Michael Giacchino (born October 10, 1967) is an American composer of music … Read Full Bio ↴Michael Giacchino (born October 10, 1967) is an American composer of music for films, television and video games. He has also served as a director for film and television. He has received many awards, including an Oscar, an Emmy, and three Grammys.
Giacchino is known for his collaborations with J. J. Abrams, Brad Bird, Matt Reeves, Pete Docter, Colin Trevorrow, Jon Watts, Drew Goddard, The Wachowskis, Taika Waititi and Thomas Bezucha. Giacchino's film scores include several films from the Mission: Impossible, Jurassic World, Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Star Trek reboot series; seven Pixar Animation Studios films, including The Incredibles, Ratatouille, and Up; also other movies including Super 8, Speed Racer, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Zootopia, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, War for the Planet of the Apes, Bad Times at the El Royale, Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Batman, Thor: Love and Thunder; and the upcoming film Next Goal Wins.
Giacchino also composed the score for the video game series Medal of Honor and Call of Duty and the television series Alias, Lost, and Fringe.
In addition to his long list of soundtracks, in 2005 Giacchino collaborated with Walt Disney Imagineering in creating two new soundtracks for the updated versions of Space Mountain at Disneyland, Space Mountain: Mission 2 at Disneyland Paris, and Space Mountain at Hong Kong Disneyland.[20] Giacchino was also contracted by Sarah Vowell, who played character Violet in The Incredibles, to compose the score to the audio version of her book Assassination Vacation. Michael Giacchino's music can also be heard in "Star Tours: The Adventure Continues" during the "travel log videos" shown in the queue for both the Disneyland and Walt Disney World versions of the attraction.
In 2009, he was asked to conduct the Academy Awards orchestra for the 81st Academy Awards. For this project he rearranged many famous movie themes in different styles, including a 1930s Big Band treatment of Lawrence of Arabia and a bossa nova of Moon River. Giacchino also composed the fanfare for the 100th Anniversary logo of Paramount Pictures, which debuted with Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol on December 7, 2011, at the Dubai International Film Festival, which it carried onto the logos of Paramount Players, which debuted alongside the logo with Nobody's Fool on November 2, 2018, Paramount Animation, which debuted alongside the logo with The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run on August 14, 2020, in Canada and Paramount Television Studios, which debuted with an episode of Minority Report and was also used on the Paramount Network Original Productions logo with 68 Whiskey, as well as the new fanfare for Marvel Studios, which debuted alongside its logo with Doctor Strange on October 13, 2016, in Hong Kong, in which he also composed the theme song of the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon series, in Spider-Man: Homecoming, replacing his work on the fanfare of the Marvel Studios logo for that film. He also used the notes of the fanfare at the end of the opening theme of Marvel Studios: Legends.
In 2015, Giacchino played an It's a Small World operator in the film Tomorrowland which he scored. Additionally, the same year, he played First Order Stormtrooper FN-3181 in J. J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He reprised the role in the 2018 animated film Ralph Breaks the Internet. In 2019, he cameoed as a Sith trooper in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, also directed by Abrams.
Giacchino was born in Riverside Township, New Jersey. His father's ancestors were Italians, coming from Sicily, and his mother's ancestors emigrated from Abruzzo (in the center of Italy). Giacchino grew up in Edgewater Park Township, New Jersey, and graduated from Holy Cross High School in Delran Township, New Jersey in 1986. He holds dual American and Italian citizenship. His brother Anthony Giacchino is a documentary filmmaker.
Giacchino began combining images and music at age 10, when he began creating stop-motion animation with homemade soundtracks in his basement. While in high school, an art teacher who mentored Giacchino recommended to his parents that he attend the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Giacchino enrolled at SVA, majoring in film production and minoring in history. During his final year at SVA, his instructor in film publicity announced an unpaid internship was available at Universal Pictures. Giacchino, who was the only one interested, obtained the six-month position, which he filled at night while attending school during the day and working at Macy's to pay his rent. He graduated from SVA in 1990 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, after which he took music classes at the Juilliard School, and then at UCLA.
Giacchino is noted for using humorous titles filled with puns on his soundtrack albums. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Jurassic World in particular had many ape- and dinosaur-related double entendres such as "Gorilla Warfare" and "Raptor Your Heart Out". Many of those have references to previous works of his, both in style and naming. Giacchino used themes from the track "U-Boat" from the Medal of Honor soundtrack in the tracks "Sawyer Jones and the Temple of Boom" and "Sub-Primed" from the 5th and 6th season Lost soundtracks as the submarine motif. In terms of naming, the score for The Incredibles contains a piece named "100 Mile Dash", and subsequently Ratatouille had "100 Rat Dash", Up had "Three Dog Dash", and Coco had "Shrine and Dash". Another series of examples: "World's Worst Beach Party" from the first Lost album, "World's Worst Last 4 Minutes To Live" from the Mission: Impossible III soundtrack, "Galaxy's Worst Sushi Bar" from Star Trek (2010 deluxe release), "World's Worst Landscaping" from the second Lost album, "World's Worst Car Wash" from the soundtrack album Lost: The Final Season, and "World's Worst Field Trip" from the soundtrack of Super 8.
