Andrea Datzman

Andrea Datzman is an American musician and composer known for her work on Inside Out, Let Me In, Zootopia, and Spiderman: Homecoming. Datzman worked as Michael Giacchino's scoring coordinator on , , and . She worked with Giacchino starting in 2005, when she did score preparation and additional orchestrations for him on the hit television series Alias (created by Star Trek director and producer J.J. Abrams) and Lost (co-created by Abrams and fellow Star Trek producer Damon Lindelof).
In addition to her work with Giacchino, she scored the second season episode .
== Early life and career ==
Datzman grew up in the suburbs of San Francisco, California, and took to studying music at a young age. She earned her Bachelors of Music Composition degree from the University of California in Santa Barbara. After graduating, Datzman relocated to Los Angeles where she took part in the University of Southern California's Scoring for Motion Pictures & Television graduate program. 
== Film and television work ==
Datzman provided additional orchestrations for the acclaimed 2005 film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang for composer , who received a Saturn Award nomination from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films for this score. The film itself featured guest star Corbin Bernsen in a major supporting role.
In 2005, Datzman began working with Michael Giacchino on Alias and later on Lost. She then worked as Giacchino's score assistant on Paramount Pictures' Mission: Impossible III, directed by J.J. Abrams and co-written by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci. She was again Giacchino's assistant on the hit Disney/Pixar film Ratatouille, helping to create the score which would earn Giacchino an Academy Award nomination. Datzman also assisted Giacchino in scoring the video game Medal of Honor: Airborne. More recently, she was Giacchino's score coordinator on the 2008 film Speed Racer.
In addition to Alias and Lost, Datzman did score preparation and assisted composer Jay Gruska on the television series Supernatural and Charmed. She was also an orchestrator on the 2005 TV movie Life Is Ruff, on which her fellow Michael Giacchino collaborator, Dan Wallin, was the score mixer. Currently, Datzman continues to work with Giacchino on Lost.
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