Alan Anthony Silvestri (born March 26, 1950) is an American composer and conductor born in New York City, New York. He has been working in film and television since the mid 1970's.
He is best known for his work with Robert Zemeckis, having composed the scores to everything directed by him (with the exception of the pilot to 1993's short-lived Johnny Bago) since Romancing the Stone in 1984.
Films scored by Alan Silvestri include(listed in release order):
- The Doberman Gang (1972)
- Romancing the Stone (1984)
- How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave (1984)
- Summer Rental (1985)
- Back to the Future (1985)
- The Clan of the Cave Bear (1986)
- The Delta Force (1986)
- Flight of the Navigator (1986)
- Predator (1987) (his material for this for the sequel was adapted by John Debney for 2010's Predators)
- Outrageous Fortune (1987)
- Overboard (1987)
- Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
- Mac and Me (1988)
- My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988)
- She's Out of Control (1989)
- The Abyss (1989)
- Back to the Future Part II (1989)
- Back to the Future Part III (1990)
- Young Guns II (1990)
- Predator 2 (1990)
- Ricochet (1991)
- Soapdish (1991)
- Father of the Bride (1991) and its sequels (1995, 2020)note
- Death Becomes Her (1992)
- The Bodyguard (1992)
- Sidekicks (1992)
- Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
- Cop and a Half (1993)
- Super Mario Bros. (1993)
- Judgment Night (1993)
- Grumpy Old Men (1993)
- Blown Away (1994)
- Forrest Gump (1994) (also his only Academy Award for Best Original Score nomination to date)
- Richie Rich (1994)
- The Quick and the Dead (1995)
- Grumpier Old Men (1995)
- Judge Dredd (1995)
- The Perez Family (1995)
- Sgt. Bilko (1996)
- Eraser (1996)
- The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996)
- Volcano (1997)
- Contact (1997)
- MouseHunt (1997)
- The Odd Couple II (1998)
- The Parent Trap (1998)
- Stuart Little (1999)
- Reindeer Games (2000)
- What Lies Beneath (2000)
- Cast Away (2000)
- What Women Want (2000)
- The Mexican (2001)
- The Mummy Returns (2001)
- Lilo & Stitch (2002)
- Maid in Manhattan (2002)
- Stuart Little 2 (2002)
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life (2003)
- Van Helsing (2004)
- The Polar Express (2004) (received a nomination for Academy Award for Best Original Song)
- Night at the Museum and its sequels (2006, 2009, 2014)
- The Wild (2006)
- Beowulf (2007)
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
- A Christmas Carol (2009)
- The A-Team (2010)
- Marvel Cinematic Universe:
- Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
- The Avengers (2012)
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- Avengers: Endgame (2019)
- Flight (2012)
