The Ratatouille Soundtrack Is A Masterpiece In Theme Writing
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Hi Charlie. I love le festin lol
Hi Charles :)
idk if you mentioned it in the video, but i noticed that his movies tend to have jazzy sounding soundtracks
Also!!! I was thinking you could check out the music to the game Sky: Children of Light. It is such a beautiful, airy score. I think you would enjoy it!
I'd buy a t-shirt that says "EVERYTHING IS THE AVENGERS!" - 11:56
Ratatouille is my favorite Pixar film by far and the soundtrack definitely plays a big role in that. It's just so very cozy, and is wonderfully well-written.
If it wasn't for Coco I would agree.
ratatouille just warms my heart and soul. whenever i felt lost or down i watch it. the movie just has so much LOVE and WARMTH and JOY poured into it
I heavily agree
The soundtrack is just a figment of your imagination my friend.
it's not my favourite movie, probably because of nostolgic biases. but it is hands down their best movie.
9:04 "passing the melody throughout the orchestra in such a fluid way that you don't even notice the changing hands" almost like its a song about a sneaky heist....clever writing
I love how Charles' reaction to each of these incredibly unique moments is the same as Remy's to fine foods in the film.
Honestly, this movie is so iconic!! Yes, yes, Incredibles is a great movie, with a fantastic score to go along with it. However, the way the story is told through music in this film is what really enhances the enjoyment! The music makes it feel… familiar, like you’d know where to go to hear a live performance of Le Festin. Anyways, that’s my ramble. Great take, Charles!
Nah
@@braidynchapman5103 why don’t you agree? What’s your take?
Totally agreed!
But at the same time-..
Cool spy music
My favourite movies of Pixar with the best scores
Giacchino's use of leitmotif throughout the entire score is simply magnificent.
he does that a lot in his scores. Lost is another nice example.
One of the few who still does. Most others try to be Hans Zimmer. For some reason.
*leitmotif*
Dude, as a composer, I feel everyone of your 'feels' in this video. Giacchino is truly one of the greats. Melodies that truly compare to the GOAT, John Williams. This score is truly the most romantic score of any animated film; ever, ever. So good.
Legit. There's a reason Giachinno is becoming a popular composer to use in Hollywood, and this film's score is part of the reason
Giacchino plays JUST the main chord from Up, and I’m in tears.
I'd go so far to say he's the only one keeping the leitmotif alive in modern movie scores. Everyone else wants to be Hans Zimmer.
@@Kasino80 But his recent work didn't live up to my expectations, only The Batman is good
@@ahmadiskandarzulkarnain5833 thats your problem lmfao
“Up” is a masterpiece. The leitmotif throughout is incredible. And it is one of the greatest openings to a movie ever. The thematic material in those first 10 minutes carries the whole film.
Mike was a genius for that score. He is a genius!
I feel like people over praise Up for it’s opening, overall it’s really nothing special, but those first 10 minutes are great, just people praise the film too much because of the opening, but I always respect an Up enjoyer, it’s just nothing spectacular for me
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Nice, good for you, thanks for sharing.
@@systemai me, too! 🥹😭😄
Your enthusiasm is so contagious ☺️ also I feel like there‘s finally someone, that get‘s as much goosebumps as me from great scores 🙌🏼
For anyone curious, here's my translation of the first 2 verses (the ones we can hear in the video) of "Le festin" (the feast)
Lovers' dreams are like good wine
They may bring joy or grief
Weakened by hunger, I am unhappy
Stealing everything I can on my way
Because nothing in life is free
Hope is a dish too soon consumed
I am used to skipping meals
A lonely thief so sad he could "die/feed" (pun on "nourrir" = feed VS "mourir" = die)
Ah, such bitter games, I can't succeed
Because nothing in life is free
Thank you for the translation! I came to the comments just for it haha
@@SquirrelGirl13 the lyrics then become much happier as he’s turned his life around.
