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 Posted:   May 13, 2018 - 7:19 PM   
 By:   That Neil Guy   (Member)

Sharing because I know there are some here who love Duck Tales and might be interested.

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/08/the-story-of-the-ducktales-theme-music

(Disclaimer: I did not read the article)

 
 Posted:   May 14, 2018 - 12:09 AM   
 By:   kenisu3000   (Member)

I read that last year. Entertaining enough for a second read.

I may be remembering things wrong, but I recall a video from a convention panel in which somebody involved with the song in some way talked about how the studio recording initially only had one "Woo-oo!", right at the very end, and it was only a later decision to tack one on after each instance of "DuckTales!" This falls in line with the suite Ron Jones had on his site a long time ago, which began with the song but you only heard "Woo-oo!" the one time.

Since we're on the topic, I guess I'll say that a few years ago I'd get endlessly frustrated by the fact that the theme song always got so much attention, but nobody ever talked about the score. Whenever *I* tried bringing it up with someone, most of the time I had to clarify I wasn't talking about the song (or for that matter, the Moon music from the NES game). It completely baffled me - DuckTales has a masterpiece, orchestral adventure score that you'd think would stand out in a crowd. Yes, the song is incredible and super catchy and memorable. But if you're not giving the score its due attention you're ignoring a massive chunk of the show's heart.

At least, that's how I felt. Nowadays i just feel lucky if the other guy doesn't bring up the reboot.

 
 
 Posted:   May 14, 2018 - 4:21 AM   
 By:   Tobias   (Member)

Since we're on the topic, I guess I'll say that a few years ago I'd get endlessly frustrated by the fact that the theme song always got so much attention, but nobody ever talked about the score. Whenever *I* tried bringing it up with someone, most of the time I had to clarify I wasn't talking about the song (or for that matter, the Moon music from the NES game). It completely baffled me - DuckTales has a masterpiece, orchestral adventure score that you'd think would stand out in a crowd. Yes, the song is incredible and super catchy and memorable. But if you're not giving the score its due attention you're ignoring a massive chunk of the show's heart.


This made me think of the times I mentioned that I have (at Peter Hackman`s Fans of Film Music event) met the composer of The Simpsons. They immediate response with "Have you met Danny Elfman?" No I have not but I do met Alf Clausen who scored the series. So I know how you feel.

 
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