Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

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Session Photos (55 photos)

  • Composer Michael Giacchino and orchestrator/conductor Tim Simonec make edits to a cue
  • The violins
  • Conductor/orchestrator Tim Simonec and the Hollywood Studio Symphony perform on Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
  • Composer Michael Giacchino goes over a cue with Caesar
  • Pianist Mark Gasbarro
  • Percussionists Dan Greco, Alex Acuña, and Walter Rodriguez
  • A look at the tuba part for the cue "Close Encounters of the Furred Kind" from Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
  • Percussionist Emil Richards, who has performed on every Planet of the Apes score since the 1960s!
  • The "Mahler Hammer" makes an appearance
  • Music editor Paul Apelgren (rear), assistant music editor Warren Brown, director Matt Reeves, ProTools recordist Vinnie Cirilli (rear), composer Michael Giacchino, scoring mixer Joel Iwataki, and stage recordist Tim Lauber
  • A monkey looks at the keyboard part for the cue "Get the Monkey Off Your Back" from Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
  • Flutists Steve Kujala and Dick Mitchell
  • The booth listens to a cue from Michael Giacchino's Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
  • Composer Michael Giacchino, conductor/orchestrator Tim Simonec, and the orchestra acknowledge the recording staff
  • Trumpets Jon Lewis and Rick Baptist
  • Pianist Mark Gasbarro plucks the piano strings
  • Harpist Gayle Levant
  • Percussionist Alex Acuña plays a taiko drum
  • Percussionist Dan Greco plays the hammer dulcimer
  • Photo 20 from Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
  • Percussionists Dan Greco, additional cue composer Griffith Giacchino, and Emil Richards
  • The cellos and basses
  • Composer Michael Giacchino (second from left) and the booth listen back to a cue
  • Conductor/orchestrator Tim Simonec and the orchestra
  • Conductor/orchestrator Tim Simonec enjoys some down time
  • The booth watches as Michael Giacchino's score to Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is recorded
  • Composer Michael Giacchino explains his ideas to the percussion
  • Composer Michael Giacchino and director Matt Reeves give directions to percussionist Dan Greco
  • Caesar stops by the recording session to monkey around with the staff
  • French hornist John Reynolds
  • The piano has been prepared with screws
  • Caesar sits at the board with scoring mixer Joel Iwataki
  • Percussionist Alex Acuña and organist Mark LeVang
  • Andrea Datzman "monkeys" around in the booth
  • Music librarian Marshall Bowen goes over a cue with composer Michael Giacchino
  • Composer Michael Giacchino
  • Harpist Gayle Levant
  • Conductor/orchestrator Tim Simonec and the Hollywood Studio Symphony
  • Score coordinator Andrea Datzman, scoring mixer Joel Iwataki, and composer Michael Giacchino go over a cue
  • Orchestra contractor Reggie Wilson, assistant music editor Warren Brown, music editor Paul Apelgren, and ProTools recordist Vinnie Cirilli
  • Even a monkey could explain Giacchino's score to director Matt Reeves
  • Caesar, scoring mixer Joel Iwataki and stage recordist Tim Lauber
  • The brass, woodwinds, and basses
  • The booth watches conductor/orchestrator Tim Simonec and the orchestra record a cue from Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
  • Conductor/orchestrator Tim Simonec and composer Michael Giacchino
  • Conductor/orchestrator Tim Simonec, director Matt Reeves, 20th Century Fox Production President Emma Watts, and composer Michael Giacchino share a laugh
  • The cello part from the cue "Ain't That a Stinger" from Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
  • Composer Michael Giacchino introduces his son, additional cue composer Griffith Giacchino, to the orchestra
  • Conductor/orchestrator Tim Simonec and the Hollywood Studio Symphony
  • Cellist Dermot Mulroney
  • Percussionist/additional cue composer Griffith Giacchino and percussionist Emil Richards
  • Actor Timothy Simons, actor Ben Schwartz, composer Michael Giacchino, and additional cue composer Griffith Giacchino
  • Composer Michael Giacchino and director Matt Reeves discuss the score
  • The Hollywood Studio Symphony performs on Michael Giacchino's Dawn of the Planet of the Apes under the baton of conductor/orchestrator Tim Simonec
  • Conductor/orchestrator Tim Simonec and the orchestra perform on Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
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