Pixar and digital animation

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Genre

Pixar and digital animation · Toy Story (1995) was the first feature-length film animated entirely by computer. For it, Pixar deliberately chose music with a human, warm sound. Randy Newman wrote songs and a score with American roots: honky-tonk piano, swing and a touch of Copland. Later the studio worked with more composers. In Finding Nemo (2003) and WALL-E (2008), Thomas Newman used unusual instruments and small tone colours. For The Incredibles (2004), Michael Giacchino wrote a big band score that recalls spy films of the 1960s. For Up (2009) he won an Oscar, with a simple waltz that tells an entire marriage in the opening montage. At Pixar, music often carries the emotion that the images show without words.

Listening

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  You've Got a Friend in Me · Randy Newman, 1995
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  Define Dancing · Thomas Newman, 2008
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  Married Life · Michael Giacchino, 2009

In School of Rock

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• Film Music Map^NL Map

See also

• Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
• John Powell
• Patrick Doyle
• Harry Gregson-Williams
• Christophe Beck
• Disney Renaissance