film american animated film produced released story direction production supervision feature disney animated features canon film consists animated segments set pieces classical music conducted seven performed music critic composer acts film master ceremonies providing live action introduction animated segment disney settled film concept work neared completion elaborate short designed comeback role declined popularity production costs grew higher earn disney decided include short feature length film segments set classical pieces soundtrack recorded multiple audio channels reproduced pioneering sound reproduction system commercial film shown sound released theatrical engagements held thirteen cities november received mixed critical reaction unable profit world war cutting distribution european market film high production costs expense theatres installing equipment presentations film subsequently reissued multiple times original footage audio deleted modified restored version grossed million domestic revenue 22nd highest grossing film time adjusted inflation franchise grown include video games attractions live concert theatrically released sequel produced nephew grown reputation years widely acclaimed american_film_institute ranked greatest american film years movies fifth greatest animated film list program opens live action scenes members orchestra gathering blue background tuning instruments half light half shadow master ceremonies enters stage half light half shadow introduces program minor live action shots orchestra illuminated blue gold backed superimposed shadows fade abstract patterns animated lines shapes cloud formations reflect sound rhythms music suite selections ballet suite scenes depicting changing seasons summer autumn winter variety dances presented fish flowers mushrooms leaves including dance sugar fairy chinese dance dance arabian dance russian dance flowers based poem der young apprentice attempts master magic tricks know control rite spring visual history earth beginnings depicted selected sections ballet score sequence progresses planet formation living creatures followed reign extinction orchestra musicians depart title card revealed brief jam session jazz music led orchestra members return stylized demonstration sound rendered film shown animated sound track character initially straight white line changes different shapes colors based sounds played mythical world colorful figures classical mythology portrayed music gathering festival honor god wine interrupted creates storm directs vulcan forge lightning bolts throw attendees dance hours comic ballet sections madame morning servants afternoon bubble blowing elephant troupe evening troop night finale finds characters dancing palace collapses night midnight devil summons evil spirits restless souls graves spirits dance fly air driven sound bell night fades dawn chorus heard singing line monks depicted walking forest ruins cathedral production origins felt disney studio star character needed boost popularity decided feature mouse deluxe cartoon short based poem written set orchestral piece inspired original tale concept matching animation classical music early disney cartoon series wanted usual produce shorts sheer fantasy action controlled musical pattern great charm realm receiving rights use music end july disney considered known conductor record music added prestige happened meet conductor restaurant hollywood talked plans short recalled like music happy collaborate project offered conduct piece cost following meeting disney new_york representative ran train headed east_coast writing disney reported offer music interesting ideas instrumental coloring perfect animation medium excited response dated october disney wrote felt steamed idea working union music best medium means success lead new style motion picture presentation begun working story outline wished use finest men color animators short promoted special rented theatres unique film outside cartoon series agreement signed disney december allowed conductor select employ complete symphony orchestra recording disney hired stage california session began midnight january lasted hours eighty hollywood musicians production costs climbed disney brother roy managed studio finances short earn sum roy wanted brother additional costs film minimum said experimental unprecedented nature idea expected production production supervisor noted budget times greater usual disney saw trouble form opportunity birth new concept group separate numbers regardless running time single presentation turned concert novel high quality ideas produce complete feature film pursued february inquiries extend contract august disney asked representative return studios select material new film initially titled concert feature pair thought presenting film screen host introduce number program heard composer music critic provide commentary radio broadcasts agreed suitable role disney contact taylor project work development new burbank studio kept busy work new feature change plans taylor asked september leave come studios soon possible left new_york_city los_angeles train days later month visit development taylor arrived studio day series meetings began select musical pieces disney story writers gather preliminary selection music taylor heads departments discussed ideas meeting recorded participants given copy entire conversation review selections considered recording piece located played gathering disney contribute early discussions admitted knowledge music meeting piece build prehistoric theme animals group considering taylor noted order disney replied hearing recording perfect prehistoric animals terrific flying prehistoric monsters beauty settings numerous choices discarded talks continued including shots wheels production collar button deleted material included prelude minor rendition song sung september disney artists gathered half hour piano concert provided running commentary new musical feature rough version shown according crowd cheering hands red final pieces chosen following morning included minor suite night bald mountain maria dance hours disney begun working details segments showed greater enthusiasm opposed anxiety starting soon removed program disney writers encountered problems setting concrete story opening march entry little attracted disney piece provided suitable depictions wanted january following search stronger piece fit mythological theme piece replaced sections sixth symphony disagreed switch believing disney idea mythology symphony concerned reception classical music enthusiasts criticize disney far composer intent taylor hand welcomed change describing stunning saw possible objection new feature continued known late november publicist disney film distributor wished different title gave suggestion held contest studio title produced suggestions including bach bach favorite film early working title grown isn word meaning read beginning development disney expressed greater importance music compared past work ordinary stuff music action supposed music music fitting story disney hoped film bring classical music people including walked kind stuff design animation began january director segment assigned animator work scene wakes dream seven members staff time received synopsis poem encouraged complete question form requested ideas action place layout artist created described brilliantly colored preliminary storyboard sketches featured use color lighting previous disney short redesigned animator added pupils eyes time achieve greater ranges expression segment shot live action including scene ucla athlete asked run jump studio sound stages barrels way reference traverses water disney interested producing abstract animation saw color box explained work sudden idea years chance try preliminary designs included effects animator young produced drawings influenced patterns edge piece sound film late disney hired german artist produced numerous abstract animated films including classical music work young review produced disney rejected according little designs didn come said like disney having control work working group feeling designs abstract mass audience left studio apparent despair segment completed october disney plans experimental dimensional film audiences given cardboard frames programs idea abandoned suite animator said credited guide dancing mushrooms chinese dance routine drew music score pinned desk work choreography relate action melody nasty little notes underneath related studio filmed professional dancers wearing ballet skirts resembled shapes sit water dance arabian dancer brought study movements arab dance early concept rite spring extend story age mammals humans discovery fire man triumph segment art director explained later curtailed disney avoid controversy promised trouble connect evolution humans gain better understanding history planet studio received guidance director english biologist animators studied mount wilson observatory observed herd baby brought studio camera kept low position segment according animators extremely specific issues making pastoral symphony greek mythological segment female originally drawn bare office enforcing insisted hung male toned appear intimidating audience originally black female hair shining tails white appeared film cut years later racial reasons controversies inspiration routines dance hours animators studied real life ballet performers including animator assigned work segment resisted knew little ballet disney gave season tickets backstage access learn according art disney order draw woman weighing pounds brought live action stage movements recorded recording flesh noticing parts anatomy subjected greatest stress strain best known role brought provide reference poses night bald segment animator disliked results colleague pose gave images needed ideas releasing theater including smell thousand artists technicians making features animated characters segments color scene scene colors single shot proceeding following ones segment narrative pattern complete overall color scheme designed general mood music patterned correspond development subject matter studio character model department dimensional clay models animators view subject angles soundtrack recording disney wanted experiment sophisticated sound recording reproduction techniques music emerging speaker screen sounds thin wanted reproduce beautiful audiences feel standing podium recording january engineers disney collaborated multiple audio channels allowed desired dynamic balance achieved stage altered double semi circular separated orchestra sections increase production developed setup abandoned different multi channel recording arrangements january signed eighteen month contract disney conduct remaining pieces recording began april lasted seven weeks orchestra home chosen excellent recording sessions thirty placed orchestra captured music optical sound recording machines placed hall basement represented audio channel focused different section instruments violins brass seventh channel combination eighth provided overall sound orchestra distance ninth later added provide click track function animators time drawings music days recording feet film disney paid expenses included musician wages stage personnel music librarian orchestra manager cost finished recordings arrived studio meeting held july allow artists working segment listen arrangements suggest alterations sound work effectively designs disney brothers contacted manufacture new system create illusion actual symphony orchestra playing theater backed financial reasons agreed july equipment long hold estimated costs exactly known achieve goal engineers disney investigated ideas tests equipment collaboration led development pioneering surround sound system processes widely today including simultaneous multi track recording noise reduction developed disney engineer employed running