Next Friday, Filmusik presents a live soundtrack performance that celebrates music and Oregon film.  Presented in collaboration with Will Vinton, The Little Prince reunites the cast of the 1979 film who perform their voice overs live in the theatre for the acclaimed claymation short.

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The Little Prince is both a charming and lyrical work of  animation and a piece of Oregon film history.  Made in 1979 by Will Vinton Studios, claymation innovator and creator of the California Raisins.  Filmusik brings together the original artists including the voice of the Little Prince, Michele Mariana for a live performance that celebrates Portland film.  With a live original score performed live in the theatre by Filmusik’s own chamber ensemble and live sound effects and Foley by sound artists David Ian and Dino De Aelfweald, These claymation stories are on the big screen again in a new way, brought to life by many of the same artists who created them in the 1970′s.

Vinton Studios were the pioneers of claymation and operated out of a humble two-story house in NW Portland.  The Little Prince and Rip Van Winkle were among the earlier works of a studio that would go on to create the California Raisins, The Adventures of Mark Twain and the academy award winning Closed Mondays.

The performances feature
Michele Mariana – The Little Prince
Bob Griggs – The King/Mr. Vanderdonk
Todd Oleson – The Snake
Russ Fast – The Geographer
John Morrison – The Businessman
Tim Conner – The Conceited Man/Rip Van Winkle
Susan Shadburne – The Rose
Tobias Andersen – The Pilot

After Sunday’s performance, Filmusik hosts a Q&A with Will Vinton, the performers and animators including the entire animation team from the 1979 film.  Barry Bruce, Don Merkt and Jon C. Gratz

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The Little Prince This is the beautiful, simple story of a pilot who crash lands in a desert and meets an unusual little fellow, the Little Prince, who tells the tale of his own journey, trying to understand what love and friendship are. Using claymation and special effects techniques, this imaginative film received an Academy Award Nomination.

Rip Van Winkle Nominated for an Academy Award, this claymation classic is an imaginative retelling of Washington Irving’s famous legend. Rip is a man who doesn’t belong in his time. Set during the beginning of America, this tale illustrates the great changes in the world after Rip goes to the Catskill Mountains and falls asleep for 20 years. Rip dreams that there IS a place for him and when he wakes he discovers a new purpose.