Alan Silvestri
Highest Rated: 96% Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Lowest Rated: 7% Mac and Me (1988)
Birthday: Mar 26, 1950
Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
With his vibrant musical scores, Alan Silvestri added impact, emotion and momentum to dozens of hit feature films in a career that spanned more than 30 years. Following his journeyman years composing music for a number of television series in the late-1970s, Silvestri began his movie career proper with "Romancing the Stone" (1984), the first in a series of ongoing collaborations with director-producer Robert Zemeckis. Teaming with the filmmaker on each of his consecutive projects from there on out, including the smash hits "Back to the Future" (1985) and "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988), the prolific composer also lent his talents to other directors on films like "The Abyss" (1989) and "The Bodyguard" (1992). Silvestri continued to add resonance to more Zemeckis projects, including a trio of memorable Tom Hanks vehicles - "Forrest Gump" (1994), "Cast Away" (2000) and "The Polar Express" (2004), the latter of which earned him a Grammy Award. Revered for his sweeping scores of heroic proportions, it came as little surprise when the composer was tapped to provide pulse-pounding soundtracks to the superhero blockbusters "Captain America: The First Avenger" (2011) and "The Avengers" (2012). Known as one of the fastest, hardest working and most congenial composer-conductors in Hollywood, it was no wonder Silvestri had long held the position of "go-to guy" when it came to providing the appropriate score for movies of virtually every genre.
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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28% | 27% | Pinocchio | Original Music | - | 2022 |
49% | 32% | Roald Dahl's The Witches | Original Music | - | 2020 |
94% | 90% | Avengers: Endgame | Original Music | $858.4M | 2019 |
34% | 48% | Welcome to Marwen | Original Music | $10.7M | 2018 |
85% | 92% | Avengers: Infinity War | Original Music | $678.8M | 2018 |
72% | 77% | Ready Player One | Original Music | $137.0M | 2018 |
60% | 64% | Allied | Original Music | $39.8M | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 47% | Back in Time | Self | - | 2015 |
83% | 77% | The Walk | Original Music | $10.1M | 2015 |
48% | 57% | Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb | Original Music | $113.6M | 2014 |
45% | 63% | Red 2 | Original Music | $53.2M | 2013 |
72% | 77% | The Croods | Original Music | $187.2M | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Croods | Original Music | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Croods | Original Music | - | 2013 |
77% | 75% | Flight | Original Music | $93.7M | 2012 |
91% | 91% | Marvel's the Avengers | Original Music | - | 2012 |
80% | 75% | Captain America: The First Avenger | Original Music | $176.6M | 2011 |
49% | 66% | The A-Team | Original Music | $77.2M | 2010 |
52% | 58% | Disney's A Christmas Carol | Original Music | $137.9M | 2009 |
33% | 50% | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra | Original Music | $150.2M | 2009 |
44% | 47% | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Original Music | $177.2M | 2009 |
71% | 50% | Beowulf | Original Music and Songs | $82.2M | 2007 |
42% | 67% | Night at the Museum | Original Music | $113.7M | 2006 |
19% | 36% | The Wild | Original Music | - | 2006 |
56% | 64% | The Polar Express | Original Music | $125.9M | 2004 |
24% | 57% | Van Helsing | Original Music | $120.0M | 2004 |
24% | 44% | Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life | Original Music | $65.7M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Two Soldiers | Original Music | - | 2003 |
38% | 44% | Maid in Manhattan | Original Music | $93.8M | 2002 |
81% | 41% | Stuart Little 2 | Original Music | $64.7M | 2002 |
87% | 77% | Lilo & Stitch | Original Music | - | 2002 |
25% | 25% | Showtime | Original Music | $37.9M | 2002 |
59% | 79% | Serendipity | Original Music | $50.2M | 2001 |
46% | 63% | The Mummy Returns | Original Music | $202.0M | 2001 |
54% | 44% | The Mexican | Original Music | $66.8M | 2001 |
89% | 84% | Cast Away | Original Music | $233.6M | 2000 |
54% | 54% | What Women Want | Original Music | $182.8M | 2000 |
47% | 58% | What Lies Beneath | Music | $155.4M | 2000 |
25% | 27% | Reindeer Games | Original Music | $23.4M | 2000 |
67% | 41% | Stuart Little | Original Music | $140.0M | 1999 |
73% | No Score Yet | Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box | Original Music | $5.2M | 1999 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Stuart Little | Original Music | - | 1999 |
87% | 70% | The Parent Trap | Original Music | $66.3M | 1998 |
12% | 24% | Holy Man | Original Music | $12.1M | 1998 |
27% | 56% | Neil Simon's The Odd Couple II | Original Music | $18.9M | 1998 |
31% | 64% | Fools Rush In | Original Music | $29.3M | 1997 |
49% | 32% | Volcano | Original Music | $47.5M | 1997 |
68% | 78% | Contact | Original Music | $100.9M | 1997 |
43% | 39% | Eraser | Original Music | $101.3M | 1996 |
30% | 47% | Sgt. Bilko | Original Music | $30.1M | 1996 |
58% | 54% | The Quick and the Dead | Original Music | $17.3M | 1995 |
60% | 58% | The Perez Family | Original Music | $2.8M | 1995 |
26% | 32% | Richie Rich | Original Music | $37.1M | 1994 |
39% | 40% | Blown Away | Original Music | $30.1M | 1994 |
76% | 95% | Forrest Gump | Original Music | $330.3M | 1994 |
19% | 36% | Clean Slate | Original Music | $7.3M | 1994 |
26% | 48% | Sidekicks | Original Music | $14.5M | 1993 |
65% | 74% | Grumpy Old Men | Original Music | $69.3M | 1993 |
14% | 21% | Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot | Original Music | $26.6M | 1992 |
67% | 64% | FernGully ... the Last Rainforest | Original Music | $20.9M | 1992 |
38% | 64% | The Bodyguard | Original Music | $61.0K | 1992 |
74% | 63% | Soapdish | Original Music | $33.9M | 1991 |
70% | 70% | Father of the Bride | Original Music | $89.1M | 1991 |
33% | 60% | Shattered | Original Music | $11.1M | 1991 |
80% | 78% | Back to the Future Part III | Original Music | - | 1990 |
31% | 66% | Young Guns II | Original Music | $40.4M | 1990 |
62% | 85% | Back to the Future Part II | Original Song | $116.4M | 1989 |
89% | 83% | The Abyss | Original Music | $54.3M | 1989 |
11% | 52% | She's Out of Control | Original Music | $11.8M | 1989 |
7% | 38% | Mac and Me | Original Music | $5.9M | 1988 |
96% | 85% | Who Framed Roger Rabbit | Original Music | $152.8M | 1988 |
56% | 60% | Outrageous Fortune | Original Music | $52.8M | 1987 |
80% | 87% | Predator | Original Music | $54.4M | 1987 |
46% | 74% | Overboard | Original Music | $23.9M | 1987 |
15% | 50% | The Delta Force | Original Music | $15.9M | 1986 |
31% | 28% | No Mercy | Original Music | $11.3M | 1986 |
10% | 47% | The Clan of the Cave Bear | Original Music | $251.9K | 1986 |
93% | 95% | Back to the Future | Original Music | $247.0K | 1985 |
No Score Yet | 22% | The Fifth Floor | Original Music | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | 0% | Las Vegas Lady | Original Music | - | 1976 |
60% | 85% | The Mack | Original Music | - | 1973 |