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We learn about the music from the classic shorts, and how it was arranged for the upcoming LACO concert, in this exclusive interview. On Saturday, June 4, 2016 at 7 pm, the historic Orpheum Theatre movie palace in downtown Los Angeles will host the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO), who will be showcasing the interplay of music and film with LACO @ the Movies: An Evening of Disney Silly Symphonies, a program of dazzling and delightful Academy Award®-winning animation created by Walt Disney Studios between 1929 and 1939, with orchestral scores performed live by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, led by six-time Emmy® award-winning composer Mark Watters. From symphonic to jazz, and featuring the Orpheum’s 1927 Wurlitzer, one of only three remaining original theatre organ installations in theatres in Southern California, the music by such luminaries as Leigh Harline and Carl Stalling will be arranged for live orchestra by Watters and Alex Rannie. We are so delighted to have Mark Watters tell us about this intriguing project. The composer and music director of so many Disney scores, including the Aladdin, Little Mermaid and Goof Troop TV series, Aladdin And The King of Thieves, and Kronk’s New Groove, Mark is a six-time Emmy Award-winning composer and conductor whose diverse career spans 400 television episodes, feature films, DVDs and video games. He has served several terms as Music Governor on the Television Academy’s Board of Governors, and is in his third year as Co-Chair of the Academy’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards Committee. He holds the distinction of serving as music director for two Olympics: the 1996 Centennial Games in Atlanta, and the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. [...]