Alan Silvestri

born on 26/3/1950 in New York City, NY, United States

Alan Silvestri

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Alan Silvestri

Alan Anthony Silvestri (born March 26, 1950) is an American composer and conductor who works primarily in film and television. He is best known for his frequent collaboration with director Robert Zemeckis, including composing major hit films such as the Back to the Future trilogy and Forrest Gump, as well as the superhero films Captain America: The First Avenger and Marvel's The Avengers.

Early life and education

Silvestri grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey[1] and attended Teaneck High School.[2] He went to Berklee College of Music for 2 years and is of Italian descent.

Career

Silvestri started his film/television composing career in 1972 at age 21, composing the score for the low-budget action film The Doberman Gang.

From 1977 to 1983, Silvestri served as the main composer for the TV show CHiPs, writing music for 109 of the show's 139 episodes.

Silvestri met producers Robert Zemeckis, and Nick Park when the two worked together on Zemeckis's 1984 film Romancing the Stone. Since then, Silvestri has composed the music for all of Zemeckis's movies, including the Back to the Future trilogy (1985-), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Death Becomes Her (1992), Forrest Gump (1994), Contact (1997), Cast Away (2000), Chicken Run (2000) (with Harry Gregson-Williams), The Polar Express (2004), Beowulf (2007), A Christmas Carol (2009), and Flight (2012).

Silvestri is also known for his work on Predator (1987) and Predator 2 (1990), both of which are considered preeminent examples of action/science fiction film scores. Since 2001, Silvestri has also collaborated regularly with director Stephen Sommers, scoring the films The Mummy Returns in 2001, Van Helsing in 2004, and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra in 2009. His most recent work includes Captain America: The First Avenger in 2011, The Avengers in 2012 and The Croods in 2013.

Silvestri has also composed music for television shows, including T.J. Hooker (one episode), Starsky & Hutch (three episodes), Tales From The Crypt (seven episodes) and Manimal (five episodes).

In 2013, the Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps used portions of the theme from The Abyss as the ballad in their 2013 Drum Corps International World Championship-winning show "E=MC2".

On 31 January 2014, it was announced that a stage musical adaptation of Back to the Future was in production.[3] The show, which is being co-written by original writers Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, is expected to be performed in 2015, on the 30th anniversary year of the film.[4] Silvestri[5] will team up with Glen Ballard to compose a new score, with the addition of original songs from the film, including "The Power of Love", "Johnny B. Goode", "Earth Angel" and "Mr. Sandman".[6]

Personal life

Silvestri owns a vineyard, Silvestri Vineyards, located in Carmel Valley, California.[7]

Awards

Silvestri has received two Academy Award nominations, one for Best Original Score for Forrest Gump (1994) and one for Best Original Song for "Believe" on The Polar Express soundtrack. He also received two Golden Globe nominations: Best Score for Forrest Gump and Best Song for The Polar Express.

He has also received four Grammy Award nominations, winning two awards Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, for "Believe" from The Polar Express in 2004 and Best Instrumental Composition, for "Cast Away End Credits" from Cast Away in 2002. His other nomination was for Best Soundtrack Album, for Back to the Future. During the 2005 Grammys, Josh Groban performed "Believe." [8]

He has won the Saturn Award for Best Music three times, for his scores for Predator (1987), Back to the Future Part III (1989/90) and Van Helsing (2004).

On September 23, 2011, he was awarded with the Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award by the City of Vienna at the yearly film music gala concert Hollywood in Vienna.

Discography

Films

1970s

Year Title Director Studio Notes
1972 The Doberman Gang Byron Chudnow Dimension Pictures With Bradford Craig
1975 Las Vegas Lady Noel Nosseck
1976 The Amazing Dobermans Byron Chudnow
1978 Tiger Man Matt Cimber Credited as Alan Sylvestri
1978 The Fifth Floor Howard Avedis

1980s

Year Title Director Studio Notes
1984 Romancing the Stone Robert Zemeckis 20th Century Fox First collaboration with Robert Zemeckis
1984 Par où t'es rentré ? On t'a pas vu sortir Philippe Clair Gaumont Film Company
1985 Fandango Kevin Reynolds Warner Bros. Pictures
1985 Cat's Eye Lewis Teague Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1985 Back to the Future Robert Zemeckis Universal Pictures Second collaboration with Robert Zemeckis
Nominated Saturn Award for Best Music
Nominated Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
1985 Summer Rental Carl Reiner Paramount Pictures
1986 The Clan of the Cave Bear Michael Chapman Warner Bros. Pictures
1986 The Delta Force Menahem Golan The Cannon Group
1986 American Anthem Albert Magnoli Columbia Pictures
1986 Flight of the Navigator Randal Kleiser Walt Disney Pictures
1986 No Mercy Richard Pearce TriStar Pictures
1987 Critical Condition Michael Apted Paramount Pictures
1987 Outrageous Fortune Arthur Hiller Touchstone Pictures BMI Film Music Award
1987 Predator John McTiernan 20th Century Fox Saturn Award for Best Music
BMI Film Music Award
1987 Overboard Garry Marshall Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit Robert Zemeckis Walt Disney Pictures Third collaboration with Robert Zemeckis
Also conductor
Nominated Saturn Award for Best Music
BMI Film Music Award
Nominated Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
1988 Mac and Me Stewart Raffill Orion Pictures
1988 My Stepmother Is an Alien Richard Benjamin Columbia Pictures
1988 She's Out of Control Stan Dragoti Columbia Pictures
1989 The Abyss James Cameron 20th Century Fox Nominated Saturn Award for Best Music
1989 Back to the Future Part II Robert Zemeckis Universal Pictures Fourth collaboration with Robert Zemeckis
BMI Film Music Award

