Music By Michael Giacchino





FURTHER PROJECTS ANNOUNCED While not completely out of the blue, Michael will be working on J.J. Abrams' new sci-fi movie, Super 8, as well as returning to the Mission: Impossible franchise with the fourth installment directed by Brad Bird. Super 8 is due to be released in Summer 2011 with M:I IV following in December. Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 20th July 2010 \| Time: 2:16 PM \| Edits: 0

MICHAEL ATTENDING COMIC-CON As well as the little excursion to Úbeda next week for the International Film Music Festival, Michael will also be attending Comic-Con in San Diego on Thursday 22nd July. He will be joined by by Nathan Barr (who is also attending Úbeda), Jim Dooly and John Ottman as they discuss scoring for TV and film, and you'll be able to find them in room 24ABC from 4.30-5.30. Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 8th July 2010 \| Time: 7:05 PM \| Edits: 0

MICHAEL NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY Michael has been nominated for an Emmy for his music to the final episode of Lost, "The End". The 88 minute score accompanies the shows final double (plus a bit more) length episode which aired on May 23rd. Other composers up for the award are Sean Callery for his work on 24, and Ramin Djawadi for FlashForward. Michael previously won the Emmy for best original score for the pilot episode of Lost, and was also nominated for season 4 episode "The Constant". The winner will be announced on August 29th. Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 8th July 2010 \| Time: 6:30 PM \| Edits: 0

NEW PROJECTS ANNOUNCED It seems Michael has cut his post-Lost break short and is back writing already. Recently he scored the pilot episode to J.J. Abrams' new sexy-spy-espionage show, Undercovers, and he's also on musical duties for Matt (Cloverfield) Reeves' new vampire/horror/romance movie Let Me In. Undercovers will air in autumn (it's unknown yet if Michael will continue to be involved past the pilot), and Let Me In is due out on 1st October. Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 3rd July 2010 \| Time: 9:45 AM \| Edits: 0

LOST COMES TO A CLOSE Friday 7th May saw the final recording session for Lost take place at the Warner Bros. scoring stage. Recoding music for the aptly titled episode "The End", the mammoth six (plus) hour session (very long for a TV show) was attended by actress Evangeline Lilly, producers Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse and Bryan Burk and Varèse Sarabande's Robert Townson. A big congratuations to Michael who has now scored all 120+ produced hours of the show. A well deserved break is in order! Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 10th May 2010 \| Time: 6:33 PM \| Edits: 0

MICHAEL TO HOST AMPAS ANIMATION MUSIC EVENT Michael will be hosting “What’s Opera, Doc? Animation and Classical Music” on May 14 in Beverly Hills. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences event will present some of the most inspired and memorable uses of classical music in animation. Also appearing are Academy Music Branch governor Bruce Broughton and director Pete Docter. More information and tickets can be found on the Academy's website. Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 1st May 2010 \| Time: 2:05 PM \| Edits: 0

LOST LIVE: THE FINAL CELEBRATION Michael will be conducting a live orchestral performance of music from Lost at UCLA's Royce Hall on Thursday May 13th. The event will also feature a screening of the penultimate episode following the concert, as well as appearances by cast members including Michael Emerson, Jorge Garcia and Nestor Carbonell. Tickets will be on sale from 10am PST tomorrow and links to ticketing will be posted on UCLA's website in the morning. Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 22nd April 2010 \| Time: 9:02 PM \| Edits: 0

LOST IN SATURDAY'S GSPO CONCERT As part of their Great Composer Series, the Golden State Pops Orchestra will be performing a special arrangement of Lost music this Saturday at the Warner Grand Theatre in Los Angeles. The film music concert will also feature music by John Williams, Alan Silvestri, Danny Elfman and James Newon Howard. More information on the concert as well as tickets are available the GSPO website here. Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 4nd Feburary 2010 \| Time: 10:07 PM \| Edits: 0

THE ONLY WAY IS UP Up is doing pretty well it seems. Understatements aside, after winning two Grammys, a Golden Globe and being nominated for a Bafta, Up has now been put forward for the best original score award at the Oscars. Other nominations include Beltrami's & Sanders' "The Hurt Locker", Horner's "Avatar" (again) and Desplat's "Fantastic Mr. Fox". The Oscars provide the ultimate test and the winner will be announced on 7th March. Fingers crossed! Edit - 8th March - A huge congratulations to Michael on winning the Oscar! Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 2nd Feburary 2010 \| Time: 6:03 PM \| Edits: 1

