Michael Giacchino to score Arthur Christmas

According to filmmusicreporter, Michael Giacchino has been hired to score the upcoming Aardman CGI-animation Arthur Christmas. The film envisions Santa’s workshop as a high-tech industrial plant dedicated to getting all those toys out to every child in a single night.

To find more about the movie, visit imdb HERE.

Original article here with more info: http://filmmusicreporter.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/giacchino-to-score-arthur-christmas/

Michael Giacchino reunites with Pixar on "John Carter of Mars"

According to filmmusicreporter, Michael Giacchino will continue his collaboration with Pixar on the upcoming John Carter of Mars.

John Carter of Mars is an upcoming American film about John Carter, the lead character in much of Edgar Rice Burroughs's 11-volume Barsoom series. It is directed by Andrew Stanton and stars Taylor Kitsch as Carter.

More info at: http://filmmusicreporter.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/giacchino-and-pixar-to-reunite-on-john-carter-of-mars/

FRINGE, tv music by Giacchino, Tilton, Seiter, released via Varese on [CD]

FRINGE Original Television Soundtrack Music Composed by Michael Giacchino • Chris Tilton • Chad Seiter
From J.J. Abrams (Lost), Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman — the team that brought you Star Trek, Mission Impossible: III and Alias — and executive producers Jeff Pinkner and Bryan Burk comes a new drama that thrills, terrifies and explores the blurring line between science fiction and reality.

When an international flight lands at Boston’s Logan Airport and the passengers and crew have all died grisly deaths, FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham is called in to investigate. When the search nearly kills her partner, Special Agent John Scott, a desperate Olivia searches frantically for someone to help, leading her to Dr. Walter Bishop, our generation’s Einstein. There’s only one catch: He’s been institutionalized for the last 20 years, and the only way to question him requires pulling his estranged son, Peter, in to help. Under Special Agent Phillip Broyles, our trio will discover that what happened on that fatal flight is only a small piece of a larger, more shocking truth.

Academy Award nominee and Grammy and Golden Globe winner Michael Giacchino again returns to the J.J. Abrams universe to head the composing team for the new hit series from Fox.

The Season 1 DVD for FRINGE is available now, and Season 2 is currently running on Fox.

Varèse Sarabande Catalog #: 302 067 013 2
Release Date: 03/23/10

MICHAEL GIACCHINO scoring animated tv christmas special, DISNEY'S "PREP AND LANDING"

Prep and Landing (Official title: Disney's Prep and Landing) is a computer animated television special, based on an idea by Chris Williams at Walt Disney Animation Studios and developed by Kevin Deters and Stevie Wermers into a half-hour Christmas special for December 8th, 2009 to air at 8:30 PM ET/PT on ABC.

The film tells the story of two inept Elves, Wayne (Dave Foley) and Lanny (Derek Richardson), sent by Christmas Eve Command Center coordinator Magee (Sarah Chalke) to prepare houses for Santa's visits. The original premiere date was scheduled for December 1st; however, a speech at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York on military strategy by President Barack Obama delayed the special's debut one week. The special will also air on ABC Family at 7 PM ET/PT December 18th as part of the network's annual "25 Days of Christmas" programming stunt, and will air on Disney Cinemagic in the UK starting December 13th 2009.

(source: wikipedia)

Check out this VIDEO SPECIAL, including references on Giacchino's music for the tv special.