Biography
Michael Giacchino (born October 10, 1967) is an American film, television, and video game score composer. He has received many accolades for his work, including an Academy Award for Up (2009), an Emmy Award for Lost (2004), and three Grammy Awards. Giacchino's first major scores were for video games, including the Medal of Honor and Call of Duty series. He also composed for the television series Alias, Lost, and Fringe. Giacchino's film scores include major franchises (such as entries in Missio...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Zootopia 2
2025
Original Music Composer
Detectives Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde find themselves on the twisting trail of a mysterious reptile who arrives in Zootopia and turns the mammal metrop...

The Fantastic Four: First Steps
2025
Original Music Composer
Against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel's First Family is forced to balance their roles as heroes with the st...

765874: Unification
2024
Music
765874: Unification is a mind-bending Star Trek experience celebrating the 30th anniversary of Star Trek: Generations – William Shatner’s last appeara...

Getting LOST
2024
as Self
A documentary revisiting the global television phenomenon LOST. Featuring interviews with the cast and crew, as well as members of the loyal fan base ...

Getting LOST
2024
Original Music Composer
A documentary revisiting the global television phenomenon LOST. Featuring interviews with the cast and crew, as well as members of the loyal fan base ...

Inside Out 2
2024
Music
Teenager Riley's mind headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger...

IF
2024
Original Music Composer
After discovering she can see everyone's imaginary friends, a girl embarks on a magical adventure to reconnect forgotten imaginary friends with their ...

Society of the Snow
2023
Original Music Composer
On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes.

Next Goal Wins
2023
Original Music Composer
Dutch coach Thomas Rongen attempts the nearly impossible task of turning the American Samoa soccer team from perennial losers into winners.

Creepover
2023
Music
After being released from prison, Bogart is invited to a sleepover at his friend Dex's house. Little do they know that there's an uninvited guest in t...

Torment of a Saint
2022
Music
Torment of a Saint revolves around Rishi Matthews and the 3 stages of his life. The 3 stages are depicted with the help of 3 famous paintings: Creatio...

Director by Night
2022
as Self
Acclaimed composer Michael Giacchino made his directorial debut with Marvel Studios' Special Presentation "Werewolf by Night." This behind-the-scenes ...

Argentina 1985
2022
Music Producer
In the 1980s, a team of lawyers takes on the heads of Argentina's bloody military dictatorship in a battle against odds and a race against time.

Werewolf by Night
2022
Director, Original Music Composer
On a dark and somber night, a secret cabal of monster hunters emerge from the shadows and gather at the foreboding Bloodstone Temple following the dea...

Thor: Love and Thunder
2022
Other, Original Music Composer
After his retirement is interrupted by Gorr the God Butcher, a galactic killer who seeks the extinction of the gods, Thor Odinson enlists the help of ...

Lightyear
2022
Original Music Composer
Legendary Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear embarks on an intergalactic adventure alongside a group of ambitious recruits and his robot companion Sox.

Jurassic World Dominion
2022
Original Music Composer
Four years after Isla Nublar was destroyed, dinosaurs now live—and hunt—alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the fut...

The Batman
2022
Original Music Composer
In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as ...

Spider-Man: No Way Home
2021
Original Music Composer
Peter Parker is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a super-hero. When he asks for help from Doctor ...

Extinct
2021
Other
Op and Ed, two adorable donut-shaped animals - flummels - accidentally time-travel from 1835 to modern-day Shanghai. There they discover traffic, tra...

Let Him Go
2020
Original Music Composer
Following the loss of their son, a retired sheriff and his wife leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches of a danger...

An American Pickle
2020
Original Music Composer
An immigrant worker at a pickle factory is accidentally preserved for 100 years and wakes up in modern day Brooklyn. He learns his only surviving rela...

Jojo Rabbit
2019
Original Music Composer
A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Je...

Battle at Big Rock
2019
Main Title Theme Composer
A family's camping trip at Big Rock National Park becomes a terrifying fight for survival.

Spider-Man: Far From Home
2019
Original Music Composer
Peter Parker and his friends go on a summer trip to Europe. However, they will hardly be able to rest - Peter will have to agree to help Nick Fury unc...

Ralph Breaks the Internet
2018
as FN-3181 (voice)
Video game bad guy Ralph and fellow misfit Vanellope von Schweetz must risk it all by traveling to the World Wide Web in search of a replacement part ...

Auntie Edna
2018
Original Music Composer
Taking place during the events of Incredibles 2, Edna Mode babysits Jack-Jack.

Bad Times at the El Royale
2018
Original Music Composer
Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful ni...

Monster Challenge
2018
Original Music Composer, Writer, Director
Famed composer Michael Giacchino catapults a hapless Patton Oswalt (as himself) into an outrageous series of challenges in his infectiously silly trib...

Incredibles 2
2018
Original Music Composer
Elastigirl springs into action to save the day, while Mr. Incredible faces his greatest challenge yet – taking care of the problems of his three child...

