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Music for Talking Rats and Homer Simpson
How music for cartoons is more sophisticated than you might think. Joining us are Harry Gregson-Williams, the composer of "Shrek" films, "Flushed Away," "Chicken Run," and "The Tigger Movie, Antz;" Michael Giacchino, composer of "Ratatouille" and "The Incredibles;" and Daniel Goldmark, the author of Tunes for 'Toons: Music and the Hollywood Cartoon.
Michael Giacchino's Web site
Harry Gregson-Williams on IMDB
Daniel Goldmark's Web site
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Why didn't The Simpsons go full circle and hire theme song creator Danny Elfman to do the score? Would have been perfect. That song defines the show as much as any character within.
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