Michael Giacchino

Michael Giacchino
Giacchino in 2017
Background information
Born	(1967-10-10) October 10, 1967 (age 56) Riverside Township, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres	Film score, contemporary classical, jazz
Occupation(s)	Film, television, and video game score composer, director
Instruments	Piano, organ, guitar, cello
Years active	1994–present

Michael Giacchino (/dʒəˈkiːnoʊ/ jə-KEE-noh,^[1] Italian: [dʒakˈkiːno]; born October 10, 1967) is an American composer of music for film, television, and video games. He has received many accolades for his work, including an Oscar for Up (2009), an Emmy for Lost (2004), and three Grammy Awards.

Giacchino is known for his collaborations with directors J. J. Abrams, Brad Bird, Matt Reeves, Pete Docter, Colin Trevorrow, Jon Watts, Drew Goddard, The Wachowskis, Taika Waititi, and Thomas Bezucha. His film scores include several films from the Mission: Impossible; Jurassic World, Marvel Cinematic Universe, 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 beginning with the Marvel Studios Disney+ special Werewolf by Night.