''The Incredibles'' is the

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album to the 2004

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film of the same name composed by

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. ''The Incredibles'' is the first Pixar film to be scored by Giacchino. Director

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was looking for a specific sound as inspired by the film's design — the future as seen from the 1960s. John Barry was the first choice to do the film's score with a trailer of the film given a rerecording of Barry's theme to '' On Her Majesty's Secret Service''. However, Barry did not wish to duplicate the sound of some of his earlier soundtracks; the assignment was instead given to Giacchino. The soundtrack was released on November 2, 2004 by

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, three days before the film opened in theaters. It won numerous awards for Best Score and was nominated for the

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. Music used for the film's trailers but not available on the soundtrack album includes "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" from the

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album ''

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'' as well as excerpts from the

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project '' Shaken and Stirred: The David Arnold James Bond Project''. The

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'', which accompanied the film's DVD release, also features the "Alla Turca" movement from

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's '' Piano Sonata No. 11'', 4th movement of '' Eine kleine Nachtmusik'' and '' Dies irae'' from Requiem.

Recording

Giacchino noted that recording in the 1960s was largely different than modern day recording and

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, the recording engineer, said that Bird wanted an old feel and as such the score was recorded on analogue tapes. Wallin noted that

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which are at the forefront of the score of ''The Incredibles'', sound better on analog

Awards

The film's orchestral score was released on November 2, 2004, three days before the film opened in theaters. It won numerous awards for best score including

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, BMI Film & TV Award,

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Film and Television Music Award,

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, Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award and

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and was nominated for

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and

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Track listing

References

External links

Maltin on Movies: Michael Giacchino
podcast including an extensive discussion of the collaboration {{DEFAULTSORT:Incredibles, The (Soundtrack) 2004 soundtrack albums 2000s film soundtrack albums

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