Psychology and Music in Up
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ย. 2019
- Disney Pixar's 'Up' has been widely praised for its sensitive, and accurate, depiction of old age. It follows the life of Carl, who, having lost his wife Ellie, decides to go on the adventure they had always been planning. In this essay, I look at how the music in the film, written by composer Michael Giacchino, acts as an expression of Carl's emotional state, and how the film follows Carl's internal conflict between his integrity versus his despair. This conflict was suggested, by psychoanalyst Erik Erikson (1902-1994), as the key part of the last stage of his psychosocial theory of human development, where a person asks of themselves - 'Is it okay to have been me?'. Through the music in 'Up', I believe we find the answer to this question.
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FURTHER READING/RESEARCH
Erik Erikson - Eight Ages of Man (Childhood and Society): local.psy.miami.edu/faculty/dm...
Sam Buttler - ‘Married Life’?: The Intra-diegetic, Thematic Transformation, and Disney Pixar’s Up (2009): static.wixstatic.com/ugd/3764...
Ben Winters - The Non-diegetic Fallacy- Film, Music, And Narrative: www.scribd.com/document/15152...
MUSIC
Up! Original Soundtrack (Michael Giacchino): open.spotify.com/album/4Pr2UB... - เพลง
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![หมานแต่ผัวเขา - แสตมป์ โตเกียวมิวสิค [ OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO ]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/m0g1TSBJPgo/mqdefault.jpg)
Beautiful, I'm tearing up man.
Thank you!
Same holy shit:( ur vids are incredible!!!
I balled my eyes out five minutes into this movie! I love your videos!
Right?!This analysis made me cry more cause now I've got context
The analysis is brilliant.
The editing is beautiful.
One of the most underrated channel on youtube.
Thank you so much Louis!
Louis O agree!
You're making me cry again! It's always this bloody film that does it :/
Another quality video!
Tell me about it....always this film.
Damnit same
every single time! even when watching a film about the film
Just hearing the music does it for me...
Two animated movies, ever, have made me cry. Up and Coco.
For being perhaps the most thoughtful Pixar movie to date, Up takes the cake for my favorite story from the studio. That scene atop Paradise Falls is the one that succeeds in making me emotional more than any other. Because realizing that he _had_ in fact gone on his grand adventure with Ellie, Carl finds the closure he'd been looking for and is able to finally be at peace. I've always loved that reflective moment.
You're right - it's incredibly beautiful. 'Up' is the most touching, and sensitive of any Pixar film.
Amazing analysis! and what an excellent film 😊😢
Thank you David!
“Is it okay to have been me?”
*instanstly bursts into tears*
Ah yes, just another day with Listening In
You are, without question, the most underrated music youtube channel
Thanks Joseph!
What the heck is up with this film, I haven't seen it in years and I'm STILL sobbing!
Dude you just make me cry over an analytics video.
I cant believe i just click subscribe so fast
I always think the same thing when I watch his videos!
I never understood why Up felt so different to me comparing to other Pixar features. Now I get it. Thank you for that!
Guess I’m crying to scenes to this movie yet again. Wonderful video man, one of my all time favorite movies ever. Subscribed!
Welcome! p.s. sorry for making you cry...
Beautiful. I’ve been crying to this piece of music all day and been trying to think deeper about its meaning, as to why it is so profound and full of emotions.
It speaks to me a loudly. Despite of me being only 22 years old, my biggest phobia is to live my life in such a boring way and not be able to reach far and wide in life.
Your analysis and the question brought up by the amazing Erikson are thought provoking. Thank you for that and thank you for making me think about my life more going forward.
You’ll be just fine, my man.
Why do you always make me cry!! Maybe I'm just emotional or maybe it's the music! 😂🤣😭😭
One of my most stand out childhood movies. The feelings I felt of adventure and of sadness... Up will forever be an unforgettable movie to me and those of my generation who saw it. I will never see it again without feeling that mixture of emotions. When I have children I hope they’ll love this movie as much as I did.
this is the first video essay that has made me cry
All I can say is thank you. The work you put in, the analysis. Beautiful. Glad to have found this channel.
Much appreciated! Glad you found me too!
i absolutely loved your explanation of erikson’s stages and their connections to pixar movies. in two days i have become absolutely obsessed with this channel.
I know this video is going to be 3 years old this year, but this was the first video of yours that I ever saw and it's still one of my favorites. I absolutely adore up and it's message and you explained it so beautifully and eloquently through the music and story. Thank you, I also somehow manage to cry every single time I watch this video lol.
Michael Giacchino is an absolute genius and talent!!!
Simultaneously joyous and devastating. Brilliant scoring. Beautiful analysis.
I’m lucky to be one of the few who has stumbled upon such a well made channel that deserves so many more viewers then it has.
Thank you Eugene!
Fuck you now my eyes are sweating, that introduction was art in its own rite. And I sound like a broken record because of your astonishing consistent quality.
Thank you :)
This comment made me laugh out loud. I might even pin it. Thank you Andy - hope life is good for you.
I cried from beginning to end of your video. It's everything associated to this music (and lack thereof) you described that made me feel this way
Fantastic analysis! I've only seen Up once in the cinemas (I can't watch it again). My wife and I thought we'd catch the latest Pixar flick about a flying house. We had no idea that Ellie and Carl had lived through the hell we'd been living through for years at that point. We were almost instantly in tears which didn't let up until we were the last ones out of the cinema.
I actually cried man. Your videos are amazing. This channel is so underrated
These movie 😭 I just can’t with it
Thank you for the amazing video telling me why I cry every time
I can't believe this video has only 16 thousand views it should have at least 1.6 million
The beginning of this movie just wrecks me.
this guy is like the like stories of old for music. both amazing channels with brilliant analysis, brilliant editing
I'm so glad I found your channel. The most underrated channel on TH-cam by far
Thank you - that means a lot.
How are you so underrated, this is literally insane
Slick edit at 4:33
Indeed!
I need to stop watching these late at night. Crying myself to sleep isn't ideal. 😅
I love your videos! Keep it up, man!
I will do - I'm really glad you're enjoying my essays.
Made me cry, because irl I just had a similar thing going on. I let down so many people including myself and some of my dreams didn't get realised even though I really wanted them to. The idea of accepting that some lost dreams would never get realised, and accepting the bad and the good that did happen is really cathartic to me.
Mate, you gave me shivers and goosebumps... The way you friggin say it is very calm and kinda spooky at the same time... The music, the visuals... /kiss_french @s too good...
This made me cry Instantly in the end.
i'm not crying, you're crying
I am so, so grateful that your channel’s videos were in my recommended. I was absolutely touched by this analysis, and I am so excited to get to watch the rest of your videos!!
i’m crying so much i love your channel
Once again, you've hit me straight in the feels and reaffirmed so much of what I hold dear in regards to who I am, how I've lived, how I've loved, and what I've done with my life. Thank you so much for this deeply-affecting video! You inspire me, my friend!
the ending made me nearly tear up, this is amazing work man keep it up
Wow I definitely learned something new today. I love how the narrator explains the concept of the 8 stages and how he explained the difference in each time the theme was played. What a great video!
You’re one of most amazing youtube music analysis i’ve ever seen in my life. Thank you so much for explain what this movie is trying to tell us. Thank you and you’re truly amazing 😊❤️
This was an absolutely beautiful analysis!, as well with the smooth and seamless editing. Thank you for making this video💙 :)
Your video essays are cinematic masterpieces themselves! I am watching them way out of order but totally loving each one!!
Aw man!!! Dem feels!
I really loved and genuinely enjoyed your commentary, very thorough and detailed, bravo!!!
I have watched this three times over the last few months and have burst into tears every time. Thank you for this. It is so incredibly beautiful.
I’m crying. The movie is touching in itself of course, but you really nailed this video. Thanks
The way you write is so beautiful and your editing is so magical. I come to your videos bc I like learning more and more about music, but somehow based on the way you present the movies through music I ALWAYS END UP CRYING. Is not just UP or nutcracker or interestellar. Is your gorgeous way of making art. Know that it is been seen.
This is such a beautiful essay. Its made me understand the film so much more, as well as understand my own life a bit better.
daamn man, I'm so moved. BEST CHANNEL FIND in months
This video just got me even more emotional than the actual film! Thanks for making me realize how deep it is and bravo again for your work!!
Beautiful video. I love your vocal delivery on your videos too
consistently crying throughout this video 🥹
That was phenomenal. Wow. Thank you. I have been binging your channel, I am obsessed. This was my favourite one though. Keep up the great work man, it's just a matter of time until you explode.
I remember first seeing “Up” in the cinema. What an amazing film! This essay is brilliant and pulls together the various themes in a well-presented and interesting way. Thanks very much!
As so many others have said this is an absolutely extraordinary channel. The analysis is incredibly informed but emotionally intelligent. The editing is First class. Congratulations on a really good channel and I’m so glad I found it
Video deserves millions of views, keep it up
I cried
Such rich and insightful content, simply amazing! I am so glad I found your channel! Looking forward to watch it grow.🙂
One of the best video i've ever seen!
