Michael Giacchino

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Michael Giacchino (; born October 10, 1967) is an American composer of music for films, television and video games. He has received an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and three Grammy Awards.

He is known for his collaborations with J. J. Abrams composing for television series Alias, Lost and Fringe, and films Mission: Impossible III, Super 8, Star Trek and its sequel Star Trek Into Darkness. His other film scores include The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Up, Cars 2, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Jurassic World, Inside Out, Zootopia, Star Trek Beyond, Doctor Strange, Rogue One, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Coco, Incredibles 2, War for the Planet of the Apes, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Spider-Man: Far From Home and Finding Cattella. He also composed the score of the video game series Medal of Honor and Call of Duty.

Early life

Giacchino was born in Riverside Township, New Jersey. His father's ancestors came from Sicily and his mother's ancestors emigrated from Abruzzo in the center of Italy; he holds dual American and Italian citizenship. Giacchino grew up in Edgewater Park Township, New Jersey. He graduated from Holy Cross High School in Delran Township, New Jersey in 1986.

Giacchino began combining images and music at age 10, when he began creating stop-motion animation with homemade soundtracks in his basement. While in high school, an art teacher who mentored Giacchino recommended to his parents that he attend the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Giacchino describes visiting the school with his parents thus:

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.

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.

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 UCLA. His work for Disney had him interacting with the various personnel who worked in films, such as the producers who hired composers, so when a job at Disney Interactive opened for a producer, Giacchino obtained the job, thinking he could hire himself to write music for the games he produced.

Giacchino's composition work for Disney Interactive during the 16-bit era included the Sega Genesis game Gargoyles, the SNES game Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow and the various console versions of The Lion King. However his first major composition was for the DreamWorks video game adaptation of the 1997 movie, The Lost World: Jurassic Park. The video game was one of the first PlayStation- (also on Sega Saturn) console title to be recorded with an original live orchestral score. Giacchino has since continued his relationship with DreamWorks which also included composing the score for the Small Soldiers video game in 1998, providing full orchestral scores for many of their popular videogames. He also worked with Pandemic studios to create the theme for Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. Giacchino's award-winning compositions covers the first four instalments of the Medal of Honor series, (Medal of Honor, Underground, Allied Assault and Frontline), Heroes: 2, and also the scores for several other World War II-related video games like Secret Weapons Over Normandy, Call of Duty and Call of Duty: Finest Hour. Additionally, Giacchino composed themes for The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer, and co-wrote the theme of Black with composer Chris Tilton. He also composed the score for Alias, which was based on the television series of the same name. In 2008 Giacchino wrote music for Turning Point: Fall of Liberty. In 2007, he returned to the Medal of Honor franchise as he composed the music for Medal of Honor: Airborne.

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, 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. 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. 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.

Giacchino was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 2005 for The Incredibles: Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media and Best Instrumental Composition.

Like his other counterparts Joel McNeely, J. A. C. Redford and Frank DeVol, Giacchino mostly associated with Disney from early in his career up to most recently, ranging from video games such as Mickey Mania and Gargoyles to films such as The Incredibles and eventually collaborated with Walt Disney Imagineering in creating two new soundtracks for the updated versions of Space Mountain at Disneyland, Space Mountain: Mission 2 at Disneyland Paris, and Space Mountain at Hong Kong Disneyland.

Giacchino also composed scores for the 2005 films Sky High and The Family Stone, and the television movie The Muppets' Wizard of Oz. Additionally, he wrote the music for Joseph Barbera's final theatrical Tom and Jerry cartoon The Karate Guard, and scored the Abrams-directed 2006 film Mission: Impossible III. Giacchino's next musical achievement was his Paris-inspired score for the Disney-Pixar film Ratatouille, which includes the theme song "Le Festin", performed by French artist Camille. He received his first Academy Award nomination for this score. He also created the score for Abrams' 2009 Star Trek film.

Giacchino scored the Pixar film Up (and its accompanying animated short Partly Cloudy), for which he collaborated with director Pete Docter. This marked the first time Giacchino worked with a Pixar director other than Brad Bird. This work gained Giacchino his first Academy Award for Best Original Score: the first-ever win for Pixar in that category. Giacchino notes that he won on the same night as his SVA classmate Joel Harlow won for Best Makeup Oscar for Star Trek.

Giacchino has continued his collaboration with J. J. Abrams. For the Abrams-produced monster film Cloverfield, Giacchino wrote an homage to Japanese monster scores in an overture entitled "ROAR!", which played over the credits, and constituted the only original music for the film. He also composed for the pilot of the Abrams-produced American television series Fringe, after which Giacchino gave scoring duties to his assistant Chad Seiter, who scored the first half of season one. The task was then passed on to Chris Tilton, who scored the latter half of season one and all subsequent seasons.

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. 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. Giacchino then scored another Marvel Studios film, 2017's Spider-Man: Homecoming.

Giacchino returned to Pixar to score Coco (2017) and Incredibles 2 (2018).

Additional compositions

In addition to his long list of soundtracks, in 2005 Giacchino collaborated with Walt Disney Imagineering in creating two new soundtracks for the updated versions of Space Mountain at Disneyland, Space Mountain: Mission 2 at Disneyland Paris, and Space Mountain at Hong Kong Disneyland. Giacchino was also contracted by Sarah Vowell, who played character Violet in The Incredibles, to compose the score to the audio version of her book Assassination Vacation. Michael Giacchino's music can also be heard in "Star Tours: The Adventure Continues" during the "travel log videos" shown in the queue for both the Disneyland and Walt Disney World versions of the attraction.

