The music is, of course, lifted directly from Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty ballet, 1889:
By the way, Resident Artist M.P. did get to see the movie as a little gay boy, and fell in love with the stylized artwork, which he still thinks is very, very cool. Check out this fascinating video about the artistic development behind the finished film:
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One would have liked to go to a ball, a real ball, just once. Sigh. Alas, my fairy godmother never showed up! Which is just as well, I suppose - my big Texas feet would never have fit into any glass slipper.
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My mom used to pick up a record album from a thrift shop or discount store now and then, and though I never remember her playing any of them - maybe she played them when no one else was at home - they were exciting to discover as a lonely only child. And what little gay boy wouldn't be entranced by the lush music and the fairy-tale picture on the album?
I played and replayed it countless times over the years. When it had gotten rather scratchy in the mid-1970s, I searched the record stores until I found an 8-track version of the same, which I could play in my car while driving along the blue waters of the beautiful Gulf coast. Fond memories; I hope you fellas enjoy the inspiration of this masterpiece recording too.
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