Baker’s Dozen III

Religious allusions in Disney films

  1. Fantasia 2000 - Donald Duck’s on Noah’s ark in Pomp and Circumstance
  2. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1937 - Snow White kneels and prays for the “seven little men.”
  3. The Jungle Book (1967) - Bagheera quotes John 15:13 “Greater love hath no one, than he who lays down his life for his friends.”
  4. Fantasia (1949) - The ending segment features a devil (“Night on Bald Mountain”) followed by “Ave Maria.”
  5. Polyanna (1960) - “if God took the trouble to tell us eight hundred times to be happy and rejoice, he MUST have wanted us to do it.”
  6. Melody Time (1948) - The Legend of Johnny Appleseed has the song The Lord Is Good To Me.
  7. The Incredibles (2004) - Bob and Helen are married in what appears to be a Christian church ceremony

Religious allusions in Disney films

  1. Fantasia 2000 - Donald Duck’s on Noah’s ark in Pomp and Circumstance
  2. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1937 - Snow White kneels and prays for the “seven little men.”
  3. The Jungle Book (1967) - Bagheera quotes John 15:13 “Greater love hath no one, than he who lays down his life for his friends.”
  4. Fantasia (1949) - The ending segment features a devil (“Night on Bald Mountain”) followed by “Ave Maria.”
  5. Polyanna (1960) - “if God took the trouble to tell us eight hundred times to be happy and rejoice, he MUST have wanted us to do it.”
  6. Melody Time (1948) - The Legend of Johnny Appleseed has the song The Lord Is Good To Me.
  7. The Incredibles (2004) - Bob and Helen are married in what appears to be a Christian church ceremony
  8. The Sword in the Stone (1963) - Arthur finds the mythical sword in a churchyard and when he pulls it from the stone onlookers say that it’s a “miracle ordained by heaven.”

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Religious allusions in Disney films

  1. Fantasia 2000 - Donald Duck’s on Noah’s ark in Pomp and Circumstance
  2. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1937 - Snow White kneels and prays for the “seven little men.”
  3. The Jungle Book (1967) - Bagheera quotes John 15:13 “Greater love hath no one, than he who lays down his life for his friends.”
  4. Fantasia (1949) - The ending segment features a devil (“Night on Bald Mountain”) followed by “Ave Maria.”
  5. Polyanna (1960) - “if God took the trouble to tell us eight hundred times to be happy and rejoice, he MUST have wanted us to do it.”
  6. Melody Time (1948) - The Legend of Johnny Appleseed has the song The Lord Is Good To Me.
  7. The Incredibles (2004) - Bob and Helen are married in what appears to be a Christian church ceremony
  8. The Sword in the Stone (1963) - Arthur finds the mythical sword in a churchyard and when he pulls it from the stone onlookers say that it’s a “miracle ordained by heaven.”
  9. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) - Esmerelda prays in song with God Help The Outcasts.

Religious allusions in Disney films

  1. Fantasia 2000 - Donald Duck’s on Noah’s ark in Pomp and Circumstance
  2. *Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs*, 1937 - Snow White kneels and prays for the “seven little men.”
  3. The Jungle Book (1967) - Bagheera quotes John 15:13 “Greater love hath no one, than he who lays down his life for his friends.”
  4. Fantasia (1949) - The ending segment features a devil (“Night on Bald Mountain”) followed by “Ave Maria.”
  5. Polyanna (1960) - “if God took the trouble to tell us eight hundred times to be happy and rejoice, he MUST have wanted us to do it.”
  6. Melody Time (1948) - *The Legend of Johnny Appleseed* has the song *The Lord Is Good To Me*.
  7. *The Incredibles* (2004) - Bob and Helen are married in what appears to be a Christian church ceremony
  8. *The Sword in the Stone* (1963) - Arthur finds the mythical sword in a churchyard and when he pulls it from the stone onlookers say that it’s a “miracle ordained by heaven.”
  9. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) - Esmerelda prays in song with God Help The Outcasts.
  10. The Small One (1978) - a little boy in Nazareth is forced to sell his beloved donkey. Eventually, he finds a kind buyer, Joseph, who needs a donkey to carry Mary to Bethlehem

