Hall of the Mad Mountain King

Here are two very different interpretations of this classic piece of music.

I wonder for how many centuries we will be setting animation (or its descendants) to this piece? This urge is almost the very definition of “visual music”, as it inspires more senses than simply the ears. Walt Disney was so driven to show the visual power of music that he was moved to create the grand-daddy of all such visual feasts:

Of course, it didn’t hurt that he was also trying to build a market for his brand-new animation industry.