Michael Giacchino

I don't like working all hours of the night and having an unreliable working pattern.

— Michael Giacchino

I've always looked at guys who I've admired, like John Williams and Lalo Schifrin and Max Steiner, and looked at the choices…

— Michael Giacchino

For me, growing-up music was always about telling stories.

— Michael Giacchino

'Lost' is such a thematic show that I'm always afraid that if I know something's going to happen at the end, I'll…

— Michael Giacchino

I think that to capture food in music, you really are capturing an emotional response to food.

— Michael Giacchino

When I was a kid, there was no DVD, no VHS. The only way to re-live a movie once it was out…

— Michael Giacchino

Brad Bird is fond of saying that music is the easiest thing that can derail a film because if it slightly goes…

— Michael Giacchino

For me, I always go back to when I was 10 years old and, I think between the time I was 10…

— Michael Giacchino

Without my experiences on the likes of 'Lost' and 'Alias,' I don't know if I would have survived 'Rogue One.'

— Michael Giacchino

A lot of people have said it to me 'You made me cry.' And it was only because I cried myself when…

— Michael Giacchino

I watched 'Land of the Lost' as a kid, you know, incessantly. I loved it. Me and my brother watched it every…

— Michael Giacchino

My entire life was making movies.

— Michael Giacchino

I was obsessed with 'The Twilight Zone' as a kid, and one of those things I didn't realize until I was in…

— Michael Giacchino

Hopefully, by the time I do a project, I already have a true understanding and love of what I'm about to do…

— Michael Giacchino

I was fortunate enough in my public school that they had a full music program, and no one escaped it. It was…

— Michael Giacchino

I started out as a producer. and I used to work at Disney. and I worked with a lot of the animators…

— Michael Giacchino

Music helps immensely with math skills, and math skills help immensely with music skills.

— Michael Giacchino

When I was nine, I asked my Dad, ‘Can I have your movie camera? That old, wind-up 8-millimeter movie camera that’s in…

— Michael Giacchino

As a kid I was obsessed with monster movies.

— Michael Giacchino

I think that one of the things I'd learned from being so attentive to the careers of the people I've admired is…

— Michael Giacchino

In 'Ratatouille,' there are two different themes that express the two sides of Remy's personality: the creative side: the chef, and the…

— Michael Giacchino

I love percussive instrumentation.

— Michael Giacchino

I used to do puppet shows as a kid - me and my brother would do them - and then any poor…

— Michael Giacchino

I like live musicians and personally orchestrate about 80 to 90% of all my scores.

— Michael Giacchino

The Internet's a crazy place to hang out because it's insane to see so many people doing so many creative things all…

— Michael Giacchino