Religious allusions in Disney films

  1. Fantasia 2000 - Donald Duck’s on Noah’s ark in Pomp and Circumstance
  2. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1937 - Snow White kneels and prays for the “seven little men.”
  3. The Jungle Book (1967) - Bagheera quotes John 15:13 “Greater love hath no one, than he who lays down his life for his friends.”
  4. Fantasia (1949) - The ending segment features a devil (“Night on Bald Mountain”) followed by “Ave Maria.”
  5. Polyanna (1960) - “if God took the trouble to tell us eight hundred times to be happy and rejoice, he MUST have wanted us to do it.”
  6. Melody Time (1948) - The Legend of Johnny Appleseed has the song The Lord Is Good To Me.
  7. The Incredibles (2004) - Bob and Helen are married in what appears to be a Christian church ceremony
  8. The Sword in the Stone (1963) - Arthur finds the mythical sword in a churchyard and when he pulls it from the stone onlookers say that it’s a “miracle ordained by heaven.”
  9. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) - Esmerelda prays in song with God Help The Outcasts.
  10. The Small One (1978) - a little boy in Nazareth is forced to sell his beloved donkey. Eventually, he finds a kind buyer, Joseph, who needs a donkey to carry Mary to Bethlehem
  11. Lilo & Stitch (2002) - Lilo kneels at her bed and prays, asking for a new friend.

Religious allusions in Disney films

  1. Fantasia 2000 - Donald Duck’s on Noah’s ark in Pomp and Circumstance
  2. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1937 - Snow White kneels and prays for the “seven little men.”
  3. The Jungle Book (1967) - Bagheera quotes John 15:13 “Greater love hath no one, than he who lays down his life for his friends.”
  4. Fantasia (1949) - The ending segment features a devil (“Night on Bald Mountain”) followed by “Ave Maria.”
  5. Polyanna (1960) - “if God took the trouble to tell us eight hundred times to be happy and rejoice, he MUST have wanted us to do it.”
  6. Melody Time (1948) - The Legend of Johnny Appleseed has the song The Lord Is Good To Me.
  7. The Incredibles (2004) - Bob and Helen are married in what appears to be a Christian church ceremony
  8. The Sword in the Stone (1963) - Arthur finds the mythical sword in a churchyard and when he pulls it from the stone onlookers say that it’s a “miracle ordained by heaven.”
  9. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) - Esmerelda prays in song with God Help The Outcasts.
  10. The Small One (1978) - a little boy in Nazareth is forced to sell his beloved donkey. Eventually, he finds a kind buyer, Joseph, who needs a donkey to carry Mary to Bethlehem
  11. Lilo & Stitch (2002) - Lilo kneels at her bed and prays, asking for a new friend.
  12. Mulan (1998) - ancestor worship

Religious allusions in Disney films

  1. Fantasia 2000 - Donald Duck’s on Noah’s ark in Pomp and Circumstance
  2. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1937 - Snow White kneels and prays for the “seven little men.”
  3. The Jungle Book (1967) - Bagheera quotes John 15:13 “Greater love hath no one, than he who lays down his life for his friends.”
  4. Fantasia (1949) - The ending segment features a devil (“Night on Bald Mountain”) followed by “Ave Maria.”
  5. Polyanna (1960) - “if God took the trouble to tell us eight hundred times to be happy and rejoice, he MUST have wanted us to do it.”
  6. Melody Time (1948) - The Legend of Johnny Appleseed has the song The Lord Is Good To Me.
  7. The Incredibles (2004) - Bob and Helen are married in what appears to be a Christian church ceremony
  8. The Sword in the Stone (1963) - Arthur finds the mythical sword in a churchyard and when he pulls it from the stone onlookers say that it’s a “miracle ordained by heaven.”
  9. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) - Esmerelda prays in song with God Help The Outcasts.
  10. The Small One (1978) - a little boy in Nazareth is forced to sell his beloved donkey. Eventually, he finds a kind buyer, Joseph, who needs a donkey to carry Mary to Bethlehem
  11. Lilo & Stitch (2002) - Lilo kneels at her bed and prays, asking for a new friend.
  12. Mulan (1998) - ancestor worship
  13. Pocahontas (1995) - Pocahontas believes so strongly in her religion that she believes rocks have spirits.

