{"id":12575,"date":"2011-01-06T12:46:51","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T20:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/?p=12575"},"modified":"2016-09-05T21:32:08","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T04:32:08","slug":"disneys_oscar-winning_adventures_in_music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2011\/01\/disneys_oscar-winning_adventures_in_music.html","title":{"rendered":"Disney\u2019s Oscar-Winning Adventures in Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"oc-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"oc-video-container\">\n\t<span class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"505\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8iVf0pPHvjc?wmode=transparent&amp;fs=1&amp;hl=en&amp;showsearch=0&amp;rel=0&amp;theme=dark\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n<p>\t<!-- \/oc-video-embed -->\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/oc-video-wrapper --><\/p>\n<p>Back in 1953, Walt Dis\u00adney Pro\u00adduc\u00adtions released two short and cut\u00adting-edge music edu\u00adca\u00adtion films. The ini\u00adtial film,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xgb5pO-y0VA\"><em>Melody<\/em><\/a>, was the first car\u00adtoon ever filmed in 3D. (Unfor\u00adtu\u00adnate\u00adly, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KgMRi_hHQKA\">cur\u00adrent ver\u00adsions<\/a> only appear in 2D). Then came the sequel,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8iVf0pPHvjc\"><em>Toot, Whis\u00adtle, Plunk and Boom<\/em><\/a>, which proved inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive in its own way. The short film, trac\u00ading the evo\u00adlu\u00adtion of the horn, flute, gui\u00adtar and drum, was the first car\u00adtoon filmed and shown in widescreen&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/CinemaScope\">Cin\u00ade\u00admaS\u00adcope<\/a>. It won the&nbsp;1954 Acad\u00ade\u00admy Award for Best Short Sub\u00adject (Car\u00adtoons) and was&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toot,_Whistle,_Plunk_and_Boom\">lat\u00ader vot\u00aded<\/a> #29 of the 50 Great\u00adest Car\u00adtoons of all time. Giv\u00aden these creds, you will find&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8iVf0pPHvjc\"><em>Toot, Whis\u00adtle, Plunk and Boom<\/em><\/a> in our col\u00adlec\u00adtion <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openculture.com\/freemoviesonline\">4,000+ Free Movies Online: Great Clas\u00adsics, Indies, Noir, West\u00aderns, Doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtaries &amp; More<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fol\u00adlow Open Cul\u00adture on <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/openculture\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Face\u00adbook<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/openculture\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twit\u00adter<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and share intel\u00adli\u00adgent media with your friends. 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