Michael Giacchino is an American soundtrack composer who has written the scores for many popular movies, television series and video games.
Giacchino's first major composition was for the DreamWorks's video game adaptation of the 1997 movie, The Lost World: Jurassic Park. The video game was the first PlayStation console title to be recorded with an original live orchestral score. Giacchino has since continued his relationship with DreamWorks, providing full orchestral scores for their Medal of Honor series, including Underground, Allied Assault and Frontline. He has since provided the scores for several more World War II-related video games like Secret Weapons Over Normandy , Call of Duty and Call of Duty: Finest Hour.
Giacchino's work on the various video games led to his first work on television. In 2001, J.J. Abrams, producer of the television series Alias, discovered Giacchino through his work on the video games and tapped Giacchino to provide the new show's soundtrack. The soundtrack featured a mix of full orchestral pieces, often mixed with upbeat electronic music, a departure from much of his previous work. Giacchino would also provide the score for J.J. Abrams's next project, the 2004 television series, Lost.
In 2004, Giacchino was given his first big film composition, when he was called on to provide the soundtrack for the Pixar film, The Incredibles. Director Brad Bird had heard Giacchino's work on Alias and asked him to work on the soundtrack for the new movie. The upbeat jazz orchestral sound was a departure in sound not only for Giacchino but for Pixar, who had previously relied on the works of Randy and Thomas Newman for all of their previous films. Brad Bird had originally sought out John Barry, who was best known for composing many of the early James Bond movie soundtracks, to compose the music, but was reportedly unable to write music that fit his old James Bond style.
Giacchino is currently composing scores for the 2005 film, Sky High and the upcoming television movie, The Muppets' Wizard of Oz.
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Last updated: 08-17-2005 15:09:08
