The Band Concert

The Band Concert
Theatrical release poster featuring Gideon Goat.
Directed byWilfred Jackson
Walt Disney[1]
Produced byWalt Disney
StarringClarence Nash
Pinto Colvig
Music byLeigh Harline (music)
Gioachino Rossini (score)
Animation byJohnny Cannon
Les Clark (Mickey Mouse)
Ugo D'Orsi
Frenchy DeTremaudan
Clyde Geronimi
Huszti Horvath
Dick Huemer
Jack Kinney
Wolfgang Reitherman
Ward Kimball
Milt Kahl
Archie Robin
Louie Schmitt
Dick Williams
Roy Williams
Cy Young
Layouts byHugh Hennesy
Terrell Stapp
Color processTechnicolor (3-strip)
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • February 23, 1935 (1935-02-23)
[2]
Running time
9:20
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Band Concert is a 1935 American animated short film produced in 3-strip Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions and released by United Artists. The 73rd short film in the Mickey Mouse series, it was the second release of the year, and notable as the first in the series to be produced in color.[3]

Directed by Wilfred Jackson, with music adapted by Leigh Harline, the action follows a small music band, conducted by Mickey Mouse, which struggles through a distraction-filled public performance. Clarence Nash provides the voice of Donald Duck, the only speaking character.[4] The film remains among the most highly acclaimed of the Disney shorts.

  1. ^ Smith, Dave (1996). "Band Concert, The". Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Hyperion. pp. 40–41. ISBN 0-7868-8149-6.
  2. ^ Kaufman, J.B.; Gerstein, David (2018). Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: The Ultimate History. Cologne: Taschen. ISBN 978-3-8365-5284-4.
  3. ^ While two more Mickey Mouse releases were produced in black and white, the series otherwise switched to color on a permanent basis. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 108-109. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  4. ^ The Band Concert Archived 2006-08-20 at the Wayback Machine at The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts