Loosely rooted in classical jazz, the experimental soundtrack work of Croatian composer Tomislav Simović was an integral part of Zagreb’s innovative midcentury animation. Heavily inspired by the stylized, anti-Disney conceptual and visual sentiment of modernist American studio UPA, the “Zagreb School” was nothing short of a creative powerhouse. Sourced from their original reel-to-reel master tapes, these lively eighteen snapshots brought to life such animated films that otherwise featured no dialogue or spoken dialogue.