In 2009, he was asked to conduct the Academy Awards orchestra for the 81st Academy Awards. For this project he rearranged many famous movie themes in different styles, including a 1930s Big Band treatment of Lawrence of Arabia and a bossa nova of Moon River. Giacchino also composed the fanfare for the 100th Anniversary logo for Paramount Pictures.

Acting

In 2015, Giacchino played an "It's a Small World operator in the film Tomorrowland which he scored. Additionally, the same year, he played First Order Stormtrooper FN-3181 in J. J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He reprised the role in the 2018 animated film Ralph Breaks the Internet.

Style

Giacchino is noted for using humorous titles filled with puns on his soundtrack albums. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Jurassic World in particular had many ape- and dinosaur-related double entendres such as "Gorilla Warfare" and "Raptor Your Heart Out". Many of those have references to previous works of his, both in style and naming. Giacchino used themes from the track "U-Boat" from the Medal of Honor soundtrack in the tracks "Sawyer Jones and the Temple of Boom" and "Sub-Primed" from the 5th and 6th season Lost soundtracks as the submarine motif. In terms of naming, the score for The Incredibles contains a piece named "100 Mile Dash", and subsequently Ratatouille had "100 Rat Dash", Up had "Three Dog Dash", and Coco had "Shrine and Dash". Another series of examples: "World's Worst Beach Party" from the first Lost album, "World's Worst Last 4 Minutes To Live" from the Mission: Impossible III soundtrack, "Galaxy's Worst Sushi Bar" from Star Trek (2010 deluxe release), "World's Worst Landscaping" from the second Lost album, "World's Worst Car Wash" from the soundtrack album Lost: The Final Season, and "World's Worst Field Trip" from the soundtrack of Super 8. The soundtrack for Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol also has a track titled "World's Worst Parking Valet", and the score for Zootopia contains a track titled "World's Worst Animal Shelter". Inversely, the score for Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction has a track entitled "World's Best Carpool Lane"; the Speed Racer score has tracks entitled "World's Best Autopia" and "World's Worst Road Rage."

Awards, nominations and recognitions

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Major Industry Awards

• Note: "Year" denotes the year of the ceremony.

Academy Awards

Year	Work	Category/award	Result	Ref.
2008	Ratatouille	Best Original Score	Nominated
2010	Up	Best Original Score	Won

British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards

Year	Work	Category/award	Result	Ref.
2010	Up	Best Music	Won

Emmy Awards (Primetime)

Year	Work	Category/award	Result
2005	Lost: Pilot	Outstanding Music Composition for a Series	Won
2008	Lost: The Constant	Outstanding Music Composition for a Series	Nominated
2010	Lost: The End	Outstanding Music Composition for a Series	Nominated

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Work	Category/award	Result	Ref.
2010	Up	Best Original Score – Motion Picture	Won

Grammy Awards

Year	Work	Category/award	Result
2005	The Incredibles	Best Score Soundtrack Album	Nominated
2005	"The Incredits" (from The Incredibles)	Best Instrumental Composition	Nominated
2008	Ratatouille	Best Score Soundtrack Album	Won
2010	Star Trek	Best Score Soundtrack Album	Nominated
2010	Up	Best Score Soundtrack Album	Won
2010	"Married Life" (from Up)	Best Instrumental Composition	Won
2010	"Up With End Credits" (from Up)	Best Instrumental Arrangement	Nominated
2019	Coco	Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media	Nominated

Other Industry Awards

• 2001 Interactive Achievement Awards for Original Music Composition – Medal of Honor: Underground
• 2003 Game Developers Choice Awards for Excellence in Audio – Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
• 2003 Interactive Achievement Awards for Original Music Composition – Medal of Honor: Frontline
• 2004 IFMCA Award for Score of the Year – The Incredibles
• 2004 IFMCA Award for Composer of the Year
• 2004 Game Developers Choice Awards for Excellence in Audio – Call of Duty
• 2007 Film & TV Music Award for Best Score for a Short Film – Lifted
• 2007 StreamingSoundtracks.com Award for Composer of the Year
• 2010 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards for Best Score – Up
• 2012 Saturn Award for Best Music - Super 8
• 2015 World Soundtrack Academy Award for Composer of the Year

Recognition

• The score for Season 1 of Lost was cited by New Yorker music critic Alex Ross as "some of the most compelling film music of the past year."