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018
Original Music Composer
Three years after Jurassic World was destroyed, Isla Nublar now sits abandoned. When the island's dormant volcano begins roaring to life, Owen and Cla...

Coco
2017
Original Music Composer
Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desp...

War for the Planet of the Apes
2017
Original Music Composer
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Cae...

Spider-Man: Homecoming
2017
Original Music Composer
Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary hig...

The Book of Henry
2017
Original Music Composer
Susan, a single mother of two, works as a waitress in a small town. Her son, Henry, is an 11-year-old genius who not only manages the family finances ...

Doctor Strange: The Score-Cerer Supreme
2017
as Himself
A discussion of Michael Giacchino's work on the film and the themes the music conveys and supports for the film.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
as Additional Voices (voice)
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016
Original Music Composer
A rogue band of resistance fighters unite for a mission to steal the Death Star plans and bring a new hope to the galaxy.

Doctor Strange
2016
Original Music Composer
After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to de...

Star Trek Beyond
2016
Original Music Composer
The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the...

Zootopia
2016
Original Music Composer
Determined to prove herself, Officer Judy Hopps, the first bunny on Zootopia's police force, jumps at the chance to crack her first case - even if it ...

Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
as FN-3181
Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.

Riley's First Date?
2015
Original Music Composer
Riley, now 12, who is hanging out with her parents at home when potential trouble comes knocking. Mom's and Dad's Emotions find themselves forced to d...

Inside Out
2015
Original Music Composer
When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work togeth...

Jurassic World
2015
Original Music Composer
Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally en...

Tomorrowland
2015
as Small World Operator
Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment emba...

Tomorrowland
2015
Original Music Composer
Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment emba...

Jupiter Ascending
2015
Original Music Composer
In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers an...

Toy Story That Time Forgot
2014
Original Music Composer
During a post-Christmas play date, the gang find themselves in uncharted territory when the coolest set of action figures ever turn out to be dangerou...

This Is Where I Leave You
2014
Original Music Composer
When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay ther...

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2014
Music Producer, Original Music Composer
A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain...

Toy Story of Terror!
2013
Original Music Composer
What starts out as a fun road trip for the Toy Story gang takes an unexpected turn for the worse when the trip detours to a roadside motel. After one ...

Star Trek Into Darkness
2013
Original Music Composer
When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fle...

Electric Holiday
2012
Original Music Composer
After seeing a beautiful dress in the window, Minnie dreams of herself in Paris, France where she is a popular fashionista on her way to her next runw...

Prep & Landing: Totally Tinsel Collection
2012
Music Director
Prep and Landing: On Christmas Eve, a high-tech team of elves from an elite unit known as "Prep & Landing" ensures homes around the world are prep...
Ghost Protocol: Impossible Missions
2012
as Self
A documentary that explores the making of 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol'. It focuses on Brad Bird's transition from directing animation to dir...

John Carter
2012
Original Music Composer
John Carter is a war-weary, former military captain who's inexplicably transported to the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars) and reluctant...

Paper War
2012
Original Music Composer
Paper Diaosi lives in a paper world. But one day, he is struck by the beauty of a young girl who appears on the other side of the room.

La luna
2012
Original Music Composer
A young boy comes of age in the most peculiar of circumstances. Tonight is the very first time his Papa and Grandpa are taking him to work. In an old ...

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011
Original Music Composer
Ethan Hunt and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks, who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch c...

Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice
2011
Original Music Composer
Lanny and Wayne are at it again! With the Big 2-5 fast approaching, Wayne and Lanny must race to recover classified North Pole technology which has fa...

50/50
2011
Original Music Composer
Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

Monte Carlo
2011
Original Music Composer
Three young women vacationing in Paris find themselves whisked away to Monte Carlo after one of the girls is mistaken for a British heiress.

Cars 2
2011
Original Music Composer
Star race car Lightning McQueen and his pal Mater head overseas to compete in the World Grand Prix race. But the road to the championship becomes rock...

Super 8
2011
as Deputy Crawford
In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train dera...

Super 8
2011
Original Music Composer
In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train dera...

The Ballad of Nessie
2011
Original Music Composer
A legendary and friendly creature named Nessie lives happily in a small pond with her friend MacQuack, a rubber duck. When a rich developer takes the ...

Prep & Landing Stocking Stuffer: Operation: Secret Santa
2010
Original Music Composer
Wayne and Lanny, now partners, are called by Magee to meet with a secret contact – Mrs. Claus, who sends them on a new mission to retrieve a box from ...

Let Me In
2010
Original Music Composer
A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. A remake of the movie “Let The Right One In” which was a...

Day & Night
2010
Original Music Composer
When Day, a sunny fellow, encounters Night, a stranger of distinctly darker moods, sparks fly! Day and Night are frightened and suspicious of each oth...

Prep & Landing
2009
Original Music Composer
Wayne gets a new rookie partner, Lanny, after his previous partner got the promotion he wanted. Lanny has to remind Wayne of the Spirit of Christmas a...

