<Li> In Germany and the United States, the story was adapted into an animated feature in 1997 under the title The Fearless Four (Die furchtlosen Vier), though it varied considerably from the source material . It starred R&B singer James Ingram as Buster the dog, guitarist B.B. King as Fred the donkey, singer and pianist Oleta Adams as Gwendolyn the cat and Italian musician Zucchero Fornaciari as Tortellini the Rooster in the original English version . </Li> <Li> On Cartoon Network in between cartoon breaks during the Out of Tune Toons marathon and on Cartoonetwork Video, there are cartoon shorts (called "Wedgies") of an animal garage band based on the tale called The Bremen Avenue Experience featuring a cat (Jessica), dog (Simon), donkey (Barret) and rooster (Tanner). They are either a modern adaptation of Town Musicians of Bremen or descendants of the old musicians of Bremen . </Li> <Li> The HBO Family animated series, Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child, adapted this story in Season 3 and did a country / African - American twist on it featuring Jenifer Lewis as Hazel (the dog), Gladys Knight as Chocolate (the donkey), Dionne Warwick as Miss Kitty (the cat), and George Clinton as Scratchmo (the rooster). </Li> <Ul> <Li> Richard Scarry wrote an adaptation of the story in his book Richard Scarry's Animal Nursery Tales in 1975 . In it, the donkey, dog, cat and rooster set out since they are bored with farming . </Li> <Li> In the visual novel Morenatsu, the dog character Kouya is part of a rock band with three other performers: who are a cat, a bird, and a horse . The protagonist makes note of the resemblance to the Town Musicians of Bremen, with a brief monologue explaining the fairy tale . </Li> <Li> The fourth volume of the comic album series Blacksad a mystery unfolds in New Orleans around the remaining members of a defunct musical group formerly composed of a dog, a cat, a rooster, and a donkey, all of whom had migrated to the city from their home on a Southern island . </Li> </Ul>

The story of the donkey dog cat and rooster