Looney Tunes: back in action

The final film score of Jerry Goldsmith's legendary career gets a long-awaited CD Club treatment: Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003) reunited Goldsmith with director Joe Dante (Gremlins, Innerspace, Matinee) for an insane musical journey befitting Warner Bros.' classic cartoon characters, with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck starring in a live-action/animation hybrid alongside human characters played by Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Timothy Dalton and Steve Martin. 

The globetrotting adventure demanded one of Goldsmith's zaniest scores ever, a sort of indescribable combination of slapstick, action and whimsy that lurches from high-energy symphonic chases to pop-influenced flourishes to Carl Stalling-styled "Mickey Mousing." All of it has Goldsmith's effortlessly melodic touch, with the special brand of left-field inspiration that always accompanied his work for Dante. 

Previously released by Varèse Sarabande at the time of the movie, this comprehensive 2CD set features not only Goldsmith's vastly expanded score, but rewrites and additional music by John Debney, Cameron Patrick and a handful of others—as well as alternates and outtakes by Goldsmith and the complete 2003 album program. Packaging features new liner notes by Daniel Schweiger (incorporating new interviews with Dante, Debney and Patrick) and Goldsmith's longtime friend and recording engineer, Bruce Botnick.

Tracklist

Disc 1
01 Looney Tunes Opening (What's Up Doc?) / Rabbit Fire† (1:09)
02 What's Up? (1:25)
03 Another Take (:48)
04 Dead Duck Walking (3:14)
05 She Likes You (:46)
06 The Shimmy / Out Of The Bag / Save Dad / The Car‡ (3:53)
07 Not A Billion (:45)
08 Blue Monkey (:58)
09 Extra Crispy (:36)
10 The Shower / Psycho Parody* (1:15)
11 In Style (1:10)
12 The Bad Guys (2:57)
13 Hit Me (:30)
14 Car Trouble / Flying High (3:46)
15 Hurry Up (:25)
16 Nice Hair / Burning Tail (:55)
17 A Visit To Walmart / Free Drinks (:36)
18 Wrong Turn Coyote †† (:54)
19 The Launch ‡‡ (:27)
20 Thin Air° (1:26)
21 Area 52 (Take 54) (1:29)
22 You're Next (:25)
23 Wacky Marvin In The Jar° (:49)
24 Hot Pursuit (2:26)
25 We've Got Company / Man & A Woman / I'll Take That (3:21)
26 The Painting / The Scream/ It Is Spring / Bugs with Mandolin§§# (3:20)
27 The Red Balloon (:26)
28 Paris Street (1:22)
29 Free Fall (1:17)
30 The Hook / Africa (:33)
31 Tasmanian Devil (1:09)
32 Jungle Scene (1:42)
33 Pressed Duck (3:26)
34 Re-Assembled (:51)
35 Waiting For A Train*° (2:49)
36 A New Puppy*° (3:06)
37 To The Rescue*° (4:24)
38 Heroes* (2:39)
39 Merry-Go-Round Broke Down (That's All Folks!) § (:16)
40 End Title Suite (5:17)

Disc 2
01 What's Up? (1:29)
02 Another Take, #9 (:53)
03 Trumpet Wa-Wa (:07)
04 The Shimmy (:12)
05 Out Of The Bag (1:17)
06 The Car, Part 1 (:15)
07 The Car, Part 2 (:12)
08 Psycho (:37)
09 Car Trouble (3:22)
10 Wrong Turn, Part 1 (1:14)
11 Wrong Turn, Part 2 (:25)
12 Wrong Turn, Part 3 (1:08)
13 The Launch (:30)
14 The Blue Danube / The Barber of Seville / Can Can ## (:36)
15 Vivaldi Concerto # (:15)
16 The Hook (:29)
17 Pressed Duck (3:39)
18 Merry-Go-Round Broke Down (That's All Folks!) § (:23)

The Original 2003 Soundtrack Album:
19 Life Story† (:19)
20 What's Up? (1:25)
21 Another Take (:48)
22 Dead Duck Walking (3:14)
23 Out Of The Bag (3:44)
24 Blue Monkey (:54)
25 In Style (1:09)
26 The Bad Guys (2:56)
27 Car Trouble (3:46)
28 Thin Air ° (1:26)
29 Area 52 (1:29)
30 Hot Pursuit (2:26)
31 We've Got Company (1:50)
32 I'll Take That (1:22)
33 Paris Street (1:21)
34 Free Fall (1:15)
35 Tasmanian Devil (1:09)
36 Jungle Scene (1:40)
37 Pressed Duck (3:22)
38 Re-Assembled (:52)
39 Merry-Go-Round Broke Down (That's All Folks!) (:55)

Music Composed and Conducted by Jerry Goldsmith
Additional Music by John Debney • Produced by Jerry Goldsmith • Performed by The Hollywood Studio Symphony
*Composed by John Debney • †Composed by Carl Stalling, Arranged by Cameron Patrick • ††Composed by Carl Stalling with Additional Music
Composed and Arranged by Cameron Patrick • ‡Composed by Jerry Goldsmith with Additional Music Composed by Cameron Patrick
‡‡Composed by Cameron Patrick • §Composed by Cliff Friend and Dave Franklin, Arranged by Cameron Patrick • §§Contains Musical Pieces
Composed by Modest Mussorgsky, Arranged by Mark McKenzie • #Contains Musical Pieces Composed by Antonio Vivaldi, Arranged by Mark McKenzie
##Contains Musical Pieces Composed by Johann Strauss, Gioachino Rossini, and Jacques Offenbach, Arranged by Mark McKenzie • °Contains Excerpts from
"Powerhouse" Composed by Raymond Scott • °°Contains Excerpts from "Un Homme Et Une Femme" Composed by Francis Lai and Pierre Barouh