The soundtrack for Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol also has a track titled "World's Worst Parking Valet", and the score for Zootopia contains a track titled "World's Worst Animal Shelter" as well as the score for Incredibles 2 including a track called "World's Worst Babysitters". Inversely, the score for Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction has a track titled "World's Best Carpool Lane"; the Speed Racer score has tracks titled "World's Best Autopia" and "World's Worst Road Rage"; the soundtrack for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom has a track titled "World's Worst Bedtime Storyteller"; the Doctor Strange score has a track titled "Astral World's Worst Killer"; the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story score has an alternate title for "Cargo Shuttle SW-0608" which is "World's Worst Vacation Destination"; the Spider-Man: Far From Home score has a track titled "World's Worst Water Feature"; the Spider-Man: No Way Home score has a track titled "World's Worst Friendly Neighbor"; The Batman score has a track entitled "World's Worst Translator" and the Lightyear score has a track entitled "World's Worst Self-Destruct Sequence".
Giacchino is known for his collaborations with J. J. Abrams, Brad Bird, Matt Reeves, Pete Docter, Colin Trevorrow, Jon Watts, Drew Goddard, The Wachowskis, Taika Waititi and Thomas Bezucha. Giacchino's film scores include several films from the Mission: Impossible, Jurassic World, Marvel Cinematic Universe, and Star Trek reboot series; seven Pixar Animation Studios films, including The Incredibles, Ratatouille, and Up; also other movies including Super 8, Speed Racer, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Zootopia, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, War for the Planet of the Apes, Bad Times at the El Royale, Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Batman, Thor: Love and Thunder; and the upcoming film Next Goal Wins.
Giacchino also composed the score for the video game series Medal of Honor and Call of Duty and the television series Alias, Lost, and Fringe.
In addition to his long list of soundtracks, in 2005 Giacchino collaborated with Walt Disney Imagineering in creating two new soundtracks for the updated versions of Space Mountain at Disneyland, Space Mountain: Mission 2 at Disneyland Paris, and Space Mountain at Hong Kong Disneyland.[20] Giacchino was also contracted by Sarah Vowell, who played character Violet in The Incredibles, to compose the score to the audio version of her book Assassination Vacation. Michael Giacchino's music can also be heard in "Star Tours: The Adventure Continues" during the "travel log videos" shown in the queue for both the Disneyland and Walt Disney World versions of the attraction.
In 2009, he was asked to conduct the Academy Awards orchestra for the 81st Academy Awards. For this project he rearranged many famous movie themes in different styles, including a 1930s Big Band treatment of Lawrence of Arabia and a bossa nova of Moon River. Giacchino also composed the fanfare for the 100th Anniversary logo of Paramount Pictures, which debuted with Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol on December 7, 2011, at the Dubai International Film Festival, which it carried onto the logos of Paramount Players, which debuted alongside the logo with Nobody's Fool on November 2, 2018, Paramount Animation, which debuted alongside the logo with The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run on August 14, 2020, in Canada and Paramount Television Studios, which debuted with an episode of Minority Report and was also used on the Paramount Network Original Productions logo with 68 Whiskey, as well as the new fanfare for Marvel Studios, which debuted alongside its logo with Doctor Strange on October 13, 2016, in Hong Kong, in which he also composed the theme song of the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon series, in Spider-Man: Homecoming, replacing his work on the fanfare of the Marvel Studios logo for that film. He also used the notes of the fanfare at the end of the opening theme of Marvel Studios: Legends.
In 2015, Giacchino played an It's a Small World operator in the film Tomorrowland which he scored. Additionally, the same year, he played First Order Stormtrooper FN-3181 in J. J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He reprised the role in the 2018 animated film Ralph Breaks the Internet. In 2019, he cameoed as a Sith trooper in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, also directed by Abrams.
Giacchino was born in Riverside Township, New Jersey. His father's ancestors were Italians, coming from Sicily, and his mother's ancestors emigrated from Abruzzo (in the center of Italy). Giacchino grew up in Edgewater Park Township, New Jersey, and graduated from Holy Cross High School in Delran Township, New Jersey in 1986. He holds dual American and Italian citizenship. His brother Anthony Giacchino is a documentary filmmaker.
