Did you know that Wendy Carlos once collaborated with "Weird Al" Yankovic on a record that parodies two classic musical compositions, "Peter and the Wolf" and "The Carnival of the Animals"? Not surprisingly, it's very fun to listen to, combining Yankovic's comedic talent with Wendy's musical genius (she's no stranger to classical music, after all). However, what really made me love the album is the cover:
Okay, there's Weird Al, front and center, but where's Wendy? Hang on, what's that in the tree?
Oh my User, it's Wendy Carlos as an adorable little bird! With a tiny synth and computer!
the marauders and which version of peter and the wolf they would listen to
sirius: philadelphia orchestra, 1978, narrated by david bowie. it’s not spectacular narration but sirius wouldn’t care about that. david bowie is all the reason he needs. besides, it’s probably the only record his mother let him play, along with, like, a young persons guide to the orchestra.
peter: graunke symphony orchestra, 1949, narrated by sterling holloway. now, this is a man who knows how to tell a story. don’t you just love sterling holloway. you can’t convince me peter wasn’t a huge disney kid. winnie the pooh. robin hood. the aristocats. fantasia (i love fantasia).
james: royal philharmonic orchestra, 1965, narrated by sean connery. james would’ve eaten that shit up as a kid. i mean, bond? hell yeah. fleamont would pretend to be the wolf, like james needed an excuse to tackle him. he would’ve had the whole thing memorized.
and remus. poor remus. he’ll take sirius’ young persons guide to the orchestra, thank you very much. but, seriously, i can totally imagine him curled up in windows with a book like suzy in moonrise kingdom, daydreaming to purcell. if only he had three younger brothers.
The Mad Hatter and King Candy quip about how similar their voices are (hi guys Peter Griffin here to explain the joke. Mad Hatter was voiced by Ed Wynn and King Candy's voice is an impression of Ed Wynn. Candy was voiced by Alan Tudyk, who voices Hatter in the short)
On that note, more voice actor related jokes, like how Pooh, Kaa, and Cheshire Cat all have the same voice (Sterling Holloway)
Someone, anyone, gets to punch out Frollo
Peter and the Wolf (Make Mine Music) characters show up
Johnny Appleseed (Melody Time) shows up
(they acknowledged none of the package films except for Ichabod and Mr. Toad and Fun and Fancy Free (saw the golden harp girl there) 💀
now I loved the short, don't get me wrong, I'm just sick of the three caballeros erasure 😤
EDIT: I was wrong, Jose and Panchito ARE in the movie, in the group picture at the end, along with Johnny Fedora, Alice Blue Bonnet, Casey, Pedro, and that ice-skating couple
I can be coming out of a meltdown and the thing that's regulating to me is realizing how the Wolf in "Peter and the Wolf" is represented by French Horn, which is featured predominantly in the score of "Batman: The Animated Series"..... which heavily influenced Loba's character development and the theme from her heirloom event
Peter & The Wolf is a very classical and musical like tale composed by Sergei Prokofiev illustrating the story by music, with that somehow got me into the the idea on a random sketch for the AU here's the cast down below so far;
Peter = Captain Jake
Grandfather = Captain Colossus
The Bird = Cuckoo Loca
The Duck = Donald Duck
The Cat = Lt. Kwazii
The Hunters = Mr. Smee, Sharky & Bones
Note: Still had the idea of Colossus being Jake's Grandfather & I haven't got ideas on who will play the Wolf. But also this is the first planning on doing a "Classical AU" sketch... Hope you Like it!!!
If you, like me, are currently obsessed with David Tennant and you, like me, enjoy fun reinterpretations of well known classical pieces, I've got the album for you!