Fantasia: Third Movement

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Fantasia: Third Movement (known in Europe as Fantasia: Into the Third Dimension) is a 2023 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and published by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the third installment in the Fantasia franchise, being the sequel to Fantasia (1940) and Fantasia 2000 (1999), and is the company's 60th animated feature. Much like the previous two films, it consists of a series of animated segments set to a repertoire of classical music repertoire. Although the style of animation is mostly computer-animated, segments like the "Flight of the Bumblebee" and "The Planets" combine it with traditional, hand-drawn animation for a hybrid of the two eras of animation. Famous songwriter and playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda serves as the movie's main host. Unlike the other two films, the music is performed by a European orchestra company, rather than an American one - more specifically, the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Simon Rattle.

The movie, according to producer HyperFlowey, returns to the more sophisticated approach of the original 1940 film of blending music meant to express atmosphere with songs that tell a more definite narrative while also containing the faster pace of the sequel's selections for a "perfect blend of the two styles".

Program
Fantasia: Third Movement begins with a live-action introduction of the orchestra gathering at a stage in Stonehedge at night. Lin-Manuel Miranda, master of ceremonies, introduces the movie and the conductor signals the beginning of the program. After the first five works are performed, the program moves into a short selection of old animation segments used from or planned for the previous two films: The last two original sequences are performed after the reimagined segments.
 * Prelude in C Sharp Minor by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Live-action footage of the orchestra follow in abstract animation of various shapes and colors forming different variations of the setting. Sepia and monochrome colors are also involved.
 * Coppélia Suite by Léo Delibes, computer animated. Selections from the ballet score accompany scenes of wildlife in the U.S. West Coast's forests, mountains, caverns, sky, and sea.
 * Eine Kleine Nachtmusick, 1st Movement by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, computer animated. Dogs from all around a Renaissance-era town engage in their leisurely activities from morning until sundown.
 * Violin Concerto in A Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach, traditionally animated. A silly, dim-witted fairy tries to liven up the peaceful and laid-back kingdom of fairies; however, he inadvertently causes confusion and has to amend his mistakes.
 * 1812 Overture by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, computer animated. During the Ice Age, a group of hunters wander through a snowy tundra on a pursuit of woolly mammoths as a heavy snowstorm blows.
 * Flight of the Bumblebee by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. This is based on a cut segment from the original 1940 film, which revolves around the antics of a hand-drawn bumblebee which is superimposed over the computer-animated footage.
 * Piano Concerto No. 2 by Dmitri Shostakovich. A returning segment from Fantasia 2000, based on the "Steadfast Tin Soldier" tale by Hans Christian Andersen, with reimagined 3D animation.
 * The Sorcerer's Apprentice by Paul Dukas. A returning segment from both previous films, based on the "Der Zauberlehrling" poem by Goethe starring Mickey Mouse, with reimagined 3D animation.
 * Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 by Edvard Grieg, computer animated. It is a loose adaptation of the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk" (and by extension Disney's cancelled feature Gigantic), in which the music underscores scenes of a magical land of giants within the clouds.
 * The Planets by Gustav Holst and Nutcracker Pas de Deux (Adagio) by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky. The former makes up the majority of this uniquely animated segment, transitioning from storyboard to traditional animation to computer animation. Interstellar constellations live in harmony with one another until a mysterious force causes black holes to disrupt time, space, and matter as images of previous Fantasia segments are referenced. Constellations of Yen Sid and Mickey Mouse come to stop the dimensional anomaly, bringing about the creation of a new galaxy after the universe is saved; the Intrada from the Act II pas de deux of Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker underscores the ending as a powerful statement.
 * The order of segments of Holst's "The Planets" are as follows:
 * Mercury
 * Venus
 * Mars (1st half)
 * Saturn
 * Uranus
 * Jupiter, abridged
 * Mars (2nd half)
 * Triumphant reprise of "Saturn"

Cut/unused segments
Some segments for Fantasia: Third Movement that were either considered but never used in the final film, or scrapped/removed include:
 * Symphony No. 40, 1st Movement by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This was a consideration for a possible alternative opening number.
 * Suite Bergamasque by Claude Debussy. This was meant to be part of a lengthened "Clair de Lune" segment cut from the original Fantasia (which was used later in 1946's Make Mine Music by Disney), but was replaced by Léo Delibes' Coppélia to be more unique.
 * Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven. Was intended to be an exclusive segment.
 * "Love Theme" from Romeo and Juliet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Was meant to be an alternate ending song, but was replaced by the Adagio (Grand pas de deux) from his Nutcracker ballet.
 * Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) by Antonín Dvorák. Was meant to be an exclusive segment.
 * Messiah Hallelujah by George Frideric Händel. Was intended to be an alternate ending song.
 * The Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns. Was meant to be a returning segment from Fantasia 2000 with the possibility of extension from the original feature, but was replaced by Piano Concerto No. 2.

Reception
TBA.