"film ""Fantasia"", in which Mickey Mouse plays the role of the apprentice. Disney had acquired the music rights in 1937 when he planned to release a separate Mickey Mouse film, which, at the suggestion of Leopold Stokowski, was eventually expanded into ""Fantasia"". Stokowski's version for the soundtrack of ""Fantasia"" remains one of the most famous. Although too early for high fidelity, the performance was recorded using multi-tracks and was the first use of stereophonic sound in a film. It is the only part of the film for which Stokowski conducted a studio orchestra, rather than the Philadelphia Orchestra. In terms"
"Fantasia (video game) """"While the Apprentice Sorcerer slept his master's music was stolen away. Now his dreams must restore the notes so the music again can play."""" In the game, the player controls Mickey Mouse as the Sorcerer's Apprentice through various side-scrolling levels in an attempt to collect musical notes that somehow went missing whilst he was asleep. The game's four levels were based on amalgamations of the segments of ""Fantasia"", with each one themed around the elements: water (The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Dance of the Reed Flutes and Arabian Dance), earth (The Rite of Spring), air (Russian Dance, Pastoral Symphony"
"""The Lion King"", ""Lilo & Stitch"" and ""The Princess and the Frog""). Mickey Mouse then appears in his iconic ""Sorcerer's Apprentice"" attire from ""Fantasia"" and the show concludes with a final series of water, fire, laser and light orchestrations. Notes: Early plans also called for a small orange fountain, named Little Squirt, that was meant to embody Walt Disney's artistic and mischievous spirit, and appear throughout the show. Instead, during the post-show, after all the other fountains turn off, the little orange fountain remains on for a couple seconds as it bows to the audience, then disappears. A video of"
"sprites and gorgeous backdrops"", ""the gameplay is badly flawed and there are several highly annoying features that make the action frustrating."" ""Mega"" placed the game at #6 in their list of the 10 Worst Mega Drive Games of All Time. Fantasia (video game) """"While the Apprentice Sorcerer slept his master's music was stolen away. Now his dreams must restore the notes so the music again can play."""" In the game, the player controls Mickey Mouse as the Sorcerer's Apprentice through various side-scrolling levels in an attempt to collect musical notes that somehow went missing whilst he was asleep. The game's"
"Tin Man, and Lion after the Wicked Witch's death. In Disney's 1940 film ""Fantasia"", Mickey Mouse, playing The Sorcerer's Apprentice, brings a broom to life to do his chore of filling a well full of water. The broom overdoes its job and when chopped into pieces, each splinter becomes a new broom that flood the room until Yen Sid stops them. This story comes from a poem by Goethe called ""Der Zauberlehrling"" (""The Sorcerer's Apprentice""). The Disney brooms have had recurring cameos in Disney media, mostly portrayed as janitors, albeit not out of control or causing chaos such as in"
"The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1955 film) The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1955) is a short film made by Michael Powell for Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) West German television. It is the Goethe story made famous by Walt Disney's animated film ""Fantasia"" where Mickey Mouse runs amok as the Sorcerer's Apprentice. But here it is presented as a ballet performed by the Frankfurt Opera with Sonia Arova as the solo dancer. There are other character dancers appearing as various items and creatures and of course the Sorcerer himself. But none of these are named on the credits and nobody has managed to find out who"
"cartoon scenery machine and getting himself into a big heap of trouble. Like the ""Fantasia"" segment, there is no dialogue, save for a line by Buster in the end. There is a live action film, ""The Sorcerer's Apprentice"" (2010), featuring a scene based on Goethe's poem (and the ""Fantasia"" version), produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and starring Nicolas Cage. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels alluded to Goethe's poem in ""The Communist Manifesto"", comparing modern bourgeois society to ""the sorcerer who is no longer able to control the powers of the nether world whom he has called up by his spells."" The"
"Leopold Stokowski Leopold Anthony Stokowski (18 April 1882 – 13 September 1977) was an English conductor of Polish and Irish descent. One of the leading conductors of the early and mid-20th century, he is best known for his long association with the Philadelphia Orchestra and his appearance in the Disney film ""Fantasia"". He was especially noted for his free-hand conducting style that spurned the traditional baton and for obtaining a characteristically sumptuous sound from the orchestras he directed. Stokowski was music director of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the NBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, the"
"Kenneth Muse Kenneth Lee Muse (July 26, 1910 – July 26, 1987) was an American animator. He is best known for his work on the Tom and Jerry series at MGM. Muse worked briefly at Walt Disney Studio, where he was Preston Blair's assistant on ""Fantasia"" (he helped animate ""The Sorcerer's Apprentice"" scenes). He also provided animation for ""Pinocchio"" (""I've Got No Strings"" sequence), ""Fantasia"" and various Mickey Mouse cartoons such as ""Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip"" (1940), ""Mickey's Birthday Party"" (1942) and ""Symphony Hour"" (1942). Muse left Disney during the 1941 strike there and joined Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's animation department in"
"career and the use of sound in his films, from his debut in ""Steamboat Willie"" to his role in the feature ""Fantasia"". The film ended with footage of Mickey and his friends dancing at Disneyland, and Mickey told the guests that it was time for the main show. After a cast member recited the theater's safety spiel, the house curtains opened up to reveal maestro Mickey Mouse and an orchestra made up of various Disney characters. After Mickey gave his count-off, the orchestra performed a medley of Disney songs; they were ""Heigh-Ho"", ""Whistle While You Work"", ""When You Wish Upon"
"role as The Sorcerer's Apprentice, set to the symphonic poem of the same name by Paul Dukas, is perhaps the most famous segment of the film and one of Mickey's most iconic roles. The segment features no dialogue at all, only the music. The apprentice (Mickey), not willing to do his chores, puts on the sorcerer's magic hat after the sorcerer goes to bed and casts a spell on a broom, which causes the broom to come to life and perform the most tiring chore—filling up a deep well using two buckets of water. When the well eventually overflows, Mickey"
"The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010 film) The Sorcerer's Apprentice is a 2010 American action-fantasy film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, directed by Jon Turteltaub, and released by Walt Disney Pictures, the team behind the ""National Treasure"" franchise. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel, Alfred Molina, Teresa Palmer and Monica Bellucci. The film is named after a segment in Disney's 1940 film ""Fantasia"" called ""The Sorcerer's Apprentice"" starring Mickey Mouse (with one scene being an extensive reference to it), which in turn is based on the late-1890s symphonic poem by Paul Dukas and the 1797 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ballad. Balthazar Blake"
"introduce each segment in live action scenes directed by Don Hahn. After numerous unsuccessful attempts to develop a ""Fantasia"" sequel, The Walt Disney Company revived the idea shortly after Michael Eisner became chief executive officer in 1984. The commercial success of the 1991 home video release of ""Fantasia"" convinced Eisner that there was enough public interest and funds for a sequel and he assigned Disney as executive producer. The music for six of the film's eight segments is performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Levine. The film includes ""The Sorcerer's Apprentice"" from the 1940 original. Each new"
"action, but the other way around. This is especially so when the music is a classical or other well-known piece. In such cases, the music for the animation is pre-recorded, and an animator will have an exposure sheet with the beats marked on it, frame by frame, and can time the movements accordingly. In the 1940 film ""Fantasia"", the musical piece ""The Sorcerer's Apprentice"", composed in the 1890s, contains a fragment that is used to accompany the actions of Mickey himself. At one point Mickey, as the apprentice, seizes an axe and chops an enchanted broom to pieces so that"
"the music of the various countries"". Proposed segments for the film included a battle between an ice god and a sun goddess set to ""Finlandia"" by Sibelius, one set in the Andes to the songs of Yma Sumac, another featuring caricatures of Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald and an adaptation of The Emperor's Nightingale which would have featured Mickey as the nightingale's owner, similar to his role in ""The Sorcerer's Apprentice"". The project was shelved in favor of ""Mickey's Christmas Carol"". Roy E. Disney, the nephew of Walt, co-produced ""Fantasia 2000"" which entered production in 1990 and features seven new"
"soundtrack recordings of all the music in the film (with the exception of one segment from the original 1940 ""Fantasia""). Levine is also seen in the film talking briefly with Mickey Mouse, just as his predecessor Leopold Stokowski did in the original film. Among the awards listed in his Met biography are: In addition, his biography says Levine has received honorary doctorates from the University of Cincinnati, the New England Conservatory of Music, Northwestern University, the State University of New York, and the Juilliard School. Statement from Metropolitan Opera ( March 2018) https://www.metopera.org/About/Press-Releases/Statement/ James Levine James Lawrence Levine (; born"
