I don't care what anyone says, animation without music is like cereal without milk. (Get used to these food analogies, I'm really hungry right now). It's tasteless. It doesn't have that spark to it that draws in the audience. If I wasn't majoring in animation, I would have probably majored in music (or theater). It doesn't even have to be music that fits with what's going on, it still gives it some spice. Movies often have orchestras that play music written for the film, which is pretty much every single animated film out there. (Though there may be a few I can't think of right now in which the music isn't original). As for TV shows... I assume they also have some sort of orchestra (or band) that plays their type of background music. I can't say for sure yet.
Most Disney movies have musical numbers where characters sing and Pixar movies stick with orchestrated pieces to play in the background. A little something about myself for a moment, my favorite all time Pixar soundtrack is from Finding Nemo. I could honestly listen to that all day. Pixar is amazing at creating emotional depth through their music. Not a lot of animated industries out there do what Disney does in terms of writing songs for their characters to sing, but they're still able to portray what they want for their characters.
Though I love music in animation, I don't have much more to tell you guys other than to gush about certain pieces of music I adore and all that good stuff. I just want to mention it because it's something that some people overlook and don't think too much into it. One of my favorite composers is Danny Elfman. Man, can that guy write music like butter on toast. Mm... toast...
You guys have any favorite soundtracks or composers? Next topic: Time Management.
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