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** He's composed for three out of the four ''[[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Avengers]]'' films (''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' was handled by Music/DannyElfman, meanwhile).

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** He's composed for three out of the four ''[[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Avengers]]'' films (''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' was handled by Music/BrianTyler and Music/DannyElfman, meanwhile).
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* ''Film/{{Fandango}}'' (1985)
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* {{Feelies}}: The vinyl release of Silvestri's score for ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', released for the film's 30th anniversary, came with a replica of Roger's love letter to Jessica [[spoiler: written over Marvin Acme's will]].
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* ScreenToStageAdaptation: A [[Theatre/BackToTheFuture musical]] based on ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' was in development with Silvestri writing songs and Creator/RobertZemeckis producing, but quietly fell into DevelopmentHell until 2020.

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* ScreenToStageAdaptation: A [[Theatre/BackToTheFuture [[Theatre/BackToTheFutureTheMusical musical]] based on ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' was in development with Silvestri writing songs and Creator/RobertZemeckis producing, but quietly fell into DevelopmentHell until 2020.
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* ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' (1985)

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* ScreenToStageAdaptation: A [[Theatre/BackToTheFuture musical]] based on ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' was in development with Silvestri writing songs and Creator/RobertZemeckis producing, but quietly fell into DevelopmentHell until 2020.

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* ScreenToStageAdaptation: A [[Theatre/BackToTheFuture musical]] based on ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' ''Film/BackToTheFuture1'' was in development with Silvestri writing songs and Creator/RobertZemeckis producing, but quietly fell into DevelopmentHell until 2020.
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* RecycledTrailerMusic: Silvestri's theme from ''Film/MouseHunt'' was used in the live action ''Film/TheCatInTheHat2003'' film trailer and for the ''WesternAnimation/AChristmasCarol2009'' trailer, as well as many others. And then it was ''[[RecycledSoundtrack actually reused]]'' (in the film itself) in ''Film/FredClaus''.

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* RecycledTrailerMusic: Silvestri's theme from ''Film/MouseHunt'' was used in the live action ''Film/TheCatInTheHat2003'' ''Film/TheCatInTheHat'' film trailer and for the ''WesternAnimation/AChristmasCarol2009'' trailer, as well as many others. And then it was ''[[RecycledSoundtrack actually reused]]'' (in the film itself) in ''Film/FredClaus''.



* ThemeMusicWitholding: Despite including nearly all the Avengers and having its plot centered around the Avengers as a team splintering, the music in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' doesn't contain the ''Avengers'' theme, and ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' has it rejigged, but not included in its original arrangement until the end credits. It wasn't until ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' that it was heard in its full glory during the actual film.

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* ThemeMusicWitholding: ThemeMusicWithholding: Despite including nearly all the Avengers and having its plot centered around the Avengers as a team splintering, the music in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' doesn't contain the ''Avengers'' theme, and ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' has it rejigged, but not included in its original arrangement until the end credits. It wasn't until ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' that it was heard in its full glory during the actual film.
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* CreditsMedley:
** The ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' sequels utilize this. As an example, ''[[Film/BackToTheFuturePartIII Part III]]'' features a suite with the film's Western theme, the love theme, and the train theme sandwiched by the main theme of the series.
** The theatrical release of ''Film/TheAbyss'' was the first Creator/JamesCameron film ([[Film/{{Titanic 1997}} but not]] [[Film/{{Avatar}} the last]]) to feature double-column/speeded-up end credits on account of all the people involved, so Silvestri's end credit suite features "Finale," a lot of "Bud On The Ledge" and the ending of "Back On The Air" [[spoiler: (the music for Bud and the aliens heading to the surface)]] without the choir. When it was released on video, it had a slower and one-column only roll which therefore lasted much longer, and had a much longer suite to match made up of "Finale," "The Pseudopod," "Resurrection," a reprise of the first part of "Finale" [[spoiler: (for the spire rising scene)]], and the excerpts from "Bud On The Ledge" and "Back On The Air."
* DeathlyDiesIrae:
** In ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', as Thor is explaining to the Guardians of the Galaxy how many Stones Thanos has and where he needs to go for the rest of them. As he mentions the Soul Stone, ''dies irae'' plays as the camera cuts to Gamora, [[spoiler:foreshadowing her death, sacrificed by Thanos to gain the Stone]].
** In ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', the four notes are played several times in succession, each time by a different instrument, as Judge Doom [[spoiler:reinflates his newly exposed toon form]], just before he then [[spoiler:reveals his identity as the killer of Eddie’s brother and tries to murder Eddie too]].
* {{Feelies}}: The vinyl release of Silvestri's score for ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'', released for the film's 30th anniversary, came with a replica of Roger's love letter to Jessica [[spoiler: written over Marvin Acme's will]].
* {{Leitmotif}}:
** ''Film/ForrestGump'' has a theme for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQQx-iNeXas running]].
** Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse examples:
*** In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', Silvestri's score contained a leitmotif not only for Cap and Hydra but also for the [[spoiler: Tesseract]], which can be heard when Red Skull is preparing to leave the Evil Lair to bomb the world.
*** In ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'', Silvestri's leitmotif for the now-lost [[spoiler: Tesseract]] forms the first few notes of the score during the opening monologue. Three leitmotifs introduced in this score include that of The Avengers, which backs most of the main score, one for Black Widow, and one for the Helicarrier.
** ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' examples:
*** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDVhSP5sUoY The theme]] plays whenever something epic is happening.
*** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEvJLbTeQoM Mr. Sandman]]" appears to be the theme song of 1955 Hill Valley or something. It's played when Marty first enters the 1955 town square in both ''Part I'' and ''[[Film/BackToTheFuturePartII Part II]]'', something which inspired us to [[MisterSandmanSequence name a trope after it]].
** ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'' has themes for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g10jnaOzxdE Roger]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6muvkhKQFlE Jessica]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09wdBz379U8 Eddie Valiant]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm9t7b_lRHw Judge Doom]], and the Toon Patrol.
* OneWomanWail: ''Film/BlownAway'' opens with "Prince's Day", a wail-like reprise of the Irish song "Though Dark Are Our Sorrow" rearranged by Silvestri and sung by a soprano boy (instead of a woman) with an EtherealChoir in the background. Thomas Moore originally wrote the lyrics.
* RecycledTrailerMusic: Silvestri's theme from ''Film/MouseHunt'' was used in the live action ''Film/TheCatInTheHat2003'' film trailer and for the ''WesternAnimation/AChristmasCarol2009'' trailer, as well as many others. And then it was ''[[RecycledSoundtrack actually reused]]'' (in the film itself) in ''Film/FredClaus''.
* ScreenToStageAdaptation: A [[Theatre/BackToTheFuture musical]] based on ''Film/BackToTheFuture'' was in development with Silvestri writing songs and Creator/RobertZemeckis producing, but quietly fell into DevelopmentHell until 2020.
* ThemeMusicWitholding: Despite including nearly all the Avengers and having its plot centered around the Avengers as a team splintering, the music in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' doesn't contain the ''Avengers'' theme, and ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'' has it rejigged, but not included in its original arrangement until the end credits. It wasn't until ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' that it was heard in its full glory during the actual film.

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