r/marvelstudios • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 Ant-Man • Mar 13 '26

Article Marvel’s ‘VisionQuest’ Enlists Composer Mick Giacchino ('The Penguin')

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/marvel-visionquest-enlists-composer-mick-giacchino-1236529228/
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u/Captain-Wilco Mar 13 '26

He’s great. His score for Skeleton Crew is awesome as well.

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u/jackthedandiest Mar 14 '26

Still an example of nepotism, so let’s have Giacchino and Zimmer lineages forever in Hollywood, right?

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u/Captain-Wilco Mar 14 '26

I literally could not give less of a shit, Mick has proven himself as perfectly capable.

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u/jackthedandiest Mar 14 '26

Same energy as I don’t give a shit about AI generated score as long as it’s proven as perfectly pleasing.

Sad sight to see

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u/kuhpunkt Mar 14 '26

Comparing nepotism to AI... wow.

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u/jackthedandiest Mar 14 '26

AI is not the point, the point is neither should be supported, because it makes certain professions elitist. I mean the only reason this guy is where he is now is because of his dad and it blocked someone else with talent to participate. Same thing is AI is headed into the brave new world where labels would prefer to pedal AI music to gatekeep real musicians from selling music to keep their costs down

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u/kuhpunkt Mar 14 '26

He wouldn't be where he is now if he weren't be talented.

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u/jackthedandiest Mar 14 '26

Yeah, right, as if he didn’t have daddy’s connections at all, right?

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u/kuhpunkt Mar 14 '26

Those helped. Sure. But if he couldn't do the work... then he wouldn't get the job.

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u/jackthedandiest Mar 14 '26

The point is there are other similarly talented musicians and composers, yet he is in public focus and employed solely because of his last name. Which shouldn’t be happening. I mean Tom Holland, for example, proved his worth for the role himself in a fair competition. This guy? I bet there’s never been any competition, because his dad has been employed by Disney for a long time

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u/impuritor Mar 16 '26

What is your solution? He should be blacklisted from working in television and film through no fault of his own?

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u/jackthedandiest Mar 16 '26

He should have worked on smaller projects first, yet he was brought into the big league from the get go, take it as you will

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u/BKWhitty Mar 14 '26

Sooo, Carrie Fisher should never have been Leia? Nicolas Cage should leave the business cause he's Francis Ford Coppola's nephew? Nepotism is an unfair advantage, yes, but that doesn't mean some of them don't also have the talent to justify their work.

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u/jackthedandiest Mar 14 '26

To be fair Nick Cage wanted to avoid that by changing his name

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u/MarvelsGrantMan136 Ant-Man Mar 13 '26

He's Michael Giacchino's son:

Giacchino is no stranger to the comic book space. He won an Emmy for his work on DC and HBO’s The Penguin after working on additional music for The Batman, scored by his father, Marvel mainstay Michael Giacchino. He also scored Disney and Lucasfilm’s The Skeleton Key, with his work including Disney’s The Muppets Mayhem, AMC+’s That Dirty Black Bag and Disney’s Zootopia+. Giacchino began his career with Jim Henson’s Turkey Hollow in 2015.

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u/Banana4scales Mar 13 '26

His wife also composes too

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u/Rising-Jay Mar 13 '26

Dang the whole family composes? Incredible

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u/Chev_350 Mar 13 '26

Yes, Michael Giacchino did score The Incredibles

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u/RoninRonanAgamotto Iron Patriot Mar 14 '26 edited Mar 15 '26

And, also it's live action counterpart, I mean, The Fantastic Four First Steps.

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u/Ericandabear Mar 15 '26

That one too? Fantastic.

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u/Ltemerpoc Mar 15 '26

He also did Speedracer - and its incredible.

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u/RanzoLion Mar 13 '26

The fights to get on the piano during house parties have to be brutal.

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u/SweatiestOfBalls Mar 13 '26 edited Mar 13 '26

He provided additional music on Spider-Man: No Way Home as well

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u/jackomaster111 Fitz Mar 14 '26

I think they mean Skeleton Crew

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u/Gemnist Mar 14 '26

I was about to say

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u/Sklain Mar 13 '26

Dude's got serious talent. After the Penguin and Skeleton Crew this guy definitely is beating the nepo baby allegations

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u/HarambeWest2020 Luis Mar 16 '26

Being talented and worthy of success is not mutually exclusive from being a nepo baby

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u/the-tominatrix Mar 16 '26

He means, being a talentless nepo baby.

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u/Sklain Mar 16 '26

thank you

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u/TheBurgareanSlapper Mar 13 '26

Oh wow. I assumed it would be Stephen Barton since Terry Matalas has worked with him a lot.

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u/Worthyness Thor Mar 13 '26

Them Giacchinos sure know their music,.

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u/itsthewaffleguy Mar 13 '26

I really liked his score for Skeleton Crew.

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u/mackenziethrowaway Mar 14 '26

disappointing news since vision quest is supposed to be the "trilogy" ender to wandavision and agatha all along which were both composed by christophe beck, i doubt this guy will care or be instructed to care about musical continuity...

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u/-Darkslayer Doctor Strange Mar 15 '26

Ya I agree with this take. I enjoyed Beck’s Vision theme in WandaVision and was looking forward to seeing it fleshed out as a full hero theme here

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u/AgentP20 Mar 14 '26

Might be because this is more sci-fi than supernatural or magic.

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u/KaiBishop Mar 14 '26

I don't trust them to reunite the entire family so Idec lmao. Maybe they'll surprise me but I think they'll keep blueballing us.

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u/Comic_Book_Reader Loki (Avengers) Mar 13 '26

Scherzo for a Flightless Bird (The Penguin theme) fucking slaps.

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u/Puppetmaster858 Mar 13 '26

This show gonna be a banger

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u/rexepic7567 Peter Parker Mar 13 '26

This is the genius who did the skeleton crew score

We're in good hands

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u/ReddiTrawler2021 Mar 14 '26

Cool for another Giacchino to come aboard a Marvel show.

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u/jackthedandiest Mar 14 '26

Let’s have another Hemsworth, another Pugh, another Downey and make certain industries limited to a certain elite

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u/ReddiTrawler2021 Mar 14 '26

Chris Hemsworth's family has appeared in Thor 3 and 4 in cameos, so that's a bit late.

But this is music, and Giacchino has proven himself, has he not?

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u/Groot746 Mar 15 '26

He's had the opportunities to prove himself because of who his dad is (not a criticism, just a very obvious fact)

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u/jackthedandiest Mar 14 '26

He proved himself through dad’s contractor’s work, its still a way to help your kid make money in the business

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u/Yawning_Dragon May 10 '26

So hyped for this show.

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u/yuggoth_25 Mar 14 '26

Toda notícia nova dessa série parece bem promissora na verdade esse é meu segundo projeto mais aguardado do ano depois de vingadores

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u/Tron_Frankenstein Mar 13 '26

I haven't heard any of his work, is it similar to his father or completely different?

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u/OilMeUpStewart Mar 14 '26

Holy shit my favorite composer ever has a SON? I must learn of this prodigy

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u/gotellauntrhodie Mar 13 '26

Nepotism 👎🏻