"intent on enforcing the rule. Leaving for vacation, Mickey Mouse and Pluto arrive at a train station in Burbank, California (home of Walt Disney Productions headquarters). They board a west-bound train to Pomona, but are both immediately kicked off by the conductor, played by Pete, stating that dogs aren't allowed (side gag reveals Pluto's luggage to contain bones). Pete then rambles off the train's destinations and forces his watch to tell him when the train is ready to leave. When the watch does show its time for the train to go, Pete calls ""All aboard!"" Mickey, at this point, decides"
"Morty and Ferdie see-saw on a board balanced on his head. Mickey's Steam Roller Mickey's Steam Roller is a 1934 animated short film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. In the cartoon, Mickey Mouse is the driver of a steamroller which is hijacked by his two nephews. It was directed by David Hand and features the voices of Walt Disney as Mickey and Marcellite Garner as Minnie Mouse and Mickey's nephews. Although this is the third animated appearance of Mickey's nephews, it is the first to show only two of them. The film is therefore considered"
"by OneRepublic is used in the film but does not appear on the album. The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010 film) The Sorcerer's Apprentice is a 2010 American action-fantasy film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, directed by Jon Turteltaub, and released by Walt Disney Pictures, the team behind the ""National Treasure"" franchise. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Jay Baruchel, Alfred Molina, Teresa Palmer and Monica Bellucci. The film is named after a segment in Disney's 1940 film ""Fantasia"" called ""The Sorcerer's Apprentice"" starring Mickey Mouse (with one scene being an extensive reference to it), which in turn is based on the late-1890s symphonic"
"directly references the """"Sorcerer's Apprentice"""" segment from Walt Disney's 1940 animated film ""Fantasia"". The sorcerer Yen Sid tasks his new apprentice, the player, with animating the worlds he has created. Players generate life in initially desolate levels by moving in rhythm with licensed popular and classical music, which unlocks gestures that change elements of the musical composition. In an example, a player traced arrows with her body in time with a song, and was rewarded with a selection of rock, orchestral, and brass music overlays that fit over the song. The Kinect shows the player as an on-screen silhouette, which"
"the stage is empty, except for a conductor's podium and Donald, who is sleeping in a box. Mickey races onto the stage in a hurry, quickly telling Donald to unpack the instruments. Mickey places his famous Sorcerer's hat on the podium, then leaves, telling Donald, ""Don't forget the orchestra. And don't touch my hat!"" After Donald unpacks all the instruments, including a grand piano, from the small box, he is tempted to try on the Sorcerer's Hat himself. He does so, which causes the magical instruments to come to life and play an extremely unpleasant melody. However, when Donald picks"
"from ""Make Mine Music"", The Three Caballeros, The Big Bad Wolf and The Three Little Pigs. Upon entering the theater's lobby, guests pick up their ""opera glasses"" (3D glasses). During their wait, guests hear orchestral music from ""Fantasia"", ""Fantasia 2000"", and other Disney animated films. Goofy, the Concert Hall's stage manager, admits the guests into the main theater, where final preparations for the performance are underway. Minnie Mouse then tells the guests to put on their ""opera glasses."" Minnie then realizes that Donald Duck has gone missing and goes to tell Mickey. Goofy then raises the curtain to reveal that"
"He referred to the 1940 film ""Fantasia"" for an example of the popular mouse, who shook hands with the composer of the movie, Leopold Stokowski. There is speculation regarding Disney’s hand in the sculpture, which is raised outward. Many believe his arm is raised as if he is showing Mickey what has come of his dream. Gibson said, “I chose to depict Walt as he was in 1954. I think that was when Walt was in his prime. It was tough trying to match the media image of Walt Disney, the one the public knows, to the real Walt, the"
"""Fantasia"" and ""Fantasia 2000"". The concert version features a live symphony orchestra and piano soloist accompanying projected high definition video segments. , the ""Fantasia"" concert is touring throughout the world. Several elements from the film appear in television series ""Once Upon a Time"". The hat from ""The Sorcerer's Apprentice"" appears in the fourth season episode ""A Tale of Two Sisters"". As the series progressed, the hat was shown to have the ability to absorb others, and those it absorbed would appear as a star on the hat. The Sorcerer's Apprentice himself makes an appearance, where he is an old man"
