This week on Film Score Friday, we listen to the score from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Michael Giacchino wrote the score for this latest entrant to the Star Wars saga. Giacchino had the difficult job of following the iconic scores John Williams created for this franchise. He rises to the occasion here with some great work. Giacchino captures just the right feel and integrates many of the themes we all know so well. It's not just rescoring of the Williams work, though. He manages to make much of the score his own. Enjoy!
Film Score Friday: Zootopia
This week on Film Score Friday, we listen to the score from Zootopia. Michael Giacchino wrote the score for this Disney animated film. Given the buddy cop theme of the film, Giacchino does some great callbacks to the genre like 1970s cop dramas.
Although the brass section has limited opportunities early on, the latter half of the score makes up for it. The first half is different in many respects from the composer's previous works. He returns to his usual approach when the second act comes around. This welcomed especially with the soaring Horn parts. The more action oriented parts will remind you of his work for Star Trek.
Have you seen Zootopia? What did you think of the score? Leave a comment and let us know.
Scoring Sessions has some great pictures from the recording session you should check out.
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Film Score Friday: The Incredibles
This week on Film Score Friday we listen to the score from The Incredibles. This Michael Giacchino score was his first collaboration with Pixar. Before we dig into this score, we have to share something sad. The great Michael Kamen was originally set to score this film. He passed away around the time of production. Although we would have loved one more Kamen score, Giacchino made a masterpiece with this one.
The film takes cues from 1960s films like James Bond. The score takes this same approach of feel with bright brass and jazz elements. In the same way Goldfinger alternates between straight and swing at times, The Incredibles moves effortlessly between both motifs. The score emulates all the best parts of a James Bond score while still creating something new.
“Brad wanted that analog sound...that sixties kind of a sound. Brass definitely does sound better on tape than it does on digital. ”
The score is think in a good way with 8 Horns and 2 Tubas plus the usual players. Rick Baptist plays lead Trumpet on this score and wails. He talked in later interviews about how much fun this score was and it comes through in his playing.
Is The Incredibles your favorite Pixar score? Let us know in the comments.
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