

Director Brad Bird had heard Giacchino's work on ALIAS and asked him to work on the soundtrack for THE INCREDIBLES. In 2004, Giacchino was given his first big feature film composition when he was called on to provide the soundtrack for the Pixar film, THE INCREDIBLES. Abrams's project, the 2004 television series, LOST. Giacchino would also provide the score for J.J. Abrams, producer of the television series ALIAS, discovered Giacchino through his work on the video games and tapped Giacchino to provide the new show's soundtrack.

Giacchino’s work on various video games, including the popular MEDALOF HONOR and CALL OF DUTY franchises, led to his first work on television. The video game was the first PlayStation and Sega Saturn console title to be recorded with an live orchestral score. Giacchino's first major composition was for the DreamWorks video game adaptation of THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK. He attended the Evening Division at the Juilliard School as well as the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where he acquired a degree in film production and a minor degree in History. Michael Giacchino was born in October, 1967 and grew up in Edgewater Park Township, New Jersey. Throughout the project, Northam and Park focused on trying to get the feel and emotion of each track realized on solo piano in a way that most complemented the music without going beyond the bounds of the solo piano’s effective range. These suites of piano and keyboard arrangements from Giacchino’s Pixar scores, arranged and performed by Mark Northam and Joohyun Park, demonstrate that while Giacchino is a master of orchestration, his melodies can be reduced to their purest form without losing an ounce of their power. Michael Giacchino for the Pixar films UP, RATATOUILLE and THE INCREDIBLES. MUSIC FROM THE PIXAR FILMS FOR SOLO PIANO focuses on music composed by UySoundtrax Records is pleased to announce the release of MUSIC FROM THE PIXAR FILMS FOR SOLO PIANO, featuring music composed by Michael Giacchino for the beloved Pixar films UP, RATATOUILLE and THE INCREDIBLES arranged for solo piano.
