Leopold Stokowski: Leopold Stokowski. Music Department: Fantasia. Flamboyant, latterly white-maned, U.S. conductor known best for his popularization of classical music. (He is also known for teaching 'Mickey Mouse' a few things about music in Walt Disney's Fantasia (1940), in which Stokowski was featured with the Philadelphia Orchestra). He was a pioneer in the use of hi-fi sound and bringing great music to the screen.
Known For: Fantasia (Music Department(uncredited)), DOA: Dead or Alive (Soundtrack("Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture")), Fantasia 2000 (Music Department(segment Sorcerer's Apprentice, The)), The Great Beauty (Soundtrack("Symphony in C Major: II. Adagio"))