Michael Giacchino

Michael Giacchino (pronounced juh-kee-no) (born in Riverside, New Jersey) is an American soundtrack composer who has composed several multi-award winning scores for many popular movies, television series and video games.^[1] His scores are notable for their usage of brass. He attended the Evening Division at the Juilliard School; as well as the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where he acquired a degree in film production and a minor degree in History.^[2] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Riverside Township highlighted in Burlington County. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... // In film formats, the sound track is the physical area of the film which records the synchronized sound. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... “Computer Games” redirects here. ... The Juilliard School is one of the worlds premiere performing arts conservatory located in New York City, it is informally identified as simply Juilliard, and trains in the fields of Dance, Drama, and Music. ... The School of Visual Arts Main Building, circa 1992. ... New York, NY redirects here. ...

Compositions

In Video Games

Giacchino's first major composition was for the DreamWorks video game adaptation of the 1997 movie, The Lost World: Jurassic Park (console game).^[3] The video game was 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, providing full orchestral scores for many of their popular videogames. Giacchino's award-winning compositions covers the the first three Medal of Honor series, (Underground, Allied Assault and Frontline), 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.^[4] Additionally, Giacchino composed themes for The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer, and co-wrote the theme of Black with composer Chris Tilton.^[5] He also composed the score for Alias, which was based on the television series of the same name. DreamWorks, LLC (also known as DreamWorks Pictures or DreamWorks SKG) is one of the major American film studios which develops, produces, and distributes films, video games, and television programming. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1997. ... The Sony PlayStation ) is a video game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ... Medal of Honor (MOH) is the name of a series of first-person shooter games set in World War II. The first game was developed by DreamWorks Interactive (currently known as EA Los Angeles) and published by Electronic Arts in 1999 for the PlayStation game console. ... Medal of Honor: Underground is the direct sequel to the World War II hit Medal of Honor. ... Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (MoH:AA) is a first-person shooter (FPS) computer game by Electronic Arts. ... Medal of Honor: Frontline is the first installment of Electronic Arts popular Medal of Honor series for the Sony PlayStation 2, Microsoft Xbox, and Nintendo GameCube video game systems. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... This article may not meet Wikipedias content policies because it lacks an encyclopedic perspective. ... Call of Duty (released October 29, 2003) is a first-person shooter video game based on the Quake III engine. ... Call of Duty: Finest Hour is a first-person shooter for the Xbox, PlayStation 2 and GameCube video game consoles. ... Black is a first-person shooter for PlayStation 2 and Xbox, developed by Criterion Games(the same developers who made the Burnout games) and published by Electronic Arts. ... Chris Tilton, born 9 June 1979 in New Orleans, USA is an American soundtrack composer and has helped compose several television, film and video game scores. ... The video game Alias, based on the television series Alias, is a 3D third-person stealth/action title developed and released by Acclaim Entertainment for the personal computer, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. ...

In Film and Television

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.^[6] 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^[7], which was an acclaimed soundtrack that used a unique process of using spare pieces of a plane fuselage for the percussions. His score for Lost is notable for a signature thematic motif - a brass fall-off at the end of certain themes.^[8] In 2004, Giacchino was given his first big feature film composition, when he was called on to provide the soundtrack for the Pixar film, The Incredibles.^[9] 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. 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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, Disneyland Paris, and Hong Kong Disneyland.^[12] 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. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Walt Disney Imagineering was formed by entertainment mogul Walt Disney on December 16, 1952 as WED Enterprises (WED: Walter Elias Disney) to develop plans for a theme park and to manage Disneys personal assets. ... Space Mountain is the name given to a popular series of enclosed roller coaster rides at five Disney theme parks around the world. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Castle of the Sleeping Beauty in Disneyland Park Disneyland Resort Paris is a theme park in Marne-la-Vallée, near Paris. ... The fountain featuring Mickey Mouse in the Park Promenade next to Hong Kong Disneyland The Disney music album released to celebrate the opening of disneyland Hong Kong Disneyland (Traditional Chinese: 香港迪士尼樂園; Cantonese Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 dik6 si6 nei4 lok6 jyun4; Mandarin Pinyin: XiānggÇŽng Díshìní Lèyuán... Sarah Vowell Sarah Vowell (born December 27, 1969) is an American author, journalist, and regular contributor to the radio program This American Life on Public Radio International. ... Violet Vi Parr is a fictional character from the movie The Incredibles. ... The Incredibles is a 2004 Academy Award-winning animated feature film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures, centering around a family of superheroes. ... Assasination Vacation is a book by Sarah Vowell, published in 2005, in which she travels around the country researching the assasinations of United States presidents Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley and James A. Garfield. ...

Awards and nominations

In 2004, Giacchino won the award of "Excellence in Audio" in the Game Developers Choice Awards for work on the video game, Call of Duty. Giacchino was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 2005 for his work on The Incredibles: Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media and Best Instrumental Composition.^[13] Cited by the New Yorker music critic Alex Ross as "some of the most compelling film music of the past year,"^[14] Giacchino's work on Lost won him the 2005 Emmy for Music Composition For A Series (Dramatic Underscore).^[15] The Game Developers Conference has annually hosted the Game Developers Choice Awards presented by the International Game Developers Association for outstanding developers of video game entertainment since 2001. ... Call of Duty (released October 29, 2003) is a first-person shooter video game based on the Quake III engine. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media has been awarded since 1960. ... The Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media has been awarded since 1960. ... Lost is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning serial drama television series that follows the lives of a group of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, somewhere in the South Pacific. ...

Partial composer filmography

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References

External links

• Official web site
• Michael Giacchino at the Internet Movie Database
• Composer profile, focussing on his Video Game Soundtracks work (Call Of Duty, etc.)
• Michael Giacchino at MusicBrainz
• SoundtrackNet Interview with Michael Giacchino
• SoundtrackNet's Mission: Impossible 3 Scoring Session Exclusive
• Alex Ross column in The New Yorker