Michael Giacchino Michael Giacchino is the Emmy Award - winning , Academy Award - winning , and Grammy Award - winning composer who scored the music for ' s and its two sequels , ' s and ' s . Giacchino has received a Grammy Award nomination for his . He also won a Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award and was nominated by the Online Film Critics Society of America for " Star Trek " . He also scored the video game " Star Trek D - A - C " and contributed to the music of the 2013 ' video game , scored by frequent collaborator Chad Seiter He cameoed in " Into Darkness " as a 2 News weatherman on the powerwall s at Starfleet Headquarters . ( ' iTunes commentary ) Giacchino has worked with " Star Trek " director - producer J . J . Abrams for many years . He wrote music for Abrams ' television series " Alias " , " Lost " , " What About Brian " , " Six Degrees " , and " Fringe " , as well as the 2006 Paramount film " Mission : Impossible III " , which Abrams directed and co - wrote . Early life . Michael Giacchino was born in Riverside , New Jersey , on 10 October 1967 . He attended New York City ' s School of Visual Arts , where he majored in film production . After graduating from the School of Visual Arts , Giacchino began studying music composition at the Julliard School . During this time , he worked at Disney ' s New York publicity office which ultimately led him to a job in the feature film publicity department at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank , California , working as an assistant producer for the company ' s video game division , Disney Interactive . He continued studying and practicing music , however , and by 1998 , he was working as a composer at the video game company DreamWorks Interactive . Career . Video games and theme attractions . Among Giacchino ' s earliest scoring work was DreamWorks Interactive ' s video game adaptation of the 1997 film " The Lost World : Jurassic Park " , the first PlayStation console title to feature an original live orchestral score . His subsequent video game scores include the " Medal of Honor " series ( also from DreamWorks Interactive ) and titles for the " Call of Duty " franchise . In 2005 , Giacchino composed the on - board soundtrack , referred to as " SOBAT " by Walt Disney Imagineering , for , located at . Giacchino composed one more SOBAT for both and ' s versions of which both re - opened and opened respectively in the same year . Television . Giacchino began his collaboration with J . J . Abrams when the producers of " Alias " , who were fans of Giacchino ' s video game soundtrack work , contacted Giacchino to compose the music for their series . When Abrams and Damon Lindelof co - created " Lost " , they once again hired Giacchino to compose their show ' s music . For his work on " Lost " , Giacchino won the 2005 Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series ( Dramatic Underscore ) . Giacchino continued his collaboration with Abrams on the short - lived series " What About Brian " and " Six Degrees " , and is currently writing music for " Fringe " , the science fiction television series created by Abrams and " Star Trek " writers / executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci . In addition to his 2005 Emmy win , Giacchino earned another Emmy nomination that year for his work on the song " I ' m With You " from the 2005 television special " The Muppets ' Wizard of Oz " . He was again nominated for an Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Music Composition For A Series ( original Dramatic Score ) for the episode of " Lost " entitled " The Constant . " This was his third Emmy nomination and his second for " Lost " . Giacchino served as music director for the 81st Annual Academy Awards ceremony , which was held at the Kodak Theatre on 22 February 2009 . The event was the first live telecast Giacchino has conducted . Film . In 2004 , Giacchino scored the music for Pixar ' s hit animated film " The Incredibles " . He earned numerous awards and nominations for this score , including two Grammy Award nominations ( for Best Score Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture , Television Or Other Visual Media , and Best Instrumental Composition ) . In 2006 , he composed the music for J . J . Abrams ' feature directorial debut , " Mission : Impossible III " . Giacchino again collaborated with Pixar Studios on the 2007 film " Ratatouille " . Giacchino was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Original Score category for his work on this film . He also won an Annie for Best Music in an Animated Feature Production and a Grammy Award for Best Score – Soundtrack Album For Motion Picture , Television Or Other Visual Media for his " Ratatouille " score . Other films for which Giacchino has composed music include the 2005 films " Sky High " and " The Family Stone " . He also wrote the brief musical cue in the hit Abrams - produced monster movie " Cloverfield " . In 2008 , Giacchino composed the music for the ' live - action adaptation of the 1960s animated series " Speed Racer " . More recently , he composed the music for Pixar ' s 2009 film " Up " and for the film adaptation of 1970s television series " Land of the Lost " . He received three Grammy Award nominations for " Up " , winning two of them . His work on " Up " also earned Giacchino a for Best Original Score – Motion Picture , an Academy Award for Best Original Score , and a Saturn Award for Best Music . On April 12 , 13 and 14 , 2013 , Giacchino attened a performance of the score in sync with the film by the 21st Century Orchestra and the 21st Century Choir , in Lucerne , Switzerland . New themes from were also played . A touring series of screenings with live orchestra , called " " , began the following year . Giacchino composed the score for the 2016 " Star Wars " film " Rogue One " , making him the first composer to work on both a " Star Trek " and " Star Wars " film .