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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Michael Giacchino to score Arthur Christmas


According to filmmusicreporter, Michael Giacchino has been hired to score the upcoming Aardman CGI-animation Arthur Christmas. The film envisions Santa’s workshop as a high-tech industrial plant dedicated to getting all those toys out to every child in a single night.

To find more about the movie, visit imdb HERE.

Original article here with more info: http://filmmusicreporter.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/giacchino-to-score-arthur-christmas/

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Michael Giacchino reunites with Pixar on "John Carter of Mars"


According to filmmusicreporter, Michael Giacchino will continue his collaboration with Pixar on the upcoming John Carter of Mars.

John Carter of Mars is an upcoming American film about John Carter, the lead character in much of Edgar Rice Burroughs's 11-volume Barsoom series. It is directed by Andrew Stanton and stars Taylor Kitsch as Carter.

More info at: http://filmmusicreporter.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/giacchino-and-pixar-to-reunite-on-john-carter-of-mars/

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

MICHAEL GIACCHINO scoring animated tv christmas special, DISNEY'S "PREP AND LANDING"



Prep and Landing (Official title: Disney's Prep and Landing) is a computer animated television special, based on an idea by Chris Williams at Walt Disney Animation Studios and developed by Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers into a half-hour Christmas special for December 8th, 2009 to air at 8:30 PM ET/PT on ABC.

The film tells the story of two inept Elves, Wayne (Dave Foley) and Lanny (Derek Richardson), sent by Christmas Eve Command Center coordinator Magee (Sarah Chalke) to prepare houses for Santa's visits. The original premiere date was scheduled for December 1st; however, a speech at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York on military strategy by President Barack Obama
delayed the special's debut one week. The special will also air on ABC Family at 7 PM ET/PT December 18th as part of the network's annual "25 Days of Christmas" programming stunt, and will air on Disney Cinemagic in the UK starting December 13th 2009.

(source: wikipedia)

Check out this VIDEO SPECIAL, including references on Giacchino's music for the tv special.

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

MICHAEL GIACCHINO's "EARTH DAYS"


Earth Days (2009) is a documentary feature film about the start of the environmental movement in the US. It was directed by Robert Stone and is distributed by Zeitgeist Films.

Earth Days interweaves personal testimony and rare archival media. The extraordinary stories of the era’s pioneers—among them Former Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall; biologist/Population Bomb author Paul Ehrlich; Whole Earth Catalog founder Stewart Brand; Apollo Nine astronaut Rusty Schweickart; and renewable energy pioneer Hunter Lovins—are illustrated with a wide array of footage.

The film as been described as both a poetic meditation on humanity's complex relationship with nature and an engaging history of the revolutionary achievements—and missed opportunities—of groundbreaking eco-activism.

Michael Giacchino provided the original musical accompaniment for the project, marking his first score for 2009. Check out the info, tracklisting and listen to SOUND CLIPS from the score cd, here.

Friday, June 5, 2009

Interview with director J.J.ABRAMS on "STAR TREK"


"HOLLYWOOD — The challenge? To boldly go and update the once cutting-edge Star Trek franchise, a task that fell into the capable hands of J.J. Abrams. No stranger to action and sc-fi — he made his feature directorial debut with Mission: Impossible III, created Alias, co-created Lost, and last year executive produced the hit film Cloverfield — Abrams quickly cast a bunch of hot, young actors and surrounded himself with trusted collaborators, including cinematographer Dan Mindel (MI3), editors Maryann Brandon and Mary Jo Markey (MI3, Alias), production designer Scott Chambliss (MI3, Alias) and Industrial Light & Magic's Roger Guyett. "

READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE (INTERVIEW) OVER AT postmagazine.com

LAND OF THE LOST [SOUND CLIPS] (composed by Michael Giacchino)


LAND OF THE LOST


Performed By: The Hollywood Studio Symphony
Recorded At: The Clint Eastwood Scoring Stage
Mixed At: The Clint Eastwood Scoring Stage
Conducted By: Tim Simonec
Orchestrated By: Tim Simonec
Recorded By: Dan Wallin
Mixed By: Dan Wallin
Edited By: Stephen M. Davis and Alex Levy

Release Date: 23rd June 2009

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO ALL THE SOUND CLIPS

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

ScoringSessions Coverage: MICHAEL GIACCHINO's "LAND OF THE LOST"


Recently, composer Michael Giacchino recorded his score to the upcoming big-screen comedy, Land of the Lost, based on the classic television series. Using an 88-piece orchestra and 35-person choir, ScoringSessions.com is excited to bring their readers exclusive photos from the scoring sessions!

Click HERE for the full article with photos.

