Deron Generally
Deron GenerallyAnimation legend Andreas Deja makes his directorial debut with the short film Mushka. Deja is a master of animation who worked for Disney as supervising animator on characters like Gaston from Beauty and the Beast, Jafar from Aladdin, Hercules, Scar from The Lion King and many more.
Told in exquisite and stylish hand-drawn animation by director/animator Andreas Deja, one of the
modern masters of the art form and a Disney’ Legend,’ Mushka is the emotional and exciting story
of a young girl named Sarah and her unlikely friendship with a tiger cub. Over time, Sarah and Mushka bond and become inseparable friends, but the cub quickly grows into an adult tiger who still possesses natural animal instincts. When some of the greedy miners realize the value of a grown tiger skin, they conspire to win Mushka in a rigged card game from Sarah’s inebriated father.
Mushka features an original score (recorded in Vienna with a 60-piece orchestra) by composer Fabrizio Mancinelli, and a new original song by the legendary Academy Award®-winning songwriter Richard M. Sherman (“Mary Poppins,” “The Jungle Book,” among many others).
Andreas and his team have just released a brand-new music video celebrating the beautiful and evocative song ‘Mushka’s Lullaby,’ One of the final compositions by legendary Disney songwriter, Richard M. Sherman (Academy Award®-winner for “Mary Poppins”), sung by versatile vocalist Holly Sedillos, it’s part of the film’s poignant orchestral score recorded with a 60-piece orchestra.
