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New Jersey Symphony Puts the 'Tunes' in 'Looney Tunes'

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A click track keeps the orchestra perfectly synced with the cartoons—down to 40th of a second.

Maddie Orton interviews George Doherty and Aaron Norton about Bugs Bunny at the Symphony, a 35-year-old groundbreaking program pairing live orchestras with animated shorts. They discuss how the concept was revolutionary, the technical synchronization using click tracks (invented by composer Carl Stalling), and how it changed both orchestral performance and film scoring industry-wide.

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