Editing Fantasia (1940 film) (section)

==== Audio ====
Disney considered releasing the film's soundtrack around the time of the film's roadshow release, but this idea was not realized.<ref name=orchvsdisney93 /> The soundtrack was first released as a mono [[triple album|three LP]] set<ref>{{cite AV media notes|author=Various|title=Walt Disney's Fantasia|year=1957|type=LP|publisher=Disneyland Records|id=WDX-101}}</ref> in sixteen countries<ref name=ehrbar /> by [[Disneyland Records|Disneyland]] and [[Buena Vista Records]] in 1957, containing the musical pieces without the narration. A stereo edition LP was issued by Buena Vista Records in 1961.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|author=Various|title=Walt Disney's Fantasia|year=1961|type=LP|publisher=Buena Vista Records|id=STER 101}}</ref> Disney was required to obtain permission from Stokowski, who initially rejected its sale unless the Philadelphia Orchestra Association received a share of the royalties.<ref name=ehrbar>{{harvnb|Ehrbar|Hollis|2006|pp=38–39}}</ref>

The Kostal recording was released on two CDs, two LPs and two audio cassettes by Buena Vista Records, in 1982.<ref name=1982backcover>{{cite AV media notes|author=Various|title=Walt Disney's Fantasia: New Digital Motion Picture Soundtrack|year=1982|type=LP|publisher=Buena Vista Records|id=V-104}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|author=Various|title=Walt Disney's Fantasia: Motion Picture Soundtrack|year=1982|type=CD|publisher=Buena Vista Records|id=CD-001}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|author=Various|title=Walt Disney's Fantasia: Music From the New Digital Motion Picture Soundtrack|year=1982|type=Audio cassette|publisher=Buena Vista Records|id=104VC}}</ref>

In September 1990, the remastered Stokowski soundtrack was released on CD and audio cassette by Buena Vista Records.,<ref>{{cite AV media notes|author=Various|title=Walt Disney's Fantasia: Remastered Original Soundtrack Edition|year=1990|type=CD|publisher=Buena Vista Records|id=600072}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|author=Various|title=Walt Disney's Fantasia: Remastered Original Soundtrack Edition|year=1990|type=Audio cassette|publisher=Buena Vista Records|id=600074}}</ref> and was later re-released in 2006. In the United States, it debuted the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart at number 190, its peak position, for the week of November 17, 1990.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1990-11-17|title=Billboard 200: The Week of November 17, 1990|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 15, 2016}}</ref> Two months after its release, the album was certified [[RIAA certification|gold]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) for 500,000 copies sold in the United States. In January 1993, it was certified platinum for sales in excess of one million copies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Soundtrack&ti=Fantasia#search_section|title=American album certifications – Soundtrack – ''Fantasia''|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|access-date=September 15, 2016}}</ref>

For the film's 75th anniversary in 2015, the Stokowski and Kostal recordings were released by [[Walt Disney Records]] on a four-disc album as [[Walt Disney Records: The Legacy Collection#Fantasia|the fifth volume]] of ''[[Walt Disney Records: The Legacy Collection|The Legacy Collection]]''. The set includes Stokowski's recording of the deleted ''Clair de Lune'' segment, and a recording of ''The Sorcerer's Apprentice'' and ''Peter and the Wolf'' (from ''Make Mine Music'') with added narration by [[Sterling Holloway]]; he himself narrated the latter originally.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://disneymusic.shop.musictoday.com/product/XVCD07/legacy-collection-fantasia-cd?cp=81712_82044|title=Legacy Collection: ''Fantasia'' CD|publisher=Disney Music Emporium|date=July 18, 2013|access-date=September 15, 2016}}</ref>