Raymond Scott's Music featured in MOVIES

Starsky And Hutch (2004) "Dinner Music For A Pack Of Hungry Cannibals" (RS Quintette) - starring Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Snoop Dogg, others

Looney Tunes: Back In Action (2003) 10 variations of"Powerhouse" (arr. Jerry Goldsmith) - starring Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Steve Martin, others

Lulu on the Bridge (1998) "Devil Drums" (RS Quintette) - dir. Paul Auster; starring Mira Sorvino, Vanessa Redgrave, Harvey Keitel, others

Search and Destroy (1995) "Moment Whimsical" (RS Quintette) - dir. David Salle; starring Ethan Hawke, Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken, John Turturro

Funny Bones (1995, UK) "The Penguin" (RS Quintette) - dir. Peter Chelsom; starring Oliver Platt, Jerry Lewis, Leslie Caron

Freleng Frame-by-Frame (1994) "Powerhouse" - Carl Stalling cue used in video documentary about WB director Friz Freleng; produced by The Donovan Publishing Co., dir. Greg Ford

The Dipsy Doodler (1994) "Powerhouse" - MGM/Turner re-release of 1938 short, included on Cavalcade of Vitaphone Shorts Vol. 1: Swing, Swing, Swing (laser disc and VHS series)

Radioland Murders (1994) various Raymond Scott Quintette riffs, phrases, and styles appropriated throughout film soundtrack

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids! (1989) "Powerhouse" - dir. Joe Johnston, starring Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, others; use of "Powerhouse" 17 times

Clean and Sober (1988) "Singing Down the Road" - dir. Glenn Gordon Caron, starring Michael Keaton, Kathy Baker

The Pusher (1959) "Where Have You Been, Billy Boy"

Never Love a Stranger (1957) complete film score by Raymond Scott, based on Harold Robbins novel - dir. Robert Stevens, starring John Drew Barrymore, Steve McQueen, Lita Milan, Peg Murray

The Trouble With Harry (1955) "Flagging the Train to Tuscaloosa" (Raymond Scott/Mack David) - Directed by Alfred Hitchcock; starring Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine.

Orange Blossoms for Violet (1952) "Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals" - WB short feature

The West Point Story (1950) starring James Cagney, Doris Day, & others. "The Toy Trumpet"

Not Wanted (1949) Raymond Scott theme and orchestrations

King of the Carnival (1947) "Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals" - WB short feature

Bells of Rosarita (1945) "Singing Down the Road" (lyrics: Harry Tobias) -- dir. Frank McDonald; starring Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, George "Gabby" Hayes, Adele Mara, and Grant Withers

Millions Like Us (1943, UK) "The Toy Trumpet" - British WWII patriotic film about women in factories contributing to war effort; tune used in background during factory scene

Warner Brothers' Cartoons (1943 - on) 14 Scott titles used in 117 theatrically released 'Looney Tunes' & 'Merries Melodies' cartoons. Raymond Scott compositions adapted by Carl Stalling (see linked index)

Soundie (1941) "War Dance for Wooden Indians" (RS Quintette)

Soundie (1941) "Huckleberry Duck" (RS Orchestra) - [NOTE: "Soundies" were the film equivalent of 'music videos']

Rhythm in the Ranks (1940) "The Toy Trumpet" (RS Quintette) - Puppetoon dir. by George Pal

Sally, Irene and Mary (1938) "Minuet in Jazz" (RS Quintette) - RS Quintette (or actors?) in costume, in background, while dancers perform minuet. Starring Alice Faye, Tony Martin, Fred Allen

The Dipsy Doodler (1938) "Powerhouse" - WB Vitaphone short, performed by the Philharmonicas sextet

Just Around The Corner (1938) "Brass Buttons and Epaulets" (RSQ) - starring Shirley Temple

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) "The Toy Trumpet" (RSQ; lyrics: Jack Lawrence) - Shirley Temple vocal; tap-dance finale w/Temple & Bill "Bojangles" Robinson

Happy Landing (1938) "War Dance for Wooden Indians" (RS Quintette) - Group performs on camera, then does slow version to accompany Condos Brothers tap dance routine. RSQ also accompanies Ethel Merman singing "You Appeal To Me" (comp. Walter Bullock and Harold Spina). Starring Sonja Henie, Don Ameche, Cesar Romero. Re-released by FoxVideo 1995

Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937) "Twilight in Turkey" & "Arabania" (RS Quintette) - Quintette performs on camera, in costume. Starring Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin

Nothing Sacred (1937) Various themes - RSQ does not appear on camera, but plays brief themes during night club floor show: "Fanfare #1" (R. Scott); "Give My Regards to Broadway," "Dark Eyes," "Pomp & Cir-cumstance," "Ach Du Lieber Augustine," "Red Wing," "Columbia, The Gem of the Ocean," and "Yankee Doodle" (arr. R. Scott). Starring Frederic March, Carole Lombard.

Love and Hisses (1937) "Powerhouse" (RS Quintette)

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