Music for kids, relive the childhood you never had. In this episode of Pop Art: (children’s) music for series, animations, old movies en sex education films. Also music for better sleeping babies, commercials and… horror.
Extra track info:
D.D. Denham – Above the Clouds, You Can’t See Anything.
Experimental electronic music done by schoolkids. But not really so.
Pram – Keep In A Dry Place And Away From Children.
Pram’s soundtrack for a toy animation short film (1998) by the Bolex Brothers.
Fluffernutter – If You Like Fluff, Fluff, Fluff.
An American commercial for Fluffernutter, to spread marshmellow fluff and peanut butter on your slice of bread.
François De Roubaix – Chapi-Chapo.
The theme song for a very abstract French animation series about two puppets with very big hats.
Jack Trombey – Young Beat.
Library music for teenagers in the sixties composed by Jack Trombey, an alias of Jan Stoeckart.
Ingfried Hoffmann – Robbi, Tobbi Und Das Fliewatüüt.
The theme song for a German puppet series about a boy, a helicopter and a robot.
Kristin Miltner – Space Shooter: Boy Avatar
Production music by Kristin Miltner for dreaming and playing. A soundtrack for games.
Alka Seltzer – Plop, Plop, Fizz.
An American commercial for a headache remedy
Peter Thomas Sound Orchester – Natascha [Main Theme].
A track from the soundtrack of ‘Die vollkommene Ehe’ (The Perfect Marriage), a German sex education film.
Heinz Kiessling – Feeling Young.
A track from ‘Birds Do it’, a compilation of music taken the sex education films by Oswalt Kolle.
Buscemi – Mieke Houd U Vast (-) 3:24.
Dutch nursery rhyme ‘Mieke Hou U Vast’ in a latin workout by Buscemi.
Cracker Jack – Candy-Coated Popcorn, Peanuts and a Prize
An American commercial for popcorn.
Perrey & Kingsley – Swan’s Splashdown.
A happy song by Perrey & Kingsley and their Moog synthesizers and tape experiments.
Rick Van Der Linden – GX1.
Several tracks from synthesizer album GX1 were used as background music for the adventures of ‘Bassie and Adriaan’.
Jack Arel & Pierre Dutour – Leaving For Cosmos.
A funky library track. Flemish adults could recognize here the theme song from ‘De kat’.
Daphne Oram – Lego Builds It.
An electronic commercial for Lego toys by the co-founder of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Gabrielle Lazure – A Childrens’ Tale.
A childern’s song from the movie ‘The Night of the Hunter’ (1955) covered here by Gabrielle Lazure.
Malcolm Clarke – Bath Time.
A production from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop for bath time for kids.
Saint Etienne – Bedfordshire.
‘Up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire’… go upstairs and go to bed.
Raymond Scott – Little Miss Echo.
Raymond Scott created 3 ‘Soothing Sounds For Baby’ albums: 3 theme records for better sleeping babies.
Coil – Box Theme.
For horror movie ‘Hellraiser’ Coil were asked to do the soundtrack. It got rejected because their output was too scary.
01. D.D. Denham – Above the Clouds, You Can’t See Anything (Jon Brooks)
02. Pram – Keep In A Dry Place And Away From Children (Pram)
03. Fluffernutter – If You Like Fluff, Fluff, Fluff
04. François De Roubaix – Chapi-Chapo (François De Roubaix)
05. Jack Trombey – Young Beat (Jack Trombey)
06. Ingfried Hoffmann – Robbi, Tobbi Und Das Fliewatüüt (Ingfried Hoffmann)
07. Kristin Miltner – Space Shooter: Boy Avatar (Kristin Miltner)
08. Alka Seltzer – Plop, Plop, Fizz
09. Peter Thomas Sound Orchester – Natascha [Main Theme] (Peter Thomas)
10. Heinz Kiessling – Feeling Young (Heinz Kiessling)
11. Buscemi – Mieke Houd U Vast (-)
12. Cracker Jack – Candy-Coated Popcorn, Peanuts and a Prize
13. Perrey & Kingsley – Swan’s Splashdown (Perrey & Kingsley)
14. Rick Van Der Linden – GX1 (Rick Van Der Linden)
15. Jack Arel & Pierre Dutuor – Leaving For Cosmos (Jack Arel & Pierre Dutuor)
16. Daphne Oram – Lego Builds It (Daphne Oram)
17. Gabrielle Lazure – A Childrens’ Tale (James Agee / Walter Schumann)
18. Malcolm Clarke – Bath Time (Malcolm Clarke)
19. Saint Etienne – Bedfordshire (Saint Etienne)
20. Raymond Scott – Little Miss Echo (Raymond Scott)
21. Coil – Box Theme (Coil)
Bronnen:
01: Electronic Music In The Classroom. Cafe Kaput. KAP001
02: Space Siren. Domino. RUG84CD
03: TeeVee Toons: The Commercials. TVT Records. TVT 1400 CD
04: Anthologie Volume 1. Play Time. PL 9909049
05: Young Beat. Music De Wolfe. DW/LP 2990
06: Robbi, Tobbi Und Das Fliewatüüt. Diggler Records. DIG 005 CD
07: Music For Dreaming And Playing. Asthmatic Kitty Records. AKR208
08: TeeVee Toons: The Commercials. TVT Records. TVT 1400 CD
09: Van De Velde: Die Vollkommene Ehe / Das Leben Zu Zweit. All Score Media. ASM 029
10: Birds Do It. Diggler Records. DIG 004 CD
11: Kapitein Winokio – Berengoed. kapiteinwinokio #5
12: TeeVee Toons: The Commercials. TVT Records. TVT 1400 CD
13: The In Sound From Way Out!. Vanguard. VMD 79222
14: GX1. CNR. 655.068
15: Dance And Mood Music Vol. 19. Chappell. DMM 319
16: Oramics. Paradigm Discs. PD 21
17: Moving Soundtracks. LTM. LTMCD 2514
18: The Radiophonic Workshop.The Grey Area. PHONIC2CD
19: Tales From Turnpike House. Sanctuary Records. SANDD271
20: Soothing Sounds For Baby. Basta. 30-9099-2
21: Hellraiser Themes. Torso. TORSO CD161
