Giacchinos career got a kickstart when the famed film director hired him in 1996 to score the Lost World: Jurassic Park video game. J.J. Abrams played those videogames, Giacchino told Variety, then called him up out of the blue.
That first call resulted in a gig creating music for the show Alias. Since then, Giacchino has worked with Abrams on the soundtracks for the Star Trek reboot and Lost.
The composers last videogame credits were in 2008, for Lost: Via Domus, Fracture and Turning Point: Fall of Liberty.
The year-long absence from games doesnt necessarily mean that hes moved on to greener pastures. Electronic Arts plans to launch a new Medal of Honor game in 2010; if the company wants to position the game as a true peer of Modern Warfare you can bet theyll try to bring Giacchino back to work on the series.
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