Animation legend Walt Disney once said, "Animation provides a medium of storytelling and visual entertainment that can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages around the world" . This quote is especially true with Disney-Pixar's Up. Pete Docter, the director of Up, is able to use multiple tactics to show human emotions throughout the film, including music and silence, lights and colors, and 3-D shots. The effectiveness of these tactics will be further analyzed to see if their use adds value to the production as a whole. The melodious instruments that accompany Up have the ability to immerse the audience more deeply into the fantastic animated environment. Up's soundtrack composer, Michael Giacchino, does a spectacular job integrating the music with the characters' feelings. The first scene of the film is set in the 1930s, when Carl (Ed Asner) is a young boy admiring his daring hero Charles Muntz (Christopher Plummer), adventurer from Paradise Falls, at the local theater. Giacchino accompanies this scene with a wonderfully nostalgic adventure theme that illuminates the raw feeling of excitement felt by Carl, which critic David Denby describes as a “wizard's appreciation of exotic adventure. . . .” After leaving the theater, Carl meets childhood Ellie (Elie Docter); this is where the Up theme song is introduced. This main theme serves as the base song that is manipulated throughout the film. Giacchino says, “What I ended up doing was doing this very simple waltz that grows and twists and morphs throughout the entire course of the film. As Carl goes on this adventure, everything changes, [and] the music changes with him and his character as he develops and grows. Many scenes...... middle of paper...... from the greatest animated films of all time. Works Cited Dargis, Manohla. "The House That Soared." Rev. of Up, dir. Peter Docter. The New York Times May 11, 2009. NyTimes. Web. March 30, 2011. Denby, David. "The Wanderers." Rev. of Up, dir. Peter Docter, The New Yorker June 8, 2009. New Yorker. Web, March 30, 2011. Ebert, Roger “Cannes No. 1: Up, Up and Away, in My Beautiful, My Beautiful Balloon Rev. of Up, dir. Peter Docter. Chicago Sun Times May 11, 2009. Chicago Sun Times Web. March 30, 2011. "Stevens, Dana." Rev. of Up, dir. Peter Docter March 30, 2011. Turan, Kenneth. "Up." Dir. Peter Docter, 2008.DVD.Zacharek, Stephanie “Up” . Rev. of Up, dir. Peter Docter Salon May 2009. Web. 30 March. 2011.