The film was directed by Jim Capobianco, and is Pixar's first 2-D short (there's some 3-D and even stop motion in there, too!).
75% of the score I wrote, performed and recorded myself, but the other 25% I wrote and arranged for a 16 piece ensemble that we recorded at the Skywalker Scoring Stage, engineered by the amazing Leslie Ann Jones. Michael Giacchino and his team handled the orchestration. Michael was a great inspiration and help throughout the session.
On the scoring stage:
Photo (L to R) conductor, Michael Giacchino, Jim Capobianco, Mandel
The next day, Leslie Ann Jones mixed the music, while they finished Ratatouille down the hall.
We returned to Skywalker a couple months later to mix on the Stanley Kubrick stage.
Photo (L to R) Ann Brilz (Producer), Mandel (composer), Tom Myers (Mix), Steve Bloom (editor), Jim Capobianco (writer/director), EJ Holowicki (Sound Design)
