Steamboat Willie has been known for it being the first animation to have sound. Sound is mostly important in this short film because the characters play music in relationship to their actions for the significant part of this film. As Mickey the protagonist starts to play with his surroundings in the ship, he uses anything he can to make rhythmic sound to create the music. The instruments include not just the objects he finds but the animals boarded on the ship as well. Each of them makes a different sound meaning they all had a role here. Besides the music there is background sound for the other actions done by characters, the ship and the sound effects. Also, there was a bit of music playing already since the beginning of the film in the background to built up the picture of a comedic show.
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