Fantasia - 4

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The Original Film 

Fantasia was an experiment in sight and sound. A visual concert with classical music as it’s center piece. While none of the music here is original, the arrangements performed in this film have become iconic. 

All songs are conducted by  Leopold Stokowski and performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra. 

1. “Toccata and Fugue in D Minor” - Johann Sebastian Bach 
2. “Nutcracker Suite” - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
3. “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” - Paul Dukas 
4. “Rite of Spring” - Igor Stravinsky
5. “The Pastoral Symphony” - Ludwig van Beethoven
6. “Dance of the Hours” - Amilcare Ponchielli
7. “Night on Bald Mountain” - Modest Mussorgsky 
8. “Ave Maria” - Franz Schubert

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Deleted Songs 

Many pieces of music were chosen for development of the film and it’s sequel. Some were eventually made into individual shorts. Others were left on the cutting room floor. Only known to us through notes found in the faults. 

1. “Moto Perpetuo” - Niccolò Paganini
2. “Prelude in G minor” -  Sergei Rachmaninoff 
3. “Troika” -  Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
4. “The Song of the Flea” - Mussorgsky 
5. “Cydalise et le Chèvre-pied” -  Gabriel Pierné 
6. “Clair de Lune” - Claude Debussy
7. “Ride of the Valkyries” - Richard Wagner 
8. “The Swan of Tuonela” - Jean Sibelius
9. “Invitation to the Dance” - Carl Maria von Weber
10. “Flight of the Bumblebee” - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
11. “Polka and Fugue” - Jaromír Weinberger from Schwanda the Bagpiper
12. “La Mer” - Claude Debussy
13. “Adventures in a Perambulator” - John Alden Carpenter
14. “Don Quixote” - Richard Strauss
15. “Pictures at an Exhibition” - Mussorgsky
16. “Destino” -  Armando Dominguez and Dora Luz
17. “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” - Sergei Rachmaninoff 
18. “String Quartet No. 2 in A major - III. Nocturne Andante” -  Alexander Borodin 
19. “One by One” - Lebo M (was originally written for The Lion King and then used in this short which was cut from Fantasia 2000 ) 
20. “Fantasia Original Demo” - Trevor Rabin (for The Sorcerer’s Apprentice)

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Sequels 

Fantasia was always meant to be a continuous franchise since it conception.(think like the current MCU but with classical music instead of superheroes)Circumstances would prove otherwise. However, 60 years later, a theatrical squeal was made to fulfill Walt’s original vision, Fantasia 2000. 

All new songs are conducted by James Levine and performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

1. “Symphony No. 5 in C minor” - Ludwig van Beethoven
2. “Pines of Rome” - Ottorino Respighi 
3. “Rhapsody in Blue” - George Gershwin 
4. “Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor” - Sergei Rachmaninoff 
5. “The Carnival of the Animals, Finale” -  Camille Saint-Saëns
6. “Pomp and Circumstance” -  Sir Edward Elgar
7. “Firebird Suite—1919 Version” - Igor Stravinsky 

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Live Action Adaptation   

A very loose adaptation of the segment “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” was released in theaters in 2010. Other adaptations of famous segments are rumored to be in the works as well. 

1. “Secrets” - OneRepublic
2. “Sorcerer’s Apprentice Suite” - Trevor Rabin   

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Disney Released Remixes and Covers 

1. “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” - Trevor Rabin 
2. “Night on Bald Mountain” - Hamilton from Fantasia: Music Evolved 
3. “Night on Bald Mountain” - Neon Sabbath from Fantasia: Music Evolved
4. “The Nutcracker Suite, Op 71a" - D00 BAH D00 from Fantasia: Music Evolved 
5. "The Nutcracker Suite, Op 71a” - DC Breaks from Fantasia: Music Evolved    
6. “Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565” - Synth from Fantasia: Music Evolved 
7. "Secrets" Tesla Cover