Night on Bald Mountain
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"Night on Bald Mountain" is a dramatic animated sequence from Disney's Fantasia, set to Mussorgsky's music and depicting a demonic revelry atop a mountain.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Night on Bald Mountain canonical | 3 |
| Night on Bald Mountain (tone poem) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2632311 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Night on Bald Mountain Context triple: [Fantasia, hasSegment, Night on Bald Mountain]
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A.
In the Still of the Night
"In the Still of the Night" is a popular 1937 American standard written by Cole Porter for the film "Rosalie," later widely recorded by leading vocalists and big bands.
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B.
Moonlight Motel
Moonlight Motel is a song by Bruce Springsteen featured on his album "Western Stars."
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C.
Ghost Train
Ghost Train is a classic dark ride attraction featuring spooky scenes and special effects, located at the Blackpool Pleasure Beach amusement park in England.
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D.
Head for the Hills
Head for the Hills is a family-friendly music and arts festival held annually in Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester, featuring a diverse lineup of live performances and community activities.
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E.
Something in the Night
"Something in the Night" is a brooding, emotionally charged song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1978 album *Darkness on the Edge of Town*, known for its haunting atmosphere and themes of loss and desperation.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Night on Bald Mountain Target entity description: "Night on Bald Mountain" is a dramatic animated sequence from Disney's Fantasia, set to Mussorgsky's music and depicting a demonic revelry atop a mountain.
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A.
In the Still of the Night
"In the Still of the Night" is a popular 1937 American standard written by Cole Porter for the film "Rosalie," later widely recorded by leading vocalists and big bands.
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B.
Moonlight Motel
Moonlight Motel is a song by Bruce Springsteen featured on his album "Western Stars."
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C.
Ghost Train
Ghost Train is a classic dark ride attraction featuring spooky scenes and special effects, located at the Blackpool Pleasure Beach amusement park in England.
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D.
Head for the Hills
Head for the Hills is a family-friendly music and arts festival held annually in Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester, featuring a diverse lineup of live performances and community activities.
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E.
Something in the Night
"Something in the Night" is a brooding, emotionally charged song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1978 album *Darkness on the Edge of Town*, known for its haunting atmosphere and themes of loss and desperation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Fantasia segment
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animated film segment ⓘ short animated film ⓘ |
| ageRatingContext | considered one of the scariest sequences in Disney animation ⓘ |
| animationType | traditional hand-drawn animation ⓘ |
| artDirector | Kay Nielsen ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Night on Bald Mountain
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Night on Bald Mountain (tone poem)
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| composerOfSourceMusic | Modest Mussorgsky ⓘ |
| conductor | Leopold Stokowski ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director | Wilfred Jackson ⓘ |
| distributor | RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
Fantasia home video releases
ⓘ
Fantasia theatrical releases ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Chernabog
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demons ⓘ ghosts ⓘ harpies ⓘ skeletons ⓘ witches ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceIn |
Fantasia
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surface form:
Fantasia (1940 film)
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| genre |
dark fantasy
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horror ⓘ musical ⓘ |
| hasHomeMediaFormat |
Blu-ray
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DVD ⓘ VHS ⓘ |
| influenced | later depictions of demons in animation ⓘ |
| layoutArtist | Ken Anderson ⓘ |
| musicAdaptationBy | Leopold Stokowski ⓘ |
| narrativeStructure | nighttime demonic sabbath followed by dawn and spiritual procession ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex effects animation
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integration of classical music and animation ⓘ intense and frightening imagery ⓘ |
| orchestratorOfSourceMusic | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pairedWith |
Ave Maria
ⓘ
surface form:
Ave Maria (Fantasia segment)
|
| partOf | Fantasia ⓘ |
| performedBy | Philadelphia Orchestra ⓘ |
| producer | Walt Disney ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Walt Disney Productions ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| sequenceDirector | Wilfred Jackson ⓘ |
| setting |
Bald Mountain
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a village at the foot of the mountain ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general audience ⓘ |
| theme |
demonic revelry
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good versus evil ⓘ the triumph of light over darkness ⓘ |
| title | Night on Bald Mountain self-link ⓘ |
| visualStyle | expressionistic ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Night on Bald Mountain Description of subject: "Night on Bald Mountain" is a dramatic animated sequence from Disney's Fantasia, set to Mussorgsky's music and depicting a demonic revelry atop a mountain.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Night on Bald Mountain (tone poem)