"Night on Bald Mountain", also known as "Night on the Bare Mountain" and under its working title of "Glorification of Chernobog", is an instrumental musical composition written by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky in 1867 as a "musical picture" centered around the theme of a witches' sabbath occurring on St. John's Eve and the dark Slavic deity Chernobog. The composition was never performed during Mussorgsky's lifetime, but was later refined and performed by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov.
In 1940, the composition was used as the theme for the segment of the same name from Disney's animated film Fantasia, featuring an arrangement by Leopold Stokowski, which featured the demonic Chernabog summoning demons on Walpurgis Night.
The arrangement was featured on the albums Fantasia and Walt Disney Records The Legacy Collection: Fantasia.
A portion of the arrangement can be heard in the Mickey Mouse episode "Touchdown and Out", where Chernabog, along with Pete and the Beagle Boys, challenge Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy to a game of football.
The arrangement is used in the first Kingdom Hearts video game (as well as its remaster) and Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (as well as its remaster) as the boss battle theme for Chernabog.
The arrangement is set to appear in Disney's upcoming live-action film Night on Bald Mountain, which will be a remake of the segment from Fantasia.
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Jansug Kakhidze and the Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra