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 Throughout most of its duration, the piece is played with staccato arpeggios in the left hand. The "Suite bergamasque" has been orchestrated by many conductors, including André Caplet, Leopold Stokowski, and Lucien Cailliet. "Clair de lune" in particular has been arranged for a wide variety of instrumental combinations. One such is Dimitri Tiomkin's arrangement for organ in the score for the 1956 film "Giant". "Clair de lune" was originally set to be included as a fully orchestrated piece in Walt Disney's "Fantasia", but was not included in the final cut of the film due to running time issues, with the