time containing picture film soundtrack backup purposes ran sound film mixed tracks recorded academy contained audio left center right stage speakers respectively fourth control track frequency tones drove variable gain control volume audio tracks addition house speakers placed left right center auditorium derived left right stage channels acted surround channels original recording captured peak increase signal noise ratio control track restore dynamics thought tone operated gain adjusting device built control levels audio tracks illusion sound traveling speakers achieved device named pan pot directed movement audio channel control track mixing soundtrack required people operate pan real time directed level pan change marked musical score monitor recording levels lower frequencies disney ordered color newly established company predecessor meters today individual takes prints remakes approximately million feet sound film production fifth film budget spent recording techniques release history theatrical runs idea distributing described musical believed duration hours minutes plus long general release relaxed exclusive distribution contract disney wanted prestigious exhibit form limited run attraction total thirteen held united_states involving daily screenings seat reservations booked advance higher prices minute disney hired film salesman manage engagements given specific instructions aspect film presentation including setup outside theater curtain lighting cues patrons taken seats staff hired trained disney given program booklet illustrated opened broadway theatre new_york_city november secured year lease venue fully equipped took personnel week working clock install proceeds night went british war relief society efforts ticket demand great telephone operators employed handle extra calls adjoining store rented cater box office ran broadway consecutive weeks longest run achieved film time run continued total seven weeks february remaining held included week run los_angeles january broke long run record venue eighth week record previously held gone wind week run pittsburgh attracted people reservations cities located miles venue engagements held theatre san_francisco months cleveland weeks boston chicago philadelphia detroit buffalo minneapolis washington baltimore grossed sixteen weeks new_york opening weeks san_francisco weeks los_angeles boston earned total million april production installation costs single setup theatres having leased forced disney exceed loan limits onset second world war prevented plans potential release europe normally source cent studio income eighty engagements outlined years wartime demands material limited number prints sixteen dismantled given war effort acquiring film distribution rights april initially continued booking policy presented film easier exhibit combined average receipts placed greater loss runs disney allowed handle general release fought decision film cut gave studio needed income possible remedy finances refused cut anybody want edit input disney musical director reduced hour minutes hour minutes removing taylor commentary released january popular prices soundtrack placed lower half double bills western film valley sun reissued september animated sequences complete scenes taylor orchestra restored shortened running time restored hour minutes edit standard form subsequent releases basis restoration original sound began deteriorate track copy survived good condition remaining system studio track stereo copy transferred telephone wires magnetic film facility hollywood copy reissued stereo derivative format february featured automatic control mechanism designed disney engineers coupled variable lens allowed picture switch academy standard aspect ratio wide ratio seconds break film achieved placing cues controlled mechanism separate track addition audio channels selected parts animation stretched live action scenes remained unchanged reissue garnered criticism viewers format led images february released standard versions stereo sound existing records unclear running time seconds longer previous issue unexplained final release occurred disney death runs began profit million budget return theaters december film promoted psychedelic styled advertising campaign popular teenagers college students reported taken drugs psychedelic experience animator recalled young people thought trip time talk school ask release noted controversial removal scenes racial issued regular basis typically exhibition art houses college towns mid-1970s film reissued nationwide april time simulated stereo sound edit featured distribution logo replaced release removed earlier credit sequence required shot half minute reduction film running time version remains unclear existing records releases disney presented completely new soundtrack recorded stereo released april version film marked time film soundtrack digitally recorded entirety replace recordings noted film conductor engaged directed piece orchestra voice choir recording took place eighteen sessions cost million maintain continuity animation based performance pacing recordings including cuts revisions night original orchestration instead edition original soundtrack new recording corrected frame projection caused old recording techniques 1930s scenes deleted narration recorded studio felt modern audience sophisticated music version returned theaters time actor providing narration anniversary returned theaters nationwide october traditional version including live action scenes taylor original score film underwent year restoration process began month search piece original storage marked time release film processed original copy frames restored untouched print guidance color tone theaters required specific stereo equipment installed present film original aspect ratio black borders screens soundtrack digitally remastered magnetic soundtrack estimated thousand pops removed process reissue went gross million domestically