The most well-known "assembly-line" usage of "Powerhouse B" occurs in Bob Clampett's Baby Bottleneck (1946), in which newborn babies (of various species) are processed on a conveyor belt in time to the melody. It was subsequently featured in over 40 other Warner Bros. Also in 1943, it was used in the Private Snafu shorts Gripes, Spies, and Rumors. Looney Tunes short Porky Pig's Feat, directed by Frank Tashlin. The first use of "Powerhouse" in a cartoon occurred in the 1943 Warner Bros. "Powerhouse" in its entirety places "B" in the center while "A" opens and closes the work ( ternary form). The slower theme, "Powerhouse B", is the "assembly line" music, which sometimes accompanies scenes of repetitive, machine-like activity.
The first theme, sometimes referred to as "Powerhouse A", is a frantic passage typically employed in chase and high-speed vehicle scenes to imply whirlwind velocity. Both have been used in numerous cartoons. Structurally, "Powerhouse" consists of two distinct – and seemingly unrelated – musical themes, played at different tempos. Outside the U.S., the title is controlled by Warner/Chappell Music. The United States publisher of the title is Wise Music Group. Stalling, who spiced his scores with "Powerhouse" dozens of times, never created a complete version of the work, with all his adaptations existing as excerpts.
cartoon soundtracks by WB music director Carl Stalling along with a dozen other Scott titles, and both have been recorded by numerous other artists. "Powerhouse" and "The Toy Trumpet" remained in Scott's repertoire for decades, and both were adapted for Warner Bros. (An unreleased 1939 recording by the original Scott Quintette was issued in 2002 on the two-CD Scott compilation Microphone Music.) The same take was issued on all releases. After the demise of the Master label late in 1937, "Powerhouse" was reissued on Brunswick 7993, and subsequently on Columbia 36311 (after the CBS purchase of ARC, which included the Brunswick catalog). M-120-1), coupled with another Scott composition, " The Toy Trumpet". This recording was first commercially issued on the Irving Mills-owned Master Records label as Master 111 (mx. Scott's Quintette (actually a sextet) first recorded "Powerhouse" in New York on February 20, 1937, along with three other titles. In scripted comments read on the First Anniversary Special of CBS Radio's Saturday Night Swing Club, on which the Raymond Scott Quintette performed, host Paul Douglas announced that "Powerhouse" had been premiered on that program in January or early February 1937. 4 Recent performances, recordings, and usages.