Back in April there were a select few of us who were lucky enough to travel all the way to Pixar Animation Studios, tucked away outside of San Francisco. The minute all of us newcomers walked inside our cartoon-loving hearts instantly melted over all of the wonderful drawings, models and other great Pixar-related stuff that were plastered on the walls in the main building. Quickly we shuffled around the confides of this vibrant facility as we talked with many people who all had one thing in common: they all had a hand in creating "Cars 2."
One of the first people that we were able to chat with to was composer Michael Giacchino. If you don't recognize the name, then maybe you know one of the many scores that he's composed between "The Incredibles," "Mission: Impossible III," J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" and his Oscar-winning pieces on Disney/Pixar's "Up" among many others.
Earlier in the morning, prior to meeting Giacchino, we were shown the opening scene for "Cars 2." When we shuffled in to begin the roundtable with Giacchino afterwards, he told us that the music in the background was only a temporary track, that the main one was still being worked on. He quickly made it up to us by replaying the opening scene, this time with the score that said was "British surf-rock." Although the particular guitar (a telecaster guitar) reminded a couple of people of the "James Bond" theme, it was only because that particular instrument was used so much in the sixties that it more or less became a staple of the decade.
Shortly after his presentation he opened the roundtable up to questions. Below he was able to go a bit more into detail on his particular choice of style for the animated feature and thoughts on the current state of action scores.
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