I have watched bits and pieces of Fantasia since last year on youtube. I think it is a really wonderful creation, mixing music with animation. There's two version of Fantasia, the 1940 version and 2000 version. For the 1940 version, EVERYTHING is hand drawn. The animators must have really put in a lot of hard work. Then for the 2000 version, technology comes into play and there is some help from the computer. But I think both are equally amazing and stunningly beautiful.
A few of my favourite pieces of both Fantasias are Rhapsody in Blue (2000), the Nutcracker Suite (1940) and the Firebird Suite (2000). The others are quite nice as well. I embedded a few youtube videos below. Enjoy.
Symphony No. 5 (opening of fantasia 2000)
Rhapsody in Blue
Carnival of the animals
Firebird Suite
Toccata and Fugue (opening of Fantasia 1940)
The Nutcracker Suite
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Night On Bald Mountain
I didn't really put everything here. If you are interested, you can try searching fantasia on google and youtube to see the rest. Oh and I tried to put the best quality videos here. if it is loading very slowly, try opening it up in youtube and adjust the quality to a lower one.
Most recent update 16 Feb 2013:
Well, Disney's been a badass and there's several videos taken down due to copyright. I tried to replace some of the videos but obviously their quality is not as good. Sorry. Also I can't find one for the rhapsody in blue animation :(
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