The Mozart Band
The Mozart Band (original Spanish title, La banda de Mozart) is a 1995 animated television series produced by BRB Internacional, Televisión Española and Marathon Animation studios with animation production by Wang Film Productions and Shanghai Morning Sun Animation. It centered on the happenings of four boys, each named or nicknamed after a famous classical music composer, as they lived a modern adventure in each episode more or less equivalent of the moment in the real composer's life that motivated him to write one of his works.
| The Mozart Band | |
|---|---|
| Spanish | La banda de Mozart |
| Created by | Claudio Biern Boyd |
| Country of origin | Spain France Italy |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | BRB Internacional Televisión Española Marathon Animation |
| Distributor | BRB Internacional |
| Release | |
| Original network | TVE2 |
| Original release | 1995 |
| External links | |
| Production website | |
Characters
They were
- Mozart, the leader of the band, coiner of the interjection "Shumblah!", and the only one to wear a pony tail due to the length of his red hair. (The character is named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
- Beethoven, the fattest boy of the lot who always has a drumstick either behind his ear (held like a pencil) or sticking out of his pocket. He has long black hair. (The character is named after Ludwig van Beethoven)
- Chopin, the keyboard player for the band, can be recognized by a strand of his brown hair that would always get into his face, but never bothered him. (The character is named after Frédéric Chopin)
- Verdi, of Italian descent who lived with his family above a restaurant they own. (The restaurant is called "La Traviata" after the opera of the same name.) His hair appears to be black shaped into points that stick out using styling gel. (The character is named after Giuseppe Verdi)
The band had a small dog named Compás (the Spanish term for keeping in tempo) and three girls that admired them. Their mustached, old-aged music teacher, Professor Solfa (the name obviously made by joining the notes "sol" and "fa" of the solfege scale) also made prominent appearances.
Blackie, the antagonist, was the son of the president of Col Records (Col being the Spanish for Cabbage, and thereby the logo of the company). His hair style resembled an eighth note on its side.
Cast
| Character | Actors |
|---|---|
| Mozart | Graciela Molina |
| Beethoven | Juana Molina |
| Chopin | Aurora García |
| Verdi | Vicky Martínez |
| Pr. Solfa y voces adiccionales | Antonio Crespo |
| Sr. Col | Toni Sevilla |
| Blackie | Albert Trifol |
| Carl y voces adiccionales | Enric Cusí |
| Oscar Limoski y voces adiccionales | Xavier Martín |