Bald mountain

The Monster Memories this time are of: The "Night On Bald Mountain" segment of Disney's Fantasia (Click on images to view larger size.) Deta...

The vista from the summit of 5,516-foot Big Bald Mountain in Madison County is divine, and the demanding trek along the Appalachian Trail from Sams Gap to Big Bald is a worthy objective for ambitious hikers in its own right.

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Chernabog - Fantasia

Bald Mountain is actually based on a real mountain in Slovenia, Mt. Triglav. It is where the "supernatural" dwell as well as the "Black God" himself, Chernabog. Bald Mountain is the main setting of the first half of Fantasia's last segment, Night on Bald Mountain/Ave Maria. On Walpurgis Night, the tip of the dark and morose mountain is the great demon, Chernabog. There, he summons his minions to his service at Bald Mountain. The insides of the mountain become a fiery volcano as he flings his…

Disney’s Fantasia (1940)

In the 1940s, Walt Disney had the idea for a "Concert Feature". Together with composer Leopold Stokowski, Disney made his "Concert Feature" by combining classical music with Disney Animation. The film would later be re-named Fantasia, and would also be one of the first movies to ever be presented in full multi-track stereophonic sound (which Disney called "Fantasound").

Night on Bald Mountain

Kay Nielsen’s concept art for Fantasia’s “Night on Bald Mountain.” 1940s.