He never in fact composed for cartoons but was a popular (although not universally critically acclaimed) jazzman in the 30s and 40s. He's also been called a pioneer of electronic music thanks to his invention and use of the Clavivox and Electronium. Condoria University in Montreal recently put on a centennial concert attended by his son who is producing a film documentary of his life and work called On to Something Some Youtube links: Powerhouse War Dance for Wooden Indians House Hunting Mice Lots of samples here and here. Despite his demise in 1994, he's also got a blog and a Myspace page. Wikipedia link. BastaMusic is re-releasing much of his music, including the three volumes of "Soothing Sounds for Baby", electronica for the younger set. I just caught a brief bit of a radio doc about him on the Ceeb this morning before I had to go out but the podcast won't be up until tomorrow.