There were many re-releases of this film, with several different kinds of edits, restorations, and recordings. I’ve listed here the versions that affect the cast list only.
Released: Official Release Date: November 12, 1940
1982 Reissue with new Score and Narration: April 2, 1982
1985 Reissue with 1982 Score & new Narration: February 8, 1985
2000 Restoration Home Video Release: November 14, 2000
Copyright: Walt Disney Productions © 1940
Distributed by: RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.
MPAA Rating: G (General Audiences ~ All Ages Admitted) [retroactive in 1969]
Length: 124 Minutes (1940 and 2000-and-on versions)
[table caption=”Cast and Characters” colalign=”center|right|left|center|left”] [attr sort=”false”]|Cast|Character/Performance|[attr sort=”false”]|Notes[attr sort=”false”]
|Corey Burton|Deems Taylor||Voice Dub for the 2000 restoration
|Walt Disney|Mickey Mouse||
|Disney Studio Chorus|’Ave Maria’ Chorus||1982 & 1985 re-releases only
|Disney Studio Orchestra|Soundtrack Orchestra||1982 & 1985 re-releases only
|Hugh Douglas|Narrator||1982 re-release only
|Tim Matheson|Narrator||1985 re-release only
|Julietta Novis|’Ave Maria’ soloist||
|The Philadelphia Orchestra|orchestra||
|Leopold Stokowski|Leopold Stokowski||live-action
|Deems Taylor|Deems Taylor||live-action
||Apollo||
||Autumn Fairies||
||Baby Pegasus||
||Bacchus||
||Ben Ali Gator||
||Blossom Ballet||
||brooms||
||Brudus||
||centaurettes||
||centaurs||
||Chernabog||
||cupids||
||Demons||
||Dewdrop Fairies||
||Diana||
||dinosaurs||
||Elephanchine||
||Frost Fairies||
||ghosts||
||goldfish||
||Hop Low||
||Hyacinth Hippo||
||Iris||
||Jacchus||
||Melinda||
||Milkweed Ballet||
||Mlle. Upanova||
||Morpheus||
||Mushroom Dancers||
||Orchid Girls||
||Pegasus||
||Pegasus’ Family||
||pilgrims||
||Snowflake Fairies||
||Thistle Boys||
||Vulcan||
||Yen Sid||
||Zeus||
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Music
[table caption=”Songs”] Song|Composer/Lyricist|Performers|Notes
Ave Maria|Franz Schubert|Julietta Novis as Soloist, The Philadelphia Orchestra; Disney Studio Chorus (1982 & 1985 re-releases only) & Disney Studio Orchestra (1982 & 1985 re-releases only)|
Dance Of The Hours (from ‘La Gioconda’)|Amilcare Ponchielli|The Philadelphia Orchestra; Disney Studio Orchestra (1982 & 1985 re-releases only)|
A Night On Bald Mountain|Modeste Moussorgsky|The Philadelphia Orchestra; Disney Studio Orchestra (1982 & 1985 re-releases only)|
The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a|Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|The Philadelphia Orchestra; Disney Studio Orchestra (1982 & 1985 re-releases only)|
The Pastoral Symphony, Op. 68|Ludwig van Beethoven|The Philadelphia Orchestra; Disney Studio Orchestra (1982 & 1985 re-releases only)|
The Rite Of Spring|Igor Stravinsky|The Philadelphia Orchestra; Disney Studio Orchestra (1982 & 1985 re-releases only)|
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice|Paul Dukas|The Philadelphia Orchestra; Disney Studio Orchestra (1982 & 1985 re-releases only)|
Toccata And Fugue In D Minor, BWV 565|Johann Sebastian Bach|The Philadelphia Orchestra; Disney Studio Orchestra (1982 & 1985 re-releases only)|
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[table caption=”Awards”] Award|Year|Winner/ Nominee|Category|Recipient|Notes
Academy Awards|1941 (14th)|Winner|Special Award (Sound)|Walt Disney, William Garity, John N. A. Hawkins and the RCA Manufacturing Company|for their outstanding contribution to the advancement of the use of sound in motion pictures through the production of Fantasia (certificates)
Academy Awards|1941 (14th)|Winner|Special Award (Music)|Leopold Stokowski and his associates|for their unique achievements in the creation of a new form of visualized music in Walt Disney’s production, Fantasia, thereby widening the scope of the motion picture as entertainment and as an art form (certificate)
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