UP FOR A BAFTA And the nominations continue for Up. After winning a Golden Globe last weekend, Michael has been nominated for a BAFTA, once again along with Horner's "Avatar" providing the biggest competition. The winner will be announced on 21st Feburary and again best of luck to Michael. Edit - 21st Feburary - Congratulations to Michael on winning the Bafta! Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 21st January 2010 \| Time: 6:32 PM \| Edits: 1

CATCH PREP AND LANDING ONLINE FOR FREE If you didn't catch it last week, you can now watch the full Disney Christmas special Prep And Landing with music by Michael online now. Click here to go to Disney's website. Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 17th December 2009 \| Time: 7:04 PM \| Edits: 0

UP NOMINATED FOR A GOLDEN GLOBE Continuing the awards (or at least nominatons) season, Up has been selected as one of five contending for best original score. Other nominations include Horner's "Avatar" and Hamlisch's "The Informant!". The winner will be announced on 17th January. Again all the best to Michael! Edit - 18th January - Congratulations to Michael on winning the Golden Globe! Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 15th December 2009 \| Time: 8:00 PM \| Edits: 1

DOWNLOAD THE UP SOUNDTRACK FOR FREE Courtesy of the L.A. Times, for the next 24 hours you can download Michael's score to Up completely free. Click here to get it, but be quick! (Note: This is only available for US residents). Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 4th December 2009 \| Time: 12:31 PM \| Edits: 0

MICHAEL NOMINATED FOR FOUR GRAMMYS Michael has been nominated for a grand total of four Grammys for his work throughout 2009. Star Trek and Up are both nominated for best soundtrack album (although the latter was only released on iTunes), "Married Life" from Up is nominated for best instrumental composition, and finally "Up With End Credits" is in for best instrumental arrangement. The winners will be announced on 31st January; best of luck to Michael! Edit - 1st Feburary 2010 - Congratuations to Michael on winning the best soundtrack album and best instrumental composition awards. Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 3rd December 2009 \| Time: 8:47 AM \| Edits: 1

ÚBEDA '09 CONCERT DETAILS ANNOUNCED As well as the news about SWON going OOP, there's also not much time left to get festival passes for the International Film Music Conference taking place in Úbeda, Spain next month. As well as a CD signing, talks from the composers (including Michael), a recital evening and other awesome events, details of the symphonic concert have also been announced. Suites from Lost, Ratatouille, Star Trek and Up will be performed, as well as Roar! They're right at the end of the concert however, but if you've ever dreamt of sitting in a huge courtyard listening to live Michael Giacchino music at about 2AM this is your chance! More details along with how to get passes for the event can be found on the festival's website. Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 10th June 2009 \| Time: 10:18 PM \| Edits: 0

SECRET WEAPONS OVER NORMANDY GOING OUT OF PRINT If you don't already own Michael Giacchino's brilliant video game score to Secret Weapons Over Normandy, you don't have long to get it! La La Land Records have confirmed less than 200 copies remain in and that the CD will go out of print on 30th June. Be sure to head over to La La Land's website before all copies are gone for good! Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 10th June 2009 \| Time: 10:13 PM \| Edits: 0


STAR TREK REACHES #1 IN ITUNES CHARTS Something that rarely happens with "music inspired by" albums, let alone score releases; Star Trek has reached #1 on the US iTunes album chart. The only other top 10 albums in the soundtrack genre are Hannah Montana The Movie and Twilight, so it's safe to say there's no other competition! Let's wait and see how long it can hold the top spot! Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 10th May 2009 \| Time: 10:21 AM \| Edits: 0

MICHAEL ATTENDING CD SIGNING EVENTS Michael will be signing CDs at two eventsduring May. The first will be held at the Best Buy store in West Hollywood on Tuesday May 5th, and will start at 7PM. Best Buy West Hollywood CA (Store 393) 1015 N. LA Brea Avenue West Hollywood, California 90038 The second will be held at Dark Delicacies store in Burbank (a previous signing was held there last year) on Sunday May 31st, and the event starts at 2PM. Dark Delicacies 4213 West Burbank Burbank, CA 91505 Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 19th April 2009 \| Time: 9:34 AM \| Edits: 0

MICHAEL TO ATTEND ÚBEDA '09 Admittedly this has been known for a while, but for any fans that may just be checking the site out for the first time, you may be interested to hear Michael is to attend the International Film Music Conference this year. Held in Úbeda, Spain, the event features Q&As with various composers, recitals, a concert and a CD signing. This year the event is being held between 16th and 19th July, and more information can be found on the festival's website. Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 12th April 2009 \| Time: 2:14 PM \| Edits: 0

Audio samples are low quality and are presented for educational purposes only. All original content © Music By Michael Giacchino. Reproduction whether in part or full is strictly prohibited without prior written permission.





