Summary
A portion of the score ofThe Fantastic Four: First Stepshas been revealed nearly a full year ahead of the movie’s release. The Marvel Cinematic Universe movie will be the 37th installment in the long-running superhero franchise and features the debuts of Pedro Pascal as Mister Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as The Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn as The Human Torch, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as The Thing. Principal photography on theupcomingFantastic Four: First Stepsbegan on July 30 withWandaVision’s Matt Shakman at the helm.
Screen Rantwas present at D23 2024: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, during a panel titled “Music of Marvel Studios,” wherea snippet of Michael Giacchino’s score fromThe Fantastic Four: First Stepswas revealed. See a video of the presentation below:
In total, roughly three minutes of music from the upcoming movie were played as part of the event. The score that was revealed showcases the fact that the music blends the typical triumphant tones of an MCU score with 1960s instrumentation, highlighting the time period in which the movie is set.
Giacchino’s Fantastic Four: First Steps Score Cements A Unique MCU Record
The Prolific Composer Has Worked With Marvel For Many Years
Before composing the music forThe Fantastic Four: First Steps, Giacchino had already set the record for composing or co-composing music for the mostMarvel Cinematic Universe movies.He has previously worked on five MCU titles, includingDoctor Strange, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Spider-Man: No Way Home,andThor: Love and Thunder. This bests rival long-running MCU composers Alan Silvestri, who has four movies under his belt, along with Christophe Beck and Brian Tyler, who have both composed three movies apiece.
Giacchino co-composedThor: Love and Thunderwith Nami Melumad (The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window).
Beck technically ties with Giacchino’s six movies if television titles are counted, as he also composed forWandaVision,Hawkeye, and the upcomingAgatha All Along. However, Giacchino’s small-screen composition credit for the Halloween specialWerewolf by Night, which he also directed,pushes his overall total to seven, cementing his record even more. Additionally, he composed the fanfares for the Marvel Studios' Special Presentations opening, theMarvel Spotlightopening, and the second Marvel Studios opening.
Upcoming Marvel moviescould very well threaten this record, with Silvestri returning to compose bothAvengers: DoomsdayandAvengers: Secret Warsas of the time of writing. It also remains to be seen if he is asked to return to compose for any futureAvengerstitles, as he has written music for every installment in the subfranchise except 2015’sAvengers: The Age of Ultron. However, so far,The Fantastic Four: First Stepsis giving Giacchino an even stronger lead than the one he currently holds as far as being one of the most iconic musical partners for the MCU.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Cast
The Fantastic 4: First Steps features Marvel’s First Family navigating their dual roles as superheroes and family members in a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world. They defend Earth from a formidable space god, Galactus, and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer, testing their familial bonds and heroic resolve.
