Michael Giacchino! Part III of our PLANET OF THE APES series!

Spurred by this year’s release of WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES, we kick off Kinotes in a big way with an epic three-episode series on THE PLANET OF THE APES. Part I will tackle the original PLANET OF THE APES, Part II: RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, and Part III: DAWN & WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES.

In this episode, Part III, we'll explore Michael Giacchino’s scores from DAWN and WAR. We’ll discuss what Giacchino brings to the series as well as the major musical themes and influences.

SPOILERS for the major plot points of DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES and WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES! — and by extension, RISE. Actually let’s throw the ’68 film in there too.

Show Notes:

00:00 - Intro & Recap of Episodes 1 & 203:00 - Dawn & War / Intro to Michael Giacchino as Composer / Rogue One & Lost06:03 - Piano / Leitmotif: Main Theme for Dawn11:34 - Leitmotif: Caesar’s Main Theme23:05 - Goldsmith Influence / Emil Richards25:46 - The Choir: Ligeti’s Requiem / Duel of the Fates / O Fortuna / Classical Requiems29:13 - Leitmotif: Caesar’s Burdened Leader Theme / Dawn Ending / Empire Strikes Back 37:50 - Intro to War / 20th Century Fox Fanfare / Influences40:21 - The Choir / Leitmotif: Main Theme For War43:00 - Echoplex Reference / Leitmotif: The Colonel’s Motif / Leon & Morricone45:40 - Leitmotif: Caesar’s Anti-Hero Theme / Morricone: Death Rides a Horse / La Moglie Più Bella48:30 - Caesar’s Anti-Hero Theme: vs. Super Mario Bros 2 / vs. Porgy and Bess49:46 - Caesar’s Anti-Hero Theme: John Barry & Goldfinger 52:48 - Leitmotif: Nova’s Theme / Return of Main Theme For Dawn 56:05 - Morricone: Ecstasy of the Bold vs. The Ecstasy of Gold58:08 - Reference to Jerry Goldsmith’s Link Score59:30 - Ape Escape / Dies Irae Sidebar / Danny Elfman1:05:52 - Caesar’s Arc / Reprise of Nova’s Theme 1:06:50 - The Biblical Epic / Rozsa & Ben-Hur1:08:30 - The End of Caesar’s Trilogy / Comparison to 1968 Apes1:13:30 - Outro / Sources / Social Media / War “End Credits” Suite

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Sources:

“Music for Apes” featurette on the WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES Blu-ray. You can buy the Blu-ray on Amazon.com

“Simian Symphony: How Apes Music Evolved from Man” by Scorekeeper, from Birth.Movies.Death Magazine's Planet of the Apes Issue. You can buy the magazine at www.mondotees.com

The Soundcast & Cinematic Sound Radio podcast episodes on WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES, which connected me to Morricone’s La Moglie Piu Bella score. You can subscribe to both these podcasts on iTunes.

Rebel Force Radio - Star Wars Oxygen: The Music of John Williams gave me much insight on the music of Star Wars. You can subscribe to Rebel for Radio on iTunes.

Shake The Box’s video on comparing the Mario music to WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES: https://youtu.be/Q-AUFoBSgn0

Special Thanks to Julie Popelka.