Never we’ll tell me
That reaching for the stars (litteraly: the run for the stars)
That is not for me
Let me amaze you and take flight
We’ll finally feast
The party will finally start
Get out the bottles
Over are the troubles
I’m setting the table of my new life
I’m happy with the idea of this new destiny
A life of being hidden and then finally free
The feast is on my way
A life of being hidden and then finally free
The feast is on my way
Watching a man wave his hands, play the piano and talk at the same time?
Now THIS is content
Even as an adult this movie is my absolute favorite, can’t forget a legendary movie like this
As a visual artist I can visualize the Rat-Like scurrying throughout the music and the difference of Chef Skinner's threatening and paranoid scurry sound compared to Remy's inquisitive and determined scurry AND it switches sometimes when Remy acts more Rat-Like and strays from his dream. Ratatouille is truly a Magnum Opus for all the Arts.
MG’s most underrated music is the soundtrack he wrote for “Lost”. I still tear up when I listen to ‘There’s No Place Like Home’.
Absolutely!
My favourite animated movie! Score is a big a part of that too! Love seeing this movie get the credit for all of the aspects it deserves!
Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but in the motif at the beginning of the theme when Remy begins to fix the soup - when he begins the process of creating - the three dominant repeating tones of the melody are the same as the three dominant repeating tones in the motif at the beginning of Le Festin (the theme that occurs when a creation is complete). However, in the cooking scene, the tones are in a minor key (if it is in the key of G, the third tone will be a b-flat) and ascend upward from g to b-flat, whereas Le Festin puts it in a major key and the tones descend from b to g. They are mirror images of each other. One is simply the beginning of the 'creative process' while the other is the end.
Ratatouille is also highly praised for its wonderfully accurate cooking. You can legitimately cook along with the movie and make fabulous food.
Le Festin is just chillingly nostalgic. No words to truly express how it makes me feel.
I love Charles' ability to make everything about music sound so important and amazing. It really makes you appreciate all the little things us composers and musicians do.
Le Festin is such a lovely warm fulfilling track to hear over and over. A perfect garnish to sprinkle on top after the rest of the film is finished.
Ratatouille is (imo) the best Disney movie. When you realize all of the imagery and symbolism surrounding each character just and situation they’re in just makes it amazing.
It’s not a Disney movie, geez.
Is a Pixar movie
The main theme was our processional music at our wedding in 2018. It was absolutely magical.
That's beautiful!
Excellent point about the voicing of string instruments. The way I learned to be sure I was in tune on my violin (I don’t have perfect pitch) was to listen for it to ring. The whole instrument will ring if you are in tune while you play.
And yet I feel Giacchino is still under appreciated compared to other top composers, but I absolutely love his scores and they are so recognisable as his music despite the thematic material between certain films being so different.
Le Festin is absolutely an indisputable banger
Charles Cornell could make the phone book sound exciting.
Even the Yellow Pages.
lol!
1.- I love your content!
2.- the main theme sounds like a typical Chanson Françoise... I think it's a skillful use of the melodic and harmonic material for "Comme d'habitude"
3.- the bass strings play the melody of The incredible's theme on "Paper Chase"
4.- Abandoning Ship sounds like an homage to the Star Trek tune!!! (At least to me)
5.- I totally agree with Christopher Pack in the comments section! Check out Hollow Knight OST! Man! It's just so good!
6.- I'd love to see a take on the cultural approach of the music! I think it's a super important topic to tackle!
7.- love your channel!
Abrazos!
Protip:
All Michael Giacchino OSTs are amazing and theme heavy.
I absolutely love the soundtrack for Ratatouille! I had the PS2 and DS game and I spent many hours listening to the beautiful score while playing those games.
OMG! Le Festin has been my favorite song ever since the movie released. I always felt that it didn't get the recognition it deserved. So glad that you chose to talk about it!
I feel like Giacchino's work in LOST often gets passed over. It is another example of fantastic use of lietmotif and how a single melodic line can be used in diverse and unexpected ways.
I wish the show lived up to his work. The ending of that show was not the greatest.
watch drew goodens lost video
@@NathanielSnider1017 I liked the show, overall. It really was just the ending left me a bit unsatisfied. I'll give Drew's case a listen.
