So, I think I understand the copyright/public domain situation with Ode to Joy:

the sheet music is public domain, and I think the words are too. But I need to be careful about which recording I use!

thankfully, the Newgrounds audio resource links helped me find a few recordings that are in the public domain!

the version I currently have in my video was from a YouTube video, (I screen recorded the video and separated the audio in iMovie) and while the description on the original YouTube vid seems to imply it is in the public domain, I still want to be extra safe. So I’ll swap out the current version of Ode to Joy with one from the public domain website! (Musopen)

However, I’m still gonna do my best to get all my ducks in a row before I officially share my animation!

Anyway, That’s all!