Discography

Video games

Title	Year	Notes
Mickey Mania: The Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse	1994	Additional compositions
Gargoyles	1995	N/A
Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow	1995	N/A
The Lost World: Jurassic Park	1997	N/A
Chaos Island	1997	N/A
Small Soldiers	1998	N/A
T'ai Fu: Wrath of the Tiger	1999	N/A
Warpath: Jurassic Park	1999	N/A
Medal of Honor	1999	N/A
Muppet Monster Adventure	2000	N/A
Medal of Honor: Underground	2000	N/A
Medal of Honor: Allied Assault	2002	N/A
Medal of Honor: Frontline	2002	N/A
Call of Duty	2003	N/A
Secret Weapons Over Normandy	2003	N/A
Call of Duty: United Offensive	2004	Expansion pack
Call of Duty: Finest Hour	2004	N/A
Alias	2004	N/A
The Incredibles	2004	Console/PC versions only, composed with Chris Tilton
Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction	2005	Composed with Chris Tilton
The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer	2005	Composed with Chris Tilton
Black	2006	Main theme co-composed with Chris Tilton, original score by Chris Tilton
Medal of Honor: Vanguard	2007	N/A
Medal of Honor: Airborne	2007	N/A
Medal of Honor: Heroes 2	2007	N/A
Lost: Via Domus	2008	N/A
Turning Point: Fall of Liberty	2008	N/A
Fracture	2008	Only producer - Music composed by Chris Tilton and Chad Seiter
Up	2009	with Chad Seiter
Lego The Incredibles	2018	Composed with Rob Westwood and Ian Livingstone

Films

Year	Title	Director	Studio(s)	Notes
1997	Legal Deceit	Monika Harris	Portman Entertainment Group Spectrum Films Sweaty Palm Productions	N/A
1999	My Brother the Pig	Erik Fleming	Brimstone Entertainment Ardusty Home Entertainment Unapix Productions	N/A
2001	The Trouble with Lou	Gregor Joackim	Cinetic Rights Management Two Loose Cannons	N/A
2003	Sin	Michael Stevens	Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Leyrer/Stevens Entertainment	N/A
2004	The Incredibles	Brad Bird	Walt Disney Pictures Pixar Animation Studios	Nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album Nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition First collaboration with Brad Bird and Pixar Animation Studios Replaced John Barry
2005	Hotel for Cheese	Curtis Hanson	Touchstone Pictures (North America) Universal Pictures (International) Scott Free Productions	N/A
	Sky High	Mike Mitchell	Walt Disney Pictures Gunn Films	N/A
	The Muppets' Wizard of Oz	Kirk Thatcher	The Muppets Holding Company The Jim Henson Company	TV Movie
	The Family Stone	Thomas Bezucha	20th Century Fox Fox 2000 Pictures	First collaboration with Thomas Bezucha
2006	Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World	Albert Brooks	Warner Independent Pictures Seventh Picture Productions Kintop Pictures Shangri-La Entertainment THINKFilm	N/A
	Mission: Impossible III	J. J. Abrams	Paramount Pictures Cruise/Wagner Productions	First film collaboration with J. J. Abrams
2007	Ratatouille	Brad Bird	Walt Disney Pictures Pixar Animation Studios	Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score Second collaboration with Brad Bird and Pixar Animation Studios
2008	Cloverfield	Matt Reeves	Paramount Pictures Bad Robot Productions	Credited as "Written by" Only composed "Roar!" for ending credits First collaboration with Matt Reeves
	Speed Racer	The Wachowskis	Warner Bros. Pictures Village Roadshow Pictures Silver Pictures Anarchos Productions	First collaboration with The Wachowskis
2009	Star Trek	J. J. Abrams	Paramount Pictures Spyglass Entertainment Bad Robot Productions	Nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album Second collaboration with J. J. Abrams
	Up	Pete Docter	Walt Disney Pictures Pixar Animation Studios	Academy Award for Best Original Score BAFTA Award for Best Music Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score – Up First collaboration with Pete Docter Third collaboration with Pixar Animation Studios
	Land of the Lost	Brad Silberling	Universal Pictures Relativity Media Sid & Marty Krofft Pictures Mosaic Media Group	N/A
	Earth Days	Robert Stone	Zeitgeist Films American Experience Robert Stone Productions	Documentary Film
2010	Let Me In	Matt Reeves	Overture Films Relativity Media Paramount Pictures Icon Film Distribution Hammer Films Exclusive Media Group	Second collaboration with Matt Reeves
2011	Cars 2	John Lasseter	Walt Disney Pictures Pixar Animation Studios	Fourth collaboration with Pixar Animation Studios
	Super 8	J. J. Abrams	Paramount Pictures Bad Robot Productions Amblin Entertainment	Third collaboration with J. J. Abrams
	Monte Carlo	Thomas Bezucha	20th Century Fox Fox 2000 Pictures Regency Enterprises Di Novi Pictures Dune Entertainment Blossom Films	Second collaboration with Thomas Bezucha
	50/50	Jonathan Levine	Summit Entertainment Lionsgate Mandate Pictures Point Grey Pictures	N/A
	Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol	Brad Bird	Paramount Pictures Skydance Productions TC Productions Bad Robot Productions	Third collaboration with Brad Bird
2012	John Carter	Andrew Stanton	Walt Disney Pictures	N/A
2013	Star Trek Into Darkness	J. J. Abrams	Paramount Pictures Bad Robot Productions Skydance Productions K/O Paper Products	Fourth collaboration with J. J. Abrams
2014	Dawn of the Planet of the Apes	Matt Reeves	20th Century Fox Chernin Entertainment TSG Entertainment	Third collaboration with Matt Reeves
	This Is Where I Leave You	Shawn Levy	Warner Bros. Pictures Spring Creek Productions 21 Laps Entertainment	N/A
2015	Jupiter Ascending	The Wachowskis	Warner Bros. Pictures Village Roadshow Pictures RatPac-Dune Entertainment Anarchos Productions	Second collaboration with The Wachowskis
	Tomorrowland	Brad Bird	Walt Disney Pictures A113 Productions	Fourth collaboration with Brad Bird
	Jurassic World	Colin Trevorrow	Universal Pictures Amblin Entertainment Legendary Pictures The Kennedy/Marshall Company	First collaboration with Colin Trevorrow Jurassic Park Theme by John Williams
	Inside Out	Pete Docter	Walt Disney Pictures Pixar Animation Studios	Second collaboration with Pete Docter Fifth collaboration with Pixar Animation Studios
2016	Zootopia	Byron Howard Rich Moore	Walt Disney Pictures Walt Disney Animation Studios	N/A
	Star Trek Beyond	Justin Lin	Paramount Pictures Skydance Media Bad Robot Productions Sneaky Shark Productions Perfect Storm Entertainment	N/A
	Doctor Strange	Scott Derrickson	Marvel Studios	First contribution to the Marvel Cinematic Universe
	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	Gareth Edwards	Lucasfilm Ltd.	Replaced Alexandre Desplat Original Star Wars themes by John Williams
2017	The Book of Henry	Colin Trevorrow	Focus Features Sidney Kimmel Entertainment Double Nickel Entertainment	Second collaboration with Colin Trevorrow
	Spider-Man: Homecoming	Jon Watts	Columbia Pictures Marvel Studios Pascal Pictures	First collaboration with Jon Watts Second contribution to the Marvel Cinematic Universe
	War for the Planet of the Apes	Matt Reeves	20th Century Fox Chernin Entertainment TSG Entertainment	Fourth collaboration with Matt Reeves
	Coco	Lee Unkrich	Walt Disney Pictures Pixar Animation Studios	Sixth collaboration with Pixar Animation Studios
2018	Incredibles 2	Brad Bird		Fifth collaboration with Brad Bird Seventh collaboration with Pixar Animation Studios
	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom	J. A. Bayona	Universal Pictures Amblin Entertainment Legendary Pictures Perfect World Pictures The Kennedy/Marshall Company	First J. A. Bayona film not to be composed by Fernando Velázquez
	Bad Times at the El Royale	Drew Goddard	20th Century Fox TSG Entertainment Goddard Textiles	N/A
2019	Spider-Man: Far From Home	Jon Watts	Columbia Pictures Marvel Studios Pascal Pictures	Second collaboration with Jon Watts Third contribution to the Marvel Cinematic Universe
	Jojo Rabbit	Taika Waititi	Fox Searchlight Pictures TSG Entertainment Defender Films Piki Films	N/A
2020	An American Pickle	Brandon Trost	Warner Bros. Pictures Sony Pictures Warner Max Point Grey Pictures	Original themes, Nami Melumad composed the rest of the score
	Let Him Go	Thomas Bezucha	Focus Features Universal Pictures The Mazur Kaplan Company	Third collaboration with Thomas Bezucha
	Extinct	David Silverman	TriStar Pictures China Lion HB Wink Animation Tencent Pictures Huayi Brothers Tolerable Entertainment Cinesite Timeless Films	N/A
2021	Spider-Man: No Way Home	Jon Watts	Columbia Pictures Marvel Studios Pascal Pictures	Third collaboration with Jon Watts Fourth contribution to the Marvel Cinematic Universe
2022	The Batman	Matt Reeves	Warner Bros. Pictures DC Films 6th & Idaho	Fifth collaboration with Matt Reeves
	Jurassic World: Dominion	Colin Trevorrow	Universal Pictures Amblin Entertainment	Third collaboration with Colin Trevorrow

