Michael Giacchino

I've always, always, always listened to music since I was, like, 7 years old and made up stories in my head based…

— Michael Giacchino

I like to think that I probably have written more World War II music than anyone on the planet after all the…

— 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 always loved movies like 'King Kong' and 'Planet of the Apes,' monster movies, Ray Harryhausen films, all of that stuff. I…

— Michael Giacchino

I like to write a piece of music that reflects how I felt about a film as opposed to, here's this action…

— Michael Giacchino

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

— Michael Giacchino

I grew up with so many different sounds, and 'Lost' allows me to express all of it, the melodic and the atonal.

— Michael Giacchino

I think great filmmakers will always talk in terms of storytelling. These guys were always about the story. That is how I…

— Michael Giacchino

As an audience member, everyone I talk to is like, 'I'm so excited to see 'Super 8.' I'm so excited to see…

— 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

Scoring animated films, I have the exact same approach and philosophy as I do for a live action. It's all story- and…

— Michael Giacchino

Adventure is out there, it’s heading our way So grab your scarf and goggles, let’s fly! I’ve mapped out our journey, we’re…

— Michael Giacchino

My dad had these great Benny Goodman albums that I was obsessed with, and Louis Prima's another guy I loved, and Peter…

— Michael Giacchino

My great uncle, my mom's uncle, had an appliance store in Philadelphia, and it was called Peter's TV. They sold stereos and…

— Michael Giacchino

The core of the film is usually something very emotional and something that feels really real that you can relate to, it's…

— Michael Giacchino

I think my writing has an old-fashioned feel to it for whatever reason. I'm just so influenced by the music that I…

— Michael Giacchino

Filmmaking is hard enough as it is. If you can find a group you love working with, it makes it just a…

— Michael Giacchino

My writing is consistently influenced by everything I watched and listened to growing up, so it's just this crazy collage of everything.

— Michael Giacchino

People on 'The Incredibles' would ask me if I listened to a lot of spy scores, but no, I don't.

— Michael Giacchino

Who can't relate to a story of a dreamer who, against all odds, is going to make something of himself that is…

— Michael Giacchino

When I was 10, I had a group of friends that I used to love to make movies with, and we made…

— Michael Giacchino

I love Glenn Gould. Max Steiner. John Williams. Louis Prima. Benny Goodman. Miles Davis. John Philip Sousa.

— Michael Giacchino

I lived in New York City for six years, and I was always amazed at how diverse everything was.

— Michael Giacchino

That's one of the neat things about 'Call of Duty.' There are areas in the game where we were able to score…

— Michael Giacchino

On 'Lost,' I write a score and orchestrate it on days one and two; I record it on day three. In animation…

— Michael Giacchino

As a kid, I would listen to anything that had a live orchestra or ensemble playing, so that covered everything from show…

— 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

When I was growing up, every show had live music. Now, almost none have live music. Probably 97 percent of the shows…

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

— 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