Steamboat music, silly symphonies and sound fantasies“We keep moving forward, opening new doors and doing new things, because we We are curious, and curiosity continues to guide us. us on new paths. -Walt Disney With A Man and a Mouse, the history of the world of cinema, animation, and soundtracks was changed forever. Co-founder of Walt Disney Productions, now known as The Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney was a game-changer in the film industry with his animated films, ushering in a new era of animated feature films . Not only were his animations original, they were innovative. Disney constantly strived to find new ways to advance the medium through which it conveyed its ideas. Starting simply with comic strips in his school newspaper, Walt Disney evolved his technique for creating films and animations, breaking boundaries by first creating the first animation with synchronized sound, and then the first color animation , then the first animated feature film. his musical film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Walt Disney's life and the events leading up to his creation of Steamboat Willie, the first animation with a synchronized soundtrack, are very important for understanding the history of soundtracks in films. Walter Elias Disney was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 5. , 1901. At the age of ten, Walt moved to Kansas City and was introduced to vaudeville and cinema by his high school friend from a theater-loving family, Walter Pfeiffer. Walt spent more time at Walter's house than at his home, and both took classes at the Kansas City Art Institute. In 1917, Walt returned to Chicago and attended evening classes at the Chicago Art Institute, while also working in middle of paper...... early in Walt Disney's life, he documented the history of Walt Disney. first steps that led this man to become one of the most influential and revolutionary figures in the world. Walt Disney would use his habit of using soundtracks in his films to evolve them into his Silly Symphonies, essentially short ballets animated to music, and the world's first animated feature film, his musical film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, as well as his “concert piece”, Fantasia. Disney would later be known as the creator of the happiest place on earth, Disneyland, and the founder of one of the most powerful corporations in the world, The Walt Disney Company. Music is now one of the key elements of The Walt Disney Company's success, and it all started with a man and a mouse. As long as people continue to move forward and open new doors, the world will be led down new and exciting paths..