@@NathanielSnider1017 mad props to the time he spent talking about the music. exactly my point here
@@emmieemmie45 I do agree that it wasn't the strongest ending, but i can't think of a better ending that is "Lost" worthy.
It's interesting how he mentioned Avengers (2012), yet Ratatouille came out before Avengers (2007). It's really telling how major Blockbusters can really get in our heads, not only the different aspects of the film itself, but even the music itself. They sort of set what the "standard" sound is.
As a clarification: I’m not roasting him for doing this, it’s merely a harmless observation. Haha😆
I’m so glad you finally covered this Giacchino soundtrack. He’s been one of my favorite composers for years - and this is one of his best works I think. (Hard to beat Up, The Incredibles and Lost though)
I just watched Ratatouille yesterday and I'm in love with absolutely everything about that film
Ratatouille is probably my favourite movie of all time, I love it so much
O some of these chord progressions you played made me go “ah!” 👨🍳 chefs kiss!
I sometimes make songs in an application Chord Suggester and I’ve often found myself using some of the same chords you discovered.
thanks for posting and all the music as always!
Chord Suggester has come a long way tbh. The first version were so basic, now its sooo useful
I love how passionate Charles is about music
Thank you so much for this! The emotional storytelling in this soundtrack is so amazing and does so much in the film, especially in establishing a setting. You rock!
Incredible soundtrack. Disney/Pixar always has great music even when the lyrics aren’t great nowadays.
I kinda wanna see you react to a KyotoAnimation show. KyoAni has a few shows about music.
Clannad is from that studio right? Love that ost
@@_all_around_us Definitely Clannad, or a Kyoto movie like A Silent Voice
If he's going to check out a KyoAni show, it should be "Sound! Euphonium" or "A Silent Voice." Those are the serious music shows.
Maybe he could listen to Evan Call's soundtrack of Violet Evergarden. Those pieces are mesmerizing
KyoAni has amazing music producers/writers
I would love to see a video on Super Mario Galaxy. For me, it is the greatest Nintendo ost, and a masterclass in Motiv and creating a narrative with music. Please! Give it a listen!
I'd actually like to see Charles do a video on how bands like The Consouls and J-Music Ensemble amplify the jazz roots of some VGM compositions and how the composer might have been inspired by Western jazz eg. Costa del Sol with Tito Puente's Oye Como Va, New Wave Bossa Nova with Girl From Ipanema or perhaps something like DDR's Kind Lady which might have been inspired by Western pop (Edwyn Collins A Grul Like You) or how The Consouls and Pat Bartley have turned Rosalina's Comet Observatory into a beautiful jazz standard.
@@cooldebt love the idea! I really like both groups!
Good Egg Galaxy is up there as one of the greatest video game themes of all time imo
7:00 it kind of reminds me of the finale of the Firebird (Stravinsky), but at the same time i know that they only thing they vaguely share is the concept of ascending strings + lower wind+brass
11:55 "EVERYTHING IS THE AVENGERS!!!" This blew my mind, I had NO EARTHLY IDEA THOSE ARE THE SAME CHORD PROGRESSIONS! 🤯🤯🤯
How are your sets so dad gum great!!?!? Lighting is soooooo on point in literally every use. Props… yours have earned mine.
Abandoning Ship has parts that feel almost like Star Trek. I’d love to see you analyze music from Star Trek!
It really is so beautiful and exciting! I must have subconsciously loved the music, because this was one of my favourite films growing up. Thanks for making me appreciate the film anew!
Could you do something like this for lotr?? I would love to see your analyzation of it.
That would be two hours long!
And. Yes. I'd watch all of it.
Do you know the channel ‘listening in’? He covers lotr a lot.
@@jochemplus3757 I'll check it out. Thank you for the recommendation :)
Oh you're totally right, Ratatouille's OST is a masterpiece
Any movie about food captivates and moves my heart deeply.
You absolutely HAVE to do a video on the Tarzan Soundtrack. Phil Collins didn't have to go as hard as he did, but he did that. He did that for us.
Please keep doing more of these!!!!