Why i just found this!
this is so underrated... needs more views
I've just came across your channel today and am binge-watching every thing! Amazing, amazing work! Really beautiful video essay.
Your channel is incredible, emotional and instructive ... thank you from Mexico for taking the time to make these beautiful videos.
This song for me is so touching, since i saw the movie i made this song mine, at the point that when my wife was 6 months pregnant i put the song every week, at 8 to 9 months one day i put the song and baby move a lot🥹 at that moment i realize how beautiful and strong can music be, my baby is at to this day 8 months and always when we are at bed playing i put this song and baby begins to smile, laugh and try to hug me🥹🥹
So I just binged all of your current content. (For informations sake, youtube recommended you, I suppose based off all the other music based and analysis content I watch).
So far you seem well spoken, having depth, and produces well edited content. You keep this up and you'll explode into this growing community.
I'd say your biggest diverting quality is that your topics are only centered around music. Surely you realized there are a great number of channels dissecting the literal music theory of certain topics, so expanding on the histories of music perceptions as experienced from others is honestly a very strong not quite as tapped potential.
Music is way to large to be put in a box, and it's the curiosities of what defines music that has always drawn me towards it. And you smacked that nail in the head pretty much every video.
Keep going, achieve greatness. Good luck on the way up.
Thank you for your lovely comment. I’m really pleased you enjoyed watching all of my videos! I too think that music is a holistic and all-encompassing topic. Theory is definitely interesting, but I find it most interesting when placed in the context of history, of literature, art, poetry, film and all the culture that it co-exists with. That was my main motivation for setting the channel up. I hope you enjoy what I’ve got planned, and thank you for supporting me in this journey!
I just discovered this channel and it was very underrated... I love music too and the beauty it conceals... It only reveals itself to the one whose ears and heart is open... I love listening in... 💖💖💖
Beautiful video. Thank you.
Your video analysis are the most well thought out and produced I’ve ever encountered, outstanding , please continue.
Thank you so much Jeff! I definitely will continue (I'm just hoping that the YT algorithm will start picking them up more!).
a beautiful video and perfect analysis! your content is so thoughtful and high quality!! thank you for educating me on music whilst making me think deeper about the themes raised in the movie.
Wonderful work on this and all of your films. Thank you!
This is so beautiful!
first video i watched on this channel and i love it, subscribed. can't wait to watch more and learn
Absolutely incredible my friend.
Excellent work man
I have no words bro. Beautiful video
Amazing video. Also, while watching the movie i noticed that while Carl and Russel were being chased by the dogs, a distorted Ellie's theme was playing which I thought was pretty cool
Man thank you so much for your video’s. This channel will blow up, wonderful content!
My pleasure!
How come that I haven't watched more of your videos? They are therapeutic and yet informative. Keep up with it!
Beautiful analysis!
This video it´s just brilliant, thanks!
Absolutely beautiful!
On Friday I write anexam about Erikson and this Video helped so much thank you!
Awesome. Just what I was looking for!
This analysis was as lovely as the film! Bravo!
Really awesome work I love it !
Thank you for this very thoughtful analysis. I love the film and the music
This was great!
Best short film followed by an hour and a half epilogue.... Great video!! Thanx!!
This is so amazingly well done. Can't help but choke up a bit watching this.
Such a delicate way of breaking down the music of a beautiful film. Keep it up! Love your work :)
Thank you - I will definitely keep it up. Really glad you enjoyed the video.
i freaking CRIED watching this wtf
I just feel like Andrew Stanton is such an underrated director and filmmaker, like he was easily the one of the most if not the most influential people in 2000s Pixar, and is one of the best filmmakers of the last twenty five years in my opinion, up there with Christopher Nolan, Edgar Wright, the Russos, and Martin Scorsese.
your channel is underappreciated man, great job!
Thank you Tomas!
brilliant essay!
Beautiful Video.😢
your videos are bloody rad to the maximum!!!
Well, I've just watched your LOTR videos and now this one all in a row, and I'm a sobbing mess at my laptop ;) Thank you, wow!!
The music of this film it's actually wonderful in many ways, the soundtrack reminds to classical Venezuelan waltzes, uniques in all ways. For me, as a musician who is trying to learn and understand the beauty and the complexity of the Venezuelan music i'ts a detail so beautiful, considering that I've come from that place. It's so satisfying listening the warm of my home in a beautiful and unique masterpiece like this. ❤
Of course, I had to cry at the end again.