The SoundWorks Collection talks with Composer Michael Giacchino about his start in the music and film business and a few of his projects include Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocal, John Carter, and Cars 2.
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He graduated in 1990 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and began studying music at the Juilliard School at the Lincoln Center. He worked day jobs at the publicity offices for Universal and Disney. Two years later he moved to Disney Studios in Burbank, LA working in their feature film publicity department as well as taking night classes in music at UCLA.
His work at Disney involved interacting with various people from the film industry, including producers who hire composers. When a role became available for a producer at Disney Interactive, Michael took the job, allowing him to hire himself to write music for their games.
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During his period on Lost, Michael continued writing for video games including Call Of Duty and Secret Weapons Over Normandy, and also launched his career into feature films in 2004 when he was asked to score Pixar's The Incredibles, directed by Brad Bird.
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Michael also continued his work with Pixar, scoring Ratatouille which earned him an Oscar nomination, and Up on which he won two Grammys, a Golden Globe, a Bafta and an Oscar.
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