Composer of the Month

October: Michael Giacchino


  • Popular tv scores

    • Alias

    • Lost

  • Popular video game scores

    • Medal of Honor

    • Call of Duty

  • Born October 10, 1967

  • Known for video game, film, and tv scores

  • Began creating soundtracks to his own stop-motion animations when he was 10

  • Attended the School of Visual Arts in NYC

  • Interned at Universal Studios for six months before being hired

  • Began composing for films in 1997

    • Several Disney-Pixar scores

  • Has won several awards for his work

    • 2004 Emmy (Lost)

    • 2007 Grammy (Ratatouille)

    • 2009 Oscar and Grammy (Up)

  • Popular film scores

    • The Incredibles

    • Mission: Impossible III

    • Ratatouille

    • Star Trek

    • Up

    • Doctor Strange


Check out some of Giacchnio's best-known scores below!


"Medal of Honor"
Main Theme


"Star Trek Into Darkness" Suite

Performed at the 2013 BBC Proms

"Doctor Strange"
Main Theme


"Behind the Music"

An inside peek at creating the "Ratatouille" score

"Making a Soundtrack"

Go behind the scenes of the making of the "The Incredibles" score

How many of these movie/tv/video game scores have you heard before?
Did you know that Michael Giacchino wrote them?

Do you prefer his Disney/Pixar scores or his sci-fi/fantasy genre?

Share your thoughts during Music Class!