In addition to the jazz music by Jon Batiste, which is the score that's heard during the portions of "Soul" that take place on Earth, there is also music by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, which is the score heard during the portions that take place in the "before-life."
It is true that there's no real point where the action stops for a full song (so, nothing along the lines of the weepy montage scene set to "When She Loved Me" in "Toy Story 2"). You can look at the track listing for the soundtrack album and see the lengths of the various compositions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_(soundtrack) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_(soundtrack)> > On Jan 1, 2021, at 11:39 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > So, I guess this raises the question of how many songs a film has to have to > qualify as a musical; or is it some other criteria, like how integrated the > songs are into the story telling of the film? Certainly many Pixar films have > memorable original songs and scores. I have not seen Soul, but I think Kevin > p’s comment holds even if not technically a musical, that it was an > opportunity for a couple of fully developed jazz compositions or songs and a > full jazz score at least as memorable as Toy Story or maybe Brave. > > On Fri, 1 Jan 2021 at 10:04 PM M-D November <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Not a single Pixar film to date has been a musical (those generally come from > Walt Disney Animation Studios, although it’s really two sides of the same > coin now). But there were some original jazz compositions and orchestrations > by John Batiste. > > An argument could also be made that, save for the Cars franchise, most of > Pixar’s output over the last decade+ haven’t really been “children’s movies”. > (In the same sense that the original Looney Tunes shorts weren’t “for > children”.) > > On Friday, January 1, 2021 at 12:44:58 PM UTC-5 Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > Disney/Pixar has a propensity for including a death in the first act of their > children’s movies that borders on the macabre. Also ironic that a movie > centered in the world of jazz is NOT a musical. But otherwise a good flick. > > On the Disney+ > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/5814df73-368c-431d-afee-243a82729cc1n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/5814df73-368c-431d-afee-243a82729cc1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKfqgJoNJHCCzyZ-ac6CMHxFv3qe2GDwbCK2LgdHWjezg%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKfqgJoNJHCCzyZ-ac6CMHxFv3qe2GDwbCK2LgdHWjezg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/4BA17B9E-3C84-4F6C-862F-7225EED7024C%40ellwanger.tv.
