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Super 8
Music From The Motion Picture
Music by
MICHAEL GIACCHINO
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A NOTE FROM THE DIRECTOR
the spirit with which the movie was being made; Super 8 was not just a film in love with the idea
of being a kid, it was a film in love with the idea of being a kid in love with movies. It was as
much about the influence of the films of our youth as it was about being young and geeky. It
was a reminder of why we were inspired to try and get into the movie business in the first place.
As always, Michael is a storyteller. He writes his scores from the inside out; he understands
the math of the structure of the story (often suggesting notes which greatly improve it), but then
finds the brilliant inspiration to create musical themes and motifs which emphasize or illuminate
the heart of the moment. He turns scenes into emotional experiences, making them more
exciting or heartbreaking or suspenseful or terrifying. And there are some scary bits (after all,
there’s a monster in this movie too; it is a cocktail of many genres and Michael handles them all
with his usual flair and artistry).
But, with this score, Michael did something else. He remembered that time. The purity of the
age. The sense of optimism, curiosity and fear and uncertainty and romanticism of being a boy
and looking forward to all that is ahead. He remembered that time, felt it, and found a way,
using his remarkable gift, to turn it into music.
I’m grateful to Michael for so much here. The foreboding theme of the mysterious creature,
the glorious evacuation theme, the bus attack and tunnel sequences — wonderful, powerful
cues and just what the doctor ordered. But it was always Joe’s family theme and the Alice love
theme that mattered most. This was the heart of the movie. This was the kids’ point of view
and, if that didn’t work, nothing else would have mattered.
When we were on the scoring stage, listening to the one-hundred-plus piece orchestra
(extraordinary musicians, all) perform the suite to Super 8 , I was standing beside Michael.
The music was beautiful and transportive and emotional as hell and, just about mid-way through,
my eyes started to fill with tears and I was so embarrassed I just kept looking forward.
I wasn’t going to cry! I wasn’t going to cry!
But the score just mercilessly continued
and, as one of the passages swelled,
I couldn’t help but turn to my friend,
the composer, in gratitude. And there
he was, eyes wet. And he laughed.
“Doesn’t that sound like our childhood?”
he asked. And it certainly did. It was.
A childhood shared, three thousand miles
apart.
We had each lived our lives, for nearly three decades, as strangers. But when I met Michael
Giacchino, there was an odd feeling that we had shared a childhood.
The year was 2000 (which still sounds futuristic to me, but is now eleven years past). I was
about to direct the pilot episode of Alias , the script for which I had written, blasting the synth
score from Run Lola Run in my headphones — alternating that awesome soundtrack with works
of iconic composers like John Williams and Ennio Morricone. So who in the world was going to
write a score to give the pilot the scope and energy and emotion it needed? A score that was,
at turns, synthetic and orchestral? It was around this time that I came across some brilliant music
written for a video game called Medal of Honor; the score was as engrossing as the game itself.
I emailed the composer, one Mr. Michael Giacchino, and asked if he was at all interested in
scoring for TV. I later learned that Michael had been hired for Medal of Honor by the game’s
creator (and our mutual hero) Steven Spielberg. At the time, I could have only dreamed that
one day we might all collaborate on a project.
When Michael and I met, we hit it off instantly. But it was more than a friendly meeting —
there was that uncanny feeling that we had somehow grown up together. Though we had been
raised on opposite coasts of the United States, he in New Jersey, me in Los Angeles, in different
cultures and climates, it was as if we had been friends, as boys, all along. There were many
points of similarity, but possibly the most profound was that of Super 8 film; Michael and I had
both grown up making movies as kids. We both shared dreams of epic adventures that we
attempted (and, of course, consistently failed) to realize on screen. We recruited friends. We
blew things up, applied monster makeup, choreographed fight and battle scenes, and filmed it
all. We found many of our happiest younger days behind those cameras.
Michael scored the Alias pilot and, luckily for me, everything I have directed since. Those
scores — and his work on a number of other films — represent some of the most affecting,
compelling and moving music I have ever heard. But I had never been so excited to collaborate
with Michael than I was with Super 8 . I knew this was going to be a revisiting, for both of us, to
a time and place that we both treasured.