"segments performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with conductor James Levine. ""The Sorcerer's Apprentice"" is the only segment retained from the original film. ""Fantasia 2000"" premiered at Carnegie Hall on December 17, 1999 as part of a five-city live concert tour, followed by a four-month engagement in IMAX cinemas and a wide release in regular theatres, in 2000. Early development for a third film began in 2002, with a working title of ""Fantasia 2006"". Plans were made to include ""The Little Matchgirl"" by Roger Allers and ""One by One"" by Pixote Hunt in the film before the project was shelved"
"and composer Deems Taylor acts as the film's master of ceremonies, who introduces each segment in live-action interstitial scenes. Fantasia 2000 is a 1999 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 38th animated film in the Disney animated features canon and the sequel to the 1940 film ""Fantasia"". As with its predecessor the film consists of animated segments set to pieces of classical music, with The Sorcerer's Apprentice being the only segment that is featured in both films. The soundtrack was performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus"
"for them. He then makes his trademark laughter and disappears from the scene. Mr Whamsey is a ""fountain master"" who first appears when he makes his entrance on to the fountain's symphony stage. He shows off the audience his skills with several performances on the fountain but before he could finish the final segment, his performance is suddenly interrupted by the arrival of Kiki, who is first seen laughing out of control before jumping back into hiding. Kiki then reveals himself to Mr. Whamsey, and he is challenged by the latter to a duel over the control of the Sentosa"
"Sorcerer's Hat would be removed by early 2015. The structure's removal began on January 7, 2015, and was completed on February 25, 2015. Another version of the Hat is part of the Roy E. Disney Animation Building, at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. The structure used to hold Roy E. Disney's office. At Walt Disney Studios Paris, the Art of Animation building has a Hat resembling the one in Burbank. The Sorcerer's Hat was originally the hat of Yen Sid in the ""Sorcerer's Apprentice"" segment in Walt Disney's 1940 animated film ""Fantasia"". Mickey Mouse, as the Sorcerer's lazy apprentice,"
"At Main Street Cinema several of Mickey's short films are shown on a rotating basis; the sixth film is always ""Steamboat Willie"". Mickey plays a central role in ""Fantasmic!"" (Disneyland Resort, Disney's Hollywood Studios) a live nighttime show which famously features Mickey in his role as the Sorcerer's Apprentice. Mickey was also a central character in the now-defunct Mickey Mouse Revue (Magic Kingdom, Tokyo Disneyland) which was an indoor show featuring animatronic characters. Mickey's face currently graces the Mickey's Fun Wheel at Disney California Adventure Park, where a figure of him also stands on top of Silly Symphony Swings. In"
"all the music (with the exception of a ""jam session"" in the middle of the film) and included his own orchestrations for the ""Toccata and Fugue in D minor"" and ""Night on Bald Mountain""/""Ave Maria"" segments. Stokowski even got to talk to (and shake hands with) Mickey Mouse on screen, although he would later say with a smile that Mickey Mouse got to shake hands with him. This footage of Stokowski was incorporated into ""Fantasia 2000"". A lifelong and ardent fan of the newest and most experimental techniques in recording, Stokowski saw to it that most of the music for"
"Walt Disney's original intentions via his production notes instead of from the final film release. Disney Interactive Studios executive producer Chris Nicholls met with the Harmonix team to establish core principles upon which to base the game. The development team liked the ""Sorcerer's Apprentice"" dream sequence scene best, where Mickey controlled the weather and background orchestra like a conductor from atop a mountain. Its ""reaching out"" interaction is reflected in the gameplay. This scene, where ""magic and the manipulation of music itself were woven into a single act"", became a central narrative conceit and ""creative inception point"" for the team."
"minutes before he and Mickey are to perform. It turns out that Mitch had gone to buy a rose for Mickey, which she accepts with gratitude as they go on stage. Mitch and Mickey perform ""A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow"", and after a suspenseful pause, they do the much-anticipated kiss at the end. In the finale, all three acts join together to sing ""A Mighty Wind."" The film then jumps to interviews with many of the performers six months after the concert in which they detail subsequent events. Mickey is performing ""The Sure-Flo Song"" (about a medical"
"mouse, and says that if he doesn't, he'll ""disillusion a child's faith in his father."" The result is a fight between Hippety and Sylvester. Hippety wins at first, but then Sylvester chases him off with an axe. Along the way, they pass the workman, who treads in his own cement as if daring the participants in the chase to do the same – but when they do not, he stands in the center of the sidewalk and plays ""Taps"" on a trumpet as he sinks. Sylvester is led to the circus, and right when Junior enters his sight, he starts"