Indeed, the only reason the Brothers Grimm didn’t throw out ‘Sleeping Beauty’ from their catalogue of fairy tales for being too French was the tale’s suggestive affinities with the myth of Brynhild in the Völsunga saga, which was the inspiration for Wagner’s Ring Cycle among other things. (Brynhild was imprisoned in a remote castle behind a wall of shields and doomed to sleep there in a ring of flames until a man comes along, and rescues and marries her.) Minow, Nell. "Interview: Mary Costa of Disney's 'Sleeping Beauty' ". Beliefnet. Archived from the original on September 27, 2015 . Retrieved January 12, 2023. Barrier, Michael (2007). The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-5202-5619-4. After Eyvind Earle became the film's artistic director [127] the following year, [132] Disney returned to the idea of using Tchaikovsky's ballet score; [124] he felt that Lawrence and Fain's Broadway-type songs of would clash with Earle's stylized design. [49] Schumann unsuccessfully tried to create new arrangements for the songs which would give them a "Tchaikovsky sound", [127] but the original song score was unusable except for "Once Upon a Dream" (which was based on the ballet's "Garland Waltz" theme). [132] Schumann later left the project due to creative differences with Disney, and Ward Kimball recommended that George Bruns replace him. [133] Sleeping Beauty was Bruns' first collaboration with the Disney studio [124] and his first experience as a film composer. [127]

Finch, Christopher. " "Sleeping Beauty" and "101 Dalmatians" ". Walt Disney Family Museum. Archived from the original on October 28, 2008 . Retrieved February 4, 2023. Norman, Floyd (August 18, 2008). "Toon Tuesday: Here's to the real survivors". Jim Hill Media. Archived from the original on February 9, 2010 . Retrieved February 13, 2010. On October 7, 2008, a Platinum Edition of Sleeping Beauty was released as a two-disc DVD and on Blu-ray; it was the first installment in the Platinum line released in high-definition video. [171] This release was based on the 2007 restoration of the film from its original Technicolor negatives ( interpositives, several generations removed from the original negative, were used for other home-video releases) in its full-negative aspect ratio of 2.55:1, which is wider than both prints shown at the film's original Technirama engagements (2.20:1) and the CinemaScope-compatible reduction prints for general release at 2.35:1. [172] It included an online feature BD-Live, an new documentary Picture Perfect: The Making of Sleeping Beauty, a virtual recreation of Sleeping Beauty Castle Walkthrough at Disneyland, an alternate opening of the film, four deleted songs, and bonus features from the previous DVD release. [173] The set returned to the Disney Vault on January 30, 2010. [174] Cameron, Kate (February 18, 1959). "Walt Disney's Latest A Four Star 'Beauty' ". The New York Daily News. p.C15 . Retrieved February 22, 2020– via Newspapers.com. Lawrence, Fain to Score "Beauty" ". Billboard. April 19, 1952. p.17. Archived from the original on April 23, 2023 . Retrieved October 27, 2015– via Google Books.Taylor Holmes as King Stefan, [18] Aurora's regal, soft-spoken father and Queen Leah's husband. [19] Deleted Songs: Go to Sleep (Bonus feature). Sleeping Beauty Platinum Edition: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. 2008. Archived from the original on June 4, 2023 – via YouTube. Gonzalez, Ed (September 3, 2003). "Review: Sleeping Beauty". Slant Magazine. Archived from the original on November 29, 2022 . Retrieved August 4, 2023.

In terms of styling the first look was in every essence soft, pretty and feminine playing with pale pink and peach tones. Romantically luxurious lace appliqué gowns mirrored the amazing floral installation. Key early story work was done by Ted Sears, Winston Hibler, and Bill Peet, who were joined by other story artists as production continued. [29] They decided to discard the second half of the Perrault's story, which describes a sleeping beauty married to a strange prince, and focus on its first half; [30] this ensured the development of a more convincing relationship between the characters. [29] The earliest known story outline was written by April 1951, featuring a climactic wake-up kiss and the encounter between prince and princess before she succumbs to the curse. It also included the names of the fairies, who had been reduced from eight to four, and their corresponding magical abilities: Tranquility, the Fairy of Dreams; Fernadell, the Fairy of the Forest; Merryweather, the Fairy of the Elements; and Maleficent, the Fairy of Darkness. [31] The story artists significantly expanded the fairies' roles, turning the good fairies into comical companions and guardians of the princess [32] and the evil fairy into a more powerful villain. [33] The lower part of the magnificent staircase at Aynhoe Park reflected the soft tones and was filled with flowers and foliage in colours of peaches, dusky pinks and teal. The Peter Tchaikovsky Story (Bonus feature). Sleeping Beauty Platinum Edition: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment. 2008. Sampson, Wade (August 19, 2009). "Frank and the Fairies". MousePlanet . Retrieved January 25, 2023.

Fortunately, the man that Princess Aurora met in the forest ended up being… wait for it… the very prince she was betrothed to. After defeating the evil Maleficent, Prince Phillip woke her from her eternal slumber with a kiss. The kingdom was ecstatic, and the couple danced the night away at the ball. While they danced, the two fairies, Merryweather and Flora, continued to argue over the dress color and sent flashes of magic at the dress: it changed from blue to pink to blue to pink, and never stayed just one color.