Hoyt Curtin - Hanna-Barbera Underscore Megamix

[@johnchambers8528]

Thanks for all that classic Hana- Barbara cartoon music. As I listened I could imagine the many parts of the cartoons they went with. All were classic tunes. Too bad almost all of todays cartoons don’t have good original music. Of course not many of todays cartoons have the feel of the old H-B cartoons. Everything now has to be educational in some way not just fun stunts like in the old days.

[@elovesmika]

INCREDIBLE! Hoyt Curtin was and will ALWAYS be the MAN!

[@MegaJustGeorge]

I wholeheartedly agree with you, friend!

[@tsntana]

5:07 Make your hobby hubby. Keep your hubby happy. When he's a little chubby. He's the happy pappy. With Rockenschpeel.

[@robertlegault4885]

He stands as a great in cartoon scoring just like Carl Stalling (Warner) and Scott Bradley (MGM). Love his music!

[@lukeallen2894]

They would probably never have gotten their careers without Raymond Scott's experimental jazz.

[@harrygray999]

@@lukeallen2894 Hoyt Curtin Is Even Great as Milt Franklyn, William Lava, Richard Stone, William Lava, KiCK Production, Mike O'Donnell and Junior Campbell, Bob Heatile, etc.

[@williamlangan5902]

If there were titles to the music, I think they would be: Yabba Dabba Doo 0:00 Angry Tuba Theme 0:17 Chaos 0:24 The Chase 0:39 Very Funny 1:00 Dancing A Jig 1:07 Meet The Flintstones 1:36 Kids Playing 1:54 The Problem 2:11 Flintstone Gadgets 2:31 Jetsons Dance Music (later Josie Theme) 2:48 Scene Change 3:27 Space Car Chase 3:33 Flying In Space 3:55 The Race 4:22 Fred Driving Home 4:50 The Happy Housewife 5:05

[@harrygray999]

How Come These Cues Aren't In Scooby-Doo ?

[@torenatkinson1986]

It's A Living

[@lizinwisconsin6728]

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE!!! CAN'T HELP BUT SMILE WHEN HEARING THIS MUSIC. :-D

[@dadadruma]

Many happy memories flood the mind upon hearing these sounds of our youth

[@TM-em9ij]

Seriously brings me right back to my childhood in the 60s. So wish that time lasted longer than it did. Feeling blessed. Thanks for sharing it here.

[@MegaJustGeorge]

Ya gotta hand it to the late, great Hanna-Barbera music director Hoyt Curtin - he certainly knew how to make the music!

[@DaveWollenberg]

All these underscores SURE DO bring back memories. Thanx for ALL of 'em!

[@MegaJustGeorge]

The background melody at 2:49 later became the theme song from "Josie and the Pussycats". Hoyt Curtin, you rock!

[@georgegray2373]

I'm Surprised Hanna-Barbera Didn't Add This Kind of Cartoon Soundtrack In Scooby-Doo !

[@eduardo_corrochio]

Fun nostalgia. I like that even a simple little bridge is included at 3:27 here. I was tempted to buy the Pic-a-nic Basket back in the 1990's but never did. But I did once find a CD of Hanna Barbera Cartoon Sound Effects, which was a hoot.

[@SteveStalzle]

Mr. Curtin was a big jazz fan, hence you hear many jazzy cues in the HB cartoons. Top Cat is a big one for Jazz scoring by Hoyt Curtin.

[@fromthesidelines]

He used many well-known jazz musicians in his sessions.

[@deantmoodyvoice]

His reimagining of "Rhapsody in Blue" for the Top Cat Underscore is pure flippin' GENIUS.

[@moemadge]

Bill Hanna’s brother, Jake Hanna, was a well-known jazz drummer too. Lots of jazz influences in Hanna Barbera cartoons 😄😄

[@misteral1083]

Wow - what an absolute gift this is! Thanks so much for taking the time to compile and then post these.

[@harrygray999]

How come Hoyt Curtin's soundtrack wasn't used in Scooby-Doo ?

[@biglittlemason2]

Genius.....I love it, takes me back. I'm collecting anything I can get my hands on from Hannah Barbera. I have all of the Flintstones (my favorite), and I'm starting my Jetsons and Josie and Pussycats collection. Thanks so much for sharing

[@MegaJustGeorge]

Tanya, you cannot go wrong with Josie and the Pussycats!

[@aceflashheart2523]

Classic cartoon music. Too bad they don’t have music like this in modern day cartoons. I wish this music was still available to purchase.

[@rehobothwell]

The tune from 1:08, When Fred Flinstone stubs his toe and does that dance. Lol

[@carolhart8696]

I have been looking for Hanna-Barbera underscore for a long time. It's somehow comforting to listen to. What I really loved was the sound effect and music background for H-B and Gumby and Pokey and others?

