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Biography
Infobox musical artist|image= Alan Silvestri 2009.jpg| name = Alan Silvestri| caption = Silvestri in 2009| image_size =| background = non_performing_personnel| birth_name = Alan Anthony Silvestri| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|1950|3|26|birth_place = New York City | death_date =| Married =| Children = Three http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006293/bio Alan Silvestri – Biography| occupation = Composer , Conducting|conductor | instrument = Guitar , Piano , Synthesizer , Synclavier , Drums | genre = Film score | years_active = 1972–present Alan Anthony Silvestri (born March 26, 1950) is an American film composer and conductor.
Career
Silvestri is best known for his collaborations with film director|director Robert Zemeckis , having scored Romancing the Stone (1984), the Back to the Future (film series)| Back to the Future trilogy (1985, 1989, 1990), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Death Becomes Her (1992), Forrest Gump (1994), Contact (film)|Contact (1997), Cast Away (2000), The Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express (2004), Beowulf (2007 film)|Beowulf (2007) and A Christmas Carol (2009 film)|A Christmas Carol (2009).
Silvestri is also known for his work on Predator (film)|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 (film)|Van Helsing in 2004, and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra in 2009. His most recent work included The Avengers in 2012.
Silvestri has also composed music for television shows, including TJ Hooker (one episode), Starsky & Hutch (three episodes), CHiPs , and Manimal (all but one episode).
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.
Personal life
Silvestri was born in New York City . He studied guitar at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts|Boston , but dropped out after two years to tour with Wayne Cochran and the C.C. Riders.
Silvestri grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey http://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/filmtv/2002/mancini.html 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." and attended Teaneck High School there.Coutros, Evonne. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-22471660.html "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."
Silvestri also owns a vineyard, Silvestri Vineyards, located in Carmel Valley, California . http://www.silvestrivineyards.com/Silvestri_Vineyards/Home.html Home. Silvestrivineyards.com. Retrieved on 2012-05-02.
Awards
Silvestri has received two Academy Award nominations, one for Academy Award for Original Music Score|Best Original Score for Forrest Gump (1994) and one for Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song for " Believe (The Polar Express song)|Believe " on The Polar Express (film)|The Polar Express The Polar Express (soundtrack)|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 two nominations were for Best Soundtrack Album (for Back to the Future and Who Framed Roger Rabbit ). During the 2005 Grammys, Josh Groban performed "Believe." http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_301891.html TribLIVE: #(gSection.name)#. Pittsburghlive.com (2012-01-05). Retrieved on 2012-05-02.
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
col-begincol-3 1970s
The Doberman Gang (1972)
The Mack (1973) (1983 video reissue)
Las Vegas Lady (1975)
The Amazing Dobermans (1976)
The Fifth Floor (1978)
CHiPs (1978–1983)
1980s
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Fandango (1985 film)|Fandango (1985)
'' Cat's Eye (1985 film)|Cat's Eye (1985)
Back to the Future (Grammy Nominee) (1985)
Summer Rental (1985)
The Clan of the Cave Bear (film)|The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)
Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009) (Score planned to be written by him, but due to conflict with G.I. Joe, he only wrote "Butterfly Fly Away." However, a cue from his score for The Mexican was tracked into this film.)
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
A Christmas Carol (2009 film)|A Christmas Carol (2009)
2010s
Predators (film)|Predators (2010) (theme from original film)
The Croods (2013)cite news|last=Patches|first=Matt|title='Avengers' Composer Alan Silvestri: Bringing Heroes Together with Music — EXCLUSIVE|url= http://www.hollywood.com/content/news_detail.aspx? id=26609172& p=2& dir=next|accessdate=May 8, 2012|newspaper=Hollywood|date=May 7, 2012
Flight (2013 film)|Flight (2013)
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References
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External links
http://www.alansilvestri.com AlanSilvestri.com
Allmusic|class=artist|id=p125299
IMDb name|id=0006293
http://www.soundtrackguide.net/? content=search& pattern=Silvestri& column=composer Alan Silvestri at Soundtrackguide.net
http://www.castellalfero.net/ Castell'Alfero (Italy) country of Asti of which it is City Honorarium
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/discography/index.jsp? pid=104459& aid=821581 Complete Alan Silvestri Discography
Saturn Award for Best Music 1991–2010 Persondata | NAME =Silvestri, Alan | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =March 26, 1950 | PLACE OF BIRTH = New York City | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Silvestri, Alan Category:1950 births Category:American composers Category:American film score composers Category:Berklee College of Music alumni Category:Grammy Award winners Category:Saturn Award winners Category:Living people Category:People from Teaneck, New Jersey
