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Peter and the Wolf | Make Mine Music 1946from Make Mine Music (1946) movie, features Sterling Holloway narrating an adaptation of Prokofiev's composition about a little boy who goes hunting for a wolf, with each of the characters being thematically represented by a member of an orchestra. Music performed by Münchner Symphoniker conducted by Kurt Graunke. Watch video clip |
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CharactersJust like in Prokofiev's piece, each character is represented with a specific musical accompaniment: Peter, a Russian boy, is represented by a the String Quartet. Sascha (a diminutive for Alexander), a bird, is represented by the Flute. Sonia, a duck, is represented by the Oboe. Ivan, a cat, is represented by the Clarinet. Grandpa is represented by the Bassoon. The shooting of the Hunters' guns are represented by the Kettledrums. The wolf is represented by horns and cymbals. |
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Quotes[Peter and the gang encounter the wolf.] THE WOLF: [snarling] ROOOAAARRRR! [Peter points his pop-gun at the wolf, while shaking in fear.] NARRATOR: Oh, that wolf is everywhere! Peter, do something! [Peter triggers his pop-gun which hits the wolf on the nose. But the wolf doesn't flee.] NARRATOR: Oh no! NotesThe music and narration performed by Sterling Holloway are featured as a bonus track on the 2015 Legacy Collection soundtrack of Fantasia (1940). In the original 1936 story, the wolf swallows the duck alive. Walt Disney wanted his version of the story to have a more happy ending after all the backlash he received from Bambi (1942) over the part where the titular character's mother died. So he had the Peter and the Wolf segment of this movie altered with a twist ending showing that the duck was alright after all. Prokofiev, while touring the West in 1938, visited Los Angeles and met Walt Disney. Prokofiev performed the piano version of Peter and the Wolf for "le papa de Mickey Mouse", as Prokofiev described him in a letter to his sons. Disney was impressed, and considered adding an animated version of Peter and the Wolf to Fantasia, which was to be released in 1940. Due to the war, these plans fell through, and it was not until 1946 that Disney released his version of Peter and the Wolf. The hunters get names at a later point in the story: "Misha", "Yasha", and "Vladimir". Peter day-dreams of hunting and catching the wolf and exits the garden carrying a wooden "pop-gun" rifle with the purpose of hunting the wolf down. Watch songs from original movie soundtrack |
Peter (theme) string quartet
Saschar (theme) flute
Duck (theme) oboe
Cat (theme) clarinet
Grandpa (theme) bassoon
Peter and the Wolf Hunters (theme) kettledrums