I love how excited you got in this, what incredible music and ace breakdown
Attempt 19: *PLEASE* check out the Hollow Knight ost!! You’re doing yourself a disservice by not having heard it.
Yes ! We need a video for that !
Holy shit
Yes please
Vouch
+1 pls
Plz plz plz
So great you're covering Ratatouille's score! It's surprisingly great!
I am here to request The Prince of Egypt, Hans Zimmer’s finest work in my humble opinion.
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The thing I don't understand about Michael Giacchino is how he can take a simple solitary piano chord and make it be the most heartbreaking thing you've heard in your life. EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
“Everything is the avengers theme” lol
You made me hear things I’ve never noticed in this film before.
Thank you charles! I have been waiting for you to make a video about ratatouille, and now it’s here! You never fail my expectations!
Ratatouille Is Easily By FAR My Favorite Movie EVER, And The Songs Are Absolutely WONDERFUL, Absolute MASTERPIECES, EXTREMELY Well Written, The Songs Literally Tells You The Story, Absolutely PHENOMENAL.
I have been telling people this for years, glad to see recognition of it
passing it the melody around so u don’t even notice the changing hands. wow, that literally gave me goosebumps bc of how it matches the film’s narrative
While I agree that this score was fantasically written, I also want to point out that this was a fantastic performance. A composer can write a seamless transition of the melody from one instrument to another, but not all orchestras can accurately or seamlessly do it as heard here. Huge props to the musicians.
Music theory just blows my mind. I would love to be able to pick things apart so accurately like this! Cinematic music is so emotive I love it.
Pixar has really great soundtracks. The one a listen to the most is Wall-E, especially Define Dancing.
Thomas Newman deserves an entire episode on his own! His scores for the Shawshank Redemption, American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Finding Nemo and WALL-E are just works of art!
@@pendaco Yeah!!
I always thought about how great was the levels off satisfaction and comfort that this music Brings to me when I listen to it
You should do Medal OF Honor: Vangaured by Michael Giacchino. It is one of my favorite compasitions by Michael and is worth checking out!!
Ooh, I played arrangements of 4 tracks of MoH with a wind orchestra, and it's sooo much fun!
Finally, someone as obsessed with Michael Giacchino as i am!!
Not the video or topic I was expecting! Love nearly everything Giacchino's done, that soundtrack to The Lost World PS1 has to be one of my earliest memories of full orchestral music - especially for a game 👌
You have no idea how fricking excited new uploads make me!
This was the only film that I stayed through the entire credits just to listen to the score.
Another great score from micheal giacchino is for the movie zootopia. It might not be his greatest score, but I find the music to be so unique and special, I'd really love to see you talk about it!!
This shit makes me so emotional i almost cry every time. Almost no other composer can bring that out of me quite like Michael Giacchino. Ever since playing medal of honor when i was a little kid, listening to his scores just hit different. I'm sure hes a main reason why i went to school for jazz.
Hey Charles,
I just realized how amazing some of the Cyberpunk 2077 Score is!!! Even though you would never expect such beautiful and melancholic harmonies with this type of music. Defenitely check out the “Outsider No More“ by P.T. Adamczyk.
Love your videos ;)
My favorite movie still as an adult so I knew I’d love this, but your clear passion in reaction to beautiful music just makes me so grateful to have watched this 💛
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I wouldn't have thought to give this OST a listen had you not covered it, so thanks for doing so!
On another note, my favorite work from Giacchino is his score of Spider-Man: No Way Home, specifically the use of (SPOILERS) his theme for Aunt May's death and how he later turns it into a heroic version to represent Peter's sacrifice in response. (He also references "The Real Hero" by Alan Silvestri from Avengers: Endgame, which makes for a really nice touch as Peter is about to make his sacrifice.)
If you wanna check this one out, I recommend "Exit Through the Lobby" and "Forget Me Knots" (this one also uses "The Real Hero" in a powerful way) primarily. They're the two tracks that most heavily represent what I'm talking about. If you want a piece that further exemplifies the transformation of the theme, listen to the suite "Arachnoventure" and pay attention to the way the theme is overlaid on the Spider-Man theme Giacchino wrote for Homecoming.
