Why I Love Fantasia

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

"I think Disney just wanted an excuse to draw volcanoes and dinosaurs." I mean, wouldn't you?

[@shimmereyes8984]

The first ever scientifically aspiring Dinosaurs on media. In a form of art. Something remarkable if you ask me. They even make Rite of Spring's animated segment into a documentary in 1955 to explain's science latest explanation for Earth's history, which can give you the appropriate scope of how incredibly good it was back in the day and how It's still gorgeous animation today. Defining Fantasia is defining and all time classic.

[@Choucheeeenn]

That comment should be on top!

[@sfglim5341]

“He used a technique called a leitmotif Not sure if I’ve mentioned this on my channel before” Only in about every video haha

[@JoaoVSAguiar]

SF Glim I could guess there's not a single video but the kpop one

[@jfedorcak]

I think he was doing something that I recently read about in this article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke

[@SamurottMaster]

I laughed pretty hard when he said that

[@linoinkyplantythingy]

Is that primal dialga? Sorry, wrong channel

[@rachelb.684]

ShadowChords I think they knew that it was a joke

[@thehopeofeden597]

Man I love this channel; your voice, your jokes, your taste in music, your ability to apply musical theory to critical cinematic analysis, and now you're doing my favorite Disney movie, it's just so great and I love it. I just needed to say that.

[@claudiag.9307]

Awsamazing Eden I feel the same way!

[@princesssparrow4530]

"He was the best composer who ever lived and anyone who disagrees IS WRONG, and your mom is ugly" fucking great 😁

[@alphanum001]

He makes jokes?

[@marionsousagraca2031]

Fav movie too

[@roxanne_]

I really wanna like your comment but your comment has the number 888....and I don’t wanna ruin it...

[@jeyblueberry688]

"I think he was wrong, and a Nazi, but still, very wrong"

[@Lilliathi]

Pretty strange "but" in there. Also he wasn't a Nazi. He was an anti-Semite, but did not believe in racial superiority. Hitler loved Wagner though, and that helped ruin his reputation some more.

[@oof-rr5nf]

Lilliath _How_ was he an anti-Semite but did not believe in racial superiority?

[@keinname1896]

Wagner was not an all-out-racist like many people say he was. In fact he rejected some most aryanist racial theories. But since "Nazi" is used here in it's modern use as a term to describe someone with an ideology that is hostile towards certain individuals because of their group membership, be it class, race or gender and he was still an opportunistic, anti-semite, christianist and at least latent rascist asshole, so I really don't object to the use of that term. Also most of his theory work is just shameless masturbation. Like really shameless. And bad.

[@Lilliathi]

+Arunima Tiwari He hated their religion and cultural influence on Germany, not so much their race.

[@Adumb_]

yeah the bible is a complete work of fiction but the Egyptians did actually have Jewish slaves as did other civilizations. Through history the Jews were always mistreated. But my point is everyone only ever seems to remember the Nazis. Even during the war it was never about the Jews. Nobody was trying to help the Jews when declaring war on Hitler. The British and Americans were fighting against Germany's expansion in Europe and most Russians hated Jews. Throughout history there has been much distrust of the Jews and many were expelled from countries all together. It is not strange that an American was an anti-Semite in the 30's but this does not make him a Nazi. The Nazi's were just a small group of Anti-Semites in the grand scale of history. It just annoys me that everyone calls any Anti-Semite 'Nazis', as if the Nazis were the only group of people to hate Jews through-out all of history. Its like saying all dinosaurs were Tyrannosaurs just because they are the ones that everyone remembers. But pretty much today Nazi is just another word for bad.

[@Azaghal1988]

"Once upon a time there was this guy called Beethoven, he was the best composer who ever lived and anyone who disagrees is wrong. AND their mom is ugly" I agree mostly, though Bach is either really close or on the same level.

[@vancebocas7626]

Yeah I'm a Bach fan as well.

[@sarahj5161]

Does he have his picture on a bubblegum card?

[@ZaxorVonSkyler]

Beethoven was actually a huge fan of Bach and kept a picture of him on his desk.

