{"id":10435,"date":"2010-10-12T11:46:04","date_gmt":"2010-10-12T18:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=10435"},"modified":"2010-10-12T11:46:04","modified_gmt":"2010-10-12T18:46:04","slug":"giacchino-its-the-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2010\/10\/giacchino-its-the-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Giacchino: It’s The Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to Star Trek XI<\/em> composer Michael Giacchino<\/strong>, composing the music for a movie is more than just writing music.<\/p>\n

Giacchino, who won an Oscar for his work on Up<\/em>, knows that telling a story is part of the process of composing for movies such as Star Trek XI<\/em> and television shows such as Lost<\/em>. “As a film composer, your job is not to write music,” he said. “Your job is to tell a story.”<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>“I went to film school,” explained Giacchino, “and I have a fascination with the process, so it’s very important to me that everything works together. It’s not about what I’m doing; it’s about what this piece of art needs to help propel it to the next level.”<\/p>\n

“He understands character and structure,” said J.J. Abrams<\/strong>. Impressed with his work on video games, Abrams gave Giacchino his first television series to score back in 2001 (ABC’s spy series Alias<\/em>.) “So while it’s wonderful to work with him as a composer, I give him the scripts in advance and get his comments and notes and show him cuts and scenes and rough cuts of the whole piece, just to get his reaction.”<\/p>\n

Giacchino prefers projects that interest him and get the creative juices flowing. “I gravitate towards things that get me excited,” he said. “Something I can feel creative about. That could either be the story or the person that’s making it. It’s very hard for me to write something when I don’t feel anything. J.J. could call me up and say, ‘I’m directing a paper towel commercial’ and I would say yes, because it’s going to be an awesome paper towel commercial.”<\/p>\n

Next up for Giacchino is the comedy Monte Carlo<\/em>, and I’m With Cancer<\/em>, a drama, followed by Abrams’\u00a0<\/em>Super 8<\/em>. Then he will work on Mission: Impossible IV <\/em>and John Carter of Mars<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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