

After college, he landed a marketing job at Disney and began studies in music composition, first at Juilliard and then at UCLA.

Giacchino studied filmmaking at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. Giacchino’s 2009 score for the Pixar hit Up earned him an Oscar®, a Golden Globe®, the BAFTA, the Broadcast Film Critics' Choice Award and two GRAMMY® Awards. Giacchino returned to Pixar to score their 2009 blockbuster Up.Composer Michael Giacchino has scored some of the most popular and acclaimed film projects in recent history, including Zootopia (2016), Inside Out (2015), The Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), Ratatouille (2007), The Incredibles (2004) and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), the first Star Wars film to be scored by anyone other than John Williams. The music for Ratatouille gave Giacchino his first Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score as well as his first Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album. Camille was hired to perform "Le Festin" after Giacchino listened to her music and realized she was perfect for the song as a result, the song is sung in French in all versions of the film.

In addition to the score, Giacchino wrote the main theme song, " Le Festin", about Remy and his wishes to be a chef.

He also wrote a buddy theme for both Remy and Linguini that plays when they're together. Giacchino had written two themes for Remy, one about his thief self and the other about his hopes and dreams. Brad Bird re-teamed with Giacchino on the score for Ratatouille since they got along well during the scoring of The Incredibles. The Ratatouille soundtrack was composed by Michael Giacchino.