[@melonenstrauch1306]

Your comment but exchange Beethoven and Bach

[@prairierailproductions6737]

Romantic music is better and anybody who disagrees should move (run) to Wyoming where I can’t find them. Because god help them if I do

[@dragzarmilon]

wait what's a leitmotif edit: before you reply to this, please don't. I know what a leitmotif is, this was a joke. I'm tired of getting notifications after two years please stop please

[@dariocaporuscio8701]

dragzarmilon lol

[@PatchanitEva]

dragzarmilon A Leitmotiv is a musical motive/ a short melody or riff which is associated to a character or a situation, for example „ellie‘s theme“ from the pixar movie „up“, that means this musical theme is repeated in that specific situation/when the character shows up

[@elistewart8665]

Eva Berger I'm assuming you know it was a joke?

[@Tj_Druid]

i dunno, i don't think he mentioned them :''(

[@maxonmendel5757]

What do leitmotifs have to do with this video?

[@ravenslxnd]

"I think he was wrong, and a nazi" This nearly KILLED me

[@meghanhenderson6682]

That was brilliantly done; dude's views on people weren't relevant to the topic, but they also weren't ignored. Film schools trip over that hurdle. "Ignore the beliefs and just watch me make my point!" "...Using nazi propaganda?"

[@ravenslxnd]

@@meghanhenderson6682 YES! Sideways is never hesitant to be honest about their opinions and always has the perfect nuance to debate topics that sometimes people feel scared of, which is why this is my favorite channel!

[@clp275]

I think the only reason I even knew Wagner was a n@zi is because of Nietzsche’s “Nietzsche Contra Wagner”, a huge philisophical essay about why Nietz stopped being friends with him, mainly due to his anti-semitism & his absolutist control over his music & its production. Despite the seemingly endless & haughty language, it really gave me the insight as to why Wagner’s opinions can’t be ignored when analyzing his music. Nietzsche makes several points about how Wagner’s grandiose ideas of himself intertwine with his music. Would highly recommend.

[@getsmartquick]

He's humour kills me

[@jordanjoestar-turniptruck]

In another video, Sideways clarified that Wagner wasn't a Nazi, but most definitely would have been if he had lived during Hitler's rise.

[@TennelleFlowers]

Beautiful breakdown! I love "mickey mousing" in animation and I wish it would make a comeback. Soundtracks like Lady and the Tramp's and other early Disney films blend music and movement in such a pleasing way.

[@Snake-bq3kf]

TennelleFlowers just watch Baby Driver. You can see Mickey Mousing in live action!

[@QuantumFirefly]

Most Disney live action films made during his lifetime used extensive Mickey Mousing.

[@mebanks-smith9079]

Oh hey Tenn!

[@sharonsartisticcorner1195]

Of all the people I expected to find here, you weren’t the first one to pop into mind

[@poppethehe4127]

Oh hey tennelle

[@EvanG529]

This is why end credits compositions are the best of most films. There are no constraints of movie scenes.

[@Little1Cave]

Evan Guthrie And in certain situations opening credits as well!

[@Keithustus]

I’m always impressed watching the newer Batman films and finding little nuggets they expanded upon from Danny Elfman’s soundtracks, even just little sounds that were only in the credits music.

[@getsmartquick]

Thanks mate

[@TheSeriousPain]

When will you finally explain what a leitmotif is?

[@danielnodland4072]

Not sure if trolling (he has mentioned it in a lot of his videos) and I'll get wooshed, or if genuine question. If genuine: A leitmotif is a piece of music that represents a person, place, or thing in a narrative. (6:44) A great example of leitmotif is the usage of Gwynn's theme in Dark Souls, Dark Souls 3, and the song Fading Light by Aviators (the song is a homage to DS3). During the battle with Gwynn in Dark Souls he's music will start playing for the duration of the fight. It reappears in the battle with the final boss in Dark Souls 3 (excluding DLCs) too, which completely blew open what the last boss in the game was and was perhaps the biggest dump of lore the series have ever given the players. And Fading Light is a song dedicated to the series, so it needs to have that small melodic line to really give it the DS feel.

