Favorite Track in the Incredibles Score

SPACEHERO55 · August 17, 2007, 4:45am

Hey sorry I’ve been away for so long, but Im back now.

I thought I would chime in on this discussion as I love the score. I love the Main Incredibles theme. “The Glory Days” is great. I also love “Adventure Calling” and “Bob Vs. The Omnidroid” , " 100 Mile Dash" Is just awsome and I love the amazing climactic " Saving Metroville"

I tend to like the action cues mostly.

The_Star_Swordsman · August 17, 2007, 7:54am

Hey SPACEHERO! Welcome back! And yes, the action music songs in the soundtrack tend to get you! After all, it is a action movie.

Sky · August 17, 2007, 9:30am

Glad to hear that other people enjoy The Incredibles soundtrack, as well. The action cues are cool, but I enjoy the parts of the score that start quite then build up, like Kronos Unveiled, Marital Rescue, and Missile Lock. Does anyone else?

The_Star_Swordsman · August 17, 2007, 5:04pm

Are you kidding? I love those too! No matter if I am listening to it on my Ipod, or listening to it while the movie is playing, I always get this adrenaline ready-rush everytime the intensity builds up in the music.

JV_IS_TIZ_PIXAR · August 17, 2007, 5:05pm

My favorite track is The Incredits!

Sky · August 18, 2007, 12:33am

TSS - yeah, me too! The build up of those three songs during the movie are awesome. Even though they sort of cut one of them in half (I forget which one), it still sounds great.

JV - Good choice. I used to love that track.

The_Star_Swordsman · August 18, 2007, 12:37am

I am not really sure what you mean by cut in half, but there is a track in the soundtrack where it starts off the song with Bob in Huph’s office, moments away from him being fired. After that, it cuts right to the mudic where Bob and Lucius are saving people from a burning building.

Sky · August 18, 2007, 12:40am

I think in the movie a song is cut in half, but on the soundtrack it isn’t. I think I’m referring to either Kronos Unveiled or Marital Rescue.

totoro · August 18, 2007, 10:15am

Absolutely. Especially “Marital Rescue” rocks so much!
Another favourite of mine is “Life’s Incredible Again”.

The_Star_Swordsman · August 18, 2007, 7:16pm

Oh you can say that again. I just listened to it. It is probably the perfect track in there that can help you relax.

lennonluvr9 · August 21, 2007, 4:19pm

Wow! No wonder it reminded me so much of 007! I had no idea they referenced so much Bond music in the soundtrack

Haunt · August 21, 2007, 11:02pm

Did anyone else happen to pick up the remixes on iTunes? The EP only ha 3 tracks. One of the remixes was by UNKLE, which I thought was pretty cool.

Also, I reaffirm my love for Incredts, and always will. shakes fist One day I will do that storyboard!

The_Star_Swordsman · August 22, 2007, 2:47am

I have heard the remixs before Haunt,but I have to say that they did not really impress me that much for me to put it on my ipod. Really cool songs though.

Sky · August 23, 2007, 6:54am

Has anyone actually listened to the The Incredibles soundtrack so much that they start to hear noises that shouldn’t really be there… It’s kind of cool actually, because it gives more of a “human” feel to the music. For example:

Kronos Unveiled, at 1:23 you can hear the lady breathing in, about to play the flute. And at 1:57 you can hear the page flicking of the sheet music.
On Lithe or Death at the very end of the track at 3:18 you can hear someone putting their instruments down.
Lastly, on The New Babysitter at 2:03, I don’t know what that noise is. It sounds like chair scraping or something…

Anybody else have something to add?

The_Star_Swordsman · August 23, 2007, 11:01pm

I haven’t heard it rachel. Usually, I am so into the music, I don’t pay attention to any of the mistakes, or other stuff. Next time, I’ll try to listen for those things.

Mitch · August 24, 2007, 11:27pm

rachel - Hmm. How interesting. I often tune my ears to hear unusual, unexpected, or curious little backround noises that have been accidentally incorporated into the final soundtrack/score. I’ll have to listen for the afore-mentioned noises next time I listen to the CD!

– Mitch

Sky · August 25, 2007, 12:15am

Cool. Yeah, see if you can hear anything else as well. I wasn’t intentionally trying to listen to the orchestra noises, but after listening to the soundtrack every day for two weeks straight, they sort of popped up. Or maybe I just listen to the soundtrack too loud?

Sky · May 17, 2009, 12:29pm

1.7 years later and I’m still going on about this soundtrack.

I found this on Amazon: The Incredibles - For Your Consideration Oscar Promo CD You may have spotted that there’s one track on that promo CD that is not on the official OST, “Meet Elastigirl”. Whether that is simply an edited version of “The Glory Days” or another track, I don’t know. I’m a real sucker for special edition releases of Pixar soundtracks, especially with music with no audio or dialogue from the movie, so I can listen to them as recorded. I was going to make a video about the tracks that didn’t make it to the original soundtrack release, but that’s fallen by the wayside. I think “Missle Lock” is really meant to be “Missile Lock”, though. As far as I know, no other soundtracks were given this FYC treatment…

1986 · May 17, 2009, 5:25pm

I like all of them , but The Incredits are my favorite.

Crispy57 · August 14, 2009, 2:26am

It’s a difficult to pinpoint one single cue as there are so many great ones.

I love the sass and swagger of Missile Lock, the super cool sixties spy sounds of Lava In The Afternoon , Off To Work and Lithe or Death - witty titles seem to be a standard with all Michael Giacchino scores.

I suppose Kronos Unveiled does it for me the most.

Although Michael Giacchino is a great composer, let’s not forget his incredible arranger and conductor Tim Simonec who transforms MG’s piano-based sketches into those full blown masterpieces we love. Simonec’s ability to take virtually any musical genre and create stunning arrangements is pretty awe inspiring