I really miss this kind of animation and filmography, back when the cinematography got its message across artistically by linking just a few motives, as does the music it represents.
my gosh... i spent this whole thing in tears xD the way the artists used the moonlight is just amazing, I have such a deep respect for the artists of Fantasia
Despite both Walt Disney, and De Bussey both being jerks in their private lives, they somehow "clicked" at a mysterious artistic level here!...I think most of us can agree, that the level of hand-made, truly gorgeous animation displayed here, will never be matched by CGI effects!...and the level of humanistic, touching chordal structures created by De Bussey move most of us to emotional tears of joy, just to be alive in this era...Why are we humans so blessed with creativity, and also cursed with such negative qualities?
This is strange to watch. I had seen Fantasia as a child, and fell in love with it. To watch this now, knowing it's deleted, stirs something in me, as if I am reliving my childhood in a way, bringing back a piece of it that I didn't even know it was missing. Clair de Lune is a magical piece in and of itself, and to see Disney bring it to life really inspires me. I can see why they cut it; they had a time frame and this isn't the most lively piece of music, but it has a mystical beauty to it.
Oh, wow! I never knew there was a deleted scene! It's like discovering a secret compartment in a treasure chest! It was so beautiful, the music, the scenery, everything. You can tell it's from a time when animation was an art form, and Disney was its Da Vinci. *sigh* they don't make 'em like this anymore
if you cant be moved by either music . theatre . or any part of the arts you have no soul.. this is simply divine and moving to me gods good music enters the ear with the greatest of ease and leaves with the greatest of difficulty
I saw this as a child sometime in the late 50's maybe. It must have been on TV if the scene has been deleted. I remember thinking that the music was the most beautiful music that I had ever heard and told my dad so. This takes me way back...
Daniel Vasquez Are you sure you're not remembering the "Blue Bayou" sequence from "Make Mine Music" (1946)? It used the same animation set to a new song.
Gabriel, you're probably right. The note above says that this was a deleted scene from Fantasia. This IS the scene. It's been so long ago that I didn't remember that the scene was put into another film. Thank you for the correction.
absolutely beautifull!!! Disney was a real genius; it's so well done, the timing and images of the animation are so exactly chosen, the moment when the bird hoovers up and comes down... just as one would dream it to be; he felt the music so well! and I love Debussy: I played this piece a lot myself. Thanks a lot
Fantasia was supposed to be a repertoire film, changing on section each year& rerelease it, this was to be the first replacement scene, yes they did use the animation in Make Mine Music but the music was blue bayou, I watched that movie on VHS shut off sound& played this on my stereo, its a perfect match
I know. it would be nice though. when I watch Fantasia someday, I'll watch Clair De Lune as an extra. it's like when there's a deleted scene in Star Wars is when Han Solo meets Jabba. and it was added in the 1997 Special Edition version of A New Hope. and yeah. I think it sounds like a love song. and when I have a girlfriend soon, I could show it to her.
Wow, that was incredible. I've only ever heard piano versions of this song. With the full orchestra, it has a completely different feel. This performance almost turned it into a lullaby. And the animation was gorgeous...so serene, with just a hint of mystery. Amazing.
The arrangement is gorgeous. And the animation is so subtle. It's a pity that there were not more Fantasia movies. This union between animation and music really touches me.
***** You may not be born yet my friend, but the music is Clair de Lune written and composed by Claude Debussy, and played by The Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Stokowski in this scene.
Such a beautiful orchestration! Wonderful use of the different tones of the instruments. I especially liked the harp ostinato in the second part of the piece, absolutely sublime!
When I meant it might get taken down, I meant because I broke some copyright thing. But if youtube doesn't have a problem with it then it will stay here forever.
Fantasia is just about my favorite movie, and I've seen it many times. But I've never seen this before. Pretty amazing to stumble across new authentic Fantasia after all these ages and ages. Thanks.
