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High Note

High Note

1960Short⏱️ 6mApproved
AnimationShortAdventureComedyFamilyMusic
7.4
IMDB Rating
648 votes

The sheet music for Johann Strauss' "The Blue Danube" is constructed by moving musical symbols. A baton-toting conductor note tries to direct his fellow notes in performing this musical piece, but finds that one of the notes has b...

Director
Chuck Jones
Writers
N/A
Stars
Mel Blanc
Release Date
December 3, 1960
Language
English
Country
United States
🎯 1
Nominations
💬 10
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Mel Blanc
Mel Blanc
as Drunken Musical Note

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Mono
Production
Warner Bros. Cartoon Studios

🏷️ Keywords

musical stafftreble clefcoat hangermusical noteclassical music

🎯 Categories

AdventureAnimationComedyFamilyMusicShort

⭐ Featured Review

music to anyone's ears
by lee_eisenberg2006-10-26
10/10

"In one of the occasional instances where they took a break from using their normal cast, the crowd behind the Looney Tunes cartoons made "High Note", about music notes assembling themselves for "The Blue Danube", only to have one note get drunk, leading the conductor note to chase him all over the sheet. It's one of their many shorts introducing children to high culture (at the very least, it seems that they were doing that). It also shows that cartoons don't need words to be great; in fact, it makes them more comprehensible to other cultures if they consist of o..."

💡 Did You Know?

The use of regular musical notations on a score shows a careful attention to detail by the entire production staff. All of the characters portrayed are actually musical symbols and notes.

📖 Synopsis

The sheet music for Johann Strauss' "The Blue Danube" is constructed by moving musical symbols. A baton-toting conductor note tries to direct his fellow notes in performing this musical piece, but finds that one of the notes has b...