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Michael Giacchino's score track names contain puns
Michael Giacchino is one of the most prominent and hardworking film composers out there today. He also has a sneaky habit of giving his tracks pun-filled names, as this article documents well:
Each music editor on Giacchino’s team has their own personal favorites. “There are so many that I’m a fan of,” Davis confesses. “In addition to the cues that appear on the soundtracks, there are hundreds of other titles that people have never seen. From the ones I’ve created, these are some of my favorites… ‘Going In Seine’ from Ratatouille, when Linguini is told to throw Remy into the Seine River, ‘Does it Still McFly’ and ‘Black Holes Have A Lot of Pull’ from Star Trek and ‘The Lemon Pledge’ from Cars 2. Also, ‘Kevin Brek’n’ from Up, for when we meet Kevin the bird, and ‘Jumping the Thark’ from John Carter. We’ve had some good end credit cues titles too. ‘The Incredits’ and ‘End Creditouilles’ are a couple of my favorites. The list could go on and on…”
Apelgren is particularly partial to the literary puns. “A number of Let Me In cues uses Shakespeare as a starting point,” explains Apelgren. “Especially ‘Romeo and Juliet’ because that play pops up in the movie briefly. The first time I knew I was onto something with some of these titles was when I named a Lost cue ‘Separation of Search and Kate’. Michael really liked that one. I still think of it fondly. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes was probably a high point with ‘Monkey See, Monkey Coup’, or ‘Close Encounters of the Furred Kind’. More recently, Jurassic World there was ‘Does This Dino Make Jurassic Look Big?’ Not so literary I guess, but it got a laugh and a groan probably simultaneously.”
Giacchino is also partial to the tradition of using the “World’s Worst” moniker to begin a particular track title. Take a look at these entries from various film cues Giacchino composed…
World’s Worst Beach Party (Lost)
World’s Worst Landscaping (Lost)
World’s Worst Car Wash (Lost)
World’s Worst Parking Valet (Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol)
World’s Worst Shop Keepers (Tomorrowland)
World’s Worst Curtain Call (Toy Story of Terror!)
World’s Worst Last Four Minutes to Live (Mission: Impossible 3)
World’s Worst Road Rage (Speed Racer)
World’s Worst Field Trip (Super 8)
World’s Worst Hospital (Alias)
World’s Worst Animal Shelter (Zootopia)
Galaxy’s Worst Sushi Bar (Star Trek)
The full article has a lot of good quotes from the sound editors working with Giacchino. Go check it out.
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