I just moved to a whole different time zone and state, because my mother was trying to find herself in new york, trying to be happy etc, i didnt want to come, but she didnt want to be alone, and i didnt want to go to a bad highschool where i was living. this is the first xmas i've ever spent without my grandma, whose basically my mom, my aunt, little sister and cousin. Everytime i listen to this song i remember all the times of pure love we shared together that i left behind. I
The original Fantasia is already 2 hours long which explains the cut. Don't forget that in those times most films were 90 minutes long with a few shorts before the main feature. Though deleted from the film, that scene was not lost; it was recuperated for "Make Mine Music" in 1946 with a different background tune. This film illustrated 10 popular songs (instead of Fantasia's classical pieces. ;D
Exquisite ..when you are having to eliminate a scene of perfection to make the film fit into a 2 hour masterpiece you know Walt Disney was a genius. By the way not interested in Political correctness where Disney is concerned. That includes Meryl Streep. Too bad Saving Mr Banks didn't get one award. Lovely film.
tatiana shaffer Disney knows how to make a lot of $. The true art of the matter has been deleted..but not forgotten by those who were lucky enough to see them in the theatres
there are loads of good Disney movies from the 90s. like The Disney Renaissance. like The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King and more. and there also good ones in 2010s like Wreck-it Ralph, Frozen, Zootropolis, (Zootopia) and Moana.
That is so amazingly beautiful. That's one of my favorite songs, and this is the first time I've heard it orchestrated. I normally just hear it on piano. Beautiful animation, beautiful arrangement, beautifully done.
I would have loved to have had this fine piece of musical inspiration performed on electric guitar, perhaps by Jimi Hendrix--who did indeed create some very sensitive, touching tunes. I think he would have made a wonderful alternative work of art, out of this tune...He would often listen to classical music, despite his impoverished upbringing and tough life.
There’s something mysteriously magical about this delightful and easy to listen to piece of music. It carries you off into another time. Perhaps, one better, than we’re in now. I can’t say anything better than Perfection Aggh
The same animation was used for Blue Bayou from Make Mine Music, though it had different music (not Clair De Lune)and it was edited slightly differently. That might be what you are thinking of.
Ah, the first video that made it into my favorites playlist almost 14 years ago! It's a shame this sequence never got added into the film. Had it did, it would have been my favorite part of the film next to Ave Maria. There is something tranquil about it. The music, the setting, its just perfect and peaceful.
Thanks for posting this... I don't have the newest release of Fantasia that contained this segment. I have it on VHS from back in the early 90's. Debussy is one of my favorite composers and it was too bad it was never included in the original. I think i may need to go out and buy the DVD!
This is the best thing I have ever seen! I swear its like close encounters of the 3rd kind right now, this is significant to me. its like the combination of everything ive ever know and not know put together into something which i had experienced before i had ever seen it! this is so exhilarating!
It actually wasn't going to be a sequel. The idea was that they would re-release Fantasia itself about every year and it would have new segments as well as old ones. Though, I do remember reading some where that Clair De Lune was going to be in the first release of Fantasia but was cut because Fantasia was already way long without it.
One of my favorite pieces of music. Interestingly enough, I live in New Orleans, have white egrets flying in my neighborhood but have never seen them at night.
I can understand why they cut it, since I'm not sure where this would've fit into Fantasia pace wise, but it's a shame nonetheless. This is absolutely beautiful.
Moved to tears I say..such music conveys the human experience where words fail. The symphony of many individuals whose united efforts synchronize so many minds in unison to such a beautiful vision. Like a conduit to the soul. Debussy's moment is felt as such extacy to behold that it agonizes the heart to tears to know the moment like life itself is beautiful to behold from beginning to end. I wish I could have more of this in my lifetime.
Everyone here should read about De Bussey's life and times...he was considered a rebellious musical genius...and he was also quite a narcissist, and seemed to enjoy falling in love with other men's wives!...nontheless, he obviously created some intensely moving, soulful music...as for Disney, most of us have heard of his being quite a ruthless hard-ass with his animators, and not paying them what they were really worth!...and yet, he created so much joy and good entertainment for us "Boomers"!...I guess we humans are just complex, and flawed.
The main thing I remember about this was that the world renowned Leopold Stokowski is the conductor of this version of Clair de Lune. And that Bugs Bunny played him in one of the Looney Toons Cartoons. This was back in the 70's when I saw it and then I was absolutely hooked on classical music.
Imagine being the animators of this missing piece of cultural film art and never being able to know when it would be released, or if it even will at all to the public? The water ripples and glimmering must've taken them several months or even years to produce, having the technology they had back then, or the lack of it. So beautiful. I don't see why it couldn't have been included in the original film... but what a wonderful discovery!
And I'll go further: Why did they STOP doing these? I can think of so many songs they could use, and imagine what they could do with modern technology...
