"Opening Sequence" - The Incredibles (Score Reduction & Analysis)

A full score reduction and analysis of "Opening Sequence." Enjoy!
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[@bradfrey]

Hey all, I made this awhile ago when I was testing a new format for the videos, and then I never published it... Here it is anyway, have an Incredible Thanksgiving!

[@typo1345]

FilmScoreAnalysis could you possibly do "I'm Syndrome" or "Bob Sneaks In" from the full Incredibles soundtrack, please?

[@sammywestenberger9303]

Ok

[@toothless2323]

could you please make Kronos unveiled? It's one of the most interesting melodies he composed to show what was happening in the movie.

[@mikebliss3153]

The Incredibles score has some of the best performance directions in a piece of work ever written.

[@bret6484]

"Get Down Sexy Bitches"

[@callmeobsequious]

"Big ass marcato"

[@sergiodelrioreyes7655]

I'm sure the creator of the video added those

[@mikebliss3153]

@@sergiodelrioreyes7655 And you'd be wrong about that because I've actually seen the score.

[@sergiodelrioreyes7655]

@@mikebliss3153 and how's that?

[@reneiloe_m]

not gonna lie , i totally got distracted by the film & forgot about the analysis

[@typo1345]

Same

[@janpaulwolff9310]

same

[@nandoflorestan]

Well they buried the music in the final mix, which is stupid

[@rollomaughfling380]

Yep

[@bryanlilib]

same

[@AtlanticGiantPumpkin]

3:55 he put "Slower than a Texas President" and I want to reach that level of chaotic energy in my composition.

[@TheHarpAndShield]

Everyone’s mentioning “slower than a Texas president” but nothing on “Get down sexy bitches” and “Slushy and Buttery” 2:11

[@wraith2939]

3:24 I’m sorry but this scene is a masterclass of dialogue writing (I know I’m off topic, sorry, but had to be said🙂)

[@belacickekl7579]

The entire "Incredibles" movie wastes almost no dialogue, which is one of the big reasons it's so great

[@infamouscha]

1:01 I really love the lil sax solo here

[@FerchoDelgaRams]

Same

[@hyperactiveofficial8096]

4:32 Giaccino just threw in an Fm Maj#11 chord Holy crap

[@GrumpyStormtrooper]

Yeah and I saw a C major 7 #9 somewhere. Never played chords like these, why are they so weird in orchestration?

[@hyperactiveofficial8096]

@@GrumpyStormtrooper They work so well though. I was able to play them on piano and I was thinking about how fitting they sounded.

[@rileymerino6340]

@@GrumpyStormtrooper that’s the beauty of orchestration! It doesn’t always, but it has the potential to stretch beyond the limits of even jazz harmony

[@GrumpyStormtrooper]

@@rileymerino6340 Thats true, you have much more control over the volume of each note and the dynamics, you can make seemingly unlistenable chords work in certain context

[@gallifreyandefense]

Vince Guaraldi always loved those chords

[@Balthazar2242]

It's a sign of a powerful film when you can just get distracted by it, even after knowing it inside and out after seeing it dozens of times.

[@esMusicalus]

Do you think Giacchino wrote enough triplets in this sequence?

[@JustOdie]

Not even close.

[@allboutguitars2144]

I guarantee there would be even more triplets if John Williams had scored it.

[@DrSwoose]

That's true

[@AdrianChazz]

Composer jokes, right or what? lol

[@typo1345]

Nope.

[@brianhenn9611]

"slower than a Texas President"

[@typo1345]

Get down sexy bitches😂

[@keegansmith6327]

Texas is my country

[@Jackson._Euph3879]

And big ass marcato

[@thesuperslipperywhal4138]

Bruh

[@Catgirl_Online]

got eem

[@fionariley8004]

how is it that this got recommended to me AFTER i spent over twelve hours editing a video on the incredibles for my final project where i have a whole section analyzing the score? this is so good!!! i'm so mad!!!

[@LeotheTiger1234]

One of the best Disney films to come out of this century so far; my mom even used it in her job as a literature teacher, and her students had to analyze the themes of the film, character development, and other things you look for when analyzing literature. But the best part about it, just like the best part about any film, was the soundtrack.

[@gaaandal8626]

"Big ass marcato"

[@AJEDDY97]

Good to know I wasn't the only one who saw that. 😂😂

[@stenduginski2306]

POV: classical musicians are seeing jazz chords for the first time

[@kingjensen8091]

You got me

[@odd-ysseusdoesstuff6347]

Just an animator wanting to see how scres were made

[@Br1ttany1992]

So true

[@AlecSievern]

These chords existed decades and decades before this in classical music, I’m sure you know lol

[@willarasmith4893]

"Slower than a Texas President" XD made me lol

[@lucashelfman7022]

Wayne Bergeron on lead trumpet, gotta love it

[@BrianBisetti]

Wasn’t the first film Rick Baptist?

