A biography for Michael Giacchinohasn’t been written yet.
“If you look at my credits, most of them are the same directors over and over.”
“That's one of the neat things about 'Call of Duty.' There are areas in the game where we were able to score the gameplay.”
“If you have a bad story on your hands, you have a bad story on your hands, and no amount of score re-working is gonna save that.”
“I was fortunate enough in my public school that they had a full music program, and no one escaped it. It was treated as a subject that was as important as everything else, and I believe it is.”
“I work on the types of movies that I would have loved watching as a kid.”
“I love percussive instrumentation.”
“As a kid, I would listen to anything that had a live orchestra or ensemble playing, so that covered everything from show tunes to eclectic jazz things to film soundtracks to classical music. They're all inspiring to me.”
“I don't like working all hours of the night and having an unreliable working pattern.”
“I made tons of stop motion films with my friends in my neighborhood.”
“I always liked melody.”
“I was pretty lucky to have grown up during the 'Star Wars,' 'Indiana Jones' and 'E.T.' years.”
“I've always looked at guys who I've admired, like John Williams and Lalo Schifrin and Max Steiner, and looked at the choices they made and always try to take a cue from that.”
“People on 'The Incredibles' would ask me if I listened to a lot of spy scores, but no, I don't.”
“I have an uncle who was heavily involved in World War 2, so over the years, I've talked to him many times.”
“When you write for an orchestra, the sky's the limit.”
“There was a paperwork mishap on 'War For The Planet Of The Apes,' in that the end credits was simply called 'End Credits.' And that's what appears on the album. Once we realised that was out there, we were so ashamed.”
“Because of John Williams, I began collecting all kinds of film scores. I listened to them when I fell asleep, and it was through my obsessive listening that I learned what all the different parts of the orchestra were. I learnt a great deal from him by just simply listening.”
“Who can't relate to a story of a dreamer who, against all odds, is going to make something of himself that is completely unexpected?”
“For me, the music is always speaking from the point of view of the characters. Rarely do you score an event.”
“I think the Wachowskis are two of my favorite people on the planet; they're the best.”