JULY 11, 2015 UPDATE:
Looks like Giacchino is joining the Enterprise crew for another outing into the final frontier — the composer announced his participation in STAR TREK BEYOND via Twitter.
ORIGINAL POST: JUNE 13, 2015
Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness composer Michael Giacchino revealed in a new interview with Collider that he’s not yet been approached to talk about the plan for scoring Star Trek Beyond.
COLLIDER: With the work that you’ve done on ‘Star Trek’, has Justin Lin talked to you about returning to score ‘Star Trek 3’?
GIACCHINO: I haven’t really talked to them yet about it because they’re in such a crazy schedule crunch, and I personally wanted to just get through all of this before looking at anything next. I need a break. But I imagine that I will be talking to them soon about all of this, and we’ll figure out what’s going to happen next.
From what I understand, from everyone at Bad Robot, everyone loves Justin. He’s a super sweet guy. So, we’ll see what happens there. Honestly, I was just like, “I can’t even think beyond next week, let alone next year.” I just wanted to clear all of this stuff out, and then think about what’s next.
COLLIDER: So, you don’t know what you’re doing next, as far as the next score?
GIACCHINO: Nope. It’s been an incredibly busy year, with also ‘Jupiter Ascending’ on top of that. You get to a point where you just have to stop.
I was never one of those people that would just take jobs that were thrown at me. I can only work on things where A) I know and like the people, or B) find some very inspirational aspect to it that would make me want to work on it.
I don’t really do this ‘cause it’s a job. I do it ‘cause I really like to do it. I want to make sure that the things I do choose are things that I am invested in and that I care about.
The Oscar and Emmy Award-winning composer, perhaps best known for his television scores to Alias, Lost, and Fringe — all Bad Robot productions — along with Pixar’s Up, Ratatouille, and this summer’s Jurassic World and Inside Out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6q93p2_QgjU
Giacchino is clearly a busy guy, and his score to the two previous Trek films have probably been the least-criticized component of the franchise reboot. Here’s hoping there will be some plans on paper for Star Trek Beyond next year — because we’re running out of room in the calendar to support the film’s hurried production schedule.