Giacchino on Trek

The folks at Ain't It Cool News have been experiencing geekgasms again with the news that J.J. Abrams of Lost fame will be doing a Star Trek prequel featuring Kirk and Spock's early years.  (I would guess that there are  Trekkie slash fiction writers who are also getting moist and tingly over this news…)  Of course, that means Michael Giacchino would be doing the scoring honors.  

Some have expressed mild dismay that Giacchino will apparently be following in the footsteps of other great composers in yet another derivative project.  If I feel any dismay, it's very very mild, not worth mentioning.  Now if Giacchino goes another couple years in this mode, I would be disappointed - but I would expect he would approach this project with his usual brio.