[@Lacie9]

@sunflower its r/woooosh with 4 os

[@0tterteeth684]

@sunflower r/woooosh

[@FallenAngel7538]

@@0tterteeth684 whooooshception

[@moved1885]

@@danielnodland4072 I'm new to this channel and I was genuinely wondering. ^^

[@v.v365]

“The original Poké Rap... is no Gesamtkunstwerk. THAT’S RIGHT! I’LL SAY IT AGAIN!”

[@fossilfighters101]

Yes! BDG's vocab lesson finally coming in handy here!

[@spectralid]

Oh, my god. Thank you.

[@theabreetz13]

thank you so much for commenting this, as soon as he said that word in this video I was hoping someone commented this.

[@Iacedrom54]

RIP Terry the Tangela :(

[@Whisper_xx]

Drinking milk at 6:45 was the greatest mistake I've ever made im my life

[@LimeyLassen]

i.e. he mentions it in literally every video

[@tiklishgirl]

I pictured it

[@lenikanakarisdecavel8015]

So Fantasia is a bit like a long music video????

[@dangelobenjamin]

It takes Sideways 10 mintues to say this comment

[@joemuis23]

its about the journey not the destination though :p

[@jtn191]

It's a classical music video!

[@Firguy_the_Foot_Fetishist]

The first true music video.

[@viddork]

More like an anthology of seven music videos.

[@papi1050]

_An artist who tries to commit suicide because he's in love, but he tries to commit suicide by overdosing, but he doesn't take enough to actually be like a lethal dose, so instead he just gets really really high_ Story of my life right there

[@ashleyyang2510]

I played one of the pieces from that symphony and it’s real trippy lol

[@quadpad_music]

Hol' up

[@chocolatechip7137]

Are you okay?

[@marafortune3713]

And Berlioz composed this symphony in response to a women who rejected him (I think she was a famous opera singer). Before the premier, he publicly stated this the piece was inspired by their rejection (this is particularly relevant because the symphony itself has many parallels to his own life). After it, both of them actually married. However, they only stayed together for two years and were not happy because she (I think) had a drinking problem and he, I mean, was also quite messed up. So this is the story of how Hector Berlioz composed a symphony to get back at a girl who rejected him to later find out, that it probably had been better if it had stayed that way.

[@anniecouey4608]

Sonnenlein he also directly threatened to do exactly what the guy in his symphony did which is to overdose on opioids “for love”

[@Digedon]

Oh, I think you've definitely mentioned leitmotifs before a couple of times... Once? Twice? In every video?

[@ThreesixnineGF]

the funny lad

[@golgarisoul]

That's what you call a good joke.

[@Digedon]

For the record guys, I know it's a joke

[@ThreesixnineGF]

Tuba_G that's why I didn't woooosh you! I knew you were aware of it!

[@Digedon]

FOG MFD Okay man just making sure 😂

[@patrickloftis7196]

You're like the Vsauce of music. You'll start on one topic, and slowly transfer to another topic.

[@instinctbrosgaming9699]

It's true: The Rite of Spring was an excuse to draw volcanos and dinosaurs.

[@daffo595]

Hey, I've heard that iconic Japanese composer, Yoko Kanno works on her music before the show gets made. Admittedly she works mostly on anime and its structure might be different from a movie but Her compositions are fantastic all the same and I think her music does a lot to inform the direction of a show. Though she doesn't really do leitmotifs.

[@testest12344]

A lot of anime music is made before the show is iirc

[@allenholloway5109]

I would go so far as to say that she *can't* use leitmotif if she works on the music before the show is made. She can do a lot, certainly, especially if the animators collaborate and use her direction in the music to influence the show itself, but using leitmotif really requires that you know exactly what is going on, not just generally know what is happening.

[@NannyNoot]

6:19 I'm a classically trained musician & i always heard great things about "Fantasia"- now i see why, tx for your video. I'm going to watch Fantasia now.

[@KuchikiTaichou6]

OMG You Sir have just changed my entire perspective on music. Finally I can see through my music with the correct point of view! Just keep doing this INCREDIBLE work!!!!!

