Michael Giacchino
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Background information | |
Born | Riverside Township, New Jersey, U.S. | October 10, 1967
Genres | Film score, contemporary classical, jazz |
Occupation(s) | Film, television, and video game score composer, director |
Instruments | Piano, organ, guitar, cello |
Years active | 1994–present |
Michael Giacchino (
Giacchino is known for his collaborations with directors J. J. Abrams, Brad Bird, Matt Reeves, Pete Docter, Colin Trevorrow, Jon Watts, Drew Goddard, The Wachowskis, Taika Waititi, and Thomas Bezucha. His film scores include several films from the Mission: Impossible; Jurassic World, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Star Trek reboot series, eight Pixar Animation Studios films, multiple Disney films, Rogue One, The Batman; and several other films. He also composed the score for the video game series Medal of Honor and Call of Duty and the television series Alias, Lost, and Fringe.
In 2018, he ventured into directing beginning with the Marvel Studios Disney+ special Werewolf by Night.
Early life
Giacchino was born in
Giacchino began combining images and music at age 10, when he began creating
I thought, wow, this is fantastic. They actually have colleges like this? Where I can do the things that I am really interested in doing? That was amazing to me. I loved SVA. I loved the kind of freedom that it provided. It was kind of like this great experiment—okay, you're here because you like something. So let's see how much you like it. We're not going to regulate you too much. We're going to see how passionate and driven you are, and how much you want this thing.[5]
Giacchino enrolled at SVA, majoring in film production and minoring in history. During his final year at SVA, his instructor in film publicity announced an unpaid internship was available at Universal Pictures. Giacchino, who was the only one interested, obtained the six-month position, which he filled at night while attending school during the day and working at Macy's to pay his rent. He graduated from SVA in 1990 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, after which he took music classes at the Juilliard School, and then at UCLA.[5][6][7][8]
Career
Video games
When Giacchino's internship ended, Universal hired him, giving him a job upon graduation from college. He later moved to Disney, and when Disney relocated to Los Angeles, Giacchino moved with them, working in publicity, while taking night classes in instrumentation and orchestration at
Giacchino's composition work for Disney Interactive during the 16-bit era included the
Film and television
Giacchino's work on various video games led to his entrance into television.
In 2001, J. J. Abrams, producer of the television series Alias, discovered Giacchino through his video game work and asked him to provide the new show's soundtrack. The soundtrack featured a mix of full orchestral pieces frequently intermingled with upbeat electronic music, a departure from much of his previous work. Giacchino would go on to provide the score for J. J. Abrams's 2004 television series Lost,[15] creating an acclaimed score which employed a unique process of using spare pieces of a plane fuselage for percussion parts. The score for Lost is also notable for a signature thematic motif: a brass fall-off at the end of certain themes.[16] Just like his counterpart Stu Phillips, he worked with the television show creator Abrams on his shows with his music scores while Abrams supplied the show's main themes on certain series such as Alias.
In 2004, Giacchino received his first big feature film commission. Brad Bird, director of Pixar's The Incredibles, asked Giacchino to provide the soundtrack for the film after having heard his work on Alias.[17] The upbeat jazz orchestral sound was a departure in style not only for Giacchino but for Pixar, which had previously relied on Randy and Thomas Newman for all of its films. Director Brad Bird had originally sought out John Barry – perhaps best known for his work on the early James Bond films—but Barry was reportedly unwilling to repeat the styles of his earlier works.[18]
Giacchino was nominated for two
Like his other counterparts
Giacchino also composed scores for the 2005 films
Giacchino
Giacchino has continued his collaboration with J. J. Abrams. For the Abrams-produced monster film
In 2016, Giacchino composed the score for the Marvel film Doctor Strange, as well as the score for the Disney film Zootopia. Giacchino also composed the fanfare for the new Marvel Studios logo, which debuted with Doctor Strange.[22] In September 2016, it was announced that Giacchino had been chosen to replace composer Alexandre Desplat as the composer for the Star Wars anthology film Rogue One after Desplat was unavailable following reshoots.[23] Giacchino then scored four more Marvel films: 2017's Spider-Man: Homecoming, 2019's Spider-Man: Far From Home, 2021's Spider-Man: No Way Home, and 2022's Thor: Love and Thunder.[24][25]
Giacchino returned to Pixar to score Coco (2017) and Incredibles 2 (2018).[26] He also composed the score for Taika Waititi's 2019 film Jojo Rabbit. In 2022, Giacchino composed the score for The Batman, and the score for the Pixar film Lightyear.[27]
In 2018, Giacchino wrote, directed and scored Monster Challenge.
