#Mickey mouse by cactus music box series
Earlier animators had drawn the mouse as a series of circles, but, for his first color appearance, in The Band Concert, Moore gave him a pear-shaped body, white gloves, and a cuter, shorter nose. Jazz and Disney retained close ties, with Dave Brubeck and Armstrong both recording tribute Disney music albums.įour years after the release of Blue Rhythm, animator Fred Moore gave Mickey Mouse his first real makeover. In 1961, when the second annual Dixieland At Disneyland event was held, Disney was thrilled to bring Louis Armstrong to the event with Ory. The film studio boss was a Dixieland jazz fan, who would often bring the great New Orleans trombonist Kid Ory to play at Disneyland, when it opened. Even the pig trumpeter is copying the style of Duke Ellington’s cornet player James “Bubber” Miley.ĭisney was keen for Mickey to play jazz tunes in the films. Mickey also imitates popular bandleader Ted Lewis, top hat and all. A concert animation in the vein of The Jazz Fool or The Barnyard Concert, it features Mickey and the gang giving a performance in a large theatre the cartoon is an extended and rather fabulous rendering of the WC Handy classic “St Louis Blues.” Mickey plays the famous blues song on the piano (borrowing some tricks from Chico Marx) and then joins Minnie in scat singing.
She voiced Minnie for the next 12 years.ĭisney had particular fun making the film Blue Rhythm in 1931. “Walt decided my voice fitted the character,” she said. Wall, who worked in the ink and paint section of the film studios, was picked out because she could speak Spanish and was willing to take a singing audition. There were 13 Mickey Mouse shorts in all that year, including Barn Dance and Mickey’s Follies, in which Mickey sings the jazzy tune “Minnie’s Yoo Hoo!” Walt Disney provided the high-pitched voice for later Mickey Mouse films, while Marcellite Wall (née Garner) was the regular voice of Minnie Mouse. 2” by Franz Liszt, something reprised in numerous animations down the years since. One of the best was The Opry House (1929), which brought classical music firmly into the world of Mickey Mouse, including the first appearance in a cartoon of “Hungarian Rhapsody No. Steamboat Willie was an instant hit and, within a matter of months, a series of Mickey Mouse shorts followed. One of the releases was a 12” of Steamboat Willie, which includes audio from the original cartoon as well as an 11-minute interview with Disney about the creation of the film and its iconic big-eared star. To mark the character’s 90th birthday in 2018, Disney released a series of limited edition vinyl picture discs that span Mickey Mouse’s film appearances, collecting key examples of Mickey Mouse music that have long since entered pop culture. In 2017, it was reprised for the Decca album Jazz Loves Disney 2: A Kind Of Magic, with a modern version by The Amazing Keystone Big Band. Disney wanted the tune “Steamboat Bill,” which was played in the film’s soundtrack by The Green Brothers’ Novelty Orchestra. He chose his favorite tune, “Turkey In The Straw,” which made it into the film.
The Disney musical empire was born.īefore making the movie, they ran a screen test, with animations running against Jackson playing the harmonica. If Mickey finds a wooden door he is led to a bonus area where he can collect many magical items.Īt the end of each level, Mickey takes the notes he's found back to the orchestra's conductor who will send him back into the world to keep searching if he hasn't found enough of them or gained enough points.Kansas-born animator Ubbe Eert “Ub” Iwerks, the man who helped create Mickey Mouse, and composer Carl W Stalling helped devise a system for synchronising the music and the action, and Disney’s fears were overcome. Enemies are dispatched by bouncing on them or casting small or large spells. Spell books, stars, crystal balls, potions and dinosaur eggs help him along the way. Mickey must collect special items to keep up his strength and earn bonus points. The music in the worlds is straight from the movie, including pieces by Bach, Mussorgsky, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Dukas and Ponchielli. The Water World, Earth World, Air World and Fire World are filled with magical creatures such as marching brooms, skipping mushrooms, jumping cactus, flying horses, dancing hippos and many more. Mickey must find the missing musical notes scattered about in four imaginary worlds. Fantasia takes place in the dream world of Mickey Mouse as the Sorcerer's Apprentice.
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