FURTHER PROJECTS ANNOUNCED While not completely out of the blue, Michael will be working on J.J. Abrams' new sci-fi movie, Super 8, as well as returning to the Mission: Impossible franchise with the fourth installment directed by Brad Bird. Super 8 is due to be released in Summer 2011 with M:I IV following in December. Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 20th July 2010 \| Time: 2:16 PM \| Edits: 0

MICHAEL ATTENDING COMIC-CON As well as the little excursion to Úbeda next week for the International Film Music Festival, Michael will also be attending Comic-Con in San Diego on Thursday 22nd July. He will be joined by by Nathan Barr (who is also attending Úbeda), Jim Dooly and John Ottman as they discuss scoring for TV and film, and you'll be able to find them in room 24ABC from 4.30-5.30. Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 8th July 2010 \| Time: 7:05 PM \| Edits: 0

MICHAEL NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY Michael has been nominated for an Emmy for his music to the final episode of Lost, "The End". The 88 minute score accompanies the shows final double (plus a bit more) length episode which aired on May 23rd. Other composers up for the award are Sean Callery for his work on 24, and Ramin Djawadi for FlashForward. Michael previously won the Emmy for best original score for the pilot episode of Lost, and was also nominated for season 4 episode "The Constant". The winner will be announced on August 29th. Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 8th July 2010 \| Time: 6:30 PM \| Edits: 0

NEW PROJECTS ANNOUNCED It seems Michael has cut his post-Lost break short and is back writing already. Recently he scored the pilot episode to J.J. Abrams' new sexy-spy-espionage show, Undercovers, and he's also on musical duties for Matt (Cloverfield) Reeves' new vampire/horror/romance movie Let Me In. Undercovers will air in autumn (it's unknown yet if Michael will continue to be involved past the pilot), and Let Me In is due out on 1st October. Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 3rd July 2010 \| Time: 9:45 AM \| Edits: 0

LOST COMES TO A CLOSE Friday 7th May saw the final recording session for Lost take place at the Warner Bros. scoring stage. Recoding music for the aptly titled episode "The End", the mammoth six (plus) hour session (very long for a TV show) was attended by actress Evangeline Lilly, producers Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse and Bryan Burk and Varèse Sarabande's Robert Townson. A big congratuations to Michael who has now scored all 120+ produced hours of the show. A well deserved break is in order! Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 10th May 2010 \| Time: 6:33 PM \| Edits: 0

MICHAEL TO HOST AMPAS ANIMATION MUSIC EVENT Michael will be hosting “What’s Opera, Doc? Animation and Classical Music” on May 14 in Beverly Hills. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences event will present some of the most inspired and memorable uses of classical music in animation. Also appearing are Academy Music Branch governor Bruce Broughton and director Pete Docter. More information and tickets can be found on the Academy's website. Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 1st May 2010 \| Time: 2:05 PM \| Edits: 0

LOST LIVE: THE FINAL CELEBRATION Michael will be conducting a live orchestral performance of music from Lost at UCLA's Royce Hall on Thursday May 13th. The event will also feature a screening of the penultimate episode following the concert, as well as appearances by cast members including Michael Emerson, Jorge Garcia and Nestor Carbonell. Tickets will be on sale from 10am PST tomorrow and links to ticketing will be posted on UCLA's website in the morning. Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 22nd April 2010 \| Time: 9:02 PM \| Edits: 0

LOST IN SATURDAY'S GSPO CONCERT As part of their Great Composer Series, the Golden State Pops Orchestra will be performing a special arrangement of Lost music this Saturday at the Warner Grand Theatre in Los Angeles. The film music concert will also feature music by John Williams, Alan Silvestri, Danny Elfman and James Newon Howard. More information on the concert as well as tickets are available the GSPO website here. Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 4nd Feburary 2010 \| Time: 10:07 PM \| Edits: 0

THE ONLY WAY IS UP Up is doing pretty well it seems. Understatements aside, after winning two Grammys, a Golden Globe and being nominated for a Bafta, Up has now been put forward for the best original score award at the Oscars. Other nominations include Beltrami's & Sanders' "The Hurt Locker", Horner's "Avatar" (again) and Desplat's "Fantastic Mr. Fox". The Oscars provide the ultimate test and the winner will be announced on 7th March. Fingers crossed! Edit - 8th March - A huge congratulations to Michael on winning the Oscar! Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 2nd Feburary 2010 \| Time: 6:03 PM \| Edits: 1