[@meechisminners]

I feel like this a *super* passive aggressive comment lol

[@milesboop]

I'm havin a rough morning but seeing you uploaded a video made me all happy and excited so HEY THANKS FOR THAT that's neat

[@sherlyscrumptious8158]

I’d love to hear your thoughts on each individual piece in “Fantasia” - Perhaps a mini review series? Also I am obsessed with “The Rite of Spring” and would love to hear your thoughts on it and its various forms (ballet, animated, modern interpretations). Favorite piece of music.

[@blackicemanu]

what is a leitmotif again ? i dont think you mentioned it before :P

[@MrBrj]

i think you should have posted an entire wiki article instead.

[@PatchanitEva]

Barış Usseli Then I must have written whatever wiki article you read

[@blackicemanu]

I know I was being sarcastic He mentions them in every second video Tanks abyways :ρ

[@gabrielrangel956]

My favourite film and one of the reasons I love music and animation. My old VHS is absolutely trashed, as a kid (3yo and up) I used to watch it at least once every night.

[@cottontail1039]

Same here. Except my parents made me watch "Fantasia" every night because they thought the classical music would be boring enough to make me fall asleep. Sadly, they were wrong. 😊

A few movies had their soundtrack, or parts it, composed before the shooting. Notably For a few dollars more, The good the bad and the ugly, and Once upon a time in the west. For each successive film Leone asked Morricone to compose more and more music before the shooting. Culminating with nearly the whole soundtrack of Once upon a time in the west being composed before so that it could be played during shooting.

[@eyegrinder94]

Conan the Barbarian is also a film where the score was composed beforehand and the movie was filmed with the music in mind.

@@eyegrinder94 and that's yet another wonderful score! ❤️

[@mguitar1951]

6:45 HAVE YOU EVER WATCHED YOUR VIDEOS

[@Xplayer007]

I think the point you make about how the animation serves the music is why Fantasia 2000 is (in general) a shadow of it's predecessor. It focused too much on animated storytelling whether or not the music actually fit the story they were trying to tell (Donald Duck Noah's ark for example).

[@Little1Cave]

Xplayer007 As much as I adored Fantasia 2000, I have to agree that it is weaker than the first one for this exact reason.

[@viddork]

What was up with Kathleen Battle shrieking away at the end of the Noah's ark segment? That arrangement sounded more like PDQ Bach than Peter Schickele. I thought they did a splendid job of matching the story (or, rather, stories) to the music in the Gershwin segment. And choosing to mimic Al Hirschfeld's drawing style was an inspired decision. And, although I admit I cringed a bit at the thought of being subjected to a Shostakovich piano concerto, I again thought they crafted a story that fit the music perfectly. (Admittedly, I have no idea whether they rearranged the music to fit the plot, as they did so extensively in the first movie with the Rite of Spring.) I even ended up enjoying the music because of it. In those two sequences, at least, I'd say they succeeded admirably in creating stories that served the music.

[@WordslingingStephen]

That does sum up the "weakness" of Fantasia 2000 quite well. Though I really really really like the "Rhapsody In Blue" sequence, the rest of the film (with the exception of the inclusion of "Sorcerer's Apprentice") I don't seem to appreciate nearly as much.

[@WordslingingStephen]

Have you heard the history of why "Fantasia" was created in the first place? Believe it or not, Mickey Mouse wasn't doing so well at the box office. So Walt Disney came up with the idea for the "Sorcerer's Apprentice" cartoon to help elevate Mickey Mouse, to outsell the other cartoons. Eventually the idea for the full "Fantasia" film was fleshed out and this exceptionally beautiful animated film is the extrordinary result. All because Popeye cartoons were more popular at the box office than Mickey Mouse.

[@fructuous7242]

Actually Rhapsody was supposed to be its own animated short before it was used in Fantasia, kind of like Sorcerer's Apprentice which might be why it's so iconic.

