
Because of that, I was able to connect to the actors: ‘Here’s how this is supposed to feel. He continues, “I had that rhythm in my head-that mood, that tone, that emotion. It was a great way to see what worked and what didn’t-and by the time I got to set to shoot, I had some themes already worked out.” Even when I was creating my own animatics for this, I was working with a storyboard artist, and then I would edit it all together and put music behind it. While we were in pre-production, I was writing themes and coming up with ideas, just trying things out. “But I also knew that if I hired somebody else to score it, I’d probably drive them crazy, because I know what I want. “Some people thought I was crazy to do that,” Giacchino admits.
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I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be fun to make a new monster movie under the Marvel banner?’”įeige liked the idea so much that Giacchino was hired to both direct and score Werewolf by Night. “I had such an affinity for those movies. “My brother and I spent every Saturday watching Creature Double Feature that was our church,” Giacchino says. “But I was like, ‘No, I want the most obscure, weird thing you have-and as a kid, that was Werewolf by Night.” Drawing inspiration from classic black-and-white monster films, his idea for Werewolf by Night presented an opportunity to take yet another big, creative swing for Marvel Studios. “Most people would say, ‘Give me Spider-Man!’” he recalls. So, about four years ago, as Giacchino was having a casual conversation with Kevin Feige, President of Marvel Studios, he decided to pitch his “crazy” idea for Werewolf by Night. “But in that time, I just kept thinking about how much I missed making movies.”

“Music was something I did for a very long time and loved,” he says. “My dad gave me his 8mm camera, and from then on, that’s pretty much all I ever did.” But after decades of composing some of the most recognizable and renowned film scores, he decided to take on a new challenge: bringing Werewolf by Night to the screen. “I’ve actually been making movies since I was 9 years old,” he clarifies. During his strange and macabre memorial, they are thrust into a mysterious and deadly competition for a powerful relic-one that will ultimately bring them up close with a dangerous monster.Īlthough Michael Giacchino has scored dozens of films, including Marvel Studios’ Doctor Strange (2016) and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), Werewolf by Night marks his directorial debut. The eerie tale follows a secret cabal of monster hunters who gather at the Bloodstone Temple in honor of their late leader, Ulysses. Marvel Studios’ chilling Special Presentation Werewolf by Night is now streaming exclusively on Disney+, inviting fans to explore a new corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).