[@theosmith1182]

@@BrianBisetti I believe so. Wayne definitely played lead on the second one, and while they may have swapped throughout on some numbers, I've been of the mindset that Rick was lead in the original.

[@chrissop]

@@theosmith1182 Rick Baptist was on lead, in both movies. Wayne did all the screamin’ stuff.

[@theosmith1182]

@@chrissop As you can see from this clip of the recording session from Incredibles 2 (taken from the very end of the credits) Wayne is playing lead and Rick is not there. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJmbiWaLfqppntU

[@chrissop]

@@theosmith1182 Woops! You’re absolutely right!

[@BartendingAndBaseball]

2:08 I love the arranger's note under rehearsal 25 LOL so Disney

[@EDC98]

Ah yes my favorite tempo marking, (Slower - 120) also known as "Get Down Sexy Bitches" 😂 In all seriousness, great job on analyzing and laying out the intro to one of my favorite Disney & Pixar movies ever! Michael Giacchino's score and the amazing musicians he had assembled for this movie are just some of many favorite things about it. (I also honestly think it helped me fall in love with jazz music!) You've gained a new subscriber! Keep on keeping on fellow musician! 👍 These are some of my favorite channels on KZbin!

[@michaelboydston313]

the music in this movie is beyond iconic

[@imaksta]

the annotations are the best part. what a madlad giacchino

[@alejandrovelez6358]

I LOVE this Pixar movie and the soundtrack, so nostalgic! Michael Giacchino makes a a lot of good composing masterpieces! Fun fact: He’s the one who composed the soundtrack for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story! ^^

[@TrademarkBoys]

Every time I watch the movie I appreciate the score more, every time I listen to the score I appreciate the movie more. It’s an eternal cycle that I’m quite alright with

[@lucasbrintrup7157]

i just wish i could see the whole movie like this

[@pattmahiney]

2:12 "Get Down Sexy Bitches" what a stylistic MOOD lol

[@TheDTSZ]

The intro was my favorite piece to play in my high school band class

[@robertadamcik9179]

This score tell me that Mr. Giacchino would be perfect to score a Bond film!

[@afrofinka]

The score has been for sure a great moment of fun to record for conductor and musicians! Thank you Mr. Giacchino 👏👏👏

[@toslowlypoke]

Jesus H christ, are those performance directions from the original sheet?

[@typo1345]

Yes. They get much cringier throughout it, once going as far as "sexy as a 70's porn, sexy sexy!" Thats a direction right from the source lol

[@samtinkle9076]

They figured noone was going to read it

[@davidwhitaker2211]

I love your captions and notes throughout this 😂😂. Awesome analysis. I've got some studying to do...

[@alfalfa_art]

Seeing it this way, it's so similar to pit orchestra music! Even your annotations, in the reed books for Little Shop of Horrors there are all sorts of funny directions for any exposed parts. It's cool that there are also a lot of key changes (one of the more trying I encountered was Hello Dolly, whew) despite the lack of vocalists

[@noahpettibon]

Dude most people don’t understand how much work goes into this! Oh my gosh, what a labor of love.

[@dionnetworks6559]

If it’s not to much to ask, could you do the End Credits from E.T... please.

[@sammywestenberger9303]

Ok

[@mchammer5592]

Got a chance to vocal backup a movie score once. This makes me miss it so bad 😭 didn’t realize how lucky I was.

[@lisamorris3640]

I love your channel. Can you post some more elementary school and middle school or just school-appropriate scenes with and without music?

[@nevermorenovelist]

"Slower than a Texas president". Hah! As a composer, this whole video was fascinating. More, please!

[@jbr8278]

probably my favourite animated movie of all times loved every minutes of it

[@jayareyelle30]

I remember playing this in in 8th grade select band (an advanced band that I was in💀) and it was a TRAGIC day to be a flautist 💀

[@timothyleow2323]

Yo this is kinda like the best analysis I've seen in some time man kipidap

[@uncledrew7633]

Man I love this so much please keep doing Incredibles stuff. Like life’s incredible again, off to work, the incredits. I like trying to orchestrate these in Finale I would love to see your analysis

[@danielrigano8148]

"Trainschtupping" will forever be my favorite theme title.

[@The80sBoy]

Happy Thanksgiving to you too, even though we don't celebrate this in the UK. Perhaps we should? Nicely done Brad. Did you get my email about the Star Wars scores, remember we spoke on your recent live KZbin chat?

[@josephmatthews3767]

1:09 "Big Ass Marcato"

[@taytoast]

Man, I love Michael Giacchino 🤝

[@JonathanSao]

The orchestrations was made by Gordon Goodwin. That's why the sound and the harmony.

[@bensas42]

This is incredibly eye opening. Thank you so much!

[@johndalenino]

Please do "Flight" from Man of Steel

[@frankiehands]

Amazing job on these!!

[@ibaxterrwoof]

2:20 "World's Tiniest Triangle"

[@archilgiorgobiani2722]

Great analysis

[@stevenmartin176]

2:11 *"Get Down Sexy Bitches"* iconic

[@joshstauffacher819]

Played this in middle school, had to do the triplet part almost the entire song as a french horn

[@stevengoomba6490]

Better than playing upbeats all the time lol

[@joshstauffacher819]

@@stevengoomba6490 fax

[@mikechad27]

1:43 how do you possible hear the saxes in here? is there some clearer audio where the soli is heard? or the actual conductor score has been published?

[@jcchan9380]

I love this movie and I love this score. Great analysis as well! !

[@lofiusoumatx]

At 2:36 you say that a variation of Incrediboy's theme is played later in the film. Could you tell me the exact moment? Thanks!

[@sammywestenberger9303]

No Problem

[@typo1345]

I think it was in the "I am your biggest fan" motif, Giacchino likes to alter key and sometimes notes to themes to make them sinister, sad, happy, etc.

[@typo1345]

Is no one going to mention how the Incredibles theme actually sounds like its saying 'The In-cre-di-bles!'

[@pedroaugustomoura8968]

Just like Superman theme

[@henryg.8762]

holy shit this is incredible

[@eljoshua120]

Thank you so much, this is my homework for music in flims. Keep it up, Good Analysis

[@sammywestenberger9303]

You’re welcome

[@Servalboy3]

Please do Life's Incredible Again

[@uncledrew7633]

Yes ❗️❗️❤️

[@Ifinallyvanquishedfinder]

Man that sax solo

[@WillBarrett2003]

fantastic music and great analysis!

[@Icey4x]

I miss this era of Disney

[@sethpolley7999]

This has nothing to do with music but I just realized that Mr. I saved Buddy’s life, and if he hadn’t, none of the events of the movie would have happened, obviously. Did Buddy know that he is only alive due to Mr I jumping on him like that? I wonder if he would have done the same things if so... Also, at the end of the movie, Mr. Incredible kills buddy by throwing a car at his jet, making him fall into the turbine. In the end, Mr. Incredible goes from saving his life to killing him.

[@sylwesterbugajak2]

Thank you a lot for your amazing hard work that is inspiring. You are incredible :)!

[@sammywestenberger9303]

You’re Welcome

[@johnhaslam8081]

Also, could you do 'The Incredits' from the Incredibles?

[@leoholder7839]

Wow this is great

[@hannahmichaels9992]

Do people really write notes like this on film scores? Ugh that sounds like so much fun

[@1Z0Z5]

As someone who grew up in Chicago, I have never heard anyone other than traffic reporters actually say the Dan Ryan instead of just calling it 90

[@uncledrew7633]

Keep doing these!🔥🔥

[@briancarr4464]

I never noticed the theme at 44 with buddy is similar to when mr incredible goes to the island, a bit of foreshadowing

[@catherinehiltz8634]

Omg the score markings!! 😆

[@mikey1313saveukraine]

The characters are in the incredicoaster which is a wooden steel roller coaster

[@CrackTheIce]

Any chance to get these reductions as a PDF?

[@mr.incredible6276]

Can you do Bob VS The Omnidroid?

[@sammywestenberger9303]

👌

[@charmsly9506]

great!

[@VictorKolbe]

what is a score reduction, exactly?

[@mangowater9143]

Where do you get the actual sheet music from?

[@awyscarver178]

“Aren’t all mimes evil?”

[@sir7689]

They went so hard on the opening scene.

[@allthatjazza451]

2:12 “Get down sexy bitches”

[@faxrepairgreg5417]

Where's the full original score for this film? I only see arrangements on sheetmusicplus.

[@OumiKapilaMusic]

Fantastic, thanks!

[@sammywestenberger9303]

Don’t Mention It

[@gage8331]

2:08 "Get down sexy bitches"

[@CorruptPianist]

2:04 "Get Down Sexy Bitches"

[@Ivan_1791]

I wish I had seen this video and channel before.

[@jb1980ist]

Great score.

[@smokeyjoe6177]

What is bomb voyage saying in french?

[@FerchoDelgaRams]

1:02 Holly crap that sax sounds so Jazz

[@hay_bail1]

Was the animation always like this????

[@diegosatori5718]

Nice video, already suscribed

[@johnhaslam8081]

How did you get the score?? Great vid btw

[@irinaprotek]

2:49 I wonder what Mr. Incredible would say here if the film was R-Rated

[@samhart2532]

"aren't ALL mimes evil?"

[@splodinatekabloominate846]

3:50

[@Protooncogene]

I miss this kind of movie

[@eb.1]

Where’s part 2/2??

[@charleswu830]

Can we appreciate the marking at Measure 25?

[@sammywestenberger9303]

Michael Giacchino Isolated Score Opening Sequence

[@eyebrowse]

"big ass marcato" 😭

[@josephf2960]

Does the tempo change when incrediboy comes in?