Fantasia blu

In this update of Disney's masterpiece film mixture of animation and music, new interpretations of great works of music are presented. It begins with an abstract battle of light and darkness set to the music of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Then we see the adventures of a Humpback Whale calf and his pod set to "The Pines of Rome." Next is the humorous story of several lives in 1930's New York City, scored with "Rhapsody in Blue." Following is a musical telling of the fairy tale, "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" set to Dmitri Shostakovitch's Piano Concerto No. 2. Then a goofy Flamingo causes havoc in his flock with his yo-yo to the tune of the finale of "Carnival of the Animals." This is followed by the classic sequence from the original film, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" starring Mickey Mouse and followed by "Pomp and Circumstance" starring Donald Duck as a harried assistant to Noah on his Ark...

In director Wolfgang Petersen's charming fantasy, Bastian (Barrett Oliver), a lonely schoolboy alienated from his father and bullied by his classmates, retreats to an attic where he becomes engrossed in a book entitled The Neverending Story. It is the tale of a magical kingdom appropriately named Fantasia, since it is a world born of human fantasies. However, as humanity loses faith in the power of imagination, the once-thriving Fantasia is being destroyed by great storms of Nothingness. Dangerously ill herself, Fantasia's youthful empress (Tami Stronach) sends the young warrior Atreju (Noah Hathaway) on a quest to find a cure for the kingdom. After encountering flying dragons, swamp monsters and a vast assortment of other strange creatures, the young hero discovers that only a human boy can save Fantasia, at which point Bastian is drawn, literally, into the pages of the story.

1. Nella Fantasia 2. Time To Say Goodbye - Russell Watson & Hayley Westenra 3. Here I Am Again 4. You Raise Me Up 5. Nessun Dorma 6. O Sole Mio 7. Ave Maria 8. La Donna E Mobile 9. Il Gladiatore 10. Barcelona - Russell Watson & Shaun Ryder 11. Caruso 12. Swing Low '99 13. Bamboleo 14. Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu) 15. Prayer, The 16. Where My Heart Will Take Me 17. Me And Mrs Jones 18. Heaven Help Us All - Live at the BBC 19. Let It Snow - Live at the BBC   

1 Nella Fantasia 2 Caruso 3 Volare (Nel blu, dipinto di blu) 4 The Prayer 5 Il Gladiatore (based on themes from the motion picture “Gladiator”) 6 You Raise Me Up 7 Miserere 8 Funiculì, funiculà 9 ‘O sole mio 10 Va, pensiero 11 You are so beautiful 12 Someone Like You 13 Nothing Sacred (aka Is Nothing Sacred) 14 Amore e Musica 15 Magia Sarà 16 I Believe 17 Nessun dorma! 18 Barcelona – friends until the end 19 I Have Nothing 20 Can’t Help Falling In Love