[@newsmexicomx]

¡¡¡FANTASICO!!! is most amazing music that I found on youtube.... I not need listen the cartoons, just the music remind me old and lovely times.... Thank you Bonbon

[@ddoyle11]

Absolute genius!

[@brucemcgee2281]

I've got the disc set, too. I love the whole thing!

[@LarryLeeMoniz]

This is one of the most fun things to listen to... ever! Thanks!

[@brianedwards7142]

Thankyou, that was heart warming.

[@lizinwisconsin6728]

Thank you soooooo much for this. I've been searching for years for the underscore music for the cartoons I watched. This makes me very happy!

[@antoniojames3756]

Great ringtones!!!

[@La.idBack]

This all throws me back all the way to the flintstones cuz thats where i hear these the most Lol.

[@3912James]

1:07 Fred dancing/sparing against Loudrock.

[@andrewehunt68]

I totally love this! Thank you so much kitschbonbon!!! You made my day (actually week... actually month)!

[@centrodelserdeluz3231]

Simplemente lo mejor de mi infancia y aun en mi madures

[@fromthesidelines]

Hanna-Barbera later "reworked" the cue at 2:48 (orignally used for "THE JETSONS") into the "Josie" theme in 1970.

[@ZacharyNoah]

Barry I. Grauman I’ve heard this same music cue in the Winsome Witch cartoon “How Now Cinderella,” in the scene where Winnie uses her magic to start a fire as two children, one named Eddy, had to stay in her house during a storm.

[@fromthesidelines]

H-B used Hoyt's cues, regardless of what they were originally used in, in virtually all of their other cartoons for years! It's that kind of music cue that sets the scene for a relaxed mood.......

[@Yapostadodat]

The use of African and South American vibes and percussion is SO important to the sound of this music and the lively tone of the cartoon in general, it's amazing.

[@larkatmic]

African, and South American vibes??? Sounds all American to me.

[@Yapostadodat]

I realize the production and musicians are from the United States but the marimbas and the congas of Hoyt's music put Hanna-Barbera in a class of it's own. On par or maybe even better than Carl Stalling's work for Looney Tunes. Imagine Yogi walking without a funky rhythm section to his footsteps.

[@larkatmic]

Yes, On its own, Marimbas and congas would sound African, and Latin American. As with any specific instrument being used, one could say that violins, and their Italian, Euro influence was crucial to the sound of this specific music. But they aren't used independently from the whole. But when used in combination, the lite music of the time, created a truly American style of sound. It IS American. Created by Americans, influenced by Americans, and then emulated by the rest of the world. Like most things American. I sure do miss this American background music. Now, I have to shop with Aerosmith playing lol

[@juliocesarcarvalho4112]

saudades daqueles. tempos da inocência dos melhores desenhos que já existiram até agora....

[@keidumps]

LOVE IT

[@TheAtorrufino]

Beautifull!!! Sensacional....

[@beck769]

Just as iconic as Leroy Shield`s music for Hal Roach!!

[@christianroblestorres777]

It makes my day. I love it!!!

[@FerniDeck]

Aaiiiiiii ammmorrr te reamoo cielinnn con mi alma muass Ferni🤣🤣🥰🥰🥰😃😃😃

[@hombredehojalata73]

EXCELENTE, UN GRAN HOMENAJE A UN GENIO,.

[@philipjohncovill125]

Wonderful. The best music.

[@crist67mustang]

HEYYYYYYYYYYYY, GUY, i WAS REACHING THESE INCIDENTAL SONGS FROM FLINTSTONES. THANKSSSSSSSSSSSS A LOT. i LOVE U SINCE NOW! Christ, Santiago Chile.

[@keouine]

omg. We could have finished all our chores (poorly) in 30 minutes if our parents had played this while we worked.

[@AlexGreeneHypnotist]

Your house would probably ended up demolished at the end, though, or someone would have had a piano dropped on them.

[@RocketTCoyote]

Recognize a few cues from Loopy De Loop, Flintstones, and Jetsons. Thank You!

[@ioanc2]

I'm looking for a particular underscore which plays only in moments of extreme panic. It's very loud and uses a horn / ringing instrument. I heard it in several cartoons, but I remember it best in Top Cat when he assaults and tries to pull the beard from a Russian art collector, thinking he's a disguised criminal. Or in some big gun fights, maybe in "Sergeant Top Cat"?

[@3912James]

2:48 GO FREDDY GO!! GO GO GO!!! GO FREDDY GO!! GO GO GO!!!

[@anitapdea]

This could play in Duck Tales, TaleSpin, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, The Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Goof Troop and Darkwing Duck

[@IdeaBox-dk5vj]

ESPECIALLY "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh"!

[@alvarotadeu6825]

Amo muito lindo

[@antoniojames3756]

Iconic

[@rodtramonte]

2:48 Josie and the Pussycats theme

[@MegaJustGeorge]

Friend, if there's one Hanna-Barbera show I dearly and truly love and enjoy, it's Josie and the Pussycats! Josie Rocks, and The Pussycats Rule!

