Editing Fantasia (1940 film) (section)

== Additional material ==
Disney had wanted ''Fantasia'' to be an ongoing project, with a new edition being released every few years.<ref name="Pegolotti, p. 249">Pegolotti, p. 249.</ref> His plan was to replace one of the original segments with a new one as it was completed, so audiences would always see a new version of the film.<ref name=15facts /> From January to August 1941, story material was developed based on additional musical works, including ''[[Ride of the Valkyries]]'' by [[Richard Wagner]], ''[[The Swan of Tuonela]]'' by [[Jean Sibelius]], ''[[Invitation to the Dance (Weber)|Invitation to the Dance]]'' by [[Carl Maria von Weber]], the Polka and Fugue from ''[[Schwanda the Bagpiper]]'' by [[Jaromír Weinberger]], a "baby ballet" set to ''[[Berceuse (Chopin)|Berceuse]]'' by [[Frédéric Chopin]] and a "bug ballet" set to ''[[Flight of the Bumblebee]]'' by [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]],<ref name=la1990 /><ref name=15facts /> which was later adapted into the ''Bumble Boogie'' segment in ''[[Melody Time]]'' (1948). The film's disappointing initial box office performance and the USA's entry into World War II brought an end to these plans.<ref>{{cite web|author=Michael|date=February 8, 2011|url=http://progresscityusa.com/2011/02/08/future-fantasias-1940/#more-4854 |title=Future Fantasias, 1940|website=Progress City, U.S.A.|access-date=August 26, 2024}}</ref> Deems Taylor prepared introductions for ''[[The Firebird]]'' by Stravinsky, ''[[La mer (Debussy)|La Mer]]'' by [[Claude Debussy]], ''Adventures in a Perambulator'' by [[John Alden Carpenter]], ''[[Don Quixote (Strauss)|Don Quixote]]'' by [[Richard Strauss]], and ''[[Pictures at an Exhibition]]'' by Mussorgsky "to have them for the future in case we decided to make any one of them".<ref name="Pegolotti, p. 249"/><ref>Pegolotti, p. 382</ref>

Another segment, Debussy's ''[[Clair de lune (Debussy)|Clair de lune]]'', was developed as part of the film's original program. After being completely animated, it was cut out of the final film to shorten its lengthy running time. The animation depicted two [[Great blue heron|Great white heron]]s flying through the Florida [[Everglades]] on a moonlit night, with more focus towards the segment's background art than story and animation. The sequence was later edited and re-scored for the ''Blue Bayou'' segment in ''[[Make Mine Music]]'' (1946). In 1992, a [[workprint]] of the original was discovered and ''Clair de Lune'' was restored, complete with the original soundtrack of Stokowski with the Philadelphia Orchestra. It was included as a bonus feature in ''The Fantasia Anthology'' DVD in 2000.<ref name=2000dvd>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-nov-16-ca-52534-story.html|title=Triple Dose for ''Fantasia'' Fans |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|first=Susan |last=King |date=November 16, 2000 |access-date=March 20, 2011}}</ref>

''[[Destino]]'', a collaboration between Walt Disney and surrealist artist [[Salvador Dalí]], was also considered for inclusion as a future ''Fantasia'' segment, but was shelved until it was re-discovered during production of ''Fantasia 2000''. In her host sequence for ''[[The Steadfast Tin Soldier]]'' in that film, Bette Midler mentions several cancelled sequences, specifically ''Ride of the Valkyries'', ''Destino'', ''Flight of the Bumblebee'', ''Berceuse'' and the Polka and Fugue.