Alan Silvestri

Alan Anthony Silvestri (born March 26, 1950) is an American film score composer and conductor. Silvestri is best known for his collaborations with director Robert Zemeckis, having scored Romancing the Stone (1984), 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) and A Christmas Carol (2009).

Alan Anthony Silvestri (born March 26, 1950) is an American film score composer and conductor. Silvestri is best known for his collaborations with director Robert Zemeckis, having scored Romancing the Stone (1984), 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) and A Christmas Carol (2009). He 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. He has also begun a collaboration 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.

Silvestri has also composed music for television shows, including Starsky & Hutch, CHiPs, and Manimal. Silvestri was 21 years old when he started his film/television composing career. His early style is marked by a strong use of the octatonic scale, as well as an eclectic use of different notes and instruments. Silvestri has received two Academy Award nominations, one for Best Original Music 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 three Grammy Award nominations, winning one award - Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, for “Believe” from The Polar Express in 2004. His other two nominations were for Best Soundtrack Album (for Back to the Future and Who Framed Roger Rabbitt). User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL..