Samantha Flores
MUS 007
Final Paper
August 25, 2014
The movie I chose to watch is UP directed by Pete Docter and with music composed by Michael Giacchino. UP is based on an elderly man trying to fulfill his and his late wife’s dream but stumbles upon an unlikely young companion along with animal friends throughout his journey. Throughout the film, the music score can either be taken as conventional or cliché. Depending on which scene score is looked at, the audience will be able to decide whether the music is conventional or cliché because there are some parts where the score is over the top. The two scenes I chose to analyze have the same theme melody within the score. The first scene I analyzed is a four minute montage of the main …show more content…
Giacchino most likely chose to repeat the melody and keep the same instrumentation as the opening to the montage to relate back to Carl and Ellie “starting their new lives” together as they move forward from the previous incident. The following clips show the couple growing old together keeping the same melody but using a violin and an oboe or flute as the solo instrument. The audience then gets a chance to see that this is in triple meter because the couple is seen dancing along with the music score even when the music is non-diegetic because their movements match the beat. Carl is then seen looking at a picture of a young Ellie as the music’s tempo slows and softens telling the audience Carl is reminiscing about their dream together. The music fades and softens while Carl remembers their plan for their future hinting to the audience he will make a grand romantic …show more content…
Giacchino used a thick orchestration in the opening part with the balloons to play through the action. Giacchino used a vast amount of percussion and strings as the balloons were released to indicate a grand gesture of how many balloons this old man was able to construct within a short amount of time. Throughout the film the leitmotif of the waltz melody is played anytime Ellie is brought up or the house is thought of in a greater sense. The leitmotif also relates to the romance Ellie and Carl share, but also Carl’s emotion of loneliness. For the most part, the score was conventional. There were no over the top orchestrations that the composer used. Giacchino kept the score subtle and light. Giacchino uses certain types of orchestration to demonstrate the emotion the audience should feel. Giacchino uses strings to associate the romance of Carl and Ellie, woodwinds for a dreamy sort of feel, or the use of low woodwinds or brass to create a sad
MUS 007
Final Paper
August 25, 2014
The movie I chose to watch is UP directed by Pete Docter and with music composed by Michael Giacchino. UP is based on an elderly man trying to fulfill his and his late wife’s dream but stumbles upon an unlikely young companion along with animal friends throughout his journey. Throughout the film, the music score can either be taken as conventional or cliché. Depending on which scene score is looked at, the audience will be able to decide whether the music is conventional or cliché because there are some parts where the score is over the top. The two scenes I chose to analyze have the same theme melody within the score. The first scene I analyzed is a four minute montage of the main …show more content…
Giacchino most likely chose to repeat the melody and keep the same instrumentation as the opening to the montage to relate back to Carl and Ellie “starting their new lives” together as they move forward from the previous incident. The following clips show the couple growing old together keeping the same melody but using a violin and an oboe or flute as the solo instrument. The audience then gets a chance to see that this is in triple meter because the couple is seen dancing along with the music score even when the music is non-diegetic because their movements match the beat. Carl is then seen looking at a picture of a young Ellie as the music’s tempo slows and softens telling the audience Carl is reminiscing about their dream together. The music fades and softens while Carl remembers their plan for their future hinting to the audience he will make a grand romantic …show more content…
Giacchino used a thick orchestration in the opening part with the balloons to play through the action. Giacchino used a vast amount of percussion and strings as the balloons were released to indicate a grand gesture of how many balloons this old man was able to construct within a short amount of time. Throughout the film the leitmotif of the waltz melody is played anytime Ellie is brought up or the house is thought of in a greater sense. The leitmotif also relates to the romance Ellie and Carl share, but also Carl’s emotion of loneliness. For the most part, the score was conventional. There were no over the top orchestrations that the composer used. Giacchino kept the score subtle and light. Giacchino uses certain types of orchestration to demonstrate the emotion the audience should feel. Giacchino uses strings to associate the romance of Carl and Ellie, woodwinds for a dreamy sort of feel, or the use of low woodwinds or brass to create a sad