Short films and holiday specials

Title	Year	Notes
No Salida	1998	Short film
String Of The Kite	2003	Short film
The Karate Guard	2005	Short film
One Man Band	2005	Short film
Jack-Jack Attack	2005	Short film
Lifted	2006	Short film
How to Hook Up Your Home Theater	2007	Short film
Partly Cloudy	2009	Short film
Dug's Special Mission	2009	Short film (edited from Up)
Prep & Landing	2009	TV Christmas Special
Day & Night	2010	Short film
Prep & Landing: Operation: Secret Santa	2010	Short film
The Ballad of Nessie	2011	Short film
Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice	2011	TV Christmas special
La Luna	2011	Short film
Toy Story of Terror!	2013	TV Halloween special
Toy Story That Time Forgot	2014	TV Christmas special
Riley's First Date?	2015	Short film
Dante's Lunch	2017	Short film

TV series

Title	Year	Notes
Alias	2001–2006	Bad Robot Productions
Lost	2004–2010
Six Degrees	2006–2007
Fringe	2008 (co-composer of the first season with Chris Tilton and Chad Seiter)
Undercovers	2010 (Pilot only)
Alcatraz	2012 (Pilot only)

Theme park attractions

Title	Year	Notes
Space Mountain at Disneyland	2005	Theme park attraction
Space Mountain at Hong Kong Disneyland	2005	Theme park attraction
Space Mountain: Mission 2 at Disneyland Paris	2005	Theme Park attraction
Space Mountain at Magic Kingdom	2010	Theme park attraction
Star Tours: The Adventures Continue at Disneyland, Disneyland Paris, Tokyo Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios	2011	Theme park attraction
Ratatouille: L’Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy at Walt Disney Studios Park and Epcot	2014	Theme park attraction
Incredicoaster at Disney California Adventure	2018	Theme park attraction

