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Voices_Of_Ryan · Post by **Voices_Of_Ryan** » Wed Jul 21, 2004 10:02 am

Voices_Of_Ryan wrote:
Otohiko wrote:Ah, it makes sense now. And that particular piece even seems to be on a CD called 'cartoon classics' - no wonder Gainax decided to include that.

I still haven't found where I first heard it, but yep, that's the right track.

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If it's what i'm thinking,
Check old Warner bros. cartoons.

Gepetto · Post by **Gepetto** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 9:58 pm

What russian cartoon?

CliffD · Post by **CliffD** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 11:23 am

Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky.

The song used in FLCL (and, I'm assuming, that ep of Azumanga Daioh -- haven't seen it yet, although I have the DVD) is called Gallop. It's one part of a symphonic suite composed by D.B. Kabalevsky titled The Comedians. This particular suite was composed during the mid-to-late 30's (around the same time another Soviet composer, Prokofiev, was doing another classical work for children, Peter and the Wolf).

I don't know if Gallop (or, for that matter, any other part of The Comedians) was used previously in any earlier cartoons, but it wouldn't surprise me.