Disney – A Recorded History

Disney – A Recorded History

In Disney – A Recorded History, Grammy Award – Winning Producer and Disney Music Historian, Randy Thornton, takes you on an illuminating journey through Disney music milestones such as Steamboat Willie, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and Mary Poppins. This limited podcast series features rare and never-before-released recordings from the people who lived it – animators Ward Kimball, Frank Thomas, and Ollie Johnston; musicians Henry Mancini, Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, and above all, Walt Disney himself!

Episodes

August 15, 2024 17 mins
Recorded in 1989, Richard and Robert Sherman reminisce about their work on Mary Poppins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Excerpts from the Mary Poppins story meeting with P.L. Travers, Don DiGradi, and The Sherman Brothers as they discuss various scenes and songs from the first concept of the script. Also included is P.L. Travers hearing the Shermans’ “Feed the Birds” for the first time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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August 1, 2024 22 mins
The listener is a fly-on-the-wall in the first Mary Poppins story meeting with P.L. Travers, Don DiGradi, and The Sherman Brothers – exactly as it happened in 1961. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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July 25, 2024 8 mins
Walt Disney continues to describe his studio’s contribution to the home front effort in WWII. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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July 18, 2024 15 mins
Walt Disney describes his studio’s contribution to the home front effort in WWII.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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July 11, 2024 19 mins
Animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston talk about the music of Bambi, and legendary composer Henry Mancini expresses his appreciation of Bambi’s score.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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June 27, 2024 15 mins
From a 1957 interview, Walt Disney recounts preparing his studio for Bambi, and animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston tell their stories from the production of the film.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Not only was Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Disney’s first full-length animated feature, host Randy Thornton reveals the film generated the world’s first Soundtrack Album.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Walt Disney tells the tale of what it took to get Snow White to the screen, and animator Ward Kimball describes his work on the landmark film.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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June 6, 2024 7 mins
Walt Disney explains how Three Little Pigs’ “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf” became Disney’s first hit song. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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June 6, 2024 14 mins
Walt Disney recalls the first Silly Symphony – The Skeleton Dance and musician Carl Stalling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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June 6, 2024 14 mins
Walt Disney recounts the trials of recording the first cartoon with synchronized sound – Steamboat Willie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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In Disney – A Recorded History, Grammy Award – Winning Producer and Disney Music Historian, Randy Thornton, takes you on an illuminating journey through Disney music milestones such as Steamboat Willie, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and Mary Poppins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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