one of those "BING" moments
Jun. 23rd, 2006 11:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
acroyearSo I'm talking to mom about Debussy and re-educating her on impressionist music, as I was listening to Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune at the time she IM'ed me, and my brain connected the dots so to speak to recognizing that that style of music was used quite a bit in Disney's Bambi in between the songs, particularly early on (this I realized after seeing bits of the movie again on the new DVD).
So today, my brain connected the last dot as to WHY Disney's people chose to compose music inspired by that piece and style for Bambi - it thought of the title: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune is French for Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. The music was written with a deer in mind from the start.
Go fig.
Update: It seems that the mythological faun was more the influence of the original piece, but then again, Disney's artists are known to play with words and meanings when letting known music influence their work. ;-)
So today, my brain connected the last dot as to WHY Disney's people chose to compose music inspired by that piece and style for Bambi - it thought of the title: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune is French for Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun. The music was written with a deer in mind from the start.
Go fig.
Update: It seems that the mythological faun was more the influence of the original piece, but then again, Disney's artists are known to play with words and meanings when letting known music influence their work. ;-)
