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Michael George Giacchino is an American composer, film score composer, music executive, and film director. Born in Riverside, New Jersey, he has worked in the film score field since 1994. His education includes studies at the Juilliard School, the University of California, Los Angeles, and the School of Visual Arts. He resides in Edgewater Park Township and works in New York City.
Giacchino has received several major awards, including the Academy Award for Best Original Score, the Goya Award for Best Original Music, and the Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media. He has also been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score. Among his notable works are *Jurassic World* and *Music from Rogue One*. His musical output is categorized under contemporary classical, film composer, and soundtrack genres.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 27
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Sound · Riverside, New Jersey, USA
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. Giacchino is known for his collaborations with directors J. J. Abrams, Brad Bird, Matt Reeves, Pete Docter,…
Known for
- Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps - World Premiere — Self - Composer2025
- Getting LOST — Self2024
- Director by Night — Self2022
- Ralph Breaks the Internet — FN-3181 (voice)2018
- Doctor Strange: The Score-Cerer Supreme — Himself2017
- Rogue One: A Star Wars Story — Additional Voices (voice)2016
- Geeking Out — Self2016
- Tomorrowland — Small World Operator2015
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens — FN-31812015
- Ghost Protocol: Impossible Missions — Self2012
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1967
Discography
- Small Soldiers1998
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park: Original Soundtrack from the Playstation and Saturn Games1998
- Medal of Honor1999
- T’ai Fu: Wrath of the Tiger1999
- Medal of Honor: Underground2000
- Muppet Monster Adventure2000
- Alias2002
- Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Soundtrack2002
- Medal of Honor: Frontline2002
- Call of Duty2003
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,224,192
- Total plays
- 31,191,333
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Michael Giacchino (born October 10, 1967) is an American composer of music for films, television and video games. He has also served as a director for film and television. He has received many awards, including an Oscar, an Emmy, and three Grammys. Giacchino is known for his collaborations with J. J. Abrams, Brad Bird, Matt Reeves, Pete Docter, Colin Trevorrow, Jon Watts, Drew Goddard, The Wachowskis, Taika Waititi and Thomas Bezucha. Giacchino's film scores include several films from the Missi
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Moderated estimation of fold change and dispersion for RNA-seq data with DESeq2
· 2014 · cited 88,616x
- Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles
· 2005 · cited 48,863x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 44,848x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,680x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,579x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1967-10-10 ) October 10, 1967 (age 58) , Riverside Township, New Jersey , U.S.
- Genres
- Film score contemporary classical jazz rock electronic
- Occupations
- composer director
- Instruments
- Piano keyboards guitar
- Years active
- 1994–present
via Wikipedia infobox
Described at
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Giacchino
- Official name
- Michael George Giacchino
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Riverside
- Occupation
- film producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- film score
- Genre
- film score
- Official website
- www.michaelgiacchino.com
- Image
- Michael Giacchino Sep 2017.jpg
- Work location
- New York City
- Residence
- Edgewater Park Township
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- Commons category
- Michael Giacchino
- date of birth
- 1967-10-10
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Score
- name in native language
- Michael Giacchino
- start of work period
- 1994-00-00
- social media followers
- 159000
- related category
- Category:Films scored by Michael Giacchino
- described at URL
- data.bnf.fr/#foaf:Person
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Encyclopedic overview
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 numerous accolades for his work, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award, as well as three Grammy Awards.
Giacchino is known for his collaborations with directors J. J. Abrams, Brad Bird, Matt Reeves, Pete Docter, Colin Trevorrow, Jon Watts, J. A. Bayona, The Wachowskis, Taika Waititi, and Thomas Bezucha. His film scores include several films from the Mission: Impossible, Jurassic World, Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Star Trek franchises, eight Pixar Animation Studios films, multiple Disney films, Rogue One, The Batman, and several other films.
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