Sunday, August 9, 2009

10. Fantasia

Director: Walt Disney


Year: 1940

Plot: It is an animated visual representation of significant classical music. The movie is set in eight animated pieces of art that try and tell the story through sound and abstract visuals instead of dialogue...

Music: Starts off with Toccatta and Fugue in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach; then comes The Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky; the third piece is the most famous of the film known as The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Paul Dukas; then comes The Rite of Spring composed by Stravinsky; after this comes The Intermission where we get to meet the instruments; after this is my favorite piece of the movie, the Pastoral Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven; after this comes The Dance of the Hours by Ponchielli; and finally is the Night on Bald Mountain by Mussorgsky and the Ave Maria by Franz Schubert...

Why:
  • Grew up as a kid always watching this movie...
  • Beautiful classical music... Gained a greater appreciation for music after watching this movie...
  • Artistic and Abstract visual elements that take you inside the music; it makes for a deep interpretation...
Key Moment: The Pastoral Symphony is by far my favorite piece in the movie, thanks to the beautiful composition of Beethoven that depicts a colorful world of Greek mythology...

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