Michael Giacchino Lands Gig As Music Director For The Oscars

brIt looks like Oscar will have a new band leader in Michael Giacchino. We get the following scoop thanks to the mermaid caves of Yahoo: The next time an Academy Award winner#8217;s acceptance speech runs long, a new conductor will strike up the band to play them off. Michael Giacchino, whose credits include #8220;Ratatouille#8221; […] pimg src=http://www.themovieblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/mg-1.jpg height=177 width=120 border=1 align=left hspace=4 vspace=2 alt=Mg-1 /It looks like Oscar will have a new band leader in Michael Giacchino. We get the following scoop thanks to the a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081117/ap_en_mo/oscars_music_directormermaid caves of Yahoo:/a/p blockquotepThe next time an Academy Award winner#8217;s acceptance speech runs long, a new conductor will strike up the band to play them off. Michael Giacchino, whose credits include #8220;Ratatouille#8221; and #8220;Lost,#8221; has been tapped as music director for the upcoming Oscar ceremony, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Monday./p pGiacchino, who#8217;s never conducted a live telecast before, said he#8217;s hoping to inject some Hollywood nostalgia into the ceremony when he leads the orchestra pit for the Feb. 22 ceremony at the Kodak Theatre./p/blockquote pThe Giacchino has scored Ratatouille, Speed Racer, Mission: Impossible III, The Incredibles and is responsible for the upcoming Star Trek score. One of my favorite things about the new Star Trek trailer was the score. The music looks to be extraordinary./p pIf this man brings the same emotive energy to the Oscars that he#8217;s done with the Star Trek score; I’ll be very pleased./p pBest of luck Giacchino, we’ll be hearing from you shortly./p pa target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/themovieblog/VkTh?a=eUyK5Wimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/themovieblog/VkTh?i=eUyK5W border=0/img/a/pdiv class=feedflare a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/themovieblog/VkTh?a=ZaTRNimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/themovieblog/VkTh?i=ZaTRN border=0/img/a a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/themovieblog/VkTh?a=OK9YNimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/themovieblog/VkTh?i=OK9YN border=0/img/a /divimg src=http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/themovieblog/VkTh/~4/457620827 height=1 width=1/ a target=_blank rel=nofollow href=’http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/themovieblog/VkTh/~3/457620827/michael-giacchino-lands-gig-as-music-director-for-the-oscars ‘Via [themovieblog]/abr

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