Of course Michael wasn’t the only collaborator here who shared this early love of making films;
Steven Spielberg famously made movies on 8mm film as a boy. Our Director of Photography,
Larry Fong, made Super 8 films when he was a teen — in fact I met Larry when I was thirteen
years old, both of us making movies in the neighborhood. But what I was aching to hear was
the score that Michael would create as he recalled those early years. I knew this soundtrack
would be especially personal for him. Not just because of the subject matter, but because of
J.J. Abrams , Paris, 2011
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Music by
MICHAEL GIACCHINO
HOLLYWOOD STUDIO SYMPHONY
Violin
Clayton Haslop
(concertmaster)
Ken Yerke (principal 2nd)
Belinda Broughton
Vladimir Polimatidi
Tiffany Hu
Jim Sitterly
Rebecca Bunnell
Joel Derouin
John Wittenberg
Peter Kent
Mark Robertson
Ron Clark
Charles Bisharat
Sid Page
Tereza Stanislav
Barbra Porter
Alan Grunfeld
Josefina Vergara
Cameron Patrick
Darius Campo
Alexandr Shlifer
Shalini Vijayan
Shari Zippert
Norman Hughes
Alyssa Park
Haim Shtrum
Terry Glenny
Sungil Lee
Galina Golovin
Miran Kojian
Anatoly Rosinsky
Larry Greenfield
Carolyn Osborn
Razdan Kuyumjian
Rafael Rishik
Armen Anassian
Marina Manukian
Viola
Darrin McCann
(principal)
Karie Prescott
Harry Shirinian
Richard Rintoul
Marda Todd
Caroline Buckman
Evan Wilson
Jorge Moraga
Pam Goldsmith
Alan Busteed
Karen Elaine
Maria Newman
Jennie Hansen
Denyse Buffum
Cello
Steve Richards
(principal)
Victor Lawrence
Alexander Zhiroff
Suzie Katayama
Timothy Landauer
Stefanie Fife
Richard Naill
Kevan Torfeh
Vahe Hayrikyan
Dane Little
John Acosta
String Bass
Dave Stone (principal)
Karl Vincent
Norman Ludwin
Charles Nenneker
Peter Doubrovsky
Tim Emmons
Richard Feves
Nick Rosen
Flute
Bobby Shulgold
(principal)
Dick Mitchell
Steve Kujala
Oboe
John Yoakum
(principal)
Joseph Stone
Trombone
Alex Iles (principal)
Alan Kaplan
Steven Holtman
Bill Reichenbach
Tuba
John Van Houten
(principal)
Douglas Tornquist
Soundtrack Album Produced by Michael Giacchino
Executive Soundtrack Album Producers: Steven Spielberg , J.J. Abrams & Bryan Burk
Executive in Charge of Music for Paramount Pictures: Randy Spendlove
Executive Soundtrack Album Producer for Varèse Sarabande: Robert Townson
Soundtrack Album Coordinator: Jason Richmond
Music Performed by The Hollywood Studio Symphony
Music Orchestrated and Conducted by Tim Simonec
Music Recorded & Mixed by Dan Wallin Score Coordinator: Andrea Datzman
Orchestra Contractor: Reggie Wilson Music Preparation: Booker White
Additional Orchestrations by Ira Hearshen , Brad Dechter , Cameron Patrick ,
Chris Tilton , Andrea Datzman , Larry Kenton , Mark Gasbarro ,
Norman Ludwin , Peter Boyer , Marshall Bowen
Music Mixer Assistant: Michael Aarvold Assistant to Michael Giacchino: Dave Martina
Supervising Music Editor: Alex Levy , M.P.S.E. Music Editor: Paul Apelgren , M.P.S.E.
Music Supervisor: George Drakoulias
Music Recorded and Mixed at Eastwood Scoring Stage, Warner Bros. Studio
and Newman Scoring Stage, 20th Century Fox Studios
Recordists: Tim Lauber , Tom Hardisty Protools Operator: Vincent Cirilli
Scoring Stage Engineers: Denis St. Armand and Ryan Robinson
Scoring Stage Managers: Tom Steel , Greg Dennen , Jamie Olvera , Richard Wheeler
Scoring Stage Assistant: Mick Giacchino Mastered by Erick Labson
Music Published by Paramount Allegra Music (ASCAP)
Projecting Super Special Thanks to: My Music Crew and Orchestra, your talent,
professionalism and friendship are no small part of the contents of this and every score I write.
Bryan Burk, your unerring support, honesty and friendship is appreciated more then you know.
Steven Spielberg, you gave me my start and for that there are not enough “thank you’s” in the world.
J.J. Abrams, making movies with you is like being 10 years old again. Best gift in the world. Thank you!
My Mick, Gracie and Griffy, you guys keep me sane through insanity.
Paramount thanks: Dasmarie Alvino, Mary Jo Braun, Julie Butchko, Dan Butler, Eric Caldwell, Sheryl Carlin,
Denise Carver, Jennifer Cornett, Jayne Edwards, Adam Ehrlich, Robert Gasper, Jeremy Geltzer, David Gueringer,
Sonia Jauregui, Denise Luiso, Steven Lundy, Elise Mann, Liz McNicoll, Aron Pinsky, Jeannie Pool, Jennifer Schiller,
Kim Seiniger, Susan Siering, Linda Springer, Hallie Volman, Linda Wohl, Eric Ybanez
Clarinet
Michael Vaccaro
(principal)
Don Markese
John Mitchell
Bassoon
Rose Corrigan
(principal)
Andrew Radford
Allen Savedoff
French Horn
Rick Todd (principal)
Brian O’Connor
John Reynolds
Joe Meyer
Steven Becknell
Steven Durnin
Brad Warnaar
Mark Adams
Trumpet
Rick Baptist (principal)
Jeff Bunnell
Jon Lewis
Paul Salvo
Larry Hall
Harp
Gayle Levant
(principal)
Eleanor Choate
Guitar
George Doering
Piano/Celeste
Mark Gasbarro
B3 Organ/Synth
Mark Le Vang
Percussion
Dan Greco (principal)
Emil Radocchia
Alex Neciosup-Acuna
Bernie Dresel
Walter Rodriguez
Timpani
Don Williams
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