Carolina Gonçalves Well, sadly, Fantasia failed at the box office during it's original release because audiences knew Disney as funny cartoons and fairytale films, so a feature-length animated film with classical music and very little dialogue was seen as un-Disney-like and too pretentious. Walt Disney himself intended to release a new Fantasia every year, with rotating animated sequences like the changing annual programs at theater houses. This idea had to be scrapped since he lost a lot of money after releasing Fantasia. The development of Disneyland and Disney World and his eventual death stopped any chances of reviving Fantasia. During the 80s, a sort-of sequel named "Musicana" with world folk music and folktales was planned but never finished. After the Disney Renaissance in the 90s, the company finally had a big enough budget to make Fantasia 2000. So far no one knows if Fantasia will be revived a third time.
Supposedly Disney planned on making more of these films and also planned to add old scenes with the new just as they did with Fantasia 2000. So if they ever get around to making another Fantasia they ought to add this one in it.
Then take comfort, because in spite of Walt's frustrations with the production and reception of Fantasia, he was rarely if *ever* remembered for outright hating it. John Culhane, a film historian fortunate enough to have met Walt when he was only 17, quoted him as saying "You know, it still hasn't made any money... but I don't regret making it, because this is what I should have been doing with the medium when I made it." Can't say much for "Alice". Don't know enough about its history. :x
It all came down to running time. Sure, its only around 5 minutes long, but just think that when RKO took over distribution of the film in 1941 (to try and make it profitable) they cut it into something that would barely be recognisable. One source suggests it was only an hour and twenty minutes long! It would have been nice though, just for historical contexts, if this sequence was shown even just in the premiere.
This is a priceless piece of history, and a fine example of why people need to hire someone to scour the Disney Vaults and other related places to find these wonderful things just tucked away. The biggest shame is that the Deems Taylor footage at the beginning and Leopold Stokowski's actual conducting of this piece (they reused Tocotta and Fugue footage and only recolored it) has not and probably never will be found. I wanted to know what Taylor had to say about this.
I love Fantasia but I wish this along with Swan of Tuonela was fully animated and put into the film instead of The Pastoral Symphony. Its got good music and artwork but I feel that section was kind of a step downward into Seven Dwarfs territory. Dance of the Hours was better but I usually skip the two to get to the masterpiece ending: Night on Bald Mountain / Ave Maria
oops, i stand corrected. herons do come in white, but you have to special order them. i was drunk when i wrote that, i thought i knew everything. i still think they are egrets, they have a crest on their head. oh well it matters not. beautiful song and animation. peace, lardo. p.s. pay no attention to any future information i give.
I personaly love the series and just to let you know Me and most other people know who debbsey is and they even said in the books that he wrote this. Almost everyone knows that she dident "make it up". gosh so critical people arnt that stupid. sorry to be rude but its true. Plus you havent even read the books so you wouldent know.
no offense, but why people mention the movie Twilight so much ?, in almost every video i see that has nothing to do with that super geeky movie someone makes a comment about it. Its like the Star Wars obssesed fans that always mention someting about it no matter what the topic is.
This song is so magical it gives me so many emotions. Every time I hear it I am more convinced that it is indeed one of my favorite songs ever composed.
Walt Wanted To Do A Contining Fantasia Making New Segments Like Clair De Lune And Many Other Segments.Stokowski Recorded All Of Them. But The Concept Was Abandoned In 1941 And All Of Died Including Clair De Lune.
wow thats wierd because i love this song and knew about it long before i read twilight. and so what if people learned about it from twilight its just a new insight in classical music for them.
It makes me wonder why this was never included in the original Fantasia movie. I personally think it would have looked nice in between the Pastoral and the Dance of The Hours.
If this was inserted, it would be between Pastoral Symphony and Dance of the hour because it fits with the continual time system, a smooth flow of the film, and be closer to the finale.
My favorite part is the water scene showing the reflection of the moon and calmly distorts its image from the ripples. Beautifully serene and this piece has become my favorite one since i first saw this.
I have to agree with beabalanced because this entire movie is just completely fills you with incredible classics like this beautiful and perhaps my favorite Debussy piece Clair De Lune, simply enchanting images that bring out the "child at heart" in all of us! But, what I don't get is why Deems Taylor's voice sounded like it was dubbed over! But, be that as it may I still love this wonderful Disney classic and I'm so happy that I still have this movie on vhs! ;)
@rbrown6984 Woah woah woah!....Rap/Hip-Hop is only garbage on the radio...if you turn off your radio and keep your mind open musically you'll hear amazing music no matter what genre it may be....All Hip-Hop is,is poetry with a beat backing it. Look for artists like Lupe Fiasco,J Dilla(who's music was recently was made into a suite for an orchestra) or Pete Rock they make Hip-hop a art. Again the radio/mainstream ruins rap.... BTW I dig this and Rap....
