Music of Ren and Stimpy
The Ren and Stimpy Show and
Music written for the show
- "Dog Pound Hop" (opening theme), written and performed by Jim Smith.
- "Big House Blues" (closing theme), written and performed by Jim Smith.
- "The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen Anthem" (from the episode "The Royal Canadian Kilted Yaksmen"), performed by the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles, sung to the tune of God Save the King/My Country Tis of Thee.
- "Happy Happy Joy Joy" (from the episode "Stimpy's Invention"), written and performed by Stinky Wizzleteats, sung by John K. (later by Bob Camp after John K. was fired). Some of the ranting in this song ("I'll teach your grandmother to suck eggs!", "If'n you ain't the grandaddy of all liars!" and "I told you I'd shoot! But you didn't believe me! Why didn't you believe me?!") is taken from the dialog of Burl Ives' character in the film "The Big Country." The song is featured prominently in a 2006 ad campaign for the Sara Lee company. It was also covered by the band Wax on Saturday Morning (1995).
- "The Lord Loves a-Hangin" (from the episode "Out West")
- "Don't Whiz on the Electric Fence", music for the board game of the same name.
- "Log", music for the home product of the same name.
- "Bellybutton Song" (from the episode "Jerry The Bellybutton Elf"), performed by Chris Goss.
- "Billy the Beef Tallow Boy" (from the short of the same name).
- "The Muddy Mudskipper Theme", which plays in "Stimpy's Big Day".
- "Blazing Entrails," from the episode of the same name.
- "The Mantid Man," from the episode "Sammy and Me."
- Numerous musical sequences in "Sven Hoek," "Hard Times for Haggis," "Hermit Ren," and "Ren's Brain" were written by Chris Reccardi.
- "Varicose Veins," from the ad of the same name.
- Numerous parodies of famous Frank Sinatra songs from the episode "Ol' Blue Nose": "That's Why My Stomach Gets a Cramp" (a parody of The Lady Is a Tramp), "Phlegm-Encrusted Hankies", "Come Fry With Me" (a parody of Come Fly With Me), and a quick take-off of My Way towards the end of the episode.
- "Sugar Sod Pops", from the short of the same name.
- "Flod", from the short of the same name.
- "When You Wish Upon a Side of Beef," from the episode "Jimminy Lummox."
Music featured on the show
Folk or traditional music
- "Oh du lieber Augustin" plays when Dr. Brainchild inflates Stimpy in "Blazing Entrails."
- "America the Beautiful" is sung by Ren and Stimpy at the end of "In The Army."
- "Kumbaya" plays numerous times, in different arrangements, throughout "Hermit Ren."
- "On Top of Old Smoky" plays during "A Friend in Your Face" when we see the manure pile on Ren's head.
Classical music
- Bach, Johann Sebastian: Jesu,
Joy of Man's Desiring,
Toccata and Fugue by Bach - Beethoven, Ludwig van: Coriolan Overture, Minuet in G, Moonlight Sonata, Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (1st and 3rd movements), Beethoven's Sixth Symphony (1st and 4th movements), Beethoven's Ninth Symphony ("Ode to Joy")
- Bizet, Georges: Aragonaise, Habanera (aria), and Toreador Song (from Carmen)
Boccherini, Luigi : String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No. 5 ("Minuet" section)- Borodin, Alexander: Polovetsian Dances (from Prince Igor)
- Brahms, Johannes: "Wiegenlied" (Op. 49, No. 4), Hungarian Dances (Brahms) (no. 5)
- Chopin, Frederic: Funeral March, "Prelude in e, Op. 28, No. 4"
- Clarke, Jeremiah: Prince of Denmark's March (a.k.a. "Trumpet Voluntary")
- Debussy, Claude: Suite bergamasque (Clair de Lune)
- Denza, Luigi: Funiculì, Funiculà
- Delibes, Léo: Coppelia Ballet Suite Act 1 No 1, "Pizzicati" (from Sylvia (ballet))
- Dvořák, Antonín: "Humoresque", New World Symphony (all four movements)
- Elgar, Edward: Enigma Variations, "Nimrod" movement, Pomp and Circumstance Marches
- Gossec, François-Joseph: Gavotte in D
- Gounod, Charles: Ballet Music (from Faust (opera)), "Funeral March of a Marionette"
- Grieg, Edvard: Anitra's Dance (from Peer Gynt), In the Hall of the Mountain King, Morning Suite
- Handel, George Frideric: Alla Hornpipe" (from Water Music (Handel)), Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah (Handel))
- Harris, Charles K.: "After the Ball"
- Haydn, Joseph: Clock Symphony, Serenade From String Quartet in F, Surprise Symphony
- Khachaturian, Aram: Saber Dance (from Gayane)
- Leoncavallo,Ruggero: Vesti la giubba
- MacDowell, Edward: To a Wild Rose
- Mendelssohn, Felix: "Spring Song" (from Songs without Words), The Wedding March
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Clarinet Concerto, Piano Concerto No. 21 (Elvira Madigan), The Marriage of Figaro ("Aria" movement)
- Mussorgsky, Modest: Night on Bald Mountain
- Offenbach, Jacques: Orpheus in the Underworld
- Ponchielli, Amilcare: Dance of the Hours (from La Gioconda)
- Prokofiev, Sergei: Peter and the Wolf ("Cat" and "Grandfather" themes)
- Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai: Scheherazade (Rimsky-Korsakov) (2nd movement), The Flight of the Bumblebee
- Rossini, Gioacchino: The Barber of Seville, The Thieving Magpie, William Tell Overture (including "Ranz des vaches")
- Saint-Saëns, Camille: Danse Macabre (Saint-Saëns), The Carnival of the Animals ("Aquarium" and "Fossils")
- Schumann, Robert: "Reverie", The Merry Peasant
- Sousa, John Philip: Semper Fidelis, The Washington Post (march), Stars and Stripes Forever, The Liberty Bell March
- Strauss, Johann: Radetzky March
