This fantastic composer is responsible for bringing to life some of my favourite films of late.
Such films include Up, Ratatouille, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol & Cars 2 to name but a few.
As such I feel it is only right to acknowledge this man, where he came from and why he his who he is today.
Michael Giacchino (pronounced "Juh-keen-oh") was born on the 10th of October in the year 1967.
He was born in the City of New Jersey and grew up in nearby Edgewater Park.
He first ventured into the world of film at the age of 10, creating stop motion animations on his brothers pool table and according to him, found adding music to the film the most enjoyable part of the process.
After finishing school, Michael studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York where he majored in film production. During this time he took an unpaid internship at Universal Pictures and on top of this, worked a second job in order to pay his rent.
Graduating from SVA in 1990, Michael furthered his musical career at the world famous Juilliard School. Furthermore, he worked at the publicity offices for Universal and Disney and later moved to Disney Studios in Burbank.
His work at Disney proved fruitful however, as Michael came to the realisation that producers hired composers; thus Michael started producing for Disney interactive in order to "hire himself". Thus he began his career within the film industry, however after being presented with the opportunity to score Steven Spielberg's Jurassic park video game (which happened to be the first video game with a live orchestral score), Michael went on to score for many well known video games including: Medal of Honour & Call of Duty.
Michael, further went on to work with Brad Bird and in doing so scored the likes of The Incredibles, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, & Cloverfield.
His greatest accomplishment, however turned out to be Pete Doctor's multiple award winning animation; Up. Giacchino won two Grammy's, a Golden Globe, a Bafta as well as the esteemed Oscar for his score.
Below is a video interview with Giacchino about his journey into the film industry. Enjoy!
In conclusion then, Michael Giacchino is an amazing composer that has worked insanely hard to be where he is today and should really be an inspiration to us all!
He certainly is to me!
Reference Links:
http://www.michaelgiacchinomusic.com/biography.html
http://www.soundworkscollection.com/videos/giacchino
http://www.empireonline.com/features/film-studies-101-michael-giacchino-composer
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