Yes, the images are just the ones seen during the Blue Bayou sequence from Make Mine Music, the sequence was deleted from Fantasia becouse of its huge lenght. The images are just too beautiful for the Blue Bayou song, the piece was born on Debussy's melody and for me have to be heard with this music. The Fantasia's bluray was the ideal occasion to restore and restaurate this sequence, Disney didn't do that and didn't include "Lorenzo", "One By One" and "The Little Matchgirl"'s sequence either...
@frenchkitty Geeky? Twilight is a cheesy romantic movie for teen girls. I have no idea how you manage to connect that with geeky. However bringing Star Wars fans into the picture as the geekcliché of all geekclichés. I deem you prejudiced with eyes only seeing the stereotype. Also, as a matter of fact; Twilight is most likely mentioned just as often as people complain about its excessive mentioning. Thus, mentioning it puts you in no better a seat than the twilightmentioners.
My earliest exposure decades ago to Claire de Lune was this particular Disney animation. I'm sure of it. In fact, I came here specifically anxious to see the moonlight dancing upon the ripples once again, so strong was the impression it made. So if the segment wasn't included in one of Fantasia's re-releases, it must have aired as a stand-alone on Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color or its incarnations long before 1996.
@deathdoll99 well, with this shortfilm, the duration of fantasia would be longer but the next part of fantasia will include this lovely masterpiece with other shorts
There's something so charming abut old recording..even more so when they're accompanied by such beautiful animation..
Verdade...
@@andrezagomes7078 Verdade
I really miss this kind of animation and filmography, back when the cinematography got its message across artistically by linking just a few motives, as does the music it represents.
This is a very old comment. They're kind of rare to come across.
my gosh... i spent this whole thing in tears xD
the way the artists used the moonlight is just amazing, I have such a deep respect for the artists of Fantasia
Despite both Walt Disney, and De Bussey both being jerks in their private lives, they somehow "clicked" at a mysterious artistic level here!...I think most of us can agree, that the level of hand-made, truly gorgeous animation displayed here, will never be matched by CGI effects!...and the level of humanistic, touching chordal structures created by De Bussey move most of us to emotional tears of joy, just to be alive in this era...Why are we humans so blessed with creativity, and also cursed with such negative qualities?
This is strange to watch. I had seen Fantasia as a child, and fell in love with it. To watch this now, knowing it's deleted, stirs something in me, as if I am reliving my childhood in a way, bringing back a piece of it that I didn't even know it was missing. Clair de Lune is a magical piece in and of itself, and to see Disney bring it to life really inspires me. I can see why they cut it; they had a time frame and this isn't the most lively piece of music, but it has a mystical beauty to it.
Oh, wow! I never knew there was a deleted scene! It's like discovering a secret compartment in a treasure chest! It was so beautiful, the music, the scenery, everything. You can tell it's from a time when animation was an art form, and Disney was its Da Vinci. *sigh* they don't make 'em like this anymore
I love how serene this version is. Some may not prefer a slower tempo, but to me it's so calming.
if you cant be moved by either music . theatre . or any part of the arts you have no soul.. this is simply divine and moving to me gods good music enters the ear with the greatest of ease and leaves with the greatest of difficulty
I saw this as a child sometime in the late 50's maybe. It must have been on TV if the scene has been deleted. I remember thinking that the music was the most beautiful music that I had ever heard and told my dad so. This takes me way back...
Daniel Vasquez Are you sure you're not remembering the "Blue Bayou" sequence from "Make Mine Music" (1946)? It used the same animation set to a new song.
Gabriel, you're probably right. The note above says that this was a deleted scene from Fantasia. This IS the scene. It's been so long ago that I didn't remember that the scene was put into another film. Thank you for the correction.
almost 10 years here on youtube. i don't think it will be taken down. im glad its still here.
I always come back to this version
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タクシーの運転手さんと乗務員さんがマスク😷も持っています｡
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A tip: watch movies at kaldrostream. I've been using them for watching loads of movies during the lockdown.