Giacchino began combining images and music at age 10, when he began creating stop-motion animation with homemade soundtracks in his basement. While in high school, an art teacher who mentored Giacchino recommended to his parents that he attend the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Giacchino enrolled at SVA, majoring in film production and minoring in history. During his final year at SVA, his instructor in film publicity announced an unpaid internship was available at Universal Pictures. Giacchino, who was the only one interested, obtained the six-month position, which he filled at night while attending school during the day and working at Macy's to pay his rent. He graduated from SVA in 1990 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, after which he took music classes at the Juilliard School, and then at UCLA.
Giacchino is noted for using humorous titles filled with puns on his soundtrack albums. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Jurassic World in particular had many ape- and dinosaur-related double entendres such as "Gorilla Warfare" and "Raptor Your Heart Out". Many of those have references to previous works of his, both in style and naming. Giacchino used themes from the track "U-Boat" from the Medal of Honor soundtrack in the tracks "Sawyer Jones and the Temple of Boom" and "Sub-Primed" from the 5th and 6th season Lost soundtracks as the submarine motif. In terms of naming, the score for The Incredibles contains a piece named "100 Mile Dash", and subsequently Ratatouille had "100 Rat Dash", Up had "Three Dog Dash", and Coco had "Shrine and Dash". Another series of examples: "World's Worst Beach Party" from the first Lost album, "World's Worst Last 4 Minutes To Live" from the Mission: Impossible III soundtrack, "Galaxy's Worst Sushi Bar" from Star Trek (2010 deluxe release), "World's Worst Landscaping" from the second Lost album, "World's Worst Car Wash" from the soundtrack album Lost: The Final Season, and "World's Worst Field Trip" from the soundtrack of Super 8.
The soundtrack for Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol also has a track titled "World's Worst Parking Valet", and the score for Zootopia contains a track titled "World's Worst Animal Shelter" as well as the score for Incredibles 2 including a track called "World's Worst Babysitters". Inversely, the score for Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction has a track titled "World's Best Carpool Lane"; the Speed Racer score has tracks titled "World's Best Autopia" and "World's Worst Road Rage"; the soundtrack for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom has a track titled "World's Worst Bedtime Storyteller"; the Doctor Strange score has a track titled "Astral World's Worst Killer"; the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story score has an alternate title for "Cargo Shuttle SW-0608" which is "World's Worst Vacation Destination"; the Spider-Man: Far From Home score has a track titled "World's Worst Water Feature"; the Spider-Man: No Way Home score has a track titled "World's Worst Friendly Neighbor"; The Batman score has a track entitled "World's Worst Translator" and the Lightyear score has a track entitled "World's Worst Self-Destruct Sequence".
Juanita
Michael Giacchino Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Juanita' by these artists:
Afzelius Björn Juanita, hon var vacker som en gryning När de möttes i…
Amigos Sie war noch so jung sie war noch so klein Der…
Armando Martinez Te compuse este pasaje Verda' mi vida, recordandote Juanita …
Björn Afzelius Å Juanita, hon var vacker som en gryning när dom möttes…
Björn Afzelius & Globetrotters Juanita, hon var vacker som en gryning När de möttes i…
Björn Afzelius Juanita, hon var vacker som en gryning, När dom möttes i…
Bjørn Afzelius Juanita, hon var vacker som en gryning Nдare de mцttes I…
Charlie Daniels Band At a quarter half to four You came sneaking through the…
Christian Kjellvander In a world of tails I’d be among the true In a…
Die Amigos Sie war noch so jung sie war noch so klein Der…
DR BRS Gyere baba, keverd meg, rázd meg a bullt Ahogy rám néztél,…
Eddie Meduza The sun is rising and I must leave I know that…
El Tri Siempre he vivido en la calle Y ahi fue donde la…
El TRI; Three Souls in My Mind Siempre he vivido en la calle Y ahí fue donde…
Emmylou Harris No affection were the words that stuck on my mind When…
Fiesta Criolla Por más que el tiempo pasa No puedo olvidarla Profunda es la…
Flying Burrito Brothers No affection were the words That stuck on my mind When she…
G.G. Anderson Ay no no no Ay que dolor no no Ay no no…
Gael García Bernal Conoces ya a Juanita Sus ojos son bicolores Sus dientes chue…
George Gershwin Tell us, señorita, do they grow Any more like you down…
Georgia Fair Look at the sun, it went and poked it's head Around…
Gram Parsons No affection were the words That stuck on my mind When she…
Harry James and His Orchestra He was a handsome young Irish lad She was a…
