Giacchino, Michael

PERSONAL

Born in Riverside, NJ; married; children: one son. Education: School of Visual Arts, New York City, graduated; also attended the Juilliard School.

Addresses:

Agent—The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency, 13245 Riverside Dr., Suite 450, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423.

Career:

Composer and orchestrator. Disneyland Resort Paris, composer for "Space Mountain: Mission 2" roller coaster attraction; held publicity jobs at both Universal and Walt Disney studios; Disney Interactive, Burbank, CA, worked as an assistant producer. Created stop–motion animated 8 mm films as a child.

Awards, Honors:

Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Award, best score, 2001, for Medal of Honor: Underground; Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Award, best score, 2001, Gang awards, music of the year and best live performance, and Gang Award nomination, best original vocal or choral music, all 2002, all for Medal of Honor: Frontline; Gang Award, best original instrumental music, 2002, for the theme music to Medal of Honor: Allied Assault; Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, best music score, 2004, Annie Award, best music in an animated feature production, International Animated Film Society, Sierra Award, best score, Las Vegas Film Critics Society awards, World Soundtrack Award, discovery of the year, Film and Television Music Award, top box office film, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), BMI Film Music Award, Online Film Critics Society Award, best original score, Saturn Award nomination, best music, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, Golden Satellite Award nomination, best original score, International Press Academy, and Broadcast Film Critics Association Award nomination, best composer, all 2005, and Grammy Award nominations, best instrumental composition and best score soundtrack album for a motion picture, television, or other visual medium, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, both 2006, all for The Incredibles; Emmy Award, outstanding dramatic underscore for a series, Film and Television Music Award (with J. J. Abrams), top television series, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), and BMI Television Music Award, all 2005, for Lost; Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding music and lyrics, 2005, for "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz," The Wonderful World of Disney.

CREDITS

Film Orchestrator:

The Family Stone (also known as Fucking Hate Her, Hating Her, and Untitled Thomas Bezucha Project), Fox 2000 Pictures, 2005.

Television Orchestrator; Movies:

Sin, Starz!, 2003.

RECORDINGS

Albums:

Secret Weapons over Normandy (enhanced soundtrack recording), La–La–Land Records, 2003.

Alias (soundtrack recording), Varese Sarabande, Season 1, 2003, Season 2, 2004.

The Incredibles (enhanced soundtrack recording), Disney, 2004.

Lost (soundtrack recording), Varese Sarabande, 2006.

Videos:

Himself, The Making of "The Incredibles," Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2005.

Himself, More Making of "The Incredibles," Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2005.

Video Game Work:

Music producer and additional orchestrator, Medal of Honor, DreamWorks/Electronic Arts, 1999.

Music producer and orchestrator, Warpath: Jurassic Park (also known as Warpath), DreamWorks Interactive, 1999.

Music producer, Medal of Honor: Underground, Electronic Arts, 2000.

WRITINGS

Film Music:

Freight, 1998.

No Salida (short film), 1998.

Los Gringos (animated short film), 1999.

Medal of Honor (soundtrack recording), DreamWorks Interactive, 1999.

My Brother the Pig (animated short film), Unapix Entertainment, 1999.

The Trouble with Lou, 2001.

Redemption of the Ghost, Daniel Sladek Entertainment, 2002.

String of the Kite (short film), 2003.

The Incredibles (animated), Buena Vista, 2004.

The Family Stone (also known as Fucking Hate Her, Hating Her, and Untitled Thomas Bezucha Project), Fox 2000 Pictures, 2005.

The Karateguard (animated short film; also known as Tom and Jerry: The Karateguard), Warner Bros., 2005.

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World, Warner Independent Pictures, 2005.

One Man Band (animated short film), Buena Vista, 2005.

Sky High, Buena Vista, 2005.

Mission: Impossible III (also known as M:i:III and M:I–3), Paramount, 2006.

Ratatouille (animated; also known as Untitled Rodent Project), Buena Vista, 2007.

Television Music; Series:

Alias, ABC, 2001–2006.

Lost, ABC, 2004—.

Six Degrees (also known as 6 Degrees), ABC, beginning 2006.

What about Brian, ABC, beginning 2006.

Television Music; Movies:

Legal Deceit (also known as The Promised Land), Cinemax, 1997.

"Phenomenon II," The Wonderful World of Disney, 2003.

Sin, Starz!, 2003.

(And songs) "The Muppets' Wizard of Oz" (musical), The Wonderful World of Disney, ABC, 2005.

Television Music; Specials:

Destination: Lost, ABC, 2005.

Lost: The Journey, ABC, 2005.

Lost: Revelation, ABC, 2006.

Also composer for the animated special Got Your Nose.

Television Music; Pilots:

Semper Fi, NBC, 2001.

The Catch, 2005.

Pros and Cons, 2005.

Video Music:

The Making of "The Incredibles," Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2005.

Vowellet: An Essay by Sarah Vowell, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2005.

The Family Stone: Behind the Scenes, Twentieth Century–Fox Home Entertainment, 2006.

Video Game Music:

The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Electronic Arts/Sega of America/THQ, 1997.

The Lost World: Chaos Island, DreamWorks Interactive, 1998.

The Lost World PSX, DreamWorks Interactive, 1998.

Small Soldiers PSX, DreamWorks Interactive, 1998.

Squad Commander, DreamWorks Interactive, 1998.

Medal of Honor, DreamWorks/Electronic Arts, 1999.

T'ai Fu, DreamWorks Interactive, 1999.

Warpath: Jurassic Park (also known as Warpath), DreamWorks Interactive, 1999.

(And song "Each Night He Comes Home to Me") Medal of Honor: Underground, Electronic Arts, 2000.

Muppet Monster Adventure, Midway Games, 2000.

Medal of Honor: Frontline, EA Games, c. 2001.

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Electronic Arts, 2002.

Call of Duty, Activision, 2003.

Secret Weapons over Normandy, LucasArts Entertainment, 2003.

Alias!, Acclaim Entertainment, 2004.

Call of Duty: Finest Hour, Activision, 2004.

Call of Duty: United Offensive, Activision, 2004.

The Incredibles, THQ, 2004.

Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction (also known as Mercenaries), LucasArts Entertainment, 2004.

Black, Electronic Arts, 2005.

The Incredibles 2: Rise of the Underminer (also known as The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer and The Incredibles 2), THQ, 2005.

Medal of Honor: Airborne, Electronic Arts, 2006.

Albums:

Secret Weapons over Normandy (enhanced soundtrack recording), La–La–Land Records, 2003.

Alias (soundtrack recording), Varese Sarabande, Season 1, 2003, Season 2, 2004.

The Incredibles (enhanced soundtrack recording), Disney, 2004.

Lost (soundtrack recording), Varese Sarabande, 2006.

Work appeared in other albums.

Compositions; Other:

Camden (concert), Haddonfield Symphony, Haddonfield, NJ, 2000.

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic:

Michael Giacchino: The Official Website,http://www.michaelgiacchino.com, April 16, 2006.

Soundtrack Online,http://www.soundtrack.net, November 11, 2004.