tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19010648.post116133832042144155..comments2024-01-24T02:02:31.744-07:00Comments on Outpost Mâvarin: Classic Spooky Music!Karen Funk Blocherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860091802901743222noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19010648.post-61629910231705205792010-10-29T10:24:44.428-07:002010-10-29T10:24:44.428-07:00I have also been searching for this for years. My ...I have also been searching for this for years. My elementary music teacher showed this every year at Halloween (early 80's). Everyone kept telling me I was remembering "Dancing Skeletons", but I knew better. Hope to get a copy in some digital format to show to my kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19010648.post-62832735263463983372010-09-02T02:47:38.059-07:002010-09-02T02:47:38.059-07:009/1/10 LOL
The video available is NOT the original...9/1/10 LOL<br />The video available is NOT the original filmstrip GenX was shown. It's the 2nd edition from ~1985.<br /><br />I too was deeply influenced by the artwork from the original filmstrip, published around 1965 when the world was a scarier, richer place.<br /><br />To transfer film, take it to a video specialist. Find 'em in the phone book. They can scan each frame onto a DVD and you can throw it together using any music/video editing tool out there. Tons of free ones online. For a bit more, they will do it for you.<br /><br />I don't need the music, but I would pay for a copy of the 1960s artwork. The company told me if I could find it, it would be OK to publish it on YouTube, giving proper credit-and-all. If someone has access to this... I will pay $100 for the filmstrip itself in viewable condition, or a "fair price" for a CD of hi-res scans.<br /><br />seriously. LeftHandedGoth@yahoo.comandehttp://lefthandedgoth.etsy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19010648.post-46312523025381394442009-10-06T20:01:39.857-07:002009-10-06T20:01:39.857-07:00Anonynmous 10/31 9:42 here again (last post was in...Anonynmous 10/31 9:42 here again (last post was in 2007!)<br /><br />As noted above, the link I first posted is no longer active. But here's an updated link from the Clearvue website:<br />http://store.discoveryeducation.com/product/show/51089<br /><br />The DVD is still $30, which is expensive for a 10 minute clip (albeit intended for purchase by educators). However, what's great is that on that page you can now preview the entire 10 minute DVD (audio and visuals).<br /><br />I'm still not sure if this "2nd edition" features the same art as the original many of us saw in the 70s or early 80s. Some posts above support a different artist, particularly the information that the filmstrip artist is Harold Dexter Hoopes. The "2nd edition" would appear to be by an artist named David Prebenna:<br /><br />http://www.powermediaplus.com/furtherLearning/pdfs/CL1179-CVXTG.pdfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19010648.post-25506201971068835842009-08-14T15:19:52.397-07:002009-08-14T15:19:52.397-07:00Anonymous - I think if you do a little digging, yo...Anonymous - I think if you do a little digging, you should be able to find a video transfer service to do this, perhaps even locally if you live in or near a city. Good luck!Karen Funk Blocherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860091802901743222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19010648.post-19749477565554529552009-08-13T08:56:34.825-07:002009-08-13T08:56:34.825-07:00Found it! I too was fascinated by this film strip ...Found it! I too was fascinated by this film strip as a kid in the early 70s. I recently purchased the film strip and audio cassette on ebay. It is from a company called Educational Audio Visual, illustrated by Harold Dexter Hoopes. I have no projector but it looks just like I remember it. I want to make a transfer and post it on YouTube or something. Any thoughts on how to make the transfer?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19010648.post-38365427546880076562008-10-02T12:31:00.000-07:002008-10-02T12:31:00.000-07:00I'm probably pretty late to the conversation, but ...I'm probably pretty late to the conversation, but I remember that filmstrip I last saw in 1974 like it was from 1990 ... which is to say I remember parts of it very vividly, but not every part of it. Most notable in my memory was a recurring (and chilling for a small kid) still of a skeleton face wrapped in a green cloak (over his head) with a violin under his neck. You could see his skull face (as opposed to a similar still from the link (no longer working but I searched to site linked to and found it)). And the art work was much better/more detailed than what is in the animations at the link. So good, in fact, that I would have thought the art work would have stood on its own and that the filmstrip cobbled it together for use with Danse Macabre. It really was quite well done for such a simple medium, and like others, I have spent much time searching for it, or the art work, online.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01768480205206534760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19010648.post-64546158749969128302008-10-01T16:17:00.000-07:002008-10-01T16:17:00.000-07:00i know this is a little late...But...Yes it is ada...i know this is a little late...But...Yes it is adapted from it. I previewed it and I would recognize those bags of bones any day. And yes, though Disneys was in black and white this was in color. I have been making it my mission to find this frakin thing ...this is close enough. Bummer its not the first edition. One day we might yet find it. Oh and Skeleton Dance is not set to Dance Macabre. But I still am asking myself if the last scene in Halloween is Grinch night is somewhat Dance Macabre. I think it is. Thank you guys for finding this and Happy Halloween!!Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983588272959296231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19010648.post-87875331130737877472007-10-31T22:03:00.000-07:002007-10-31T22:03:00.000-07:00Re that music appreciation DVD clip, it does seem ...Re that music appreciation DVD clip, it does seem likely that it's adapted from some set of still illustrations, such as possibly that filmstrip. I kind of thought what I rmembered was black and white, but a) they could have colorized it, and b) my memory could be tainted by the Silly Symphony. Thanks for the detectyive work, folks, and I hope you all had a great Halloween (2006, 2007, or whatever year you read this)!Karen Funk Blocherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860091802901743222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19010648.post-89917519254958581552007-10-31T21:42:00.000-07:002007-10-31T21:42:00.000-07:00I too remember seeing this Danse Macabre film stri...I too remember seeing this Danse Macabre film strip at a school, around about Halloween 1981.<BR/><BR/>There seems to be a "Second Edition" of an animated Danse Macabre available on DVD here:<BR/><BR/>http://www.clearvue.com/productDetail.asp?objectID=21442<BR/><BR/>(this page contains a partial preview viewable via Mediaplayer or Quicktime)<BR/><BR/>Any chance this "Second Edition" is adapted from the same filmstrip? The "animation" seems to be created from still images (unless this is an artifact of the preview). In my memory, the animation was "darker" different but I'm not sure I trust my memory!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19010648.post-59582704190822333122007-10-22T09:07:00.000-07:002007-10-22T09:07:00.000-07:00I too have seen the filmstrip for Danse Macabre! ...I too have seen the filmstrip for Danse Macabre! LOVED it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19010648.post-77694382818609659942007-10-17T18:26:00.000-07:002007-10-17T18:26:00.000-07:00Oh, cool! Thanks, "j"! Yes, it would be great to...Oh, cool! Thanks, "j"! Yes, it would be great to see that again after all these years. - K.Karen Funk Blocherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16860091802901743222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19010648.post-39047440924614216042007-10-17T08:10:00.000-07:002007-10-17T08:10:00.000-07:00I found info on that Danse Macabre filmstrip from ...I found info on that Danse Macabre filmstrip from when we were kids. It's a music appreciation series and came with one cassette tape and 2 filmstrips. It came from what is now known as Educational Record Center in Wilmington, NC and they say it's "no longer available in any format." Sure wish one of those teachers out there with access to it would put it on YouTube!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13955510111036283748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19010648.post-54201199375613518942007-10-07T23:59:00.000-07:002007-10-07T23:59:00.000-07:00i saw the cartoon you are talking about in school ...i saw the cartoon you are talking about in school , it might have been a film strip . <BR/><BR/>My music teacher used to play it.<BR/><BR/>if u find it post itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19010648.post-1161928609881870582006-10-26T22:56:00.000-07:002006-10-26T22:56:00.000-07:00Oh no you didn't! Stainless steel in that classic...Oh no you didn't! Stainless steel in that classic kitchen? Didn't that model come in white? ;-)<BR/><BR/>I have a folder full of Halloween MP3s that I play off the PC downstairs on the 31st. Got some great movie theme songs in the collection as well as some choice tidbits from the Spooky Sounds of Halloween record I remember from when I was a kid.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16689649366003513145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19010648.post-1161409110210407032006-10-20T22:38:00.000-07:002006-10-20T22:38:00.000-07:00Karen, other than to tell you "nice fridge!", I am...Karen, other than to tell you "nice fridge!", I am leaving a comment that has nothing to do with your post! I am writing to thank you for the DIVINE comment you left on my post about the Erectile Dysfunction drugs e-mail I received! THANKS for the awesome laugh you gave me, and, I'm sure, gave a lot of other people! :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19010648.post-1161358006319274042006-10-20T08:26:00.000-07:002006-10-20T08:26:00.000-07:00I love the skeleton dance and Fantasia ....Althoug...I love the skeleton dance and Fantasia ....<BR/><BR/>Although I hated the introductions in Fantasia 2000 ....<BR/><BR/>Glad you like the 12 hours of halloween mix .. great blog!No Filter: The Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02946052528543423775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19010648.post-1161346512663934502006-10-20T05:15:00.000-07:002006-10-20T05:15:00.000-07:00Gads, I hate to admit to remember seeing the Disne...Gads, I hate to admit to remember seeing the Disney Skeleton Dance cartoon!... so I won't!DesLilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02582481597658080464noreply@blogger.com