Michael Giacchino

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Michael Giacchino
Date of Birth	1967
Origin	Riverside, New Jersey, USA
Job(s)	Score composer
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Michael Giacchino (pronounced "Jyah-KEE-noh" [1]) composes the musical score for Lost, and has written the scores for many other popular television series, movies, and video games.

Background

Michael Giacchino majored in film production at New York's School of Visual Arts and later studied music composition at Juilliard and UCLA. His first major composition was for the video game The Lost World: Jurassic Park, and he has since provided the scores for other video games such as Call of Duty and Call of Duty: Finest Hour. After having heard his game music, J.J. Abrams asked him in 2001 to provide the soundtrack for the show Alias, and this working relationship led Abrams to ask Giacchino to compose for Lost. Giacchino has since worked with Abrams on Mission:Impossible III and Star Trek.

Giacchino has composed for television, video games, and feature films. His film credits include Ratatouille (for which he won a Grammy and has received an Academy Award nomination), The Incredibles, Sky High, The Family Stone, the closing credits music for another J.J. Abrams production, Cloverfield, and most recently Land of the Lost. His video game credits include Medal of Honor: Frontline, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, while other television credits include the hit series Alias.

Partial composer discography

Appearances

• Interviewed in the January 9, 2006 podcast.
• September 22, 2007 - The Lost Symphony with the Honolulu Symphony Toyota Pops
• Giacchino appears in the DVD extra "Lost in a Day" on the Lost: The Complete Third Season (DVD), at the "5:41 pm Los Angeles" segment.
• May 6, 2005 - 20/20 "Lost Special" (S26 E1396)

Awards

Main article: Awards

• 2005 ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards - "Top TV Series", with J.J. Abrams
• 2005 BMI Film & TV Awards - "BMI TV Music Award"
• 2005 Emmy Award - "Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)"
• 2006 ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards - "Top TV Series", with J.J. Abrams
• 2008 Invitation to join The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences [2]

See also

• Musical score
• The Lost Symphony
• Music
• Soundtracks

External links

• Michael Giacchino: "The Official Website"
• Michael Giacchino at Evil Puppet Masters
• Honululu Star Bulletin - September 21, 2007 - Interview
• NJ Star-Ledger - June 22, 2008 interview