@Landon Israel definitely, have been using flixzone} for years myself :)
This has got to be the most beautiful version of this music that I have ever heard
This may be the most beautiful classical piece I've ever heard. It's so peaceful... It takes your breath away.
absolutely beautifull!!! Disney was a real genius; it's so well done, the timing and images of the animation are so exactly chosen, the moment when the bird hoovers up and comes down... just as one would dream it to be; he felt the music so well! and I love Debussy: I played this piece a lot myself. Thanks a lot
Fantasia was supposed to be a repertoire film, changing on section each year& rerelease it, this was to be the first replacement scene, yes they did use the animation in Make Mine Music but the music was blue bayou, I watched that movie on VHS shut off sound& played this on my stereo, its a perfect match
What a beautiful gorgeous masterpiece, kinda sad that they wasn’t in the Fantasia movie
Pure beauty, in the pure heart of love, life is beautiful!Let's enjoy it with force❤Thank you
This is my most favorite scene from Disney's Fantasia (1940). I wish it didn't get deleted though.
I know. it would be nice though. when I watch Fantasia someday, I'll watch Clair De Lune as an extra. it's like when there's a deleted scene in Star Wars is when Han Solo meets Jabba. and it was added in the 1997 Special Edition version of A New Hope. and yeah. I think it sounds like a love song. and when I have a girlfriend soon, I could show it to her.
Wow, that was incredible. I've only ever heard piano versions of this song. With the full orchestra, it has a completely different feel. This performance almost turned it into a lullaby. And the animation was gorgeous...so serene, with just a hint of mystery. Amazing.
I dont know but Im cry when I listen this music.Beautiful sounds !!
this really is amazing, i totally agree Disney was a genius. Beautifully done... As usual.
I can't believe they took this out! This piece is gorgeous and Disney did a wonderful job illustrating it.
The arrangement is gorgeous. And the animation is so subtle. It's a pity that there were not more Fantasia movies. This union between animation and music really touches me.
I absolutely love Clair de Lune. It’s such a beautiful but magical song
Claire de lune is an amazing piece of music. And it's the best of classical music i have heard in years.
One of the most gorgeous pieces ever composed in the history of the Classical music genre!! Thank you for sharing this exquisite recording!
November 13, 2013
Happy 73 yrs. Fantasia !
***** You may not be born yet my friend, but the music is Clair de Lune written and composed by Claude Debussy, and played by The Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Stokowski in this scene.
jaec45 / dang your comment is old
And to think that this masterpiece was made 82-years ago!! What a towering accomplishment so far ahead of its time.
Such a beautiful orchestration! Wonderful use of the different tones of the instruments. I especially liked the harp ostinato in the second part of the piece, absolutely sublime!
This is my favorite piece of all time. I love to play it. I wonder why they cut it out. It's just so beautiful.
Time and budget constraints!
When I meant it might get taken down, I meant because I broke some copyright thing. But if youtube doesn't have a problem with it then it will stay here forever.
Beautiful. Peaceful. Clair De Lune is one of my fave relaxing movements. This video really fits into the music. Good job!
Fantasia is just about my favorite movie, and I've seen it many times. But I've never seen this before. Pretty amazing to stumble across new authentic Fantasia after all these ages and ages. Thanks.
I just moved to a whole different time zone and state, because my mother was trying to find herself in new york, trying to be happy etc, i didnt want to come, but she didnt want to be alone, and i didnt want to go to a bad highschool where i was living. this is the first xmas i've ever spent without my grandma, whose basically my mom, my aunt, little sister and cousin. Everytime i listen to this song i remember all the times of pure love we shared together that i left behind. I
Hazel Smurf I hope everything is going well now. :)
@@emmges5336 yes, as do i...💙💙💜💜💜💙💙
this never fails to make me cry
Instead of making the live action, Disney could make a third film about Fantasia
The original Fantasia is already 2 hours long which explains the cut. Don't forget that in those times most films were 90 minutes long with a few shorts before the main feature. Though deleted from the film, that scene was not lost; it was recuperated for "Make Mine Music" in 1946 with a different background tune. This film illustrated 10 popular songs (instead of Fantasia's classical pieces. ;D
This is still the most beautiful song I've ever heard. It's really one of the few things that makes me happy anymore. Thank you.
Long live the King. *Godzilla roar*
Exquisite ..when you are having to eliminate a scene of perfection to make the film fit into a 2 hour masterpiece you know Walt Disney was a genius. By the way not interested in Political correctness where Disney is concerned. That includes Meryl Streep.
