Michael Giacchino’s crowning achievement in film scoring, his score for Up won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 2009. In this episode, Noah Marconi, joined by composer Johan Macaraeg, explores how Giacchino uses his two leitmotifs, Ellie’s theme and Muntz’s theme, to deftly accompany the emotional story. After all is said and done, the score for Up basically can be whittled down to one sonority: a major 7th chord.