VIEW announces its 2009 keynote speaker:
Musical genius extraordinaire: Michael Giacchino
Michael Giacchino’s melodies have enhanced entertainment of all genres, including television shows, feature films, animated shorts, video games, and stand-alone symphonies with themes that run the gamut from driving, melancholic, and suspenseful to serene. Giacchino was nominated for an Academy Award® for his score to the animated blockbuster “Ratatouille,” which went on to win the Oscar® for Best Animated Film. Viewers of the hit ABC TV shows “LOST” and “Alias” are well acquainted with his work and have been enjoying his compositions for several seasons. He most recently composed the score for Pixar’s “UP,” “Star Trek,” “Land of the Lost” and served as Music Director for the 81st Academy Awards. He made his feature film composing breakthrough with his acclaimed score for “The Incredibles,” and went on to compose music for the live-action superhero film “Sky High,” the comedy-drama “The Family Stone,” Albert Brooks’ “Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World,” the thriller “Mission: Impossible III” and “Speed Racer.”
Early in his career Giacchino scored the PlayStation video game based on Steven Spielberg’s summer box office hit “The Lost World,” featuring the first original live orchestral score written for a PlayStation console game, recorded with the Seattle Symphony. He went on to compose many orchestral scores for interactive media, including the highly successful “Medal of Honor” series, a World War II simulation game created by Spielberg.
Giacchino studied film production at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and subsequently pursued composition and music studies at both the Juilliard School, and UCLA.
