Michael Giacchino is an American composer of music for films, television and video games. Giacchino composed the scores to the television series Lost, Alias and Fringe, the video game series Medal of Honor and Call of Duty and many films such as The Incredibles . For his work on Up he earned an Academy Award for Best Original Score.
Grew up in Edgewater Park, New Jersey
His last name is pronounced "jee-ah-kee-no".
Has 3 children.
One of 105 people invited to join AMPAS in 2008.
He created the music for the updated 2005 version of Space Mountain at Disneyland.
He is the first video game composer to be nominated for an Academy Award. He won in 2009 for his acclaimed score of Up .
Was nominated for Film Composer of the Year in 2004, 2007, 2009 and 2011 by the International Film Music Critics Association. He only won the award in 2004.
He and J.J. Abrams have often spoken of their first meeting as if theyd known each other their whole lives, even though they grew up in opposite parts of the United States.
I think my writing has an old-fashioned feel to it, for whatever reason.