[@Jowa._53_.W]

this man is literally who i want to become in life he’s so educated in classical music to state all so much information and the history of a musical topic so well and so thorough good job amazing videos

[@amberjude2886]

Finally getting around to saying it: your voice sounds like a combination of Gaijin Goomba and my friend Brent and it makes me so damn giddy because I love listening to both of them talk and now I have that voice tied to amazing content that fascinates and flabbergasts me.

[@zylina1109]

I just found your channel and all of your videos so far have left me with my mouth open

[@maellebonnin7698]

It reminds me of the way ballet music works. For example, one of my favourite ballets is Romeo and Juliet, music by Prokofiev and choreography by Nureyev. In 1935, the story of Romeo and Juliet inspires Prokofiev to compose the music. So it's basically programme music. And in 1984, Nureyev creates the choreography on the music. So the visual element comes after the music.

[@fructuous7242]

Yes and it's probably not a coincidence that Fantasia is made up of mostly ballet music

[@alicecairn7807]

"I'm not sure if I've ever mentioned this on my channel..." HAH

[@emmanuelacosta5371]

Fun fact: The choir seen and heard in Fantasia was the Westminster Choir, the founding ensemble for Westminster Choir College. My Alma mater.

[@calebsanchez5651]

Wow, that was an incredible! Start with Fantasia, explain the past to address the present, then show the beauty that is the beginning topic. I liked the content and I liked the format. Great work!

[@olgierdvoneverec4135]

man that "leitmotif" thing sounds really interesting, sideways should talk about it more on his videos.

[@Pablorovirita]

Fantasia is a visual soundtrack... an animatrack? Anyway, this video was awesome and the conclusion you drew made my jaw drop. Amazing work~

[@orangeslash1667]

My problem with Frozen is that the writers admitted they rewrote Elsa character and the whole plot all over just for Let it go. Thats storytelling fail right there because that makes it more difficut to tell a story if the songs come first. In the old films Disney would scrap songs if they didn't fit the scene. Fantasia doesn't have this problem because even thou the songs come first, the story doesn't suffer cause THERE IS NONE.

[@D.IronsWorld]

Sideways: "leitmotif" Everybody: "Ah shit, here we go again..."

[@benlohmer5703]

Long time viewer, so glad you finally explained leitmotifs, thanks!

[@caseyfranco3959]

I got notified of a new video, 3 seconds later, "Leitmotifs"!!!!!!

[@bob59085]

Youre the best sideways, next paycheck I'm jumping on your patreon cuz this channel gives me life. Love your work thank you for continuing to make it!!! ❤

[@wyattwahlgren8883]

There's this Dies Irae piece by Liszt called "Totentanz," and I love it. It uses that theme throughout the whole piece, about 15 minutes long, and it it brilliant.

[@sebastianmyhre7220]

Yes! My favorite piece with piano by Liszt! What do you think of his purely orchestral pieces like the Faust and Dante symphonies?

[@wyattwahlgren8883]

Is This A Pigeon Honestly, I haven't lisztened to much Liszt, but I bet I'll like it. I'll give them a liszten.

[@sebastianmyhre7220]

Please do! The Faust symphony especially is a truly stupendous work, with many similarities to the Totentanz

[@sebastianmyhre7220]

great liszt pun btw

[@Anyideas14]

Dies Irae was used for death, much before Berlioz, in Mozart’s and Verdi’s requiem.

[@xX_H3BIP1X3L_Xx]

I love Sideways' videos because the title makes you think you're just gonna hear some guy talk about some movie or something but when you actually watch them you get an entire history lesson

[@jenniferl.8111]

We played Berlioz in a concert, and boy did the orchestra director have a fun time describing what the music was actually about

[@13blackcatzzz]

I am soooooo happy I found your channel. It's so freaking awesome!!!

[@verdragon5591]

WOOHOO ANOTHER SIDEWAYS VIDEO!

[@randomatwork15]

the picture of Dipper Pines made me wheeze because your voice has always reminded me of someone else and it's 1000% him lol

[@hebermax222]

Good video, but i have to disagree with something, you said "Music has to adapt to what is happening to screen". That might be true sometimes, but Michel Chion explains that sound doesn't come to tell the same story that the screen is telling, but to change it, he talks about "musica anempática" (i don't how it's translated to english) but he basically describes how music can tell something completely different to what the screen is telling, so basically if you take the sound off from an image you can tell the difference. I think a good example of this is the beginning of The Shinning, where you see a beautiful landscape but with that dissonant and low synthesizer, if you turn off the sound from that scene, the story is completely different, you can almost say is a happy scene. Hope i made myself clear.