home media audio disney considered releasing multi disc rpm record album soundtrack conjunction film release idea realized soundtrack ultimately released record set sixteen countries catalog number disney required obtain permission initially rejected deal received share royalties nearly hours music soundtrack album longest soundtrack album released disney film soundtrack album contains musical selections commentary film stereo possible released stereo version soundtrack album original soundtrack remastered issued disc set released eventually sold copies released disc edition recorded soundtrack conducted issued film remastered soundtrack released fifth volume disney records recognition film 75th anniversary legacy release contains versions film soundtrack released recording deleted segment sterling reading peter wolf music included bonus tracks video received home video releases featuring restored theatrical version released vhs laser disc november disney classics line day release prompted million advance orders record discs doubling figure previous record deluxe edition package included film making feature commemorative page booklet disc soundtrack score certificate authenticity signed nephew biggest selling sell cassette time million copies purchased record surpassed beauty beast december version released dvd outside united_kingdom countries disney classics banner november released video second time time dvd surround sound films issued separately disc set called anthology variety bonus features included bonus disc legacy edition attempted follow closely possible format original version included additional restored live action footage taylor orchestra including film releases voice overdubbed audio tracks taylor restored scenes lost films reissued november separately disc dvd blu ray set combined dvd blu ray disc named movie collection set featured high definition video surround sound version featured new restoration new sound restoration identical version marked time version released europe withdrawn release returned disney vault april reception critical response early criticism garnered significant critical acclaim time release seen critics masterpiece west_coast premiere circle theatre grand affair attracting people including film industry film premiere film critic los_angeles_times considered film magnificent achievement film film history landmark film noting applause film received audience stated general considered film courageous belief music critic newspaper highly praising soundtrack film believing dream symphony concert enormously varied concert ideas abstract music acknowledged composers performers orchestra players hollywood philadelphia vast majority new wonderful sound effects new_york_times premiere noted motion picture history night conventional overboard reveals scope films imaginative excursion simply terrific editor called aesthetic experience forgotten time magazine described premiere stranger wonderful hollywood experience midst music music sweeps climax arch rear theatre devoted lead story film saying extraordinary thing dancer musical recording range color integrity disney collaborators simply perfection dancing variety hailed calling successful experiment lift relationship plane popular mass entertainment higher strata appeal lovers classical music chicago_tribune assigned writers cover film chicago premiere society columnist film critic music critic left amazed brilliantly audience felt film beautiful overwhelmingly ambitious color sound imagination barry pleased program good music performed beautifully recorded felt distracted music shown screen breakdown reviews film music critics disney author found positive positive positive negative negative adopted negative view time film release came classical music community took fault music living composer music featured film expressed displeasure arrangement order pieces difficult eliminated criticized orchestra performance observing score save musical performance composers music critics leveled criticism premise film arguing presenting classical music visual images rob musical pieces integrity composer music critic praised thought offered good transmission music disliked musical taste exception rite spring new_york_times hailed quality sound presented said distracted directly injured scores film critic dismissed parts parents resisted paying higher prices children complained night segment frightened negative reactions political nature especially film release happened time nazi_germany reigned supreme europe review film manner written november especially harsh thompson claimed left theater condition bordering nervous breakdown film remarkable nightmare thompson went compare film rampant described abuse power betrayal best instincts thompson claimed film depicted nature man moving stone time concluded film cruel brutal negative caricature decline west fact thompson claimed distraught film walked saw segments night bald mountain maria want subject film later criticism holds fresh rating based sample reviews average score rotten_tomatoes website film reviews consensus landmark animation huge influence medium music video disney inventive blend classics images guide awarded film stars calling ambitious animated feature come disney studios noting film famous works classical music wildly uneven imaginative visuals run dancing purely abstract roger_ebert chicago_sun-times rated film stars noted disney pushes edges envelope empire magazine rated stars poor concluding affair animated pieces work come downright insane remarks children film considers problematic disney animated features intended adults children people come expect awards honors ranked fifth films category disney won special award film new york film critics circle awards subject academy honorary awards february disney outstanding contribution advancement use sound motion pictures production associates unique achievement creation new form music production