Fantasia, released in 1940, is the The Walt Disney Company's third animated film. It features eight classical music pieces recorded by the Philadelphia Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski. The film, which has no dialog, is considered an experiment in the interactions between animation and music. The artwork varies from scenes of literalism to total abstraction in response to the mood and pace of the music. The film was originally distributed by the Disney Company itself, presented as a two-hour traveling road show. The show was largely unsuccessful and a year later Disney was forced to release the film through an independent distribution company, which edited the movie to 81 minutes long. Since then, the original two hour film with accompanying original soundtrack has never been fully restored. However, a 2000 release came as close as is thought to be possible, missing only 10 minutes of original footage, now considered to be lost. In 2000, a sequel to Fantasia, called Fantasia 2000 was also released.

• SoundtrackNet: Fantasia Soundtrack

• "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor"

• Wikipedia: "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" by Johann Sebastian Bach

• YouTube: "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor"

• "Nutcracker Suite"

• Wikipedia: "Nutcracker Suite" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

• YouTube: "Nutcracker Suite" Part 1 | Part 2

• "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"

• Wikipedia: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" by Paul Dukas

• YouTube: "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"

• "The Rite of Spring"

• Wikipedia: "The Rite of Spring" by Igor Stavinsky

• YouTube: "The Rite of Spring" Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

• "Symphony No. 6"

• Wikipedia: "Symphony No. 6" by Ludwig van Beethoven

• YouTube: "Symphony No. 6" Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

• "Dance of the Hours"

• Wikipedia: "Dance of the Hours" by Amilcare Ponchielli

• YouTube: "Dance of the Hours"

• "Night on Bald Mountain & Ave Maria"

• Wikipedia: "Night on Bald Mountain" by Modest Mussorgsky

• Wikipedia: "Ave Maria" by Franz Schubert

• YouTube: "Night on Bald Mountain" | "Ave Maria"

• Image Gallery: Chernabog Image Gallery

• Chernabog Character Profiles: Disney Archives | Wikipedia

• Google Blog Search: Fantasia

• IMDb: Fantasia Message Board

• Blog Post: Fantasia Will Amazia!

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