On March 7, 2022, Variety reported that Giacchino was directing an upcoming as-of-yet untitled Marvel Studios television project for Disney+.[30] Four days later, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that he would be directing Werewolf by Night, which was released on October 7, 2022.[31]
Additional compositions
In addition to his long list of soundtracks, in 2005 Giacchino collaborated with
In 2009, he was asked to conduct the Academy Awards orchestra for the
Acting
In 2015, Giacchino played an It's a Small World operator in the film Tomorrowland which he scored.[32] Additionally, the same year, he played First Order Stormtrooper FN-3181 in J. J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Force Awakens.[33] He reprised the role in the 2018 animated film Ralph Breaks the Internet.[34] In 2019, he cameoed as a Sith trooper in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, also directed by Abrams.[35]
Directing
Giacchino grew up with an immense love for filmmaking, often spending time making short films in his youth. He made his professional directorial debut in 2019 with an episode of Star Trek: Short Treks during its second season. In 2020, Giacchino directed in his own short film, Monster Challenge starring Patton Oswalt. In 2022, Giacchino directed and scored the Marvel Studios Halloween special Werewolf by Night to critical acclaim. In January 2023, it was announced that Giacchino would make his feature directorial debut with a remake of Them! for Warner Bros. Pictures. He is expected to score the film as well.[36]
Style
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Giacchino is noted for using humorous titles filled with puns on his soundtrack albums.
Discography
Filmography
Feature film (as director)
Title | Year | Notes |
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Them! | TBA | In-development |
Television (as director)
Title | Year | Notes |
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Monster Challenge | 2018 | Short film |
Star Trek: Short Treks | 2019 | Episode: "Ephraim and Dot" |
Werewolf by Night | 2022 | Disney+ television special |
Awards and nominations
Personal life
He has a son named Mick Giacchino.[40]
See also
- Music of Lost
- Music of Star Wars
- Music of Star Trek
- Music of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Music of Batman
References
- YouTube
- ^ Burlingame, Jon. "Michael Giacchino's Mission: Make the Old Music New", The New York Times, May 7, 2006. Accessed February 3, 2013. "The backyard for Mr. Giacchino, 38, was in Edgewater Park, N.J., where he grew up watching—and listening to—Hanna-Barbera cartoons, The A-Team and reruns of The Dick Van Dyke Show."
- ^ Longsdorf, Amy. "Success sounds great for Giacchino", Courier-Post, February 24, 2008. Accessed February 3, 2013. "Giacchino, a graduate of Holy Cross High School (Class of '86), was scoring video games when Abrams gave him his first big break writing the music for TV's Alias and Lost."
- ^ "Oscar winners thank Italy – News in English". ANSA.it. Retrieved on August 21, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e Lincourt, Carrie. "Q + A". Visual Arts Journal. Volume 19, Number 1. Spring 2011. School of Visual Arts. Pages 46–49.
- ^ a b Burlingame, Jon (May 7, 2006). "Michael Giacchino's Mission: Make the Old Music New". The New York Times. Accessed November 27, 2007. "The backyard for Mr. Giacchino, 38, was in Edgewater Park, N.J., where he grew up watching – and listening to – Hanna-Barbera cartoons, The A-Team and reruns of The Dick Van Dyke Show. He graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York, but, as music became his main interest, he took classes at Juilliard and, later, film-music extension courses at UCLA"
- ^ a b "Michael Giacchino – Scoring for Primetime: ABC's Alias" Archived May 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine. Mackie.com. Retrieved on April 14, 2011.