[@louisborselio8608]

this was clubbing music on the flintstones way before josie and the pussycats put words to it.

[@RyanRaiTV]

Yes.

[@525Lines]

I didn't know how much of the incidental music was new. I heard that they used some incidental music collection on vinyl and just figured that's all they used.

[@nilsoncosta8318]

Fantástico Show

[@krakenmommy]

thank you for uploading.

[@andyscott1608]

Wow 👌

[@Serires3]

The wonderful thing of H-B in that time was, that with limited cheap animation and imagination they got awesome shows,

[@michaelmaffeoproduction732]

Happy Birthday (1965)

[@saml.williams6321]

I wonder if these ever got uploaded to any of the streaming platforms if anybody would ever care to listen to them.

[@Lonnie3d]

BEST IN THE BIZ!!!....damn.

[@nyctmtakid8358]

I wish my sister could play this in her school band

[@X6800]

0:17 *storms off*

[@Sam53148]

Kind of reminds me of myself if something doesn't go right

[@myrastachiw3420]

AWSOME

[@jnadle1]

0:39-1:05 Chase music.

[@blind_t2]

#5 always makes me laugh!

[@saychinqua1]

GREAT 10

[@boldliontexas]

Hey fans, Do any of you know where I may find these music clips? I’m pretty sure Hoyt Curtin and/or Ted Nichols recorded them. I’ve looked everywhere online. 1. kzbin.info/www/bejne/maCvepmfaJWcfac 2. kzbin.info/www/bejne/maCvepmfaJWcfac 3. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGLTcmCMiZ14hsU They were used on the Super Hero series (Herculoids, Space Ghost, Fantastic Four, Birdman, Galaxy Trio ….etc.) Thank you!

[@RayPointerChannel]

It's not in the Public Domain. It is the property of Time-Warner. The life of the composer is not the issue since it was work for hire and is corporately owned.

[@heatherferreira4225]

As a female fan of this stuff may I please pledge to you my live firstborn as thanks for this collection... Oh and PrimatePunk, I doubt it, but I wonder about track 2 -- it's based on a famous English folk song which definitely IS public domain: I think Coventry Gardens? Hoyt didn't "transform" it enough for the legal definition of copyright. He just switched it from major to minor, so at least that one (found at 00:17) is public domain, whether HB/Turner or Rhino agree or not. If they tried to enforce that cue in court, strong likelihood they'd lose.

[@Optimalillusion]

I practically hummed along to almost the entire piece! And I don't care what this says about me.

[@FukiMakai]

That you love music just enough to memorize it entirely, what's wrong about that?

[@louisborselio8608]

I'm marking 1:07 as a personal fave.

[@princesskincade8788]

5:06 Rockenshpeel (Ending)

[@masunsanchez]

1:07 The chase

[@NumberSixAtTheVillage]

👍

[@rodtramonte]

2:56 sounds a lot like the Josie and the Pussycats theme.

[@booberry349]

Watching Flintstones and Jetsons

[@grimscraggletag6799]

Always loved Mr. Curtin's score for Jonny Quest, but some of the incidental music he did for other shows, I didn't care for, too much. Better than most music, for contemporary shows, though...

[@dadadruma]

Ive been looking for this Now Collectors Item for well over 3 years for a decent used one for less than 75.00 and have failed miserably, i was wondering If you had all four cds and if theres a way to send me an MP3 file with all tracks Ill even pay you for your time and effort please let me know and if so ill send you PM with details and so forth, if not its all good he he he Thanks

[@knoodelhed]

1:08 it's clear he was trying to reference "The Irish Washerwoman" but why wouldn't he or the director use it directly if it was PD?

[@nyctmtakid8358]

Are Dastardly (from Wacky Races) And Gargamel (From The Smurfs) used by the same voice?

[@AlexGreeneHypnotist]

Same guy - Paul Winchell, a voice actor who also patented an early mechanical heart.

[@tallguy2497]

Paul Winchell is also an accomplished ventriloquist.

[@generalBlasto]

I'm looking for the angry fred music, dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum duuuuuuum. I was looking for the mangler scary music and found it here.

[@daveogarf]

Does that CD set have the western theme they used to use, especially on Quick Draw McGraw? Kinda' hard to hum it from here... :-/ THANKS for making my day!

[@PrimatePunk]

Stupid question, but does any of this music happen to be in the public domain by any chance?

[@yosefdemby8792]

Do you have a full version of 4:30-4:50 available?

[@toressm]

Is box set still available?

[@bean1189]

You made my day!!! What is the title of the music at 1:53? This is my favorite! I tried to retreive it among the 4 CDs, but I didn't. Thanks in advance.

[@3912James]

Pebbles speaking in baby gibberish.