widening scope motion picture entertainment art form selected preservation culturally historically aesthetically significant 100th anniversary cinema vatican included list great films art category religion values featured lists rank greatest american films determined american_film_institute film ranked number years movies dropped ranking 10th anniversary revision nominated inclusion list formed placed fifth animation controversies late 1960s shots removed depicted characters racially manner black called depicted white second named appeared briefly procession scenes followers according disney sequence aired uncut television edits film theatrical reissue editor responsible change video release said sort stereotypes film critic roger_ebert commented edit original film course preserved historical purposes need general release version racist stereotypes film designed primarily children edits place subsequent theatrical home video filed lawsuit orchestra maintained creator group entitled half estimated million profits video laser disc sales orchestra dropped case parties reached undisclosed settlement court british music publisher filed lawsuit disney rights distribute rite spring video releases permission granted disney context film shown theaters united_states district court backed case reversed ruling stating disney original license motion picture rights extends video format distribution additional material disney wanted ongoing project new edition released years plan substitute original segments new completed audiences new version film january august story material developed based additional musical works including ride swan invitation dance flight later adapted segment consideration segment inspired film disappointing initial box office performance usa entry world war brought end plans prepared introductions adventures pictures exhibition future case decided segment developed film original program completely animated cut final film lengthy running time animation depicted flying night sequence later edited scored blue segment music original discovered restored complete original soundtrack included bonus feature anthology dvd legacy sequel los_angeles_times reported animators begun work ambitious concept mixing jazz classical music myths modern art following old format animation historian wrote development took place combined ethnic tales world music countries proposed segments film included battle ice god sun goddess set set songs featuring project shelved favor christmas carol nephew produced entered production features seven new segments performed conductor segment retained original film premiered hall december city live concert tour followed month engagement cinemas wide release regular theatres early development film began working title plans include little film project shelved proposed segments released individual short films live action adaptations apprentice segment adapted feature length movie night segment reported currently development feature length live action film treatment written february announced disney developing live action version depicted segment film feature film titled realms parodies spin offs parodied cartoon melodies series short features role taylor wearing styled introduces segments set pieces tales featuring bugs featuring italian animator produced feature length parody story basis eponymous fantasy adventure film disney developing night bald mountain sequence film writing executive produce live action film animated television series simpsons references episodes creator franchise expressed wish parody film named produced partly difficult write feature length script horror director admired animation night appearance resemble episode references apprentice snippet titled features music shots exactly bbc_music created film similar called pieces intended introduce children classical music pieces featured films included original body music piece called connect june plans announced adapt night bald mountain sequence live action film theme parks hat icon disney theme parks located structure magic hat located resort miniature golf course characters objects film hole fireworks water features scenes segments water projection screens involves plot apprentice magic whilst battling disney villains 20th anniversary paris depicted special version apprentice outfit friends wearing similar outfits video games released game called based segment player collect falling stars prevent marching flooding scrolling video game developed released system player controls find missing musical notes scattered worlds based film segments film reel levels based movie segments appear epic games cameo appearances games narrates openings endings games served creator demon night bald mountain maria segment appears painting game appears night film reel levels second disney square enix crossover game series kingdom hearts features boss installment night bald mountain piece played fight appears frequently series beginning kingdom hearts voiced english world based movie appears kingdom hearts dream drop distance like world featured period past music game developed association xbox xbox consoles game utilizes device players control music manner similar previous rhythm games affecting virtual environment interactive objects game features licensed contemporary rock music queen mars apprentice guise appears playable character concert live concert presentation film named disney live concert showcases segments concert version features live symphony orchestra piano accompanying projected high definition video segments concert touring world television elements film appear television series time hat appears fourth season episode tale sisters series progressed hat shown ability absorb absorbed appear star hat apprentice makes appearance old man guards hat enchanted forest night bald mountain makes appearance episode darkness edge town credits musical score conducted performed noted
Fantasia (1940 film)