Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Hit play and jump back into the cartoons that made you fall in love with music. “Classical Music from Cartoon” is a trip through memory, a way to feel like a kid again for a little while. Classical music has been with us since our first TV mornings and cinema nights, so why not go back there for a bit? Relax and have fun with Offenbach’s “Galop Infernal (Can Can)” heard in Fantasia 2000, Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King” heard in Mel-O-Toons, Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries” heard in What’s Opera, Doc?. Enjoy this playlist of memories, try to name the cartoons as you listen, and see if other pieces and shows come to mind. Tell us your ideas in the comments!

Tracklist:

00:00:00 Offenbach - Orphée aux enfers: Galop Infernal (Can Can) (Heard in Fantasia 2000)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPH) & Philip Ellis

00:02:11 Bizet - Carmen Suite No. 1, Overture: I. Prélude (Heard in Tom & Jerry: Carmen Get It! (1962))
RPH & Charles Dutoit

00:08:11 Rossini - Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Overture (Heard in Rabbit of Seville (Looney Tunes, 1950))
RPH & Donald Maxwell

Saint-Saëns - The Carnival of the Animals, R. 125:
00:12:58 XI. Pianists (Heard in Bugs and Daffy’s Carnival of the Animals (1976))
00:14:35 XII. Fossils (Heard in The Looney Tunes short films)
00:16:01 XIV. Finale (Heard in Fantasia 2000)
Roma Tre Orchestra, Elisa Eleonora Papandrea, Lorenzo Rundo, Alessandro Guaitolini, Diego Di Paolo, Lorenza Marta Grieco, Beatrice Barison & Sieva Borzak

00:18:04 Wagner - The Valkyrie, WWV 86b: Ride of the Valkyries (Heard in What's Opera, Doc? (Looney Tunes, 1957))
RPH & P. Ellis

00:23:11 Mendelssohn - A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61: Wedding March (Heard in Pastrytown Wedding (1934))
Staatskapelle Berlin, Günther Herbig & Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin

00:28:15 Bach - Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air on the G String (Heard in Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion)
Bornemouth Symphony Orchestra & José Serebrier

00:33:46 Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: I. Allegro con brio (Heard in Fantasia 2000)
Staatskapelle Dresden & Herbert Blomstedt

00:41:47 Mozart - Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: I. Allegro (Heard in Little Einsteins: The Mouse of the Moon)
Kammerorchester Mannheim & Florian Heyerick

00:47:04 Pachelbel - Canon and Gigue in D Major, P. 37: I. Canon (Heard in Bluey: The Claw)
Consort of London & Robert Hayden Clark

00:51:48 Vivaldi - Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, RV 315 "Summer": I. Allegro non molto (Heard in Little Einsteins: The Incredible Shrinking Adventure)
00:57:34 Vivaldi - Concerto No. 4 in F Minor, RV 297 "Winter": I. Allegro non molto (Heard in Little Einsteins: The Incredible Shrinking Adventure)
Enrico Casazza & La Magnifica Comunità

01:00:49 Mozart - Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: I. Molto allegro (Heard in The Smurfs: The Haunted Smurfs)
Mozart Akademie Amsterdam & Jaap ter Linden

01:08:16 Dvořák - Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178: II. Largo (Heard in Little Einstein: How We Became the Little Einsteins: The True Story)
Staatskapelle Berlin & Otmar Suitner

01:19:37 Rimsky-Korsakov - The Tsar's Bride: Overture (Orchestra) (Heard in Little Einstein: The Northern Night Light)
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra & Andrey Chistiakov

01:26:26 Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker, Op. 71: No. 12 Russian Dance (Heard in Fantasia)
RPH & David Maninov

01:27:34 Mozart - Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Pt. 1: I. Ouvertüre (Heard in Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips)
Isolde Siebert, Suzy Le Blanc, Christoph Genz, Tölzer Knabenchor, La Petite Bande & Sigiswald Kuijken

01:33:51 Schubert - Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 'Unfinished': I. Allegro moderato (Heard in The Smurfs (Gargamel's Theme))
Staatskapelle Dresden & Herbert Blomstedt

01:45:19 Strauss (Jr.) - On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314 (Heard in Donald Duck short films)
RPH & P. Ellis

01:55:11 Respighi - Pini di Roma: I. I pini di Villa Borghese (Heard in Fantasia 2000)
Orchestra Sinfonia di Roma & Francesco La Vecchia

01:58:11 Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue (Heard in Fantasia 2000)
RPH, Charles Dutoit & Lucy Parham

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