In animated film, where every image and sound is deliberately constructed, music plays a central narrative and aesthetic role, shaping atmosphere, rhythm and emotional perception while reinforcing immersion in the film’s fictional world. Music can operate in different ways within animated film, from recurring musical themes linked to characters and emotions in How to Train Your Dragon to the song-driven storytelling of Disney’s Frozen. Films like The Red Turtle rely on music to shape atmosphere and perception despite minimal dialogue, while Pixar’s Soul places music itself at the centre of the narrative. Particularly fascinating in its use of music is…
