LOSTBLOG: A musical post-mortem

Michael Giacchino is the composer who gives "Lost" that extra emotional oomph -- or, the guy who wrestled those tears from your eyes as Sawyer stared into the well at the Swan site. Giacchino got his start scoring video games like "The Lost World" and "Medal of Honor." Then he met J.J. Abrams, who gave him a job on "Alias," and what has followed is an eclectic body of work that adds depth and dimension to every project he's worked on. (And a whole lot of jobs on Abrams' projects. Like ... all of them.)

You can currently hear him leaving everything you know about "Star Trek" music behind in Abrams' ginormous hit movie that you may have heard of. Giacchino's most ambitious project was almost certainly the bold, brassy score for Pixar's "The Incredibles," which managed to sound like a superhero movie and a James Bond movie all at once.

Here are some clips of his work:

John Locke's theme from "Lost," as heard in the stirring finale
of "Walkabout" (1x04)

The jazzy, exciting end-credits suite from "The Incredibles"

Another Pixar masterpiece: "Ratatouille"

"ROAR!", Giacchino's campy tribute to "Godzilla" flicks, which
played over the end credits of "Cloverfield"

Bones and Jim see the Enterprise for the first time, and Giacchino restates his new
"Trek" theme

And finally, meet Michael in this featurette about "Mission: Impossible III"