Michael Giacchino Married Life Essay

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Michael Giacchino composed the music for the scene “Married Life”. Michael was able to relay the emotions and the moods that Carl and Ellie felt through the melody and tone. The scene “Married Life” shows the emotional insight Carl, and Ellie. The first scene captures Carl and Ellie getting married to the purchase of their first home, following the remodeling of their home, to hearing the news of Ellie miscarrying following by learning that they won’t be able to have any children. It goes on to show the failing health of Ellie to Carl losing Ellie and the grief that Carl felt.
The instrumentation used throughout “Married Life” Giacchino to capture emotional visuals for the viewers. In the beginning scene Michael seems to be what is known as a simple four note for the melody and the use of a solo muted horn, he also used a piano and string instruments for support. He then did a shift in his instrumentation when Carl and Ellie received the news of Ellie, having a miscarriage and finding out that they were unable to have children, which is where a solo piano would display the sadness that Carl and Ellie felt.
Michael then went back to using the simple four note melody with
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With a light, upbeat theme he was able to capture the love that Carl and Ellie has for one another and the optimism they had. The music that he wrote displayed a 1930s waltz by using a ¾ time. Giacchino did a great job at capturing the way Carl and Ellie felt and was able to relay the musical elements throughout “Married Life” scene which create a feeling of upbeat optimism that the audience were able to also feel the what the couple were going

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