'''Michael Giacchino''' was born October 10, 1967 in Riverside, New Jersey. [[File:97445521.jpg|thumb|176px]]Michael has composed the musical scores for four [[Pixar Animation Studios|Pixar]] movies, mostrecently ''[[Inside Out]]''. He also has worked on a few Pixar short films. Besides working for Pixar, he has composed music for other movies such as ''Super 8'', ''[[Non-Pixarworks associatedwith Pixar staff#Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol|Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol]]'' and ''[[Non-Pixar works associated with Pixar staff#John Carter|John Carter]]''.<ref>[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118025204.html?categoryid=16&cs=1 Michael Giacchino: Driven by stories]</ref>
'''Michael Giacchino''' (born October 10, 1967, in Riverside, New Jersey) has composed the musical scores for many [[Pixar Animation Studios|Pixar]] movies including ''[[The Incredibles]]'', ''[[Ratatouille]]'', ''[[Up]]'', ''[[Cars 2]]'', ''[[Inside Out]]'', ''[[Coco]]'' and ''[[Incredibles 2]]''. He also has worked on a few Pixar short films. Besides working for Pixar, he has composed music for other movies such as ''[[wikipedia:Super 8|Super 8]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Jurassic_World|Jurassic World]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol|Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:John Carter (film)|John Carter]]''.<ref>[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118025204.html?categoryid=16&cs=1 Michael Giacchino: Driven by stories]</ref>
*''[[Incredibles 2]]''<ref>[http://comicbook.com/2015/10/29/incredibles-2-brad-bird-confirms-michael-giacchnio-back-as-compo/ ''Incredibles 2: Brad Bird Confirms Michael Giacchino Back As Composer''], September 6, 2017.</ref>
==Awards==
==Awards==
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*[[The Incredibles Awards|The Incredibles]] - Won 6 awards
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*''[[The Incredibles Awards|The Incredibles]]'' - Won 6 awards
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*[[Ratatouille Awards|Ratatouille]] - Nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score / Won 2 Awards
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*''[[Ratatouille Awards|Ratatouille]]'' - Nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score / Won 2 Awards
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*[[Up Awards|Up]] - Won Academy Award for Best Original Score / Won 10 Awards
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*''[[Up Awards|Up]]'' - Won Academy Award for Best Original Score / Won 10 Awards
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*The Henry Mancini Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), their top honor, for his outstanding achievements and contributions to the world of film and television music, 2019.[https://variety.com/2019/music/news/asap-screen-music-awards-pasek-paul-michael-giacchino-pinar-toprak-1203217701/ ''ASCAP Screen Awards Honor Pasek & Paul, Pinar Toprak and Michael Giacchino, Who Rallies Against Work Exodus''], [https://variety.com/ Variety], May 16, 2019.
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==Trivia==
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*In ''[[Coco]]'', the orchestra conductor at the [[Sunrise Spectacular]] is a caricature of Giacchino.
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*[[File:Coco-disneyscreencaps.com-9226.jpg|thumb|In Coco, the Sunrise Spectacular conductor is a caricature of Michael Giacchino.]]So far, Giacchino has composed every Pixar film that [[Brad Bird]] has directed, including ''[[The Incredibles]]'' and [[Incredibles 2|its sequel]], as well as ''[[Ratatouille]]''.
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*In addition to scoring the music for ''[[The Incredibles]]'' and [[Incredibles 2|its sequel]], he also scored the music for the Incredicoaster (formerly called "California Screamin'") at Disney California Adventure.
In addition to scoring the music for The Incredibles and its sequel, he also scored the music for the Incredicoaster (formerly called "California Screamin'") at Disney California Adventure.