- ^ "Biography". Michael Giacchino. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
- ^ "Michael Giacchino". MobyGames. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
- ^ "Michael Giacchino.com -Biography". Archived from the original on March 20, 2008.
- ^ "Michael Giacchino.com – Works". Archived from the original on March 30, 2008.
- ^ Chris Tilton.com – Black Archived August 30, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Michael Giacchino to Score Turning Point: Fall of Liberty Archived July 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. News.teamxbox.com (June 26, 2007). Retrieved on August 21, 2011.
- ^ Goldwasser, Dan (July 10, 2007). "Michael Giacchino scores Medal of Honor: Airborne". Retrieved May 10, 2009.
- ^ Lost Soundtrack. Amazon. Retrieved on August 21, 2011.
- ^ The Log Book – Lost Archived March 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Maintenance". Cinemusic.
- ^ Message Boards: The Incredibles!. Moviemusic.com. Retrieved on August 21, 2011.
- ^ Grammy Nominations 2005 – PDF Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Space Mountain. Allearsnet.com (May 27, 1977). Retrieved on August 21, 2011.
- ^ M:I – Iii. CDUniverse (May 9, 2006). Retrieved on August 21, 2011.
- ^ Goldberg, Matt (July 24, 2016). "Watch: Marvel Studios Debuts New Logo with Fanfare by Michael Giacchino". Collider. Archived from the original on July 25, 2016. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
- ^ "'Star Wars: Rogue One' Replaces Its Composer (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. September 15, 2016.
- ^ "'Spider-Man: Homecoming' to Be Scored by Michael Giacchino". hollywoodreporter.com. November 6, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ^ "'Thor: Love and Thunder': Michael Giacchino Set to Compose Score". Collider. December 9, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
- ComicBook.com. October 29, 2015.
- ^ Crossan, Ash (June 16, 2022). "Michael Giacchino Interview: Lightyear". Screen Rant. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
- ^ "Monster Challenge Archives". Michael Giacchino. May 12, 2020. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
- ^ Monster Challenge, archived from the original on December 12, 2021, retrieved June 1, 2020
- ^ "The Music of 'The Batman': How Michael Giacchino Used Dread and Darkness to Score the Box Office Smash". Variety. March 7, 2022.
- ^ "Composer Michael Giacchino to Direct Marvel's Halloween Special". The Hollywood Reporter. March 11, 2022.
- ^ "Tomorrowland: Press Kit" (PDF). The Walt Disney Studios. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 11, 2019. Retrieved May 14, 2015.
- ^ Sciretta, Peter (December 18, 2015). "'Force Awakens' Cameos Revealed: Michael Giacchino, Daniel Craig, and Radiohead's Nigel Godrich". /Film. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
- Disney Enterprises, Inc.2018. p. 33. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
- ^ Fiduccia, Christopher (June 29, 2020). "Star Wars Composer's Secret Rise of Skywalker Sith Trooper Cameo Revealed". Screen Rant. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
- ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (January 4, 2023). "Michael Giacchino To Make Feature Directorial Debut With Fresh Take On 'Them!' At Warner Bros". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
- ^ Allison (July 24, 2014). "Michael Giacchino's Strange, Pun-Filled Movie Scores". Archived from the original on January 5, 2016.
- ^ "Composer Michael Giacchino on Star Trek puns and the wrath of Trekkers".
- ^ Kroll, Laura (June 1, 2015). "The Many Prehistoric Puns on Michael Giacchino's Jurassic World Soundtrack Are Dino-myte". Bradley. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
- ^ Giacchino, Michael (February 3, 2022). "Actually, I write the themes along with my SON @MickGiacchino and HE wrote the full score". Twitter. Retrieved April 9, 2023.