Walt Disney’s original vision for Fantasia, which went into production 75 years ago in Burbank, California, was to create something that would live on and redefine people’s relationship to music and ...

The visualization of music on film is an old impulse. During the 1930s, besides cartoons with classical music soundtracks, a number of short films -- like one called Optical Poe ­--contained ...

If you have not watched Disney’s “Fantasia,” it’s about time you do. This two-hour film brings alive 15 of classical music’s most well-known scores with curious animation. Disney animators and British ...

Fantasia. Disney’s third animated feature is more than 70 years old now, and it remains one of the most unique items in the studio’s catalog. It features just eight shorts set to classical ...

Now why didn't anyone think of this before? When the Hollywood Bowl began showing films with live music, "Fantasia" should have been priority No. 1, given the Bowl's long, enviably rich ...

Sometimes even a cartoon icon needs a comeback. That was the case for Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney’s familiar mascot introduced in 1928, but fading in popularity a dozen years later. Career ...

The Paradise Symphony Orchestra is presenting “Fantasia Classics” for its season opener next Sunday, Oct. 19.

Despite early mainstream hits such as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Pinocchio, Walt Disney chose to pursue his avant garde sensibilities when he selected Fantasia as the third full length ...