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Barbie rapunzel doll8/18/2023 Edvard Grieg’s In the Hall of the Mountain King, dripping with tension and no small measure of mischief, plays as Barbie confronts the villain in a final showdown. Haydn’s Surprise Symphony also makes an appearance, as well as Sergei Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony. It’s a story that really shouldn’t be marketed towards children, but any concerns about questionable plot points tends to ease away while watching Barbie ice skate flawlessly to Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony. Collectible 'Barbie as Rapunzel', 1994 Childrens Collector Series First Edition. In 2005, Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus loosely rips its plot, but not its music, from Béla Bartók's creepy opera, Bluebeard’s Castle. BARBIE As Rapunzel From MATTEL’s 1994 Childrens Collector Series. Barbie of Swan Lake (2003) sees a return to Tchaikovsky’s ballets, although no swans were harmed in the making of this movie, and Odette and her Prince do get to live happily ever after. Over the course of my formative girlhood years, Mattel released seven Barbie movies featuring classical music in their scores. In anticipation of Greta Gerwig's Barbie, releasing July 21, I've been thinking a lot about the impact the original movies had on my youth.
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