The Band Concert
| The Band Concert | |
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| Mickey Mouse series | |
Theatrical release poster featuring Gideon Goat
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| Directed by |
Wilfred Jackson Walt Disney |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Voices by | Clarence Nash |
| Music by |
Leigh Harline Gioachino Rossini |
| Animation by | Johnny Cannon Les Clark (Mickey Mouse) Ugo D'Orsi Frenchy DeTremaudan Clyde Geronimi Huszti Horvath Dick Huemer Jack Kinney Wolfgang Reitherman Ward Kimball Milt Kahl Archie Robin Louie Schmitt Dick Williams Roy Williams Cy Young |
| Layouts by | Hugh Hennesy Terrell Stapp |
| Studio | Walt Disney Productions |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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| Color process | Technicolor (3-strip) |
| Running time | 9 minutes & 20 seconds |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | The Tortoise and the Hare |
| Followed by | Mickey's Service Station |
The Band Concert is a 1935 American animated short film produced in 3-strip Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. The film was the first Mickey Mouse film produced in color and remains one of the most highly acclaimed of the Disney shorts. The story is about a small music band conducted by Mickey Mouse which struggles through a distraction-filled public performance.
The Band Concert was directed by Wilfred Jackson and featured adapted music by Leigh Harline. The only speaking character in the film is Donald Duck who is performed by voice actor Clarence Nash.
Mickey Mouse's concert band is performing a concert in a park. As the film opens, they are being applauded for having just played music from Louis Joseph Ferdinand Hérold's Zampa. They next begin Gioacchino Rossini's William Tell overture.
Mickey's performance is first disrupted by Peter Pig's vibrato trumpet and Paddy Pig's tuba playing Prelude: Dawn. Meanwhile, Donald Duck rolls a vendor cart through the audience selling lemonade, popcorn, and ice cream, which further distracts Mickey.
While the band is playing the "Finale" segment, Donald plays "Turkey in the Straw" on a flute at the same tempo as the band. Overhearing Donald, the entire band absent-mindedly find themselves playing Donald's song. Realizing that he accidentally switched genres, Mickey loses his temper over his performance being disrupted in this manner. Mickey breaks Donald's flute in half, only for Donald to get another one out. They play the song again and Mickey breaks the flute once more. The band resumes the segment, but when Donald plays "Turkey in the Straw" again, the trombonist pulls out several of Donald's flutes by the neck and forces him offstage, knocking him back into the vendor.
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