Alan Silvestri

Born March 26, 1950 · New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Alan Anthony Silvestri (born March 26, 1950) is an American composer, conductor, orchestrator and music producer of film scores. He has received two Grammy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and nominations for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. He has been associated with director Robert Zemeckis since 1984, composing music for nearly all of his feature films, including the Back to the Future film series (1985–1990), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Death Becomes Her (1992), Forrest Gump (1994), Contact (1997), What Lies Beneath (2000), Cast Away (2000), The Polar Express (2004), Beowulf (2007), Flight (2012) and The Walk (2015). Silvestri also scored many other popular movies, including Predator (1987), The Abyss (1989), Father of the Bride (1991), The Bodyguard (1992), Eraser (1996), The Parent Trap (1998), Stuart Little (1999), The Mummy Returns (2001), Lilo & Stitch (2002), Van Helsing (2004), Night at the Museum trilogy, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), The A-Team (2010), Ready Player One (2018), and several Marvel Cinematic Universe films, including the Avengers films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Silvestri, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Sound 127

2020s

2027
Avengers: Secret Wars
Original Music Composer
2026
Avengers: Doomsday
Original Music Composer
Behemoth!
Original Music Composer
VisionQuest
Music
80
2025
Play Dirty
Original Music Composer
57
Marvel Zombies
Music
71
The Electric State
Original Music Composer
45
2024
Here
Original Music Composer
52
2022
Pinocchio
Original Music Composer, Songs
45
2020
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Original Music Composer
54
Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish)
Original Music Composer

2010s

2019
Avengers: Endgame
Original Music Composer
85
2018
Welcome to Marwen
Original Music Composer
52
Avengers: Infinity War
Original Music Composer
81
Ready Player One
Original Music Composer
72
2016
Allied
Original Music Composer
66
2015
The Walk
Original Music Composer
74
2014
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Original Music Composer
56
Cosmos
Original Music Composer
90
2013
RED 2
Original Music Composer, Conductor
57
The Croods
Original Music Composer
68
2012
The Avengers
Original Music Composer
80
Flight
Original Music Composer
74
2011
Captain America: The First Avenger
Original Music Composer
71
2010
The A-Team
Original Music Composer
58

2000s

2009
A Christmas Carol
Original Music Composer
62
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Original Music Composer
47
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
Original Music Composer
53
2007
Beowulf
Original Music Composer
63
2006
Night at the Museum
Original Music Composer
57
The Wild
Original Music Composer, Conductor
52
2004
The Polar Express
Original Music Composer, Songs, Conductor
63
Van Helsing
Original Music Composer, Conductor
55
2003
Two Soldiers
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life
Original Music Composer
47
Identity
Original Music Composer
69
Stuart Little: The Animated Series
Theme Song Performance
47
2002
Maid in Manhattan
Original Music Composer
50
Stuart Little 2
Original Music Composer
63
Lilo & Stitch
Original Music Composer
77
Showtime
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
45
2001
Serendipity
Original Music Composer
63
The Mummy Returns
Original Music Composer, Conductor
57
The Mexican
Original Music Composer
56
2000
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'
Music
Cast Away
Original Music Composer, Conductor
79
What Women Want
Original Music Composer, Conductor
59
What Lies Beneath
Original Music Composer, Conductor
59
Reindeer Games
Original Music Composer
47

1990s

1999
Stuart Little
Original Music Composer
62
Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box
Original Music Composer
1998
Practical Magic
Original Music Composer
54
Holy Man
Original Music Composer
41
The Parent Trap
Original Music Composer
71
The Odd Couple II
Original Music Composer
54
1997
MouseHunt
Original Music Composer
60
Contact
Original Music Composer
71
Volcano
Original Music Composer, Conductor
55
Fools Rush In
Original Music Composer
51
1996
The Long Kiss Goodnight
Original Music Composer, Conductor
62
Eraser
Original Music Composer, Conductor
57
Sgt. Bilko
Original Music Composer, Conductor
51
1995
Grumpier Old Men
Original Music Composer
52
Father of the Bride Part II
Original Music Composer
57
Judge Dredd
Original Music Composer
48
The Perez Family
Original Music Composer
60
The Quick and the Dead
Original Music Composer
61
1994
Ri¢hie Ri¢h
Original Music Composer
49
Blown Away
Original Music Composer
56
Forrest Gump
Original Music Composer, Conductor
84
Clean Slate
Original Music Composer
1993
Grumpy Old Men
Original Music Composer
65
Judgment Night
Original Music Composer
56
Under Pressure: Making 'The Abyss'
Music
In Search of the Obelisk
Music
Super Mario Bros.
Original Music Composer
38
Cop & ½
Original Music Composer
35
1992
Sidekicks
Original Music Composer
46
The Bodyguard
Original Music Composer
54
Gahan Wilson's Diner
Music
Death Becomes Her
Original Music Composer
64
FernGully: The Last Rainforest
Songs, Original Music Composer
66
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
Original Music Composer
39
Two-Fisted Tales
Original Music Composer
1991
Father of the Bride
Original Music Composer
64
Shattered
Original Music Composer
58
Ricochet
Original Music Composer, Conductor
62
Dutch
Original Music Composer
52
Soapdish
Original Music Composer, Conductor
67
1990
Predator 2
Original Music Composer
54
Young Guns II
Original Music Composer
54
Back to the Future Part III
Original Music Composer
72
Downtown
Original Music Composer
57

1980s

1989
Back to the Future Part II
Original Music Composer, Conductor
70
The Abyss
Original Music Composer
72
Tales from the Crypt
Music
80
She's Out of Control
Original Music Composer
37
1988
My Stepmother Is an Alien
Original Music Composer
46
Mac and Me
Original Music Composer
29
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
Original Music Composer
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Original Music Composer
82
1987
Overboard
Original Music Composer
61
Predator
Original Music Composer, Conductor
68
Outrageous Fortune
Original Music Composer
59
Critical Condition
Original Music Composer
54
1986
No Mercy
Original Music Composer
51
Flight of the Navigator
Original Music Composer
71
Amazing Stories
Original Music Composer
American Anthem
Original Music Composer
The Delta Force
Original Music Composer
44
The Clan of the Cave Bear
Original Music Composer
1985
Amazing Stories
Music
74
Summer Rental
Original Music Composer
48
Back to the Future
Original Music Composer, Conductor
87
Cat's Eye
Original Music Composer
67
Fandango
Original Music Composer
64
1984
How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave
Original Music Composer
Romancing the Stone
Original Music Composer
71

1970s

1978
Tiger Man
Original Music Composer
People
Original Music Composer, Conductor
The Fifth Floor
Original Music Composer
51
1977
CHiPs
Music
66
1976
The Amazing Dobermans
Original Music Composer, Conductor
54
Let My Puppets Come
Music, Original Music Composer
1975
Las Vegas Lady
Original Music Composer
1973
The Mack
Original Music Composer
1972
The Doberman Gang
Original Music Composer

Appearances8

2020s

2025
You Know: Uncovering What Lies Beneath
Self
2024
Music by John Williams
Self - Composer
84
2020
Reunited Apart
Self · 1 episode

2010s

2015
Back in Time
Self
64
2011
Hollywood in Vienna
Self · 1 episode

2000s

2009
Looking Back to the Future
Self
2004
The Story Room: The Making of 'Lilo & Stitch'
Self

1980s

1986
The Making of Back to the Future
Self

Thanked in the credits1

2000s

2009
Looking Back to the Future
Thanks