Disney has confirmed to Upcoming Film Scores that Michael Giacchino, who scored The Incredibles and Ratatouille, has signed on compose the score for Up, their tenth animated film scheduled for theatrical release on May 29, 2008.

Up, directed by Pete Docter (director of Monsters Inc.) and Bob Peterson (Pixar writer), tells the story of a man in his seventies who travels the world fighting off villains and still makes it home for dinner.

Let the hype begin!

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