UP FOR A BAFTA And the nominations continue for Up. After winning a Golden Globe last weekend, Michael has been nominated for a BAFTA, once again along with Horner's "Avatar" providing the biggest competition. The winner will be announced on 21st Feburary and again best of luck to Michael. Edit - 21st Feburary - Congratulations to Michael on winning the Bafta! Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 21st January 2010 \| Time: 6:32 PM \| Edits: 1

CATCH PREP AND LANDING ONLINE FOR FREE If you didn't catch it last week, you can now watch the full Disney Christmas special Prep And Landing with music by Michael online now. Click here to go to Disney's website. Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 17th December 2009 \| Time: 7:04 PM \| Edits: 0

UP NOMINATED FOR A GOLDEN GLOBE Continuing the awards (or at least nominatons) season, Up has been selected as one of five contending for best original score. Other nominations include Horner's "Avatar" and Hamlisch's "The Informant!". The winner will be announced on 17th January. Again all the best to Michael! Edit - 18th January - Congratulations to Michael on winning the Golden Globe! Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 15th December 2009 \| Time: 8:00 PM \| Edits: 1

DOWNLOAD THE UP SOUNDTRACK FOR FREE Courtesy of the L.A. Times, for the next 24 hours you can download Michael's score to Up completely free. Click here to get it, but be quick! (Note: This is only available for US residents). Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 4th December 2009 \| Time: 12:31 PM \| Edits: 0

MICHAEL NOMINATED FOR FOUR GRAMMYS Michael has been nominated for a grand total of four Grammys for his work throughout 2009. Star Trek and Up are both nominated for best soundtrack album (although the latter was only released on iTunes), "Married Life" from Up is nominated for best instrumental composition, and finally "Up With End Credits" is in for best instrumental arrangement. The winners will be announced on 31st January; best of luck to Michael! Edit - 1st Feburary 2010 - Congratuations to Michael on winning the best soundtrack album and best instrumental composition awards. Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 3rd December 2009 \| Time: 8:47 AM \| Edits: 1

ÚBEDA '09 CONCERT DETAILS ANNOUNCED As well as the news about SWON going OOP, there's also not much time left to get festival passes for the International Film Music Conference taking place in Úbeda, Spain next month. As well as a CD signing, talks from the composers (including Michael), a recital evening and other awesome events, details of the symphonic concert have also been announced. Suites from Lost, Ratatouille, Star Trek and Up will be performed, as well as Roar! They're right at the end of the concert however, but if you've ever dreamt of sitting in a huge courtyard listening to live Michael Giacchino music at about 2AM this is your chance! More details along with how to get passes for the event can be found on the festival's website. Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 10th June 2009 \| Time: 10:18 PM \| Edits: 0

SECRET WEAPONS OVER NORMANDY GOING OUT OF PRINT If you don't already own Michael Giacchino's brilliant video game score to Secret Weapons Over Normandy, you don't have long to get it! La La Land Records have confirmed less than 200 copies remain in and that the CD will go out of print on 30th June. Be sure to head over to La La Land's website before all copies are gone for good! Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 10th June 2009 \| Time: 10:13 PM \| Edits: 0


STAR TREK REACHES #1 IN ITUNES CHARTS Something that rarely happens with "music inspired by" albums, let alone score releases; Star Trek has reached #1 on the US iTunes album chart. The only other top 10 albums in the soundtrack genre are Hannah Montana The Movie and Twilight, so it's safe to say there's no other competition! Let's wait and see how long it can hold the top spot! Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 10th May 2009 \| Time: 10:21 AM \| Edits: 0

MICHAEL ATTENDING CD SIGNING EVENTS Michael will be signing CDs at two eventsduring May. The first will be held at the Best Buy store in West Hollywood on Tuesday May 5th, and will start at 7PM. Best Buy West Hollywood CA (Store 393) 1015 N. LA Brea Avenue West Hollywood, California 90038 The second will be held at Dark Delicacies store in Burbank (a previous signing was held there last year) on Sunday May 31st, and the event starts at 2PM. Dark Delicacies 4213 West Burbank Burbank, CA 91505 Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 19th April 2009 \| Time: 9:34 AM \| Edits: 0

MICHAEL TO ATTEND ÚBEDA '09 Admittedly this has been known for a while, but for any fans that may just be checking the site out for the first time, you may be interested to hear Michael is to attend the International Film Music Conference this year. Held in Úbeda, Spain, the event features Q&As with various composers, recitals, a concert and a CD signing. This year the event is being held between 16th and 19th July, and more information can be found on the festival's website. Posted By: Anthony \| Date: 12th April 2009 \| Time: 2:14 PM \| Edits: 0

Audio samples are low quality and are presented for educational purposes only. All original content © Music By Michael Giacchino. Reproduction whether in part or full is strictly prohibited without prior written permission.