Pixar Short Films
2009
Music
A collection of 20 computer-animated short films including "Rescue Squad Mater", "Jack-Jack Attack", and Oscar-winners "For The Birds", "Geri's Game",...

Dug's Special Mission
2009
Original Music Composer
Dug is sent on foolish missions by Alpha, Beta, and Gamma so they can hunt for the Bird of Paradise Falls by themselves. Dug may find that where he be...

Land of the Lost
2009
Original Music Composer
On his latest expedition, has-been scientist Dr. Rick Marshall is sucked into a space-time vortex alongside his crack-smart research assistant Holly a...

Partly Cloudy
2009
Original Music Composer
Everyone knows that the stork delivers babies, but where do the storks get the babies from? The answer lies up in the stratosphere, where cloud people...

Up
2009
Original Music Composer
Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed ...

Star Trek
2009
Original Music Composer
The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan...

Speed Racer
2008
Original Music Composer
Speed Racer is a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his brother his life, Speed must team up with the poli...

Cloverfield
2008
Original Music Composer
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the p...

How to Hook Up Your Home Theater
2007
Original Music Composer
Following in the great tradition of his classic "How To" animated shorts of the 1940's, Goofy makes his return to the big screen in "How to Hook Up Yo...

Ratatouille
2007
as Reporter (voice) (uncredited)
Remy, a resident of Paris, appreciates good food and has quite a sophisticated palate. He would love to become a chef so he can create and enjoy culin...

Ratatouille
2007
Original Music Composer
Remy, a resident of Paris, appreciates good food and has quite a sophisticated palate. He would love to become a chef so he can create and enjoy culin...

Lifted
2006
Original Music Composer
When an overconfident teen alien gets behind the controls of a spaceship, he must attempt to abduct a slumbering farmer under the watchful eye of a cr...

Mission: Impossible III
2006
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
Retired from active duty, and training recruits for the Impossible Mission Force, agent Ethan Hunt faces the toughest foe of his career: Owen Davian, ...

Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World
2006
Original Music Composer
To improve its relations with Muslim countries, the United States government sends comedian Albert Brooks to south Asia to write a report on what make...

The Family Stone
2005
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
An uptight, conservative businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that sh...
More Making of 'The Incredibles'
2005
as Self
A companion to the original behind-the-scenes featurette, this extended look at the making of The Incredibles offers additional deleted scenes, animat...

Tom and Jerry: The Karate Guard
2005
Original Music Composer
The cartoon starting scene starts outside of the house and then goes to Tom, who was taking a nap but was woken up by Jerry. Tom peeks through the mou...

Sky High
2005
Original Music Composer
Set in a world where superheroes are commonly known and accepted, young Will Stronghold, the son of the Commander and Jetstream, tries to find a balan...

One Man Band
2005
Original Music Composer
With one coin to make a wish at the piazza fountain, a peasant girl encounters two competing street performers who'd prefer the coin find its way into...

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
2005
Original Music Composer
A young woman named Dorothy Gale dreams of becoming a singer but is unable to pursue her dreams. After being swept up by a tornado with her pet prawn ...

The Making of 'The Incredibles'
2005
as Self
The production of the movie, "The Incredibles," shot behind the scenes at Pixar Animation Studios.

Vowellet - An Essay by Sarah Vowell
2005
Original Music Composer
This Pixar documentary short follows Sarah Vowell, who plays herself as the title character, on why she is a superhero in her own way. (This short pie...

The Incredibles
2004
Original Music Composer
Bob Parr has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife in suburbi...

Phenomenon II
2003
Music
George Malley lives in a small town and is well-liked. One day he sees a strange flash of light in the sky and his life is radically changed. George h...

Sin
2003
Original Music Composer
Retired cop Eddie Burns gave 15 years and the use of his left arm to the Reno homicide squad. When his wayward sister, Kassie, goes missing Eddie Burn...

Semper Fi
2001
Original Music Composer
Cliff Truckee refuses a privileged start in life at a top college while other young men are enlisting. On the bus out of Chicago he meets a girl on he...

The Trouble with Lou
2001
Original Music Composer
In this funny homage to 1950s educational films, Lou is a teenager that has a very personal problem that prevents him from socializing with women.

My Brother the Pig
1999
Original Music Composer
When a spell turns an 8-year-old boy into a swine, his sister and best friend race to find the cure.

High in the Clouds
N/A
Original Music Composer
After he accidentally sparked a revolution against Gretsch, the bossy diva-owl who has banned all music from his town, a teenage squirrel named Wirral...
Them!
N/A
Director, Original Music Composer
A re-imagining of the classic 1954 monster movie about a colony of giant irradiated ants in the New Mexico desert which become a national threat when ...
Ray Gunn
N/A
Original Music Composer
In a futuristic world co-habitated by aliens and humans, the last human private eye is hired to investigate the fidelity of a well-known pop star.