1990s

Year Title Director Studio Notes
1990 Downtown Richard Benjamin 20th Century Fox
1990 Back to the Future Part III Robert Zemeckis Universal Pictures Fifth collaboration with Robert Zemeckis
Saturn Award for Best Music
BMI Film Music Award
1990 Young Guns II Geoff Murphy 20th Century Fox
1990 Predator 2 Stephen Hopkins 20th Century Fox
1991 Shattered Wolfgang Petersen Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Also orchestrator
1991 Back to the Future: The Ride David De Vos
Douglas Trumbull
Universal Studios Florida Film in simulator ride
1991 Soapdish Michael Hoffman Paramount Pictures Also orchestrator
1991 Dutch Peter Faiman 20th Century Fox Also pianist
1991 Ricochet Russell Mulcahy Warner Bros. Pictures Also conductor
1991 Father of the Bride Charles Shyer Touchstone Pictures BMI Film Music Award
1992 Two-Fisted Tales Segment: Yellow
Segment was extracted to become an individual episode of Tales from the Crypt
1992 Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot Roger Spottiswoode Universal Pictures
1992 FernGully: The Last Rainforest Bill Kroyer 20th Century Fox
1992 Death Becomes Her Robert Zemeckis Universal Pictures Sixth collaboration with Robert Zemeckis
Nominated Saturn Award for Best Music
1992 Diner Graham Morris
Karen Peterson
Marvel Productions Short film
1992 The Bodyguard Mick Jackson Warner Bros. Pictures BMI Film Music Award
1992 Sidekicks Aaron Norris Triumph Films
1993 In Search of the Obelisk Douglas Trumbull
Arish Fyzee
IMAX film
1993 Cop and a Half Henry Winkler Universal Pictures
1993 Super Mario Bros. Rocky Morton
Annabel Jankel
Hollywood Pictures
1993 Judgment Night Stephen Hopkins Universal Pictures
1993 Grumpy Old Men Donald Petrie Warner Bros. Pictures BMI Film Music Award
1994 Clean Slate Mick Jackson Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1994 Forrest Gump Robert Zemeckis Paramount Pictures Seventh collaboration with Robert Zemeckis
Nominated Academy Award for Best Original Score
Nominated Saturn Award for Best Music
BMI Film Music Award
Nominated Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
1994 Blown Away Stephen Hopkins Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1994 Richie Rich Donald Petrie Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
1995 The Quick and the Dead Sam Raimi TriStar Pictures
1995 The Perez Family Mira Nair The Samuel Goldwyn Company
1995 Judge Dredd Danny Cannon Hollywood Pictures Also conductor
1995 Father of the Bride Part II Charles Shyer Touchstone Pictures BMI Film Music Award
1995 Grumpier Old Men Howard Deutch Warner Bros. Pictures BMI Film Music Award
Also conductor
1996 Sgt. Bilko Jonathan Lynn Universal Pictures Also conductor
1996 Eraser Chuck Russell Warner Bros. Pictures BMI Film Music Award
Also conductor
1996 The Long Kiss Goodnight Renny Harlin New Line Cinema Also conductor
1997 Fools Rush In Andy Tennant Columbia Pictures
1997 Volcano Mick Jackson 20th Century Fox Also conductor
1997 Contact Robert Zemeckis Warner Bros. Pictures Eighth collaboration with Robert Zemeckis
ASCAP Award for Top Box Office Films
Nominated Saturn Award for Best Music
1997 MouseHunt Gore Verbinski DreamWorks Pictures
1998 The Odd Couple II Howard Deutch Paramount Pictures Also conductor
1998 The Parent Trap Nancy Meyers Walt Disney Pictures Also conductor
1998 Holy Man Stephen Herek Touchstone Pictures Also conductor
1998 Practical Magic Griffin Dunne Warner Bros. Pictures Also conductor
1999 Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box Brett Leonard IMAX film
1999 Stuart Little Rob Minkoff Columbia Pictures ASCAP Award for Top Box Office Films
Also conductor

2000s

Year Title Director Studio Notes
2000 Reindeer Games John Frankenheimer Dimension Films Also conductor
2000 Chicken Run Nick Park DreamWorks Pictures, Aardman Animations, Pathé ASCAP Award for Top Box Office Films
Also conductor (with Harry Gregson-Williams)
2000 Cast Away Robert Zemeckis 20th Century Fox
(United States)
DreamWorks Pictures
(International)
Tenth collaboration with Robert Zemeckis
ASCAP Award for Top Box Office Films
Also conductor
2000 What Lies Beneath Robert Zemeckis DreamWorks Pictures
(United States)
20th Century Fox
(International)
Ninth collaboration with Robert Zemeckis
ASCAP Award for Top Box Office Films
Also conductor and orchestrator (Uncredited)
2001 The Mexican Gore Verbinski DreamWorks Pictures Also conductor and orchestrator
2001 The Mummy Returns Stephen Sommers Universal Pictures ASCAP Award for Top Box Office Films
2001 Serendipity Peter Chelsom Miramax Films Also conductor
2002 Showtime Tom Dey Warner Bros. Pictures Also conductor and orchestrator
2002 Lilo & Stitch Chris Sanders
Dean DeBlois
Walt Disney Pictures First collaboration with Chris Sanders
ASCAP Award for Top Box Office Films
Nominated Annie Award for Music in a Feature Production
Also choir arranger and conductor
2002 Stuart Little 2 Rob Minkoff Columbia Pictures Also conductor
2002 Maid in Manhattan Wayne Wang Columbia Pictures
2003 Identity James Mangold Columbia Pictures Also conductor
2003 Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life Jan de Bont Paramount Pictures Also conductor
2003 Two Soldiers Aaron Schneider Short film
Also conductor
2004 Van Helsing Stephen Sommers Universal Pictures ASCAP Award for Top Box Office Films
Nominated Saturn Award for Best Music
Also conductor
2004 The Polar Express Robert Zemeckis Warner Bros. Pictures Eleventh collaboration with Robert Zemeckis
Also conductor
ASCAP Award for Top Box Office Films
Nominated Academy Award for Best Original Song
Nominated Saturn Award for Best Music
Nominated Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
Nominated Satellite Award for Best Original Song
Nominated World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film
2006 The Wild Steve "Spaz" Williams Walt Disney Pictures Also conductor
2006 Night at the Museum Shawn Levy 20th Century Fox Also conductor
2007 Beowulf Robert Zemeckis Paramount Pictures
(United States)
Warner Bros. Pictures
(International)
Twelfth collaboration with Robert Zemeckis
Nominated World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film
Also conductor and orchestrator
2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Shawn Levy 20th Century Fox Also conductor
2009 G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Stephen Sommers Paramount Pictures Also conductor and orchestrator
2009 G.I. Joe: The Invasion of Cobra Island Rupinder Malhotra Paramount Pictures
2009 A Christmas Carol Robert Zemeckis Walt Disney Pictures Thirteenth collaboration with Robert Zemeckis
Also lyricist, conductor and orchestrator

2010s

Year Title Director Studio Notes
2010 The A-Team Joe Carnahan 20th Century Fox Also conductor and orchestrator
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger Joe Johnston Paramount Pictures Nominated Saturn Award for Best Music
BMI Film Music Award
Also conductor and orchestrator
2012 The Avengers Joss Whedon Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / Marvel Studios Known as Avengers Assemble in the UK
Also conductor and orchestrator
2012 Flight Robert Zemeckis Paramount Pictures Fourteenth collaboration with Robert Zemeckis
2013 The Croods Kirk DeMicco
Chris Sanders
20th Century Fox
DreamWorks Animation
Second collaboration with Chris Sanders
First DreamWorks Animation film to be distributed by 20th Century Fox. Also conductor and orchestrator
2013 RED 2 Dean Parisot Summit Entertainment
2014 Night at the Museum 3 Shawn Levy 20th Century Fox
1492 Pictures
21 Laps Entertainment
2015 Run All Night Jaume Collet-Serra Warner Bros. Pictures
Dark Castle Entertainment

Television series

Year Title Channel Notes
1978-1979 Starsky and Hutch
ABC
Episodes: "Deckwatch"
"Starsky's Brother"
"Sweet Revenge"
1978-1983 CHiPs
NBC
1983 Manimal
NBC
1983 T. J. Hooker
ABC - CBS
Episode: "A Child Is Missing"
1986 Amazing Stories
NBC
Episode: "Go to the Head of Class"
1989-1995 Tales from the Crypt
HBO
Episodes: "And All Through the House"
"Abra Cadaver"
"Yellow"
"Beauty Rest"
"House of Horror"
"Till Death Do We Part"
"You, Murderer"
2014 Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Fox/National Geographic Channel

References

  1. ASCAP Henry Mancini Award, ASCAP. Accessed October 21, 2007. "Manhattan-born and Teaneck, New Jersey-bred, Silvestri attended Boston's prestigious Berklee College of Music before joining a Las Vegas band as a guitarist."
  2. Coutros, Evonne. "THE DRUMMER WHOM `GUMP' MARCHES TO", The Record (Bergen County), March 26, 1995. Accessed October 21, 2007. "Nearly three decades after Alan Silvestri drummed out beats for the Teaneck High School band, he's hoping to march to the podium Monday night to collect an Oscar."
  3. Back to the Future musical announced, BBC News, 31 January 2014. URL accessed on 9 March 2014.
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  7. Home. Silvestrivineyards.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-02.
  8. TribLIVE: #(gSection.name)#. Pittsburghlive.com (2012-01-05). Retrieved on 2012-05-02.

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