[@samuelblair882]

Great insight. There's a good video here on KZbin putting Salisbury Hill over scenes from The Shining to just totally reimagine the film.

[@ChoralAlchemist]

I LOVE your sense of humor. You’re one of my fav KZbinrs. Hope you’re safe during this wild time. ❤️

[@realfians4k]

Impressive analysis, loved it. Thanks for this, and keep up the amazing work!

[@d.o.m.494]

Every time they bring this back to the cinema I go and see it!

[@jeroenthelord]

Your stance on Beethoven made my day a lot better

[@epiczeven6378]

It makes a lot of sense to do the music first and then the animation. Great observation :)!

[@shahafcarmieli3858]

I'm pretty sure Berlioz was high while writing Symphony Fantastiuqe

[@GingerL012]

I loved every moment of this video! Fantasia was something I watched over and over again whenever I went to my Grandma's house growing up; I have such wonderful memories of both the music and the animation.

[@LimeyLassen]

I've watched a shit ton of anime and Fantasia is still my favorite animated film.

[@EvlinDuBose]

How is it you blow my mind every dang time?!

[@shirona2082]

"Why I love Fantasia" Fantasia talked about for 20% of the video I love it Also, L E I T M O T I F

[@marisp2588]

Fantasia has always been one of my favourite films, and now I have another reason to love it!

[@UnconvincingX]

Whatchu say about my Mama?

[@oof-rr5nf]

SHE UGLY

[@TheBaldingPied]

and gay

[@oof-rr5nf]

The Great Me-sama Nothing wrong with that, so your insult fails. IT FAILS.

[@TheBaldingPied]

Arunima Tiwari someone doesn't get the joke~~

[@oof-rr5nf]

The Great Me-sama It was a bad one imo.

[@clinttan7854]

My parents had me watch Fantasia as I was growing up when I was little and I’m so glad for that because it was the beginning of my love for classical music.

[@mcvenne8935]

The amount of times he must have practiced saying >...

[@blippp4082]

Fantasia is one of those things from my childhood that i wondered if it was just my imagination the first time i remembered it in my teenage years. I absolutely adored this movie, thank you for covering it!

[@tskmaster3837]

"Fantasia is what a soundtrack looks like." Nah, Fantasia is what a soundtrack sees when it looks into a mirror. What it really is Carl Stalling's "Skeleton Dance".

[@giulia-fls-692]

Fantasia is and has been my favorite movie since when I first saw it as a child. I'm so glad I stumbled upon this video

[@MissJazzDaFunk]

Fantasia is just a very ambitious and beautiful film (series). I've always loved them, and they got me into wanting to work in the animation industry. Highly underrated. I hope that someday I work my way up to Disney to kickstart another installment like Walt wanted.

[@cjthex]

One of your best and funniest by far. Thank u for the educational morning.

[@chloe1-2-3-4-5]

I do wonder why Mozart is considered "the best" by Sideways.

[@KatieLHall-fy1hw]

This movie is amazing. I still watch it regularly multiple times a year!

[@sudevsen]

How do you know what the story is by listening to the music only? I can never do that. How do I know that the music is about being in the hall of a mountain king and not about a kayak race?

[@sebastianmyhre7220]

That’s the thing: the very nature of music means that it is fundamentally incapable of communicating an exact, literal narrative, and ONLY that particular narrative. Where music shines is in its ability to communicate abstract feelings.