Too bad Saving Mr Banks didn't get one award. Lovely film.
What the hell happened to Disney. It's filled wit a bunch of crap. I miss these old movies, they bring back the good memories of being a kid.
tatiana shaffer yes now i see my young siblings, family members and young friends all about "Frozen" what a load of garbage that is
tatiana shaffer Disney knows how to make a lot of $. The true art of the matter has been deleted..but not forgotten by those who were lucky enough to see them in the theatres
Walt died
satori cmaylo Walt died and everybody who was in charge failed keeping the company afloat till they gave in to Michael Eiener in the 1983
there are loads of good Disney movies from the 90s. like The Disney Renaissance. like The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King and more. and there also good ones in 2010s like Wreck-it Ralph, Frozen, Zootropolis, (Zootopia) and Moana.
This is M U S I C . Disney..please more Fantasia *.*
this is heaven in video format
I love debussy.... this is one of my favourite pieces. It's so calming.
This song never ceases to blow me away. This came from the human mind...wow...it seems too perfect to not be an element of nature.
Awe, so soothing to the eyes and ears.😌
That is so amazingly beautiful. That's one of my favorite songs, and this is the first time I've heard it orchestrated. I normally just hear it on piano. Beautiful animation, beautiful arrangement, beautifully done.
I would have loved to have had this fine piece of musical inspiration performed on electric guitar, perhaps by Jimi Hendrix--who did indeed create some very sensitive, touching tunes. I think he would have made a wonderful alternative work of art, out of this tune...He would often listen to classical music, despite his impoverished upbringing and tough life.
Simply beautiful. Makes me want to fall in love.
There’s something mysteriously magical about this delightful and easy to listen to piece of music. It carries you off into another time. Perhaps, one better, than we’re in now.
I can’t say anything better than Perfection Aggh
The same animation was used for Blue Bayou from Make Mine Music, though it had different music (not Clair De Lune)and it was edited slightly differently. That might be what you are thinking of.
Ah, the first video that made it into my favorites playlist almost 14 years ago!
It's a shame this sequence never got added into the film. Had it did, it would have been my favorite part of the film next to Ave Maria. There is something tranquil about it. The music, the setting, its just perfect and peaceful.
Reminds me of Kaede Akamatsu from Danganronpa V3 because Clair de Lune is basically her theme song.
Thanks for posting this... I don't have the newest release of Fantasia that contained this segment. I have it on VHS from back in the early 90's. Debussy is one of my favorite composers and it was too bad it was never included in the original. I think i may need to go out and buy the DVD!
This is the best thing I have ever seen! I swear its like close encounters of the 3rd kind right now, this is significant to me. its like the combination of everything ive ever know and not know put together into something which i had experienced before i had ever seen it! this is so exhilarating!
It actually wasn't going to be a sequel. The idea was that they would re-release Fantasia itself about every year and it would have new segments as well as old ones. Though, I do remember reading some where that Clair De Lune was going to be in the first release of Fantasia but was cut because Fantasia was already way long without it.
One of my favorite pieces of music. Interestingly enough, I live in New Orleans, have white egrets flying in my neighborhood but have never seen them at night.
The landscapes are so beautiful! And the music...
Bout to meet my brother :D (V2)
this is the most beautiful version i've ever heard
I find it incredible that this scene was eliminated, is beautiful!
BOI THE CREDITS ARE IN THE END by the way great video
My Mother loved this music and she just passed this summer and I miss her so.
Thanks for posting. Inspired DeBussy piece; always wanted to see this deleted section!
I can understand why they cut it, since I'm not sure where this would've fit into Fantasia pace wise, but it's a shame nonetheless. This is absolutely beautiful.
Absolutely wonderful!!!!!
Absolutely beautiful! 😍 This is why the world still loves the mind of Walt Disney!
with a comment like that you must still be a kid its tip top
How is this a deleted scene ?! Walt you madman.
Esta melodia me inspira en muchas cosas, y sobre todo en que todavía es posible empezar de nuevo. Gracias Debussy y Disney por crear algo mágico!
Moved to tears I say..such music conveys the human experience where words fail.
The symphony of many individuals whose united efforts synchronize so many minds in unison to such a beautiful vision. Like a conduit to the soul. Debussy's moment is felt as such extacy to behold that it agonizes the heart to tears to know the moment like life itself is beautiful to behold from beginning to end.
