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Born in Riverside County, New Jersey, Michael Giacchino was obsessed with the cinema as a child, recording movies on an audio cassette tape and listening back to them late at night. He also spent his childhood making animated films with their own accompanying soundtracks, before combining his two loves by studying film production at New York's School of Visual Arts and music at the Julliard School. Gradually working his way through the ranks at Universal and then Disney, he started making music for video games and got his big break when Steven Spielberg allowed him to use a live orchestra on the games 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park' (1997) and the hugely popular 'Medal of Honor' (1999) series. It eventually led to him working with director J.J. Abrams on the soundtrack to the television series 'Alias' in 2001 and from there he produced the music to the hit show 'Lost' (2004-2010) and worked with Randy Newman in creating the score to the animated film 'The Incredibles' in 2005. His work for Disney-Pixar also included soundtracks to 'Ratatouille' (2007), 'Up' (2009) and 'Cars 2' (2011), whilst his relationship with Abrams saw them collaborate on 'Mission: Impossible III' (2006), 'Star Trek' (2009) and 'Super 8' (2011). Renowned for his traditional use of live orchestras, his scores are acclaimed for rekindling the feel of classic cinema and heightening the emotional highs in poignant scenes, and he went on to win an Emmy, three Grammys, an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. In recent times he has worked on major movies such as 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' (2017), 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes' (2014) and 'Star Trek Beyond' (2016) and in 2009 conducted the orchestra at the Academy Awards ceremony. He collaborated once more with Abrams on his TV series 'Fringe' in 2008, for which he composed the music to the pilot episode before handing the reins to Chad Seiter and later Chris Tilton. In 2016 he composed the score for Marvels film 'Doctor Strange', Disney's 'Zootopia' and 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'. After the hit soundtrack of the first film, Giacchino was asked back to compose for the sequel 'The Incredible 2', due for release in 2018.Artist biography compiled by BDS/West 10. All rights reserved