- Strauss II, Johann: Annen Polka Op. 117, The Blue Danube, Die Fledermaus, Emperor Waltz, Liebeslieder, Tales from the Vienna Woods, Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Unter Donner und Blitz op. 324 (Thunder and Lightning Polka), Perpetuum Mobile: musikalischer Scherz
- Strauss, Richard: Aus Italien, Also Sprach Zarathustra
- Suk, Josef: "A Fairy Tale - Raduz and Mahulena Op. 16"
- Suppé, Franz von: Light Cavalry Overture, Poet and Peasant Overture
- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: 1812 Overture, Francesca da Rimini (Tchaikovsky) (Symphonic Fantasia After Dante), Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture, Slavonic March, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake (including Dance of the Swans), Symphony No. 6 (Tchaikovsky) (Pathétique, 1st and 4th movements), The Nutcracker ("Arabian Dance", "Dance of the Reed-Flutes", "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy", "Overture", "Russian Dance", "Waltz of the Flowers")
- Verdi, Giuseppe: Anvil Chorus (from Il trovatore)
- Vivaldi, Antonio: The Four Seasons ("Allegro" movement)
- Wagner, Richard: Lohengrin (opera), Ride of the Valkyries, The Flying Dutchman (opera)
Raymond Scott
Several Ren and Stimpy episodes featured the frenetic jazz of Raymond Scott [1]. He has been called "arguably the most well-known and influential unknown composer since the 20th Century" [Steve Schneider]. Scott's music was used as theme music by many classic Warner Bros cartoons [2]. John K and Bob Camp's use of Scott's music is an example of their high regard for classic comedy/cartoons.
Some Raymond Scott compositions used in Ren and Stimpy include:
- "Powerhouse"
- "Moment Musical"
- "The Toy Trumpet"
- "Huckleberry Duck"
- "Manhattan Minuet"
- "Twilight in Turkey"
- "At an Arabian House Party"
- "War Dance for Wooden Indians"
- "In an 18th Century Drawing Room"
- "New Year's Eve in a Haunted House"
Production music
Ren and Stimpy also used several music cues from the 1950s-vintage "Hi-Q" library of production music from Capitol Records (the Hi-Q library being famous for having its cues also used in the film Night of the Living Dead), as well as additional cues from Associated Production Music's library used for the show as well.
Some Associated Production Music tracks that were used in Ren & Stimpy include:
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Some of the background music from the show can also be heard in The Adventures of Pete & Pete and has recently resurfaced in certain episodes of the more recent Nickelodeon cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants. Some of it also showed up in Kablam!, as well as Joe Murray's animated TV shows Rocko's Modern Life and Camp Lazlo.
Ren and Stimpy Sing
Crock O' Christmas
Ren & Stimpy's Christmas album, Crock O' Christmas, was released in 1993. Tracks were:
- Fleck the Walls
- Cat Hairballs
- We Wish you a Hairy Chestwig
- It's A Wizzleteats Kind Of Christmas (which was later featured in A Scooter For Yaksmas)
- We're Going Shopping
- Yak Shaving Day
- What Is Christmas?
- Cobb To The World
- Happy Holiday Hop
- I Hate Christmas
- The Twelve Days Of Yaksmas
- Decorate Yourself
Ren & Stimpy was also referenced in the Primus song "Nature Boy."
Ren & Stimpy: You Eediot!
Music and songs featured in the TV show. Originally released in 1993 on audio cassette by Sony Wonder/Epic, re-released on CD by Rhino/Wea. Both releases feature cover artwork that pays homage to The Beatles famous Abbey Road album. Due to its release after Kricfalusi being fired, a couple of people took over the parts originally sung or spoken by John Kricfalusi, such as Bob Camp performing the role of Stinky Wizzleteats in the song Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy. Track listing:
- The Whistler--Overture
- Dog Pound Hop
- Muddy Mudskipper
- Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy
- Fire Dogs
- Better Than No One
- Nose Goblins
- Smokin'
- Log (Blues version)
- Log Theme
- Captain's Log
- Space Madness
- Sven Theme
- Don't Whiz on the Electric Fence
- Ren's Pecs
- I'm Gonna Be a Monkey
- Filthy's Dance
- Jungle Boogie
- Kilted Yaksmen Anthem
- The Whistler--Underture
- Big House Blues (Closing Theme)
Ren & Stimpy: Radio Daze
Released in September 1995 on the Rhino/Wea label, this album was not particularly well-received by fans of the series. Many viewed this album to be a "last-ditch" effort to squeeze every last drop of value from the show and its characters. Many characters and themes from the show (Muddy Mudskipper, Powdered Toast Man, hog jowls, hairballs, etc.) were seemingly "thrown" into a story that follows Ren and Stimpy as they inherit a failing radio station and try to transform it into something viable. Billy West provided the voices of both Ren and Stimpy. Track listing:
- Opening (spoken word between Ren and Stimpy)
- I Wanna Be a DJ (sung by Stimpy)
- Caller #5 (sung by the DJ)
- King of the Airwaves (sung by Ren)
- Is Anyone Out There (sung by Ren and Stimpy)
- On the Road (sung by Ren and Stimpy)
- Any Freeway You Take (sung by Ren)
- Hard Time (sung by Judge Stonewall)
- Powdered Toastman (sung by Ren and Stimpy)
- In Hollywood (sung by Ren and Stimpy)
- Take a Walk on the Muddy Side (sung by Muddy Mudskipper)
- Dead End Job (sung by Ren)
- Stuck With You (sung by Ren and Stimpy)
See also
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