The Music of Ren and Stimpy #4

I am loving the waltzes at the minute! Moving on to Léo Delibes and the Coppelia Waltz. This is very Ren and Stimpy: smooth, gliding with bold flourishes and a brilliant ending. Closing my eyes I can see the ballet played out; the complex relationships between the moving bodies, the drama and the pomp - all of which can be seen in a good episode of Ren and Stimpy.

OK, if you have ever seen a cartoon and one character creeps up on an unsuspecting prey, they will have been accompanied by Delibes' 'Pizzicato'. When you hear it you will understand.



Speaking of pomp, we move on to Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance Marches. EVERYONE will have heard No. 1. from some wedding or another.

Charles Gounod - Funeral March of a Marionette: Ren and Stimpy are walking. They walk over various challenging terrain: mountains, desertsm - perhaps as members of the Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen. Ren and angry as usual and Stimpy is trying to console him.



Edvard Grieg (we're in for some good tunes here!) - Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 - Anitra's Dance: agian, this is a great piece of music that would be played whilst dialogue is happening, like in the kitchen or somewhere. Really nice, really subtle fine art.
Grieg 'In the Hall of the Mountain King' A.K.A. the Alton Towers theme tune. Had a million covers - including a techno remix (which is probably awful) and by metal string quartet Apocalyptica. Heavy!
'Morning': a beautiful piece of music that has been and always will be used to signify the sun dripping into the sky, animals unfolding from the shadows and bushes and someone sitting up in bed and stretching.