Randy Newman. Michael Giacchino. Thomas Newman. Patrick Doyle. Yes, they are all film composers. But they have more than that in common. They have all written scores for Pixar movies. Their work, and the films themselves, will be celebrated on Saturday night at Disney’s Pixar in Concert. The performance will take place at the Musco Center for the Arts at Chapman University.
No film would be the same without its scores. One could argue that animated films in particular are greatly enhanced by virtue of the music written for them. Pixar, whose films set a high standard for animation, always set a high stand for music. Celebrating these scores seems like a no-brainer idea that it is surprising a concert like this hasn’t happened before. (Perhaps it has, I just don’t recall one.)
Randy Newman’s films for Pixar include Toy Story (all four of them), A Bug’s Life, Monsters, Inc., Cars, Cars 3 and Monsters University
Giacchino’s films for Pixar include The Incredibles 2, Coco, Inside Out, Ratatouille, Cars 2 and Up.
Thomas Newman’s scores for Pixar films include Finding Nemo, WALL-E and Finding Dory.
Patrick Doyle scored Brave.
Performing this music will be a combination of the Chapman Orchestra and professional musicians.
Ticketholders (and Chapman University students with a valid ID) will be able to attend a pre-performance talk with Giacchino, filmmaker Mark Andrews (Brave) and Chapman’s Professor William Kroyer.
For tickets go here. (At press time there were less than 50 tickets still available.)
Art courtesy of MUSCO.