If you feel up to it, I'd also love to hear you go over the Final Fantasy VII soundtrack or anything from The Legend of Zelda series. Thanks for doing this! I love your content!
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I just looked at a translation of the Ratatouille theme lyrics. It’s called “Le Festin” (The Feast). “The dreams of lovers are like a good wine.” “Weakened by hunger I am unhappy.” “Hope is a dish eaten too quickly”. “I cannot succeed because nothing in life is free.”
It really is Remy’s “I want song”. The last verse says that the feast will begin “I am happy at the idea of my new destiny”.
I am in love with the soundtrack from Ratatouille!! So exciting to see Charles Cornell do a breakdown of it
This score reminds me so much of the Muppets Rainbow Connection! The chord progressions and lyrical resolution are so similar
Now that you mention it, it really is. Both are so simultaneously heart-warming and heart-wrenching.
UP" is amazing OST, i consider it the masterpiece. Have a listen to the original Medal of Honor games for PlayStation 1. They maybe game OST but jeez is every single one of the tracks amazing.
It’s fun to see you nerd out on what you hear while I sit here feeling like I’m deaf.
Finally this masterpiece is getting some recognition :)
Love how in The Paper Chase there's a call to the Incredibles at 9:51 in the low brass
One artist I'd love to see you react to is Cody Fry, I particularly love his rendition of Eleanor Rigby and his original compositions- Caves/Underground. Many thanks from the UK.
aw yes!!!
I cannot stress how much of an underappreciated GEM this video is. Super surprised this doesn't have more views!
I think it would be really interesting for someone like you to look into the work of Nicholas Britell - he wrote the music for movies such as "Moonlight", "The King" and "If Beale Street Could Talk". He has a really hauntingly beautiful quality to his work that I think would be fascinating to see you unpack.
Interested in a "The King" soundtrack analysis
I'd love to see you cover more music from video games! My favorite video game series is Metroid, and the 36th anniversary is this year. I'd be super excited to see you cover one of the games! Maybe the soundtrack of Metroid Prime?
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Remy climbing up the sewer is probably my favorite musical sequence ever.
Whoever can’t tell that this guy doesn’t love music is blind in every way. Cheers to this man😂🍻
You should look at songs in My Singing Monsters, specifically Bone Island, Magical Sanctum, and Amber Island
The influence of french classical composers is very much felt and adds alot of charm to the music. Debussy in particular
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I really liked his old Medal of Honor scores, it'd be cool if you could check them out someday!
Hell yeah brother. Michael Giacchino is my favorite. My most nostalgic bits of music memory come from his compositions
Charles’ enthusiasm in every video never fails to cheer me up. It’s so wholesome. I may not always know what he’s talking about, but you bet I’m engaged in it nonetheless.
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I never thought that there would be anything better than Open Studio, but Charles is ahead. Long-term studying and practising, OK, but the ability to perform like him is a gift, I‘m quite shure. Maybe it is also so good and entertaining because he talks about so many genres, and not the easiest music. There is a lot of overall knowledge shining through. And - man - that hearing without perfect pitch is phenomenal.
You're gonna make me put so many film scores in my shuffle playlist it's going to start a rivalry with all the videogame scores that are already there.
Your insights into works are always fascinating and it's particularly great to see the (for my money) world's currently best and most consistent film composer getting the recognition he's deserved for a long time. Would love to see you talk about his Zootopia soundtrack which in my humble opinion is not only his best work but also criminally underated and absolutely beautiful.
'Ratatouille' is an amazing film. With what is perhaps the single best scene in animated history ever: the flashback that Antoine Ego gets, all the way back to his childhood.
We've all been there. And yes, then there's the music.
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A classic....
You should definitely do a vid on the League of Legends Arcane album... truly an unexpected masterpiece
I love your enthusiasms. Thanks for showing so many interesting things about my favourite composer... And score... And other tunes...
While I don't know that I necessarily agree that this is his best work, it's certainly a masterpiece
EDIT: I should've watched the video first. As usual, you've sold me one way or another
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my favourite thing in the world is watching people get this excited about themes and motifs in scores