[@terralim6849]

If you have a lot of time on your hands, id recommend listening to this whopper of a Chinese orchestra piece and see what you glean from it. Most people I've heard describe it told a pretty constant story to it. Lemme know if you do decide to do it I kinda wanna see how clearly this piece can convey its story. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJOcmYeeqNx6aqM (I'm sry I'm like rly passionate abt this one, my interpretation according to the gist of the description below if you want an explanation) Anyway it's a piece abt a peaceful town that goes to war, briefly loses, mourns the loss of its soldiers with tears and a funeral, then goes to war again and wins this time. I think the way the music does this for ppl is with reeeeaaaally literal representations, like a bass drum playing a dying out heartbeat to show a person dying, or some of the percussion sounding kinda like clashing weapons, or the flutes and strings literally wailing during the crying bit, or a section that sounds like the slow footsteps of a funeral march, or the peaceful solo being intersected by ominous quiet semiquavers and drumrolls to represent approaching danger, or a certain galloping rhythm being used to convey a cavalry arriving, or some of the bits with the war being cacophony and chaos in every aspect.

[@sebastianmyhre7220]

I’ll certainly check it out, it seems interesting!

[@skateordie002]

Sudev Sen "Kayak race." I see what you did there.

[@ChloeAriT]

Yeah, well, this is why titles and lyrics exist. They give you some context, but the story itself can still be told entirely by music.

[@chestersnap]

The 5th movement of Symphonie Fantastique is one of my favorite musical pieces.

[@perplexingpantheon]

C'mon man! I was about to go to bed!

[@DJMiaMoonBaby]

ahh, this just unlocked a memory! I went to see this movie in theaters with my class. It was amazing to watch with the surround sound theater speakers 🥺

[@AngryPeopleStudios]

As an animator this video is amazingly inspiring and interesting.

[@NamaTheNerd]

I’m really glad you make these videos. Keeps my music education alive after graduating.

[@konradnoises]

best part is that people's moms are ugly. ahahaha this was great

[@annajames8895]

Your videos are so interesting. Making me fall in love with music more and more!!!

[@jacobscardino4330]

What exactly did you mean about Franz Liszt being the first Elvis? I NEED EXPLANATIOOONNNNN

[@sebastianmyhre7220]

What he probably meant was that Liszt had a sort of Elvis-like cult following around him and his performances, to the point that someone coined the term “Lisztomania” to describe his admirers devotion to him (this was before the term “beatlemania” was coined, i might add)

[@politesse3914]

Oh man, he was crazy and his fans were crazy, throwing themselves at the stage, capsizing his carriages at times, shouting "Long Live Liszt!". There was nearly rioting when he returned to Budapest, and he was overheard to say "Le concert, c'est moi", paraphrasing Louis XIV and not-so-subtly crowning himself the King of the Symphony.

[@sebastianmyhre7220]

All this while Liszt was a devout catholic who almost became a priest...

[@Checkmate1138]

@@sebastianmyhre7220 He became pretty pious in his later life. I wonder if he sorta regretted his "youthful days" to become more devout in his faith, especially as he dedicated himself to composition and away from his earlier virtuosic self, after all, his works became much more complex afterwards (there's also the notion that the virtuosity of Liszt would actually have been very different from the virtuosity of his successors as well as what we perceive in the 20th century and onward as "virtuosity")

[@cottontail1039]

@@politesse3914 I used to have a parakeet that went crazy whenever I played his songs (which is why I named him Franzie).

[@WingedElfGirl]

Fantasia is my FAVORITE movie, and now I love it more- and understand it more! 💖💖💖

[@malahamavet]

I lkke when the music and the video are syncronized, I think calling it "mikeymousing" is restricting it to comedy, and I think it could work well for dramatic or even sad moments. I just think it needs another name

[@fructuous7242]

Actually Disney used Mickey Mousing in the golden age and to masterful effect.

[@polydimensionalsphilosophy3456]

Thank you for the educational videos I for one don't like the rapidity of quick narratives, yet you add melody and inflection with you quick explanations making it sonically easier for me to withstand. Thank you for your artistry.

[@codex_jinora]

Every single video of yours I've watched mentions the dies irae at least once. Are you trying to insinuate something? 🤔

[@paulsoldner9500]

I love Fantastia (and it's sequel) so much. This was such an excellent video on the subject!

[@andrewfortmusic]

*Excuse me,* but I think Ravel is the best composer who has ever lived!

[@woodfur00]

🤷🏼 Then I'm sorry about your mom. You accept the terms.

[@hauntedmythAkari]

A favorite from this channel 💜

[@thehopeofeden597]

Fantasia has the best Disney villain. Chernabog. He's literally the devil. Your argument is invalid.

[@Nparalelo]

Awsamazing Eden actually, it's Chernobog.

[@Karalora]

Yes and no. Deems Taylor's introduction in the original cut of the movie identifies him as Satan, but this was retconned at some point and the character has officially been Chernabog for decades.

[@nonchellent]

Awsamazing Eden agreed! You may have heard that Disney is making a live action version of Night On a Bald Mountain... Ugh hm... I’m bummed about it and find it frightfully unnecessary. What say you?

[@robertoesquivel4447]

Michelle Taggart I feel the same, I mean how will that work? Then again, idk maybe it can work lol

[@Flowtail]

Awsamazing Eden *your

[@jimluebke3869]

3:40 -- Random thoughts on Ode to Joy. When the voices show up partway through the 4th movement, it's solo voices, backed up by a chorus. That's not all that different from masses or oratorios (Handel's Messiah), aside from the fact that Beethoven's tenor solo sounds like a drinking song. The "Ode to Joy" riff that everyone plays is NOT the end of the movement, or even the climax of the movement. What it IS, is the most accessible point to jump into without any kind of emotional preparation. It's a harmonic force all in one direction. The pacing jumps around up from there, finally going totally nuts in the last minute or so ("Kuss der ganzen Welt!"), in the actual climax of the piece, with the voices and orchestra going in all different directions. One thing that might be interesting to cover is the concept of musical pacing, as it relates to narrative pacing. If you jump in at that last minute in the 9th, it just feels oppressive, and you're not invested. Jump in where everyone else does (about 12-14 minutes in, depending on how much caffeine the conductor has had) and your audience is along for the ride.

[@masahirosakurai6577]

Do a video on Anthony Fantano and your thoughts on him.

[@L00MER]

Yep. My favourite movie of all time too. For Exactly. The. Same. Reason. Great video, thanks.

[@etikiadicknetwork465]

Wagner was red pilled? Hell yeah, nigga!

[@ruoweilim7334]

it's so cool to see someone so well-versed (no pun intended) in such a niche field... keep going

[@renskedunnewold1995]

I don't think I quite understand this "leitmotif" thing you're talking about. Maybe you should talk about it more in your videos

[@KhrZygarde]

Fantasia is probably my favorite Disney Movie, from a young age I've been interested in music, the instruments, the way music is composed and how music if you are correctly in tuned with it can create vivid visuals in ones head. So Fantasia when I was young the movie equivalent to what I felt when I listened to music.

[@therealanthonyfantano9058]

What I learned from this video was that a Nazi indirectly created the soundtracks for Pikmin and Mario... Nice!

[@tardigrade9343]

Not a Nazi as in national socialist, but an antisemite back when everyone was... so... I guess that doesn't make it better but eh

[@missericawhite]

I’ve been missing my fav podcast, The Soundtrack Show, that just finished its second season. So finding your channel came just in time! Already in love with your channel. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and passion.

[@josed.vargas3961]

Nerd

[@oof-rr5nf]

And?

[@jimmyjohnjoejr]

@@oof-rr5nf whoosh

[@oof-rr5nf]

@@jimmyjohnjoejr That's fair

[@jimmyjohnjoejr]

@@oof-rr5nf sorry

[@oof-rr5nf]

@@jimmyjohnjoejr why? I am genuinely agreeing with ya

[@jooperino]

your channel is fantastic! Ive just been getting into classical music and this just helps me appreciate it even more. Thank you Sideways!

[@citrusblast4372]

The new rayman games had the same trouble, the music is amazing but they wanted to sync it up to with what was going on and the timing was awkward

[@MusicByMack]

Thank you for expanding my mind yet again.

[@thecurrentspoonyone1125]

Great video as ever, Sideways, but did you really have to rant about Jewish people at the last two minutes of the video?

[@ceeryle]

I always feel so smart after watching your videos