Snow Prince lyrics. "Snow Prince" is a choral song inspired by Claude Debussy's "Clair de lune", or the third movement of the "Suite bergamasque". The piece "Clair de lune" is also featured in the film. The "Snow Prince Gasshōdan" group is a temporary boy choir that was formed specially for this movie, and it is led by actor Shintaro Morimoto. The group comes under the management of Johnny Jr., a Japanese talent agency that specially trains male idols. "Snow Prince Gasshōdan" is made up of 10 boys, who together, had an average age of 10.5 years at the time of the filming.
Suite bergamasque animation for its intended segment (featuring herons in the Florida Everglades at night) being recycled for the "Blue Bayou" segment of the later film "Make Mine Music". However, the "Claire de lune" segment was later restored after a workprint of it was rediscovered in 1992, complete with original score by Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and is included as a bonus feature in some later releases of "Fantasia". The 1953 ballet "L'ange gris" utilised orchestrations by André Caplet ("Clair de lune") and Gustave Cloëz (the other three pieces). "Passepied" has been arranged by the Punch Brothers for bluegrass instrumentation