Hoola Bandoola Band Juanita, hon var vacker som en gryning När de möttes i…
Iron Maiden Yeah, it cost me a bundle Trying to track you down,…
Iveta Bartošová Dává tajná znamení Rolničkou svých tamburín Ty jsi z ní jak …
Jack Ingram Well, I know that you'll see her before I do 'Cause…
Jacques Herb Ieder jaar vakantieplannen Ieder jaar de vraag waarheen Maar…
Jim Reeves Nita Juanita ask Thy soul if we should part Nita…
Joan Sebastian ¡Ay les va Sinaloa! Juanita flor de walamo Juanita prieta q…
Joan Sebastian & Jose Manuel Figueroa Juanita flor de Walamo Juanita prieta querida Tu no me cre…
Juanita Ken jy die pad na 'n plek wat 'n merk…
La Bruja Hermanitas Chaque minute, chaque heure, chaque jour Je vous …
Lucho Barrios Por más que el tiempo pasa no puedo olvidarla, profunda es l…
Nat Gonella I wanna, I wanna, I wanna My G My one Juanita I…
Nick MacKenzie Sad song in the land of the Spanish sun Cubalibre, sangria…
Nick McKenzie Einsam ohne Dich ohne Sonnenschein der Tag ist grau die Nach…
Pabellon Psiquiatrico Juanita pintaba sus sueños En un gran avión de papel Volaba …
R.E.Y. Kanibal Contigo no quiero nada Juanita En ti perdí la confianza chiq…
Radi Ensemble refr.: Juanita, Juanita Juanita, Juanita Eenzaamheid drijft…
Remigiusz Szuman Ta wspólna podróż przecież trwa już parę chwil I nie jedno…
Robert John "Mutt" Lange/Shania Twain Juanita she is the restless river Running through my veins …
Rosal Altos techos, gruesos muros, Se alzan para sobrevivir, Una i…
Rufus Thomas Juanita, juanita What makes your head so hard Juanita, juani…
Shania Twain Yeah, oh, oh Ah, yeah, oh She is the restless river running…
Sheryl Crow No affection were the words that stuck on my mind When…
Sheryl&Emmylou No affection were the words that stuck on my mind When…
Sturgill Simpson There's an ocean of stars Hovering over me I lay under the…
The Charlie Daniels Band At a quarter half to four You came sneaking through the…
The Flying Burrito Brothers No affection were the words That stuck on my mind When she…
Underworld Your rails Your thin Your thin paper wings Your thin paper w…
Various Artists Conoces ya a Juanita Sus ojos son bicolores Sus dientes chue…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Michael Giacchino:
Arnhem Oh mijn Arnhem, oh mijn Arnhem.(Oh my Arnhem, oh my…
Jojo's March Voll Ehre und Stolz widme ich mein Leben dem Kampf bis…
Le Festin Les rêves des amoureux sont comme le bon vin Ils donnent…
The Songless Nightingale Once there was a Nightingale, With no voice at all to…
The Spirit of Adventure Adventure is out there it's heading our way So grab your sca…
Try Everything I messed up tonight I lost another fight I still mess up…
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Effy
Well, everyone knows Juanita
Her eyes each a different color
Her teeth stick out and her chin goes in
And her...knuckles they drag on the floor
(Those aren't the words)
(There are children present)
Her hair is like a brier
She stands in a bow-legged stance
And if I weren't so ugly
She'd possibly give me a chance
Sarah Walter
"And if I weren't so ugly she'd possibly give me a chance"
I love that ending
J131
Me too!!! I feel like I tell myself this all the time.
"Oh man, maybe if I was a little bit taller, or at least an 8, I would have a chance."
But to someone out there, you are a solid 10! That's why I felt this song was so beautiful and deep.
Stephanie Evjen
Me too. The way Hector sings it is so romantic. 💕
Sarah Glover
I think it really fits for Hector because he's not or wasn't someone who would be considered handsome and whatever like Ernesto. Just to compare them, Hector had a crooked nose where Ernesto had a straight one; Hector had a gold tooth where Ernesto's teeth were all perfectly straight and white. In my personal opinion, Hector was still a great looking guy even though to the majority he would be considered "ugly".
Lynx
I do too! It has that kind of sad irony to it. Throughout the song Juanita is described as what most would call "ugly," but the narrator sees her as beautiful and himself as ugly. Clever Pixar.
NoahLara
@J131 same
Erick G.
Never thought this song could be so over-analyzed. He’s describing the features of the woman he loves. He never describes her as ugly; that’s us subconsciously doing so. He loves her and sees nothing but a beautiful creature that he’s in love with that would never give him a chance. So sweet.
Nickolias
One of my favorite parts of this movie is how realistic the original music is. On first listen I just thought this was a classic folksong I'd never heard.
It's enjoyable on so many levels, where the first listen is funny when you realize the lyrics, but Hector's passionate and not at all goofy singing makes it far more touching as he genuinely sells the lyrics with love in his voice.
I wonder what happened to Chicharrón to make this his favorite.
Me
@Nickolias .
Anthony Villanueva
The fact that he was able to come up with that knuckles line on the fly was a hint at just how talented Héctor really was.