I asked the Oskar Fischinger Trust to explain why his animated film, Radio Dynamics, was exempt from licensing for musical use. Here is the response I received:

‘Please watch the film again, and look at Fischinger’s titles:  “Please! No Music!”
Your request seems to indicate a basic misunderstanding of this film and his intent; we will not grant an exception.  No music is allowed with this film.  Please also review again William Moritz’s text about the film, in Optical Poetry.
Please respect the filmmaker’s work and intent.  Some films are intentionally silent and must be viewed ONLY that way. ‘

The Trust makes a good point. Respect the intent of the filmmaker’s intent. I wonder, however, if his intent was based on the limitations of music technology in 1942. This was 2 years after the release of Fantasia and I don’t doubt that experience (Fischinger contributed the animated abstractions to the Bach ‘Toccata and Fugue in D Minor’ section of the Disney film) might have given him pause about allowing his visual imagination to be constrained by commercial standards of film scoring. If he had been able to see the degree of sonic experimentation and post-production synchronization, he may not have been so inclined to forbid music.

I am posting the music with the title ‘Radio Dynamics’, which I do not believe is covered by the same licensing restrictions. With thanks to Herr Fischinger for giving my musical imagination something to connect to.

An example of the animation below the music: