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[BloodBoal]

I'd rather have the music for One Man Band, his best Pixar short score (in my not so humble opinion).

[Luke Skywalker]

I keep hoping Brave gets an FYC disc that includes his music for La Luna like with Toy Story 3 / Day & Night.

Cast and crew promo, you mean.

I also hope for that situation

[TheUlyssesian]

La Luna I don't think they made the music avilable. The FYC Site is still up but their is no music uploaded.
http://www.waltdisne...ds.com/la-luna/

And might I add, La Lune was one of their loveliest and most wondrous shorts even though Brave itself wasn't up to scratch.

[ZackR]

I keep hoping Brave gets an FYC disc that includes his music for La Luna like with Toy Story 3 / Day & Night.

Cast and crew promo, you mean.

I also hope for that situation

Yes, that's what I meant, thanks.

[Datameister]

I'd rather have the music for One Man Band, his best Pixar short score (in my not so humble opinion).

Agreed!

On an unrelated note, I haven't heard much mention of the fact that Giacchino arranged and composed some music for the new Luigi's Flying Tires attraction at the Disneyland Resort. A lot of it is just arrangements of classic Italian songs, but I realized that one of them is an Italian-ized version of Giacchino's theme from Cars 2! I actually like it a lot better than what you hear in the film, haha.

[Jason LeBlanc]

Anyone else kinda bummed that after John Carter (March '12), we don't get another Giacchino score until the Star Trek sequel in May of 2013?

Seems like in the 14 intervening months he could fit a few scores in - perhaps he isn't getting any offers?

I browsed wikipedia and found these films coming out between John Carter and Star Trek (X)II that I think could lead to great Giacchino scores

Total Recall
Dredd
The Cold Light Of Day
Hotel Translyvania
Looper
Red Dawn
Rise of the Guardians
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
Last Stand
Elysium
Carrie
Jack The Giant Killer
The Host

etc

Somebody, hire Gia for something between now and then!

[BloodBoal]

He should do The Hobbit.

[Blumenkohl]

Hopefully this means he's taking time to write a kick-ass Star Trek score.

[Jason LeBlanc]

Nobody needs 14 months to score a 2 hour film. He could take on one or two other movies and still leave a LOT of time to score Star Trek (X)II

[Miles Prower]

Nobody NEEDS it, but it can sure help. And to be honest, Giacchino's had a ton of work the past few years, I don't want him to burn out like Horner did after doing a zillion projects in the early 80s.

[Blumenkohl]

He has kids and a family.

[BloodBoal]

He has kids and a family.

Yeah, so? His kids have a daddy: do you think that prevents them from doing their homework? No!

[Luke Skywalker]

Anyone else kinda bummed that after John Carter (March '12), we don't get another Giacchino score until the Star Trek sequel in May of 2013?

Seems like in the 14 intervening months he could fit a few scores in - perhaps he isn't getting any offers?

I browsed wikipedia and found these films coming out between John Carter and Star Trek (X)II that I think could lead to great Giacchino scores

Total Recall
Dredd
The Cold Light Of Day
Hotel Translyvania
Looper
Red Dawn
Rise of the Guardians
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
Last Stand
Elysium
Carrie
Jack The Giant Killer
The Host

etc

Somebody, hire Gia for something between now and then!

i think he maybe taking a sabbatical. he did it in 2009 i think with too many scores in a year.

[Koray Savas]

Giacchino has said multiple times that he now only works with friends and is picky about his projects. So that leaves J.J. Abrams, Brad Bird and Pixar, more or less.

A bad move, in my opinion. I hope he hasn't already hit his peak.

[ST-321]

Back in early June he had this to say on Twitter:

Michael Giacchino ‏@m_giacchino
Haven't written a note of music since November. There's something very freeing about that. For now.

[Anthony]

Give him a break. I seem to remember back in 2009 with Star Trek/Lost/Up/ Land Of The Lost/Prep And Landing/3 short films and the Oscars he was planning on taking a break but that didn't exactly happen.

[Jason LeBlanc]

Good points made here. I was thinking he was wanting to work but just not getting offers, but I guess its equally likely he is choosing to take an extended time off before his next big assignment.

Still, as a fan, it'll be a long, hard wait! Maybe we'll get some extended versions of his older scores between now and then

[SF1_freeze]

My only wish for Giacchino is that he gets rid of his sound engineer.
I can't listen to John Carter for example. The sound is so bad, it sounds like it was recorded 40 years ago with a 40 piece orchestra...

[Jason LeBlanc]

Dan Wallin needs to retire

[Jason LeBlanc]

New Michael Giacchino music!!

https://www.extremem...com/#album/2233

[Jason LeBlanc]

No one has any comments?

[Ro Sajooc]

Seems a compilation of MoH music. But sounds different.

