Ahead of tonight’s special event in London to celebrate his 50th birthday, award-winning composer Michael Giacchino, the man behind Rogue One‘s captivating score, recently spent some time speaking with Lucasfilm’s dandy Dan Brooks in an interview segment posted over on StarWars.com. The interview touches on several different topics (I just learned from the piece that Giacchino is a Jersey boy) so check out the intro below and then take the supplied source link for the full interview.
As Rogue One nears its end, our emotions sway back and forth. We understand the might of the Death Star. The ruthlessness of Darth Vader. The success and sacrifice of our fallen heroes. We move from fear to faith in minutes if not seconds. And we feel so much not just because of the imagery and the words, but also because of the music. Choirs rise to a fevered pitch. Staccato horns punctuate a villain’s anger. Strings swell from melancholy to hopeful, stirring something inside us.
That’s the work of Michael Giacchino.
The composer — who, with Rogue One, was the first person not named John Williams to score a Star Wars film — has written the music for some of the biggest films of the modern era, including all three new Star Trek movies, Spider-Man: Homecoming, and War for the Planet of the Apes, among many others. On Friday, October 20, Giacchino will celebrate his 50th birthday with a concert dubbed Michael Giacchino at 50 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, playing suites from across his catalog. Hosted by Adam Savage, tickets for the event are on sale now, and many of the filmmakers Giacchino has worked with will be in attendance, including J.J. Abrams and Gareth Edwards. In addition, a portion of all proceeds from the concert with go directly to the Royal Albert Hall’s “Education and Outreach” projects. To mark what will surely be an evening long remembered, StarWars.com spoke with Giacchino about his father’s record collection, scoring Rogue One, and how this concert differs just a little from his original birthday plans.