Sunday, May 31, 2009

MICHAEL GIACCHINO's "LAND OF THE LOST" [CD DETAILS]

Will Ferrell stars as has-been scientist Dr. Rick Marshall, sucked into a space-time vortex and spat back through time. Way back. Now, Marshall has no weapons, few skills and questionable smarts to survive in an alternate universe full of marauding dinosaurs and fantastic creatures from beyond our world—a place of spectacular sights and super-scaled comedy known as the Land Of The Lost. Sucked alongside him for the adventure are crack-smart research assistant Holly (Anna Friel) and a redneck survivalist (Danny McBride) named Will. Chased by T-Rex and stalked by painfully slow reptiles known as Sleestaks, Marshall, Will and Holly must rely on their only ally—a primate called Chaka (Jorma Taccone)—to navigate out of the hybrid dimension. Escape from this routine expedition gone awry and they’re heroes. Get stuck, and they’ll be permanent refugees in the Land Of The Lost.

Michael Giacchino, who knows a thing or two about time vortexs and otherworldly adventures, scores a third summer blockbuster, to follow in the wake of Star Trek and Up.

Universal Pictures opens Land Of The Lost nationwide on June 5.

Varèse Sarabande Catalog #: 302 066 975 2
Release Date: 06/23/09

Track Listing:

1. Swamp And Circumstance (1:25)
2. The Lighter Side Of Archaeology (1:03)
3. Food Coma For Thought (1:01)
4. A Routine Expedition (:48)
5. The Greatest Earthquake Ever Known (3:12)
6. Matt Lauer Can Suck It (1:22)
7. Chaka Chasedown (:43)
8. The Ones That Got Away (4:17)
9. Enik Calls For Marshall (1:16)
10. Sleestak Attack (2:01)
11. Enik The Altrusian (3:20)
12. The Cosmic Lost And Found (1:34)
13. When Piss On Your Head Is A Bad Idea (3:54)
14. A New Marshall In Town (1:37)
15. Pterodactyl Ptemper Ptantrum (:42)
16. The Crystal Cave (1:43)
17. In Search Of ... Holly (1:34)
18. Undercover Sleestak (2:18)
19. Never Trust A Dude In A Tunic (4:17)
20. If You Don’t Make It, It’s Your Own Damn Vault (2:40)
21. Holly Mad As Sin (:50)
22. Sleestak Showdown (:53)
23. Stakbusters (2:33)
24. FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT (1:27)
25. Crystal Clear (2:31)
26. Mystery Cave Reunion (1:22)
27. Ready And Will (1:36)
28. End Credits Can Suck It! (3:26)
29. Pop Goes The Sleestak (:16)

Bonus Tracks:

30. A Routine Expedition (Version 1) (:50)
31. The Devil’s Canyon Mystery Cave (Version 1) (2:04)
32. Crystal Clear (Film Version) (2:19)

[SOURCE: varesesarabande.com]

Sunday, May 24, 2009

New interview with MICHAEL GIACCHINO, talking about "UP" and "STAR TREK" among others.

Prolific film and TV composer Michael Giacchino told SCI FI Wire that his score for Disney/Pixar's upcoming 3-D animated Up is more traditional than his other recent scores, including ones for J.J. Abrams' Star Trek and for the Pixar films Ratatouille and The Incredibles.

Read the short interview over at scifiwire.com

Sunday, May 17, 2009

MICHAEL GIACCHINO's "UP" released on [CD]


Celebrated composer Michael Giacchino will has his latest work released on CD, through WALT DISNEY RECORDS on May the 26th, 2009.

Up is an upcoming computer-animated 3-D film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It will be distributed by Walt Disney Pictures, and is scheduled for release on May 29, 2009 in North America and October 16, 2009 in the United Kingdom. The film is directed by Pete Docter (Monsters, Inc.) and features the voices of Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, and Jordan Nagai. This film is the second Pixar film to be rated PG; The Incredibles was the first.

Plot

Carl Fredricksen (Edward Asner) is a retired 78-year-old balloon salesman. When Carl was a child, he met and eventually married a girl named Ellie who grew up in a small midwestern town. Ellie always dreamed of visiting South America, but she died before she got a chance. Now, when developers threaten to move him into an assisted living home, Carl decides to fulfill his promise to Ellie. To accomplish this, he uses 10,000 balloons to make the house fly—but unwittingly takes a chubby eight-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell with him. The two opposites match up for thrilling adventures as they encounter wild terrain, unexpected foes, and all the terrifying creatures that wait in the Venezuelan jungle.

You can also listen to the SOUND CLIPS from the score, if you visit amazon.com's page here.

Friday, May 1, 2009

MICHAEL GIACCHINO - land of the lost [CD]


Will Ferrell stars as has-been scientist Dr. Rick Marshall, sucked into a space-time vortex and spat back through time. Way back. Now, Marshall has no weapons, few skills and questionable smarts to survive in an alternate universe full of marauding dinosaurs and fantastic creatures from beyond our world—a place of spectacular sights and super-scaled comedy known as the Land Of The Lost. Sucked alongside him for the adventure are crack-smart research assistant Holly (Anna Friel) and a redneck survivalist (Danny McBride) named Will. Chased by T-Rex and stalked by painfully slow reptiles known as Sleestaks, Marshall, Will and Holly must rely on their only ally—a primate called Chaka (Jorma Taccone)—to navigate out of the hybrid dimension. Escape from this routine expedition gone awry and they’re heroes. Get stuck, and they'll be permanent refugees in the Land Of The Lost.

Michael Giacchino, who knows a thing or two about time vortexes and otherworldly adventures, scores a third summer blockbuster, to follow in the wake of Star Trek and Up [Pixar/Walt Disney].

This product can be shipped as of Tuesday, 09. June 2009

Original link at colosseum.de

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Scoring session coverage: Michael Giacchino hits warp speed with his score to Star Trek

Michael Giacchino recorded his score to Star Trek last fall, and with the movie finally coming out next month and scoringsessions.com is able to bring their readers the exclusive coverage of the scoring sessions!

Click HERE to visit the original source of the article (scoringsessions.com).

In addition, be informed that there's a STAR TREK AUTOGRAPH EVENT coming up!

Details below:

Date: 4/18/2009
Varèse Sarabande Records and Best Buy present a special in-store appearance and autograph event by Michael Giacchino, celebrating the release of his new score for STAR TREK! Be the first to hear and own the new soundtrack, on its release day, May 5, 2009!

Visit us on May 5 at 7:00 pm.

Best Buy
West Hollywood CA (Store 393)
1015 N. La Brea Ave
West Hollywood, CA 90038

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Quick update: SOUND CLIPS from LOST SEASON 4

LOST (SEASON 4)


Performed By: The Hollywood Studio Symphony
Recorded At: Capitol Records and The Clint Eastwood Scoring Stage
Mixed At: Capitol Records and The Clint Eastwood Scoring Stage

Conducted By: Tim Simonec
Orchestrated By: Michael Giacchino
Recorded By: Dan Wallin
Mixed By: Dan Wallin
Edited By: Alex Levy and Stephen M. Davis

Release date: 12-5-2009 from Varese Sarabande.

By visiting the unofficial Michael Giacchino website here, or the official releasing label's website (Varese Sarabande), here, you can listen to sound clips from the whole material contained in the official cd release.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

MICHAEL GIACCHINO - star trek [sound clips]


You can listen to SOUND CLIPS from the score to the new STAR TREK movie by J.J.Abrams, composed by celebrated Lost and Medal of Honor composer, Michael Giacchino.

Click here, linking to colosseum.de, to listen to the sound clips from the score CD release.

Sunday, April 12, 2009

MICHAEL GIACCHINO's "STAR TREK" [CD]


New, alternate cd cover for the long-awaited new STAR TREK score by composer Michael Giacchino.

From producer/director J.J. Abrams (Lost, Mission: Impossible: III, and Fringe) comes a new vision of the greatest space adventure of all time, Star Trek, featuring a young, new crew venturing boldly where no one has gone before. Starring Chris Pine as Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock, Simon Pegg as Scotty, with Eric Bana, Winona Ryder and Leonard Nimoy.

Michael Giacchino, who has served as J.J. Abrams musical lieutenant on all his projects, follows the extraordinarily rich musical legacy of Alexander Courage, Jerry Goldsmith, and James Horner, as he boards the Enterprise for her maiden voyage.

The CD comes out on the 5th of May, 2009.


Wednesday, April 8, 2009

MICHAEL GIACCHINO'S LOST SEASON 4 [CD COVER]


Out!

Now bring us the actual score CD (actually we have to be patient for a couple of weeks more!)

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

MICHAEL GIACCHINO - star trek [CD DETAILS]



Here are the details for the much-awaited score release on CD, for his new STAR TREK score.

Star Trek Track Listing according to www.amazon.de:

1. Star Trek
2. Nailin' The Kelvin
3. Labor Of Love
4. Hella Bar Talk
5. Enterprising Young Men
6. Nero Sighted
7. Nice To Meld You
8. Run And Shoot Offense
9. Does It Still Mcfly?
10. Nero Death Experience
11. Nero Fiddles, Narada Burns
12. Back From Black
13. That New Car Smell
14. To Boldly Go
15. End Credits

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

MICHAEL GIACCHINO's star trek released on [CD]


STAR TREK

Original Motion Picture
Soundtrack
Music Composed by Michael Giacchino

From Producer / Director J.J. Abrams


From producer/director J.J. Abrams (Lost, Mission: Impossible: III, and Fringe) comes a new vision of the greatest space adventure of all time, Star Trek, featuring a young, new crew venturing boldly where no one has gone before. Starring Chris Pine as Kirk, Zachary Quinto as Spock, Simon Pegg as Scotty, with Eric Bana, Winona Ryder and Leonard Nimoy.

Composer Michael Giacchino, who has served as J.J. Abrams’ musical lieutenant on all his projects, follows the extraordinarily rich musical legacy of Alexander Courage, Jerry Goldsmith, and James Horner, as he boards the Enterprise for her maiden voyage.

In the tradition of Batman Begins, this is STAR TREK for a new generation, and is the most anticipated blockbuster of the 2009 summer season.

Paramount Pictures will open STAR TREK nationwide on May 8.

Varèse Sarabande Catalog #: 302 066 966 2 Release Date: 5/5/09