Pass.

Twentieth-century composers

  1. Béla Bartók

Twentieth-century composers

  1. Béla Bartók
  2. Sergei Prokofiev

Twentieth-century composers

  1. Béla Bartók
  2. Sergei Prokofiev
  3. Richard Rodgers

Twentieth-century composers

  1. Béla Bartók
  2. Sergei Prokofiev
  3. Richard Rodgers
  4. Leonard Bernstein

Twentieth-century composers

  1. Béla Bartók
  2. Sergei Prokofiev
  3. Richard Rodgers
  4. Leonard Bernstein
  5. Sergei Rachmaninoff

Twentieth-century composers

  1. Béla Bartók
  2. Sergei Prokofiev
  3. Richard Rodgers
  4. Leonard Bernstein
  5. Sergei Rachmaninoff
  6. Iannis Xenakis

Twentieth-century composers

  1. Béla Bartók

  2. Sergei Prokofiev

  3. Richard Rodgers

  4. Leonard Bernstein

  5. Sergei Rachmaninoff

  6. Iannis Xenakis

  7. John Williams

I would list him as 20th century though I am not sure what the criteria is for composers that have spanned two centuries.

As the category-starter, I’d say that anyone who has composed music in the twentieth century, and said music was subsequently performed in public and/or recorded, counts for our purposes.

Twentieth-century composers

  1. Béla Bartók
  2. Sergei Prokofiev
  3. Richard Rodgers
  4. Leonard Bernstein
  5. Sergei Rachmaninoff
  6. Iannis Xenakis
  7. John Williams
  8. Thomas Newman

Wrote one of my favorite bits of movie music for Little Women (1994) - very Coplandesque.

Twentieth-century composers

  1. Béla Bartók
  2. Sergei Prokofiev
  3. Richard Rodgers
  4. Leonard Bernstein
  5. Sergei Rachmaninoff
  6. Iannis Xenakis
  7. John Williams
  8. Thomas Newman
  9. Aaron Copeland

Twentieth-century composers

  1. Béla Bartók
  2. Sergei Prokofiev
  3. Richard Rodgers
  4. Leonard Bernstein
  5. Sergei Rachmaninoff
  6. Iannis Xenakis
  7. John Williams
  8. Thomas Newman
  9. Aaron Copeland
  10. George Gershwin

Twentieth-century composers

  1. Béla Bartók
  2. Sergei Prokofiev
  3. Richard Rodgers
  4. Leonard Bernstein
  5. Sergei Rachmaninoff
  6. Iannis Xenakis
  7. John Williams
  8. Thomas Newman
  9. Aaron Copeland
  10. George Gershwin
  11. Alan Silvestri

Silvestri wrote another favorite tune of mine, the melancholy main theme from Cast Away.

Twentieth-century composers

  1. Béla Bartók
  2. Sergei Prokofiev
  3. Richard Rodgers
  4. Leonard Bernstein
  5. Sergei Rachmaninoff
  6. Iannis Xenakis
  7. John Williams
  8. Thomas Newman
  9. Aaron Copeland
  10. George Gershwin
  11. Alan Silvestri
  12. James Horner

Hollywood’s on my mind! Here’s the triumphant opening theme from Glory.