It was Deems Taylor who suggested that Stravinsky's Rite of Spring might be just the thing for a barbaric battle, and Disney wholeheartedly agreed. The motion and sweep of it fits right with the music."ĭisney's ambition to task his animators with a dramatic exploration of the prehistoric world came before he knew what music would provide its soundtrack. "When we go 50 million lightyears in space and come down on the Earth, it's something that's never been seen before. "The ballet was built for people who have to put their feet on the ground - who can't fly through the air," noted Disney. Walt Disney himself was proud of the decision to depart from the ballet's original story (in a primitive ritual, a young girl dances herself to death). Nine years after the film's release, though, Stravinsky had come to the conclusion that the Rite of Spring segment was "terrible." In the last years of his life, Stravinsky called the animation "imbecility" and even tossed in a dig at conductor Leopold Stokowski, saying his interpretation was "execrable."
Composer Igor Stravinsky himself had signed a contract to do more music with Disney, has blandly averred that Disney's paleontological cataclysm was what he had in mind all along in his Rite of Spring." He even posed for a photo with Walt Disney, signing it "from an admirer of your great achievements."Īccording to a Time cover story that was published upon Fantasia's release in 1940, "An imposing list of top-flight contemporary composers (Paul Hindemith, Serge Prokofiev, William Grant Still, Deems Taylor, et al.) have vowed that they would spend their lives working for Disney if he gave them a chance.
That's what you're feeling if you didn't know (I got it, I got it)īilly Porter performs Patti LaBelle's You Are My Friend at the A GRAMMY Salute To The Sounds Of Change musical special.Stravinsky personally granted approval for Disney to use the music, and he expressed no disapproval - at least, any that made it on record - when he visited the animation studio and saw work in progress on the segment. See let me tell ya about the Holy Ghost (Let me tell ya about the Holy Ghost) Weapons may form but please tell me who should I fear Watch me step through ain’t no tiptoe walking over here I know that he’s got something in store for me
Tell him what I need and he gonna go to war (For me) I don't ever gotta fight my own battles (Nah, nah) If I go astray, it get me right back in line (back in line, won't lose time) It got a way of making feel (Free, free, free)įree from the worry that try to haunt me at nightįree from depression, ain’t taking over my mind That's what you're feeling if you didn't know (If you didn't know) I got the power of the Holy Ghost (Holy, Holy Ghost) See let me tell ya about the Holy Ghost (Holy, Holy Ghost) Mama said “Pretty girl, you’re good as gold” See there’s no way I could ignore the call That’s what you feel when I hit every note Let me tell ya about the Holy Ghost (Holy Ghost, Oh yea) View the latest items in the official Fantasia merch store:
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