Get a Peek Into Michael Giacchino's Scoring Process for Pixar's 'Coco' - Courtesy of Director, Lee Unkrich

Seven years ago in 2010, a journalist from Variety spoke with Incredibles director, Brad Bird regarding a film's score and the impact it has on a film. While working on Mission: Impossible IV and partnering alongside composer, Michael Giacchino, Bird stressed, “If the music isn’t right, it can really ruin all of the other work that’s been done. If it’s great, it takes it and multiplies it by five.”

These words certainly resonate across all departments, but the score for a film puts the final touches on a project in a way that really pushes audiences emotions further than the story or visual could alone. The score builds suspense when our hero is in danger, propels us to tears during a warm embrace, or maybe even stays muted with subtle instrumentation during dialogue.

Giacchino during day two of scoring - via Lee Unkrich

In Pixar's next film Coco, Director Lee Unkrich has teamed up with composer Michael Giacchino and conductor Tim Simonec to bring their special touches to Coco. Of course, with this film honoring the Dia de los Muertos holiday and focusing so closely on music, it is only fitting that the film combines Giacchino's score along with some authentic (and regionally significant) recordings from Mexican musicians as well (read additional details in our previous post).

Working with Pixar may be comfortable for Giacchino as the score for Coco is his eleventh project for the studio (with his twelfth project will be Incredibles 2 in 2018). Lee is definitely expressing his love for the orchestration already, noting on Twitter, "Hearing the first Pixar Coco music played with the full orchestra. Beautiful."

If you're not following along with Lee Unkrich on Twitter, be sure to do so as he's been sharing some wonderful looks at the team behind the score. We have shared some of our favorite tweets over the last three days of scoring — view all of Lee's updates on Twitter.

Exciting day today... #PixarCoco@m_giacchinopic.twitter.com/OY4tmZGNrV

— Lee Unkrich (@leeunkrich) August 14, 2017

Day one of #PixarCoco scoring with @m_giacchino starts NOW! pic.twitter.com/xyiOuXYPvR

— Lee Unkrich (@leeunkrich) August 14, 2017

.@m_giacchino getting into the spirit of things. #PixarCocopic.twitter.com/gLRvWmLjNO

— Lee Unkrich (@leeunkrich) August 14, 2017

Day one of scoring on #PixarCoco is a wrap! Some really cool indigenous Mexican instrumentation. pic.twitter.com/maphsn9TAK

— Lee Unkrich (@leeunkrich) August 14, 2017

Warming up for day two of #PixarCoco scoring! pic.twitter.com/tSPFvKiooJ

— Lee Unkrich (@leeunkrich) August 15, 2017

Crate full of mallets used by one of our incredible percussionists. #PixarCocopic.twitter.com/EWdF075jxq

— Lee Unkrich (@leeunkrich) August 15, 2017

Day 3 of #PixarCoco scoring has begun! pic.twitter.com/u0qKHXLzLz

— Lee Unkrich (@leeunkrich) August 16, 2017

Day Four of scoring for #PixarCoco has begun! @m_giacchino’s music is FANTASTIC! pic.twitter.com/ZrEH4ORxaA

— Lee Unkrich (@leeunkrich) August 17, 2017

GIACCHINO'S PIXAR RESUME

• The Incredibles
• One Man Band
• Lifted
• Ratatouille
• Up
• La Luna
• Cars 2
• Toy Story of TERROR!
• Toy Story That Time Forgot
• Inside Out
• Coco
• Incredibles 2

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- 'Coco' News: Film to be Released Weeks Earlier in Mexico (Oct 27), Animated Wrinkles & More

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