gophers' hole)
Sublime Ghost - William Loose, John Seely (Barnard lands on a telephone pole)
? (Barnyard wakes up)
Animation - Comedy (L-1158) - Spencer Moore (Camera cuts to the pig; Barnyard loses it)
Animation - Children (L-992) - Spencer Moore (Barnyard flies after the bird)
Comedy Underscore (PG-161E) - Phil Green (Pig sees a psychiatrist)
Animation - Children (L-992) - Spencer Moore (Psychiatrist sees Barnyard fly past)

Hip Hip-Hurry!:
? (Opening)
Zany Waltz (TC-301) - William Loose, John Seely (Wile E. at a triple crossroad)
? (Chase continues)
? (Wile E. laying on the cliffside)
Comedy Underscore (L-69) - Spencer Moore (Wile E. attempts to drop a grenade onto Roadrunner)
? - William Loose, John Seely [often referred to as "Gumby Chase"] (Wile E. uses a trapeze)
Xylophone (R-109) - Henry Russell (Wile E. tries to launch dynamite with a slingshot)
? (Zoom in on blown up Wile E.)
? (Extended string on dynamite scene)
Comedy Underscore (L-82) - Spencer Moore (Wile E. pushing a boulder onto a cliffside)
? - William Loose, John Seely [often referred to as "Gumby Chase"] (Wile E. chases Roadrunner with a motorboat)
Comedy Underscore (L-72) - Spencer Moore (Wile E. feeds a mouse Hi-Speed Tonic)
Chase (ZR-57) by George Hormel (Mouse reacts to the tonic)
Chase (ZR-54) by George Hormel (Wile E. catches the mouse)
Comedy Underscore (L-69) - Spencer Moore (Wile E. pleased)
Chase (ZR-54) by George Hormel (Wile E. drinks the tonic and chases Roadrunner)
Short Main Title (C-126) - William Loose (Dynamite shed launches into the sky with Wile E.)

Freudy Cat [botched soundtrack version]:
Comedy Cartoon 7 - Phil Green ("The g-g-g-giant mouse is on the loose again!"; Sylvester Jr. takes Sylvester to Dr. Freud E. Kat; "Out to lunch, eh?"; Sylvester and Sylvester Jr. arrive at the abandoned house; "A mouse!"; "Father! Snap out of it!"; Sylvester loads a gun)
Comedy Cartoon 8 - Phil Green (Sylvester's attempts to reload the gun)
Comedy Cartoon 7 - Phil Green (Back in Dr. Kat's office; "Some impression.")

[Walk the Skies 202]

Already found two more.

Light Movement (EM-118E) - Phil Green (Weasel While You Work: "Here! Don't let him get away!")
Light Activity (EM-108H) - Phil Green (A Bird In a Bonnet: Establishing shot of Chic Millinery)

Both from S-23/24.

[apmnut]

The "Roadrunner gets away" track in "Hook Line and Stinker" is another of the mysterious "Gumby" tracks by Loose and Seely, and can be heard in "Too Loo". "Cannon ball falls on Wile E." is another of those, and is the ending of the Loose/Seely theme that would become the theme for the "Dennis the Menace" sitcom. No idea on what reel they may have been on, but I suspect they were removed and replaced with other material when the "Dennis" series got popular.

I like to think the arrangements of "Camptown Races" heard in "Weasel While You Work" were original to the short - costs less to record one person playing an organ as opposed to having an entire orchestra, after all.

"Scenes of prehistoric life" is actually Stalling soundtrack from the 1950 short "Caveman Inki", which they just left in since they just kept the stock footage of the prehistoric creatures from that short pretty much as it was in the original short, music and effects and all, just with Blanc's narration dubbed over it.

[musictheorist]

CAS 003 - Comic Cues [#26] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin is actually "Comedy Underscore (CB-91)" from Capitol Hi-"Q" Reel L-3.