Throughout the golden age of the Walt Disney studio and afterward, to the end of Walt's life the company was in a constant state of flux, never standing still for very long. Like Walt himself, the studio was forever seeking new goals, new opportunities, fresh modes of expression. Its films reflected this restless turn of mind: between the 1930s and the 1950s, the world of the Disney animated film was an enormously varied universe, encompassing a range of stories, ideas, and pictorial exploration. The musical component of the films was likewise varied, keeping pace with the visuals with a wide array of melodic styles and influences from "Minnie's Yoo Hoo" to "When You Wish upon a Star,' a from "Turkey in the Straw" to Beethoven.
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