
Before long, Mickey wakes up to find that the room is filled with water, and despite the cauldron overflowing, the broom is not stopping. He dreams that he is a powerful sorcerer high on top of a pinnacle commanding the stars, planets, and water. Since Mickey is satisfied, he sits down on the chair and falls asleep. He commands the broom to carry buckets of water to fill a cauldron. When he goes out of sight, Mickey puts the hat on and tries the magic on a broom. After some magic, Yen Sid puts his hat down, yawns, and goes to his chambers. On the Fantasia 2000 soundtrack album, a rerecorded version performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra of London conducted by Bruce Broughton is featured, even though the original recording is heard in the film.Īt first, the scene starts with Sorcerer Yen Sid, who is working on his magic while his apprentice Mickey does the chores. The recording was done in January 1938 at the Pathe Studios in Culver City. Unlike most of the tracks in the film, which were recorded by the Philadelphia Orchestra, this composition was the first to be recorded for the film by an ad-hoc 100-piece handpicked orchestra of Los Angeles-based session musicians, which Stokowski conducted. Based on the poem of the same name by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and the musical piece by Paul Dukas, it stars Mickey Mouse as the titular apprentice. The Sorcerer's Apprentice is the third and most famous segment in Disney's 1940 animated feature film, Fantasia, and the only returning segment in its sequel, Fantasia 2000. Unfortunately, however, having forgotten the magic formula that would make the broomstick stop carrying the water, he found he'd started something he couldn't finish.” ― Deems Taylor

One day, for instance, when he had been told by his master to carry water to fill a cauldron, he had the brilliant idea of bringing a broomstick to life to carry the water for him. As a matter of fact he was a little bit too bright, because he started practicing some of the Boss' best magic tricks before learning how to control them. He was a bright young lad and very anxious to learn the business. It's a very old story, the one that goes back almost 2000 years the legend about a Sorcerer who had an apprentice.

As a matter of fact, in this case, the story came first and the composer wrote the music to go with it. “ And now we're going to hear a piece of music that tells a very definite story.
