If you have not watched Disney’s “Fantasia,” it’s about time you do. This two-hour film brings alive 15 of classical music’s most well-known scores with curious animation. Disney animators and British ...

Now why didn't anyone think of this before? When the Hollywood Bowl began showing films with live music, "Fantasia" should have been priority No. 1, given the Bowl's long, enviably rich ...

"Fantasia" wasn't a huge hit when it was first released 75 years ago (on November 13, 1940). Since then, however, over the course of multiple re-releases, the Disney feature has earned a reputation as ...

The visualization of music on film is an old impulse. During the 1930s, besides cartoons with classical music soundtracks, a number of short films -- like one called Optical Poe ­--contained ...

Now why didn't anyone think of this before? When the Hollywood Bowl began showing films with live music, "Fantasia" should have been priority No. 1, given the Bowl's long, enviably rich ...