As conductor

• 81st Academy Awards, 2009

External links

• Official website
• Music By Michael Giacchino Fansite
• Michael Giacchino on IMDb
• Michael Giacchino's score for 'Secret Weapons Over Normandy'
• Template:Musicbrainz artist
• SoundtrackNet Interview with Michael Giacchino
• Alan Sepinwall interview with Michael Giacchino on composing for LOST

v - e - dAwards for Michael Giacchino

Template:AcademyAwardBestOriginalScore 2001-2020 v - e - dAnnie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz (1995) Randy Newman (1996) Randy Newman (1997) Matthew Wilder, David Zippel and Jerry Goldsmith (1998) Michael Kamen (1999) Randy Newman (2000) John Powell and Harry Gregson-Williams (2001) Joe Hisaishi (2002) Thomas Newman (2003) Michael Giacchino (2004) Julian Nott (2005) Randy Newman (2006) Michael Giacchino (2007) Hans Zimmer and John Powell (2008) Bruno Coulais (2009) John Powell (2010) John Williams (2011) Henry Jackman, Skrillex, Adam Young, Matthew Thiessen, Jamie Houston and Yasushi Akimoto (2012) Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez and Christophe Beck (2013) John Powell and Jónsi (2014) Michael Giacchino (2015) Hans Zimmer, Richard Harvey and Camille (2016) Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Germaine Franco, Adrian Molina and Michael Giacchino (2017) Michael Giacchino (2018) Dan Levy (2019) Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste (2020) Germaine Franco and Lin-Manuel Miranda (2021) v - e - dAnnie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production Alf Clausen (1997) Alf Clausen and Ken Keeler (1998) Randy Rogel (1999) Alf Clausen (2000) Thomas Chase, Steve Rucker and James L. Venable (2001) James L. Venable (2002) Alf Clausen, Ian Maxtone-Graham and Ken Keeler (2003) Robert J. Kral (2004) James L. Venable and Jennifer Kes Remington (2005) James L. Venable and Jennifer Kes Remington (2006) Alf Clausen and Michael Price (2007) Henry Jackman, Hans Zimmer and John Powell (2008) Guy Moon (2009) Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton, Nick Carr and Tuck Tucker (2010) Grace Potter and Michael Giacchino (2011) John Paesano (2012) Christopher Willis (2013) Christopher Willis (2014) Christopher Willis (2015) Scot Stafford, Alexis Harte and JJ Wiesler (2016) Christopher Willis (2017) Christopher Willis (2018) Rob Cairns (2019) Kevin Kiner (2020) Tim Davies and Gustavo Santaolalla (2021) v - e - dBAFTA Award for Best Film Music 1968–2000 John Barry (1968) Mikis Theodorakis (1969) Burt Bacharach (1970) Michel Legrand (1971) Nino Rota (1972) Alan Price (1973) Richard Rodney Bennett (1974) John Williams (1975) Bernard Herrmann (1976) John Addison (1977) John Williams (1978) Ennio Morricone (1979) John Williams (1980) Carl Davis (1981) John Williams (1982) Ryuichi Sakamoto (1983) Ennio Morricone (1984) Maurice Jarre (1985) Ennio Morricone (1986) Ennio Morricone (1987) John Williams (1988) Maurice Jarre (1989) Andrea and Ennio Morricone (1990) Jean-Claude Petit (1991) David Hirschfelder (1992) John Williams (1993) Don Was (1994) Luis Bacalov (1995) Gabriel Yared (1996) Nellee Hooper (1997) David Hirschfelder (1998) Thomas Newman (1999) Tan Dun (2000) 2001–present Craig Armstrong and Marius de Vries (2001) Philip Glass (2002) T Bone Burnett and Gabriel Yared (2003) Gustavo Santaolalla (2004) John Williams (2005) Gustavo Santaolalla (2006) Christopher Gunning (2007) A. R. Rahman (2008) Michael Giacchino (2009) Alexandre Desplat (2010) Ludovic Bource (2011) Thomas Newman (2012) Steven Price (2013) Alexandre Desplat (2014) Ennio Morricone (2015) Justin Hurwitz (2016) Alexandre Desplat (2017) Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, and Lukas Nelson (2018) Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019) Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, and Atticus Ross (2020) Hans Zimmer (2021) v - e - dCritics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score John Williams (1998) Gabriel Yared (1999) Lisa Gerrard and Hans Zimmer (2000) Howard Shore (2001) John Williams (2002) Howard Shore (2003) Howard Shore (2004) John Williams (2005) Philip Glass (2006) Jonny Greenwood (2007) A. R. Rahman (2008) Michael Giacchino (2009) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2010) Ludovic Bource (2011) John Williams (2012) Steven Price (2013) Antonio Sánchez (2014) Ennio Morricone (2015) Justin Hurwitz (2016) Alexandre Desplat (2017) Justin Hurwitz (2018) Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019) Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste (2020) Hans Zimmer (2021) v - e - dChicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Score Michael Nyman (1993) Randy Newman (1994) Hans Zimmer (1995) Carter Burwell (1996) James Horner (1997) Burkhard Dallwitz (1998) Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman (1999) Tan Dun (2000) Howard Shore (2001) Elmer Bernstein (2002) Howard Shore (2003) Howard Shore (2004) Gustavo Santaolalla (2005) Clint Mansell (2006) Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová (2007) Thomas Newman (2008) Michael Giacchino (2009) Clint Mansell (2010) Cliff Martinez (2011) Jonny Greenwood (2012) Arcade Fire (2013) Micachu (2014) Ennio Morricone (2015) Micachu (2016) Jonny Greenwood (2017) Nicholas Britell (2018) Alexandre Desplat (2019) Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste (2020) Jonny Greenwood (2021) Justin Hurwitz (2022) Template:EmmyAward MusicCompositionSeries v - e - dGolden Globe Award for Best Original Score 1940s Life with Father – Max Steiner (1947) The Red Shoes – Brian Easdale (1948) The Inspector General – Johnny Green (1949) 1950s Sunset Boulevard – Franz Waxman (1950) September Affair – Victor Young (1951) High Noon – Dimitri Tiomkin (1952) On the Beach – Ernest Gold (1959) 1960s The Alamo – Dimitri Tiomkin (1960) The Guns of Navarone – Dimitri Tiomkin (1961) To Kill a Mockingbird – Elmer Bernstein (1962) (1963) The Fall of the Roman Empire – Dimitri Tiomkin (1964) Doctor Zhivago – Maurice Jarre (1965) Hawaii – Elmer Bernstein (1966) Camelot – Frederick Loewe (1967) The Shoes of the Fisherman – Alex North (1968) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Burt Bacharach (1969) 1970s Love Story – Francis Lai (1970) Shaft – Isaac Hayes (1971) The Godfather – Nino Rota (1972) Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Neil Diamond (1973) The Little Prince – Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe (1974) Jaws – John Williams (1975) A Star is Born – Kenneth Ascher and Paul Williams (1976) Star Wars – John Williams (1977) Midnight Express – Giorgio Moroder (1978) Apocalypse Now – Carmine Coppola and Francis Ford Coppola (1979) 1980s The Stunt Man – Dominic Frontiere (1980) No Award (1981) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – John Williams (1982) Flashdance – Giorgio Moroder (1983) A Passage to India – Maurice Jarre (1984) Out of Africa – John Barry (1985) The Mission – Ennio Morricone (1986) The Last Emperor – David Byrne, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Cong Su (1987) Gorillas in the Mist – Maurice Jarre (1988) The Little Mermaid – Alan Menken (1989) 1990s The Sheltering Sky – Richard Horowitz and Ryuichi Sakamoto (1990) Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken (1991) Aladdin – Alan Menken (1992) Heaven & Earth – Kitarō (1993) The Lion King – Hans Zimmer (1994) A Walk in the Clouds – Maurice Jarre (1995) The English Patient – Gabriel Yared (1996) Titanic – James Horner (1997) The Truman Show – Burkhard Dallwitz and Philip Glass (1998) The Legend of 1900 – Ennio Morricone (1999) 2000s Gladiator – Lisa Gerrard, Hans Zimmer (2000) Moulin Rouge! – Craig Armstrong (2001) Frida – Elliot Goldenthal (2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Howard Shore (2003) The Aviator – Howard Shore (2004) Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams (2005) The Painted Veil – Alexandre Desplat (2006) Atonement – Dario Marianelli (2007) Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman (2008) Up – Michael Giacchino (2009) 2010s The Social Network – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2010) The Artist – Ludovic Bource (2011) Life of Pi – Mychael Danna (2012) All Is Lost – Alex Ebert (2013) The Theory of Everything – Jóhann Jóhannsson (2014) The Hateful Eight – Ennio Morricone (2015) La La Land – Justin Hurwitz (2016) The Shape of Water – Alexandre Desplat (2017) First Man – Justin Hurwitz (2018) Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019) 2020s Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste (2020) Dune – Hans Zimmer (2021) v - e - dGrammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media 1959−1980 Anatomy of a Murder – Duke Ellington (1959) No Award (1960) Exodus – Ernest Gold (1961) Breakfast at Tiffany's – Henry Mancini (1962) No Award (1963) Tom Jones – John Addison (1964) Mary Poppins: Original Cast Soundtrack – Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman (1965) The Sandpiper – Johnny Mandel (1966) Doctor Zhivago – Maurice Jarre (1967) Music from Mission: Impossible – Lalo Schifrin (1968) The Graduate – Dave Grusin & Paul Simon (1969) Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Burt Bacharach (1970) Let It Be – The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison & Ringo Starr) (1971) Shaft – Isaac Hayes (1972) The Godfather – Nino Rota (1973) Jonathan Livingston Seagull – Neil Diamond (1974) The Way We Were: Original Soundtrack Recording – Alan and Marilyn Bergman & Marvin Hamlisch (1975) Jaws – John Williams (1976) Car Wash – Norman Whitfield (1977) Star Wars – John Williams (1978) Close Encounters of the Third Kind – John Williams (1979) Superman – John Williams (1980) 1981−2000 The Empire Strikes Back – John Williams (1981) Raiders of the Lost Ark – John Williams (1982) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – John Williams (1983) Flashdance – Michael Boddicker, Irene Cara, Kim Carnes, Doug Cotler, Keith Forsey, Richard Gilbert, Jerry Hey, Duane Hitchings, Craig Krampf, Ronald Magness, Dennis Matkosky, Giorgio Moroder, Phil Ramone, Michael Sembello & Shandi Sinnamon (1984) Purple Rain – Prince and the Revolution (1985) Beverly Hills Cop – Marc Benno, Harold Faltermeyer, Keith Forsey, Micki Free, John Gilutin Hawk, Howard Hewett, Bunny Hull, Howie Rice, Sharon Robinson, Danny Sembello, Sue Sheridan, Richard Theisen & Allee Willis (1986) Out of Africa – John Barry (1987) The Untouchables – Ennio Morricone (1988) The Last Emperor – David Byrne, Cong Su & Ryuichi Sakamoto (1989) The Fabulous Baker Boys (Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Dave Grusin (1990) Glory – James Horner (1991) Dances with Wolves – John Barry (1992) Beauty and the Beast – Alan Menken (1993) Aladdin – Alan Menken (1994) Schindler's List – John Williams (1995) Crimson Tide – Hans Zimmer (1996) Independence Day – David Arnold (1997) The English Patient – Gabriel Yared (1998) Saving Private Ryan – John Williams (1999) A Bug's Life – Randy Newman (2000) 2001−2020 American Beauty: Original Motion Picture Score – Thomas Newman (2001) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Tan Dun (2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Howard Shore & John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) (2003) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Howard Shore, John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) & Peter Cobbin (engineer/mixer) (2004) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Howard Shore, John Kurlander (engineer/mixer) & Peter Cobbin (engineer/mixer) (2005) Ray – Craig Armstrong (2006) Memoirs of a Geisha – John Williams (2007) Ratatouille – Michael Giacchino (2008) The Dark Knight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard (2009) Up – Michael Giacchino (2010) Toy Story 3 – Randy Newman (2011) The King's Speech – Alexandre Desplat (2012) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (2013) Skyfall: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Thomas Newman (2014) The Grand Budapest Hotel – Alexandre Desplat (2015) Birdman – Antonio Sánchez (2016) Star Wars: The Force Awakens – John Williams (2017) La La Land – Justin Hurwitz (2018) Black Panther – Ludwig Göransson (2019) Chernobyl – Hildur Guðnadóttir (2020) 2021−present Joker – Hildur Guðnadóttir (2021) The Queen's Gambit – Carlos Rafael Rivera / Soul – Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (2022) Encanto – Germaine Franco (2023) v - e - dHollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in an Animated Film John Powell (2014) Christophe Beck (2015) Alexandre Desplat (2016) Michael Giacchino (2017) Alexandre Desplat (2018) John Powell (2019) Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste (2020) Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna (2021) Alexandre Desplat (2022) v - e - dHouston Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Score Dario Marianelli (2007) Terence Blanchard (2008) Michael Giacchino (2009) Hans Zimmer (2010) Ludovic Bource (2011) Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek and Tom Tykwer (2012) Steven Price (2013) Alexandre Desplat (2014) Ennio Morricone (2015) Justin Hurwitz (2016) Alexandre Desplat (2017) Nicholas Britell (2018) Thomas Newman (2019) Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2020) Jonny Greenwood / Hans Zimmer (2021) v - e - dInternational Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure Film Jerry Goldsmith / James Horner (1998) Michael Giacchino (2004) James Newton Howard (2005) Hans Zimmer (2006) John Powell (2007) John Williams (2008) James Peterson (2009) Alexandre Desplat (2010) Cliff Martinez (2011) Thomas Newman (2012) Víctor Reyes (2013) Christopher Young (2014) Joe Kraemer (2015) Christopher Young (2016) Benjamin Wallfisch (2017) James Newton Howard (2018) Thomas Newman (2019) John Powell (2020) James Newton Howard (2021) v - e - dInternational Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for an Animated Film John Powell (2006) Michael Giacchino (2007) Thomas Newman (2008) Michael Giacchino (2009) John Powell (2010) John Williams (2011) Alexandre Desplat (2012) Joe Hisaishi (2013) John Powell (2014) Michael Giacchino (2015) Laurent Perez Del Mar (2016) Theodore Shapiro (2017) Mark McKenzie (2018) John Powell (2019) Bruno Coulais (2020) James Newton Howard (2021) v - e - dInternational Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Comedy Film Randy Newman (1998) John Williams (2004) Julian Nott (2005) Hans Zimmer (2006) Alan Menken (2007) Carter Burwell (2008) Marvin Hamlisch (2009) Pinar Toprak (2010) Christopher Young (2011) Walter Murphy (2012) Theodore Shapiro (2013) Alexandre Desplat (2014) Douglas Pipes (2015) Justin Hurwitz (2016) Christopher Willis (2017) Marc Shaiman (2018) Michael Giacchino (2019) Christopher Willis (2020) Nicholas Britell (2021) v - e - dInternational Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film Jerry Goldsmith (1998) Edward Shearmur (2004) Patrick Doyle (2005) James Newton Howard (2006) Alexandre Desplat (2007) Javier Navarrete (2008) Michael Giacchino (2009) Daft Punk (2010) Michael Giacchino (2011) Michael Giacchino (2012) Roque Baños (2013) James Newton Howard (2014) John Williams (2015) James Newton Howard (2016) Michael Giacchino (2017) John Powell (2018) John Williams (2019) Hans Zimmer (2020) Maurizio Malagnini (2021) v - e - dInternational Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for Television Steve Bartek / Danny Elfman (2004) Michael Giacchino (2005) George Fenton (2006) Joe Hisaishi (2007) Robert Lane and Joseph Vitarelli (2008) Bear McCreary (2009) Bear McCreary (2010) Arnau Bataller (2011) Murray Gold (2012) Federico Jusid (2013) Federico Jusid (2014) Federico Jusid (2015) Ramin Djawadi (2016) Bruce Broughton, John Debney, Joel McNeely and Andrew Cottee (2017) Christopher Lennertz (2018) Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019) Carlos Rafael Rivera (2020) Bear McCreary (2021) v - e - dInternational Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for Film Composer of the Year Jerry Goldsmith (1998) Jerry Goldsmith (1999) Michael Giacchino (2004) John Williams (2005) Alexandre Desplat (2006) Alexandre Desplat (2007) Danny Elfman (2008) Michael Giacchino (2009) Alexandre Desplat (2010) John Williams (2011) Danny Elfman (2012) Abel Korzeniowski (2013) Alexandre Desplat (2014) Michael Giacchino (2015) Michael Giacchino (2016) Alexandre Desplat (2017) James Newton Howard (2018) Bear McCreary (2019) Daniel Pemberton (2020) James Newton Howard (2021) v - e - dInternational Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for Film Music Composition of the Year James Newton Howard (2006) Dario Marianelli (2007) Michael Giacchino (2008) Christopher Young (2009) Danny Elfman (2010) John Williams (2011) Fernando Velázquez (2012) Roque Baños (2013) John Powell (2014) John Williams (2015) Justin Hurwitz (2016) Michael Giacchino (2017) John Williams (2018) John Williams (2019) Carlos Rafael Rivera (2020) Michael Giacchino (2021) v - e - dInternational Film Music Critics Association Award for Film Score of the Year Jerry Goldsmith (1998) Jerry Goldsmith (1999) Michael Giacchino (2004) John Williams (2005) James Newton Howard (2006) Dario Marianelli (2007) Alexandre Desplat (2008) Michael Giacchino (2009) John Powell (2010) John Williams (2011) Mychael Danna (2012) Abel Korzeniowski (2013) Hans Zimmer (2014) John Williams (2015) Jóhann Jóhannsson (2016) Jonny Greenwood (2017) John Powell (2018) John Williams (2019) Christopher Willis (2020) Maurizio Malagnini (2021) v - e - dLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Music 1990s Richard Horowitz and Ryuichi Sakamoto (1990) Zbigniew Preisner (1991) Zbigniew Preisner (1992) Zbigniew Preisner (1993) Howard Shore (1994) Patrick Doyle (1995) Hal Willner and The Hey Hey Club Musicians (1996) Philip Glass (1997) Elliot Goldenthal (1998) Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman (1999) 2000s Tan Dun (2000) Howard Shore (2001) Elmer Bernstein (2002) Benoît Charest (2003) Michael Giacchino (2004) Joe Hisaishi and Youmi Kimura (2005) Alexandre Desplat (2006) Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova (2007) A. R. Rahman (2008) T Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton (2009) 2010s Alexandre Desplat / Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2010) The Chemical Brothers (2011) Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin (2012) T Bone Burnett (2013) Jonny Greenwood / Mica Levi (2014) Carter Burwell (2015) Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (2016) Jonny Greenwood (2017) Nicholas Britell (2018) Dan Levy (2019) 2020s Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2020) Alberto Iglesias (2021) M. M. Keeravani (2022) v - e - dOnline Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Score Randy Newman (1998) Marc Shaiman (1999) Clint Mansell (2000) Angelo Badalamenti (2001) Elmer Bernstein (2002) Howard Shore (2003) Michael Giacchino (2004) Gustavo Santaolalla (2005) Clint Mansell (2006) Jonny Greenwood (2007) James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer (2008) Michael Giacchino (2009) Nicholas Britell (2018) Michael Abels (2019) Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2020) Jonny Greenwood (2021) v - e - dSaturn Award for Best Music 1970s Bernard Herrmann (1973) Miklós Rózsa (1974/75) David Raksin (1976) John Williams/John Williams (1977) John Williams (1978) Miklós Rózsa (1979) 1980s John Barry (1980) John Williams (1981) John Williams (1982) James Horner (1983) Jerry Goldsmith (1984) Bruce Broughton (1985) Alan Menken (1986) Alan Silvestri (1987) Christopher Young (1988) Alan Silvestri (1989/90) 1990s Loek Dikker (1991) Angelo Badalamenti (1992) Danny Elfman (1993) Howard Shore (1994) John Ottman (1995) Danny Elfman (1996) Danny Elfman (1997) John Carpenter (1998) Danny Elfman (1999) 2000s James Horner (2000) John Williams (2001) Danny Elfman (2002) Howard Shore (2003) Alan Silvestri (2004) John Williams (2005) John Ottman (2006) Alan Menken (2007) James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer (2008) James Horner (2009) 2010s Hans Zimmer (2010) Michael Giacchino (2011) Danny Elfman (2012) Frank Ilfman (2013) Hans Zimmer (2014) John Williams (2015) Justin Hurwitz (2016) Michael Giacchino (2017) Marc Shaiman (2018/2019) John Williams (2019/2020) 2020s Danny Elfman (2021/2022) v - e - dWashington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Score Hans Zimmer (2010) Ludovic Bource (2011) Jonny Greenwood (2012) Hans Zimmer (2013) Mica Levi (2014) Jóhann Jóhannsson (2015) Justin Hurwitz (2016) Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch (2017) Nicholas Britell (2018) Michael Abels (2019) Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste (2020) Hans Zimmer (2021) Michael Giacchino (2022)