I wish I could have more of this in my lifetime.
Everyone here should read about De Bussey's life and times...he was considered a rebellious musical genius...and he was also quite a narcissist, and seemed to enjoy falling in love with other men's wives!...nontheless, he obviously created some intensely moving, soulful music...as for Disney, most of us have heard of his being quite a ruthless hard-ass with his animators, and not paying them what they were really worth!...and yet, he created so much joy and good entertainment for us "Boomers"!...I guess we humans are just complex, and flawed.
Why delete this? It’s beautiful!
The main thing I remember about this was that the world renowned Leopold Stokowski is the conductor of this version of Clair de Lune. And that Bugs Bunny played him in one of the Looney Toons Cartoons. This was back in the 70's when I saw it and then I was absolutely hooked on classical music.
I remember seeing Fantasia as a teen, this was one of my favorite sequences
✨️🎵I LOVE THIS SONG ABOUT CLAIR THE LUNE🦢🎵✨️
✨️🌜NICE PICTURE OF NIGHT BACKGROUND AND IT VERY BEAUTIFUL AT WALT DISNEY 1940s🌌✨️
Imagine being the animators of this missing piece of cultural film art and never being able to know when it would be released, or if it even will at all to the public? The water ripples and glimmering must've taken them several months or even years to produce, having the technology they had back then, or the lack of it. So beautiful. I don't see why it couldn't have been included in the original film... but what a wonderful discovery!
Please help me, I remember this song...
Was it in an animations movie, or somewhere else? I just remember it.
WEIRD FEELING
Fritz the Cat
I HAVE THE SAME FEELING. OVER THE GARDEN WALL? UP? IDKKKKKK I WANNNA KNOW
ESPECIALLY THE FIRST FEW SECS
Make Mine Music?
Beautiful, this is one of my favorites songs.
Was this from make mine music or no?
is it bad that the first time i heard this was in oceans 11
Oh how I wish they had kept this one in. I want this song played at my funeral. It’s so hauntingly beautiful ❤️
This is so beautiful! Why did they decide to delete this scene to begin with? I love it!
And I'll go further: Why did they STOP doing these? I can think of so many songs they could use, and imagine what they could do with modern technology...
I agree it's this part that gets me!!!
Carolina Gonçalves Well, sadly, Fantasia failed at the box office during it's original release because audiences knew Disney as funny cartoons and fairytale films, so a feature-length animated film with classical music and very little dialogue was seen as un-Disney-like and too pretentious. Walt Disney himself intended to release a new Fantasia every year, with rotating animated sequences like the changing annual programs at theater houses. This idea had to be scrapped since he lost a lot of money after releasing Fantasia.
The development of Disneyland and Disney World and his eventual death stopped any chances of reviving Fantasia. During the 80s, a sort-of sequel named "Musicana" with world folk music and folktales was planned but never finished.
After the Disney Renaissance in the 90s, the company finally had a big enough budget to make Fantasia 2000. So far no one knows if Fantasia will be revived a third time.
Disney once told someone that he didn't make money on it, but he wasn't sorry he made it. Now that's art.
Supposedly Disney planned on making more of these films and also planned to add old scenes with the new just as they did with Fantasia 2000. So if they ever get around to making another Fantasia they ought to add this one in it.
Then take comfort, because in spite of Walt's frustrations with the production and reception of Fantasia, he was rarely if *ever* remembered for outright hating it. John Culhane, a film historian fortunate enough to have met Walt when he was only 17, quoted him as saying "You know, it still hasn't made any money... but I don't regret making it, because this is what I should have been doing with the medium when I made it."
Can't say much for "Alice". Don't know enough about its history. :x
It all came down to running time. Sure, its only around 5 minutes long, but just think that when RKO took over distribution of the film in 1941 (to try and make it profitable) they cut it into something that would barely be recognisable. One source suggests it was only an hour and twenty minutes long! It would have been nice though, just for historical contexts, if this sequence was shown even just in the premiere.
This is a priceless piece of history, and a fine example of why people need to hire someone to scour the Disney Vaults and other related places to find these wonderful things just tucked away.
The biggest shame is that the Deems Taylor footage at the beginning and Leopold Stokowski's actual conducting of this piece (they reused Tocotta and Fugue footage and only recolored it) has not and probably never will be found. I wanted to know what Taylor had to say about this.