[Miles Prower]

Ya know what he should do more of? Small movies. Goldsmith and Horner did/do a ton, even Williams has his fair share, but Giacchino's largely doing big summer movies or CGI-fests (not that there's a huge problem with either). And since he's said he'll mainly work with friends/Pixar at this point, that's all he'll be doing for a while. Family Stone and 50/50 are the only ones that really come to mind, but it might not be a bad idea to vary his workload a little and do something that isn't action-adventure-sci-fi.

Just thinking out loud, of course. I like his big scores as much as anyone.

[KK.]

Bingo. Although I'd like to see Giacchino do more films that provoke more dramatic scores. We haven't really heard much of his more mature, dramatic scoring yet. Give the guy some serious, Oscar-bait film. I would be very interested in the results. As it is, I'm not on board with the whole "Giacchino is the next Williams"/"Giacchino is the saviour of all film music" concept yet, I might even dare say its he might be a tad bit overrated in that sense. But I really do like the guy and I'd just like to see his style mature more. That and get rid of Dan Walin...

[Luke Skywalker]

New Michael Giacchino music!!

https://www.extremem...com/#album/2233

i dont hear differences from the moh trakcs...

[Koray Savas]

Bingo. Although I'd like to see Giacchino do more films that provoke more dramatic scores. We haven't really heard much of his more mature, dramatic scoring yet. Give the guy some serious, Oscar-bait film. I would be very interested in the results. As it is, I'm not on board with the whole "Giacchino is the next Williams"/"Giacchino is the saviour of all film music" concept yet, I might even dare say its he might be a tad bit overrated in that sense. But I really do like the guy and I'd just like to see his style mature more. That and get rid of Dan Walin...

He's done a fair share of drama. Of course parts of Up, Super 8, and Star Trek like "Married Life," "Letting Go" and "Labor Of Love," and then there's a little bit of M:i:III. LOST is Oscar-worthy music. A straight drama from him would probably just sound like Earth Days.

New Michael Giacchino music!!

https://www.extremem...com/#album/2233

i dont hear differences from the moh trakcs...

There is no difference.

[Miles Prower]

Bingo. Although I'd like to see Giacchino do more films that provoke more dramatic scores. We haven't really heard much of his more mature, dramatic scoring yet. Give the guy some serious, Oscar-bait film. I would be very interested in the results. As it is, I'm not on board with the whole "Giacchino is the next Williams"/"Giacchino is the saviour of all film music" concept yet, I might even dare say its he might be a tad bit overrated in that sense. But I really do like the guy and I'd just like to see his style mature more. That and get rid of Dan Walin...

He's done a fair share of drama. Of course parts of Up, Super 8, and Star Trek like "Married Life," "Letting Go" and "Labor Of Love," and then there's a little bit of M:i:III. LOST is Oscar-worthy music. A straight drama from him would probably just sound like Earth Days.

Those are drama scenes in action/adventure/sci-fi movies, not really what K.K. and I are talking about. He's got a ton of crowd-pleasing scores out there (everything you've just named), but he doesn't really have a Monsignor, or a Nixon, or even a Witches of Eastwick in his oeuvre. I'd love to hear Giacchino tackle a dark, weighty drama like Nixon, if only because he's never really done anything like that.

[Jason LeBlanc]

Let Me In is what you're looking for.

[KK.]

Let Me In was horror, and the score was interesting. I'd like him to try more films like that. Like Miles said, give him some weighty drama like Nixon. Something beyond the blockbuster crowd-pleasers. I would like to hear the results.

[Miles Prower]

I didn't realize Nixon was a horror film with child vampires.

Seriously though, Let Me In definitely has its moments, and I'd like to hear more of his horror sound too. But again, I'd like to see what Giacchino could do with grandiose drama.

EDIT: Way to make me look redundant, K.K.!

[Jason LeBlanc]

I just meant Let Me In was an intimate score, not a crowdpleaser score.

I agree he has not really done any straight up drama scoring yet. Would be nice if he found one to do while he brewed the Star Trek 12 score in the back of his mind. The drama score in the forefront could end up influencing the later sci fi blockbuster score in a positive way

[Koray Savas]

Earth Days is what you're looking for.

[KK.]

EDIT: Way to make me look redundant, K.K.!

Anytime pal, anytime!

[Jason LeBlanc]

Earth Days is what you're looking for.

Oh yea, I always forget about that score! I've still never heard it.

[Koray Savas]

[Kendal_Ozzel]

So, I'll be going to this tonight.

Now to pick which CD to get signed...

[Ro Sajooc]

Composer Michael Giacchino Talks 'Trek', Manipulation, Work & More

[Luke Skywalker]

back in January, he told me he was taking the entire year off after a lot of work

i think he maybe taking a sabbatical. he did it in 2009 i think with too many scores in a year.

told ya!

[Blumenkohl]

One of Giacchino's first ever published musical works:

[KK.]

Nice to hear a midi version of "The Radar Train"