Alan Silvestri Alan Silvestri Alan Silvestri

Biography

Alan Silvestri 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.

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 director Robert Zemeckis 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, 1989, 1990), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Death Becomes Her (1992), Forrest Gump (1994), Contact (1997), Cast Away (2000), The Polar Express (2004), Beowulf (2007), A Christmas Carol (2009), and Flight (2012).

Most Notable Awards

34 Award Wins, 20 Nominations
Oscar 2 Nominations
Golden Globe 2 Nominations

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 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. 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.

Filmography List

2014 Marvel's INFINITYOriginal Music Composer
2014 Night at the Museum 3Original Music Composer
2014 Cosmos: A Space-Time Odyssey (TV Series documentary) (13 episodes)Original Music Composer
2013 RED 2Original Songs Composer
2013 The CroodsOriginal Music Composer
2012 FlightOriginal Music Composer
2012 The AvengersOriginal Music Composer
2012 WordGirl (TV Series) (1 episode)Original Music Composer
2011 Hollywood in Vienna 2011 (TV Movie)Original Music Composer
2011 Captain America: The First Avenger Original Music Composer
2010 The A-TeamOriginal Music Composer
2009 A Christmas CarolOriginal Music Composer
2009 G.I. Joe: The Invasion of Cobra Island (Short)Original Music Composer
2009 G.I. Joe: The Rise of CobraOriginal Music Composer
2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the SmithsonianOriginal Music Composer
2007 BeowulfOriginal Music Composer
2006 Night at the MuseumOriginal Music Composer
2006 The WildOriginal Music Composer
2004 The Polar ExpressOriginal Music Composer
2004 Revenge of the Mummy: The Ride (Short)Original Music Composer
2004 Van HelsingOriginal Music Composer
2003 Two Soldiers (Short)Original Music Composer

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