I love Fantasia but I wish this along with Swan of Tuonela was fully animated and put into the film instead of The Pastoral Symphony. Its got good music and artwork but I feel that section was kind of a step downward into Seven Dwarfs territory. Dance of the Hours was better but I usually skip the two to get to the masterpiece ending: Night on Bald Mountain / Ave Maria
oops, i stand corrected. herons do come in white, but you have to special order them. i was drunk when i wrote that, i thought i knew everything. i still think they are egrets, they have a crest on their head. oh well it matters not.
beautiful song and animation.
peace, lardo.
p.s. pay no attention to any future information i give.
I personaly love the series and just to let you know Me and most other people know who debbsey is and they even said in the books that he wrote this. Almost everyone knows that she dident "make it up". gosh so critical people arnt that stupid. sorry to be rude but its true. Plus you havent even read the books so you wouldent know.
no offense, but why people mention the movie Twilight so much ?, in almost every video i see that has nothing to do with that super geeky movie someone makes a comment about it. Its like the Star Wars obssesed fans that always mention someting about it no matter what the topic is.
This song is so magical it gives me so many emotions. Every time I hear it I am more convinced that it is indeed one of my favorite songs ever composed.
Walt Wanted To Do A Contining Fantasia Making New Segments Like Clair De Lune And Many Other Segments.Stokowski Recorded All Of Them.
But The Concept Was Abandoned In 1941 And All Of Died Including Clair De Lune.
wow thats wierd because i love this song and knew about it long before i read twilight. and so what if people learned about it from twilight its just a new insight in classical music for them.
It makes me wonder why this was never included in the original Fantasia movie.
I personally think it would have looked nice in between the Pastoral and the Dance of The Hours.
If this was inserted, it would be between Pastoral Symphony and Dance of the hour because it fits with the continual time system, a smooth flow of the film, and be closer to the finale.
My favorite part is the water scene showing the reflection of the moon and calmly distorts its image from the ripples. Beautifully serene and this piece has become my favorite one since i first saw this.
I have to agree with beabalanced because this entire movie is just completely fills you with incredible classics like this beautiful and perhaps my favorite Debussy piece Clair De Lune, simply enchanting images that bring out the "child at heart" in all of us! But, what I don't get is why Deems Taylor's voice sounded like it was dubbed over! But, be that as it may I still love this wonderful Disney classic and I'm so happy that I still have this movie on vhs! ;)
@rbrown6984 Woah woah woah!....Rap/Hip-Hop is only garbage on the radio...if you turn off your radio and keep your mind open musically you'll hear amazing music no matter what genre it may be....All Hip-Hop is,is poetry with a beat backing it. Look for artists like Lupe Fiasco,J Dilla(who's music was recently was made into a suite for an orchestra) or Pete Rock they make Hip-hop a art.
Again the radio/mainstream ruins rap....
BTW I dig this and Rap....
Yes, the images are just the ones seen during the Blue Bayou sequence from Make Mine Music, the sequence was deleted from Fantasia becouse of its huge lenght. The images are just too beautiful for the Blue Bayou song, the piece was born on Debussy's melody and for me have to be heard with this music. The Fantasia's bluray was the ideal occasion to restore and restaurate this sequence, Disney didn't do that and didn't include "Lorenzo", "One By One" and "The Little Matchgirl"'s sequence either...
@frenchkitty Geeky? Twilight is a cheesy romantic movie for teen girls. I have no idea how you manage to connect that with geeky. However bringing Star Wars fans into the picture as the geekcliché of all geekclichés. I deem you prejudiced with eyes only seeing the stereotype. Also, as a matter of fact; Twilight is most likely mentioned just as often as people complain about its excessive mentioning. Thus, mentioning it puts you in no better a seat than the twilightmentioners.
My earliest exposure decades ago to Claire de Lune was this particular Disney animation. I'm sure of it. In fact, I came here specifically anxious to see the moonlight dancing upon the ripples once again, so strong was the impression it made.
So if the segment wasn't included in one of Fantasia's re-releases, it must have aired as a stand-alone on Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color or its incarnations long before 1996.
@deathdoll99 well, with this shortfilm, the duration of fantasia would be longer
but the next part of fantasia will include this lovely masterpiece with other shorts
Those musics have something with them . They makes you relax from stress of work but also same times creates urge of girlfriend 😚👌
"It is like a finger pointing away to the moon.
Don't concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory"
Lets be accurate! :)