Hollywood composer Michael Giacchino was lost, but then found in the coolest way imaginable.

As the countdown towards the theatrical premiere of Jurassic World continues this week (only two more days!), today’s blog post features the composer tasked with the surreal job of following the brilliant John Williams and his iconic Jurassic Park score. Giacchino composed the soundtrack to Jurassic World (as well as Tomorrowland) and the random assignment that ultimately led him to the red carpet last night is the exact right amount of crazy awesomeness.

His story is almost as cool as a velociraptor…almost.