Eisner kept close tabs on the film’s progress, and after a trip to his son Eric’s high school graduation, insisted that Edward Elgar’s “Pomp and Circumstance” be one of the compositions featured in a segment. “Everyone can relate to ‘Pomp and Circumstance,’ ” he said at a meeting with Roy and the animators, noting that he’d just heard it at his son’s graduation. Roy said nothing, but everyone could tell from the strained look on his face that he didn’t like the idea. Eisner proceeded to outline a plot for the segment: all the classic Disney heroes and heroines—Cinderella and Prince Charming,
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