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Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
Johann Sebastian Bach
The first third of the
Toccata and Fugue is in live-action, and features an orchestra playing
the piece, illuminated by abstract light patterns set in time to the
music and backed by stylized (and superimposed) shadows
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Nutcracker Suite
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
A personified depiction of the changing of the seasons; first from
summer to autumn, and then from autumn to winter. It features a variety
of dances, by animated fairies, fish, flowers, mushrooms, and leaves
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Paul Dukas
Goethe's famous poem, which is a story of an apprentice who cannot
control the magic that he has tried to use, with Mickey Mouse in the
role of the apprentice.
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The Rite of Spring
Igor Stravinsky
The history of the Earth from the formation of the planet, to the first
living creatures, to the age, reign, and extinction of the dinosaurs.
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The Pastoral Symphony
6th symphony in F, Op.68
"Pastorale"
Ludwig van Beethoven
Utilizes delicate color
styling to depict a mythical ancient Grecian world of centaurs,
centaurettes (a Disney studio creation), a pegasus and his family, the
gods of Mount Olympus, fauns, cupids, and other legendary creatures and
characters of classical mythology.
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La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours
Amilcare Ponchielli
Comic ostriches, hippos, elephants, and alligators all attempting to
perform the actual ballet.
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