great music and animation combined.

[sun]

Any ideas on scenes where music and animation are combined to tell a story, or push the story along?

There is a 9-10 minute section of Tarzan, from the time he is being held by his mother, (as a 3-4year old) till the first shot is fired by the villian in the distance, and Tarzan looks up, and says," What's that?" may be the best modern two scene combo done lately. The viewing of Tarzan growing into a man,with the Phil Collins music and song in background telling the story,are outstanding in every way. Tarzan swinging thru the vines, and fight scene with the leopard, are amazing. It starts about 12 minutes into the film. Any other ideas out there?

[optimal321]

I don't know for sure, but that is a great scene!

[happyheathen]

I'll use this to once again plug 'Allegro Non Troppo' (PG-13)

'Fantasia' for those with brains...

[Maxie Zeus]

Originally posted by happyheathen
I'll use this to once again plug 'Allegro Non Troppo' (PG-13)

I'll second this one. It's a great film . . . and love the joking about "Prisney."

[Nightwing]

It's not a film but I was just watching the first part of the Samurai Jack origin movie (consisting of the first three episodes). Well, maybe it sorta is a movie. How bout dishing a special edition DVD? Well, anyway.....

.....For the first 20 minutes there was only music and gorgeous art. After the end credits started rolling I realized I was tired for laying down on the bed for so long not moving......just watching....

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

Probably The Simpsons...they were very innovative in their use of music at their peak. Taking songs from the 60s, 70s and 80s and juxtaposing them with funny (or poignant) images, and sometimes even acting as a counterpoint to the imagery.

For anime, I'd say Cowboy Bebop is a recent example of experimental use of music.

Problem is, both these shows don't quite fit into the "great animation" category. They show some visual brilliance at times, but come up lame compared to, say, Tarzan, it being a feature film and them being Tv series and all.

[optimal321]

Doh! How could i have missed this?!?! The scene in MOTP when Bruce dons the cowl for the first time. That's the first time in the flashback scenes when we here the classic theme. And then when the choir kicks in and his eyes narrow! Awesome scene!!!

[Maxie Zeus]

Cab Calloway singing "St. James Infirmary Blues" while Koko dances through The Mystery Cave is the obvious highlight, but the marriage of music and motion all the way through is superb. It's like the classic fairy tale remembered in a dream or delirium, and the jazz score emphasizes the distended and hallucinatory images.

[NewMaxFranklin]

MOTP: The openning with the Goth tune over bird's eye of the CGI Gotham.

That Tarzan scene was great. Lots of strong elements in that film. Wish they'd gone for more; Made the villian and the father character less broad and characiture-like. Of corse no Tantor and Terk, blah.

The rock tune in the Chun-Li/Vega fight from Street Fighter 2 works very well.

"When She loved Me;" the character background song from Toy Story 2, ~sob~. :(

Equally good was the song used to express Buzz's sorrow over the realization that he is only a toy and not the real Buzz Lightyear.

The music that ran over the training scequence in "Wings of Homanise," was very fitting in tone and provided the desired effect.

I always thought the song used at the climax of Gungam Wing was very fitting. Dramatic, techno-pop, like the show itself.

The music during the stampede in The Lion King was awsome. The whole scene was awesome. ;)

[sun]

Originally posted by Maxie Zeus
Cab Calloway singing "St. James Infirmary Blues" while Koko dances through The Mystery Cave is the obvious highlight, but the marriage of music and motion all the way through is superb. It's like the classic fairy tale remembered in a dream or delirium, and the jazz score emphasizes the distended and hallucinatory images.

Fleisher's Betty Boop, "Snow White" is a real classic, you added something that I had not noticed when I watched it several years ago. I have it somewhere on tape, I'll watch it again and keep an eye for that sequence, thank you..