Ezra Glaser from Brooklyn, New YorkThe writer says that the live version of the song, from the CD Exit.For additional information visit FAQ at. Under the settlement, they were not required to accord Raymond Scott partial songwriting credit on the piece. All involved were happy with the resolution, and Rush has no further financial obligations. Scott (Raymond was still alive at that point), and being the class act that they are, offered a one-time "penance" payment, feeling it was the ethical thing to do. But Rush's management, out of deference to Mr. By the time Raymond Scott's publisher notified the band's management of the infringement, the statute of limitations had expired on the challenge.
Rush didn't give credit to Scott for their use of "Powerhouse" either. Yet not only was "Powerhouse" used in the old "Merrie Melodies" and "Looney Tunes" cartoons, it has been sampled more recently by other bands such as Devo and They Might Be Giants more recently cartoons including The Simpsons, Ren & Stimpy, Duckman, Batfink and Animaniacs, also the Cartoon Network's theme song, and throughout the Disney film Honey, I Shrunk the Kids! (without crediting Scott - Disney was threatened with a lawsuit and the matter was settled out of court). The music wasn't originally written for cartoons, publishing rights for a limited catalog of Raymond Scott's titles were sold to Warner Brothers in 1943. Warner Brothers music director Carl Stalling used "Powerhouse" in his Warner Brothers cartoon scores during the '40s and '50s. The song that inspired the "Monsters!" section was the 1936 song "Powerhouse" by Raymond Scott.
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