Michael Giacchino Interview: Lightyear
Lightyear is taking audiences to infinity and beyond this weekend, as the new Pixar film Toy Story to the man behind the toy that inspired a generation. Touted as Andy's favorite film in-universe, Lightyear is a spin-off of the franchise that began in 1995, but it acts as part of the world of the first film, telling the origin story of the character that became the Buzz Lightyear toy.
For that reason, Lightyear takes on a space opera feel, heralding the brave space explorer and replacing the iconic Tim Allen with a fresh new voice to tackle the character: Chris Evans. Lightyear also features voice performances from Keke Palmer, Peter Sohn, Taika Waititi, Dale Soules, James Brolin, and Uzo Aduba. But perhaps the most epic part of all is the score, composed by the legendary Michael Giacchino, who has worked on every franchise in the universe from The Batman to Jurassic World: Dominion.
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Screen Rant spoke to Giacchino about the influences that got incorporated into Lightyear's score, his approach to Easter eggs, and his directorial work on the upcoming Marvel special Werewolf By Night.
Screen Rant: You've done Pixar before, you've done Star Wars before — shout out to the Rogue One score — and this feels like a blending of the two. How do you approach something like this?
Michael Giacchino: This was totally a blending of all the space opera movies and TV shows that I loved growing up. It's Star Trek, it's Star wars, it's Aliens. It's everything. It's all of those things mashed together in a great little love letter to the universe of all the things that inspired me growing up. In that sense, it was so much fun to be able to just dive into that world, and to have
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