His name might not be familiar, but you’ve undoubtedly heard much of Michael Giacchino’s work. The award-winning composer has composed scores for video games, television shows and beloved, blockbuster movies.
He’s worked extensively with Pixar, providing music for “Ratatouille,” “Cars 2” and “Up,” for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Score. But his work doesn’t stop there.
Giacchino collaborates regularly with J.J. Abrams. He composed all the original music for Abrams’s “Lost,” episodes of “Fringe,” and the movies “Star Trek,” “Mission: Impossible III,” and “Super 8,” which comes out this week on DVD and Blu-ray. If video games are more your bag, guess what? He’s scored a few of those too including the “Medal of Honor” and “Call of Duty” franchises – and the first original score for a console video game, PlayStation’s “The Lost World: Jurassic Park.”
When Giacchino was only ten years old, he made stop motion animation films in his basement in Riverside Township, New Jersey. In the process, he discovered his favorite part was putting music to the pictures. Giacchino joins Larry in-studio to talk about his love of music and his journey from basement to Hollywood success.
Michael Giacchino, award-winning composer of several films, television shows and video games. He scored J.J. Abrams's "Super 8," which came out on DVD this week.
