Michael Giacchino compares his music of indestructible and fantastic four
“Of course, you don’t want these music to be the same …”
The super trailer of the Four fantastic: first stepsunveiled this week by Marvel, (re) immerses spectators in the heart of the 1960s, presenting the family of superheroes in their daily lives, a bit like cult series of the time such as My beloved witch. Except that unlike the Americans of ordinary suburbs, they fly for space expeditions, and that they have already returned from one of them with superpowers: Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal) can stretch its members, Susan Storm (Vanessa Kirby) becomes invisible, Johnny Storm (Joseph Quinn) is able to take fire, and Ben Grimm ( Ebon Moss-Bachrach) turned into a stone man, which is not very being, but who offers him a spectacular force. The whole thing is turned in “Fantastivision”winks to new technologies from the past.
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These presentations being made around the family table, this trailer evokes both Wandavisionthe previous success of its director Matt Shakman at Marvel, but in series for Disney+). We also strongly think of Indestructible From Brad Bird, the masterpiece of the Pixar studios released in the cinema in 2004. A feeling reinforced by the music composed especially for the occasion by Michael Giacchino ?
Yes, he is the musician of Ratatouille and Up there behind The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Beyond this example, he is not unrelated to superheroes, since he worked on blockbusters like Spider-Man: No Way Home And The Batman. Did he see in this new project a way of completing the loop, as the Parr family is inspired by the comics of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby?
“These original bands are similar and different at the same time, in many ways, recognized Giacchino in an interview with Nerd Reactor, Last summer. There is definitely room for both in the world. And personally, these are two universes in which I feel good. The challenge for me was of course to differentiate them. Because of course, you don’t want these music to be the same. You want them to be distinct. “
“In addition, I find that what Matt Shakman, who realizes The Fantastic Fourbrings to the table is very fresh, he added. It’s really fun, different from what we have already seen. Even from the outside, you might say: ‘We will see this, that …’ Well no, they are very different from what we can expect from the fantastic four. And unique each in their own way. I’m fully on this project, it’s going to be really fun, that’s for sure. “
At that time, Giacchino had just been announced on the music of the new Four fantasticand he caused a sensation at the last D23 Convention in Disney by revealing a few minutes of his main theme, which is today at the heart of this trailer.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps is expected on July 23, 2025 at the cinema in France.
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