About The Band Concert

The Band Concert is a Mickey Mouse cartoon released on February 23, 1935. It's one of the most acclaimed in the iconic Walt Disney series, praised for its fluid animation and mesmerizing music. In this classic plot, Mickey Mouse is a band leader who strives to conduct a symphony in spite of Donald Duck's antics and a windstorm that threatens to throw the performance into chaos.

Making / Production

The film was produced by Walt Disney Productions and directed by Wilfred Jackson. The Band Concert is historically significant as it's the first Mickey Mouse film produced in color, specifically Technicolor. It's splendid use of color was highly praised and set a precedence for future Disney productions.

Actors

• Walt Disney - He provided the voice for Mickey Mouse. Disney portrayed Mickey as an optimistic and good-natured character despite all the chaos in the band concert.
• Clarence Nash - He voiced Donald Duck, the obvious nuisance in the band concert. He brilliantly encapsulated Donald's temperamental and playful nature.

Trivia / Interesting Facts

• The Band Concert was the first Mickey Mouse film to be produced in color.
• This was also the first time Donald Duck appeared in a Mickey Mouse series. Despite being a Mickey Mouse cartoon, Donald Duck stole the show in many scenes.

Music, Soundtrack

The music of The Band Concert was significant as it was perfectly timed with the comical actions in the film. The most memorable piece from the cartoon is the William Tell Overture, which plays during the band's performance and serves as the background music for most of the film's comedic chaos.

Quotes

• Mickey Mouse: "Be quiet, you! We're doing this for culture! That's refined. High class!"
• Donald Duck: "Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack!"

Awards

While The Band Concert didn't win any awards, it was named the third-greatest cartoon of all time in a poll of animation professionals by Jerry Beck.