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#141

My favorite tracks:

  1. Le Festin
  2. Wall Rat
  3. A Real Gourmet Kitchen
  4. Souped Up
  5. Colette Shows Him Le Ropes
  6. Losing Control
  7. The Paper Chase
  8. Remy’s Revenge
  9. Dinner Rush
  10. End Creditouilles
  11. Ratatouille Main Theme

There’s more, but these are the ones I listen to the most.

…I have too many favorites… :stuck_out_tongue:

#142

Colette Linguini - Cha, they’re all so beautiful that it’s hard to pick just one!

I love Wall Rat too, by the way. Mr. Giacchino actually makes it sound as if a rat is scurrying up an apartment complex… Pretty cool. :wink:

Shark Bait - You may as well have just listed the entire soundtrack, dude… :laughing:

The only tracks I’m not that crazy about are numbers four and five. They fit the scenes in question to a tee, but I wouldn’t exactly call them “calm”. I usually just skip past those two, as it’s not exactly music I’d prefer to listen to when at leisure.

– Mitch

#143

I really don’t know what my favorite one is. THey are all really good.

#144

Yeah, I know what you mean. I think you’re referring to Granny Get Your Gun and 100 Rat Dash? Right. Great for the movie, not great for easy listening. Or before bed. Or homework. :wink:

#145

Colette Linguini - Yeah, that’s the name of those two! Heh. Yeah, they’re great tracks, but aren’t exactly decent for easy listening, like you said. :wink:

– Mitch

#146

I don’t own the soundtrack (yet) because otherwise I would listen to it over and over. I want to see the movie a couple more times and just enjoy the music within the film, before playing the songs to death on my computer. ;-p

Buuuuut, I like the song that builds up when Remy is seeing Linguini ruin the soup, the song where Remy is reading the letter (this part reminds me a lot of Kronos Unveiled from The Incredibles OST), as well as the recurring theme that plays when Remy is doing something he is not supposed to, such as scurrying around the kitchen or stealing food.

The main Ratatouille theme, and Le Festin are just too awesome beyond words, of course. :sunglasses: A proper review of the soundtrack will follow soon.

#147

hi all…glad to see there lots of lovers of the soundtrack as much as the movie!

anyone know where i could get a single for “Le Festin” instead of buying the soundtrack? looking at getting it as a gift…

#148

For those of you who bought the soundtrack, here’s just a little trivia.
Have a look inside the pamphlet where it lists the musicians’ names.
At the very bottom it says “Orchestral Trainees” and lists two names: Brad Lewis and Roger Guyett. Well Brad Lewis is a producer at Pixar (including for Ratatouille) and Roger Guyett was the special effects coordinator for Mission Impossible 3 (the previous movie Michael Giacchino scored). The reason for their names being listed with the musicians is that on one of the recording sessions, someone thought it’d be fun if these two guys joined in and played on a cue with the studio orchestra. Brad Lewis brought his trombone and played for a cue, and Roger Guyett joined in for a cue also (though I can’t remember now what instrument he played). Apparently they did OK, though Brad Lewis mockingly complained that the cue he got to play on was such a short one. By the way, back during the scoring for “Mission Impossible 3”, Dermot Mulroney (the actor) came in and played cello one day in the section, and apparently was quite good.

#149

Wow, miafka, that’s really cool! Thanks for sharing.

#150

miafka - How interesting! I didn’t know that Brad Lewis and Roger Guyett participated in the score in some small way. That’s pretty cool! :smiley:

– Mitch

#151

Yeah, though it was a short cue… I don’t think it made it to the soundtrack CD, but was still pretty fun.

Here’s some more trivia about the Ratatouille soundtrack. I already posted this, but it was in another area so some people might have missed it. Since it has to do with the Ratatouille score, here’s part of it again, followed by some other stuff below:

Ratatouille was done this way (there were a few days recorded early on, then the bulk was recorded in April) and Wall-E is following this pattern. One day has been done already, and a couple more days are coming up… Often even after all the music is recorded on a film, there will still be an additional “fix day” to make last second changes. An example I could use would be for Ratatouille. Originally the end of Ratatouille didn’t end with the song, but rather ended with just music (the snappy, swung second theme as the movie ends). But there was a decision made to end with this new song, so a couple weeks after all the music had been recorded, a fix day was called for the orchestra to come in and re-record a new ending (ie, the song) and fix a few minor things, and it really made the ending sweet. It shows you the care that Pixar takes on their films.

Listen closely to the “Le Festin” song at the end of the film when it comes out on DVD, and compare it with the version on the CD soundtrack. You’ll notice a subtle difference between the song as heard on the CD and as heard in the film/DVD. On the CD it has sparse accompaniment, but when used in the film at the end, the song suddenly has a full orchestra in the background as Camille sings. Such is the result of a “fix day.” I don’t know why they didn’t put the final (film) version on the CD instead of the version before the orchestra… maybe the deadline for the CD had already passed, or someone just forgot about the updated version.

One more thing to mention, is that Giacchino likes his scores to be recorded in analog (not digitally) – on tape machines instead of hard drives (interesting when working for a company [Pixar] that uses hard drives instead of film stock!) But he likes the rich, traditional sound of analog, and Ratatouille was done this way, with analog tape machines being brought in. This is why there’s a funny little logo in the CD pamphlet that says “100% Genuine Live Analog Music! No samples, loops or any other musical shortcuts were used in the production of this soundtrack!” :slight_smile:

#152

Haha! So that’s what that particular saying/“logo” refered to! Good for Mr. Giacchino. :wink:

Cool information, by the way. Thank you for sharing it with us. :slight_smile:

– Mitch

#153

No problem.
:sunglasses:

#154

Ah, yes. I noticed this as soon as I heard Le Festin on the soundtrack. Personally, I like the version used in the film, but both versions are cool. Maybe they thought that Camille’s voice was strong enough to hold the song up on its own, on the soundtrack. Who knows? I wish they would have put both versions on the soundtrack, as they are both wonderful.

Thanks for the info, though. I’m glad you had that “fix day” to add the orchestra to Le Festin, as it sounds so much better with it included.

#155

I think this is easily one of the top-ten film scores ever.
Already decided where you are going to put all those awards, Mr. Giacchino? :wink:

#156

Rataouille score got grammy nod

saluti

variety.com/awardcentral_art … =1983&cs=1

#157

Well, I haven’t listened to the other soundtracks on their own, but I really hope Mr Giacchino wins it! I liked listening to the music from Happy Feet whilst watching the film, and I’m sure the soundtrack is a toe-tapper, but it’s not that original…

#158

It won the grammy, YAAAAAAAAAAY. :laughing: :smiley:

#159

Haha, I’d say. The songs (the ones that they sing, anyway) are mostly covers of real (not that anything else isn’t ‘real’, but you get the idea, I’m sure :stuck_out_tongue: ) ones, aren’t they?

Anyway, yay, it won! I didn’t watch the Grammy’s, but I thank Colette Linguini for posting that, otherwise I might not have found out :stuck_out_tongue: I really loved the Ratatouille soundtrack, it definately deserved the win :smiley:

#160

Well, I was kinda expecting it to win one. BUt still, you got to give the guys at Pixar a nice pat on the back. Congrats!

Thanks for telling me CL.