Michael Giacchino

Biography

Michael Giacchino (/dʒəˈkiːnoʊ/ jə-KEE-noh, Italian:[dʒakˈkiːno]; born October 10, 1967) is an American film, television, and video game score composer. He has received many accolades for his work, including an Academy Award for Up (2009), an Emmy for Lost (2004), and three Grammy Awards. He even composed the fanfare for the Paramount Pictures current logo since 2011/12 Giacchino is known for his collaborations with directors J.J. Abrams, Brad Bird, Matt Reeves, Pete Docter, Colin Trevorrow, Jon Watts, Gareth Edwards, Drew Goddard, J.A. Bayona, The Wachowskis, Taika Waititi, and Thomas Bezucha. His film scores include several films from Mission: Impossible, Jurassic World, Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Star Trek reboot series, eight Pixar Animation Studios films, multiple Disney films, Rogue One, The Batman, and several other films. He also composed the score for the video game series Medal of Honor and Call of Duty and the television series Alias, Lost, and Fringe. In 2018, he ventured into directing, and in 2022, he directed the Marvel Studios Disney+ special Werewolf by Night. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Giacchino, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.