The soundtrack that runs during the opening credits, and in several places during the action, particularly during the 'Mousetrap' sequence is also used as the theme music for Dennis the Menace (1959).
This is one of six WB cartoons using stock music instead of an original score because of a musicians' strike in 1958. The others are Pre-Hysterical Hare (1958), Weasel While You Work (1958), Hip Hip-Hurry![] (another Coyote/Road Runner cartoon), Gopher Broke (1958), and A Bird in a Bonnet (1958).
Rather than having incidental music composed and arranged specifically for the cartoon, this is one of six Warner Brothers cartoons featuring a non-thematic soundtrack due to a musicians' strike. It was scored by John Seely of Capitol Records using stock music from the Hi-Q sound library.
The Rube Goldberg-like machine Wile E. Coyote uses would evolve into a popular board game, "Mousetrap." It debuted for the holidays in 1963. In Coyote's version, the viewer can see an actual mouse grab a piece of cheese, which continues the series of actions.
Colorful and fanciful renditions of the area known as "Color Country." This includes Monument Valley, Arches and more. Most of these sites are located in the state of Utah, or in nearby Arizona. The roadrunner, native to the region, is actually a species of ground cuckoo.