The 2010 Best Original Score Academy Award winner,
Up is the third Pixar soundtrack from U.S. composer
Michael Giacchino following
The Incredibles and Ratatouille. The download-only release features '30s period music, (the jazz-influenced "Up with Titles," the waltz-inspired "We're in the Club Now"), tribal rhythms ("Canine Conundrum," "Giving Muntz the Bird"), and simple piano- and string-led themes which run throughout the 23 instrumental pieces. The character-based score, which uses a compositional technique pioneered by
Beethoven and
Liszt, also includes three minutes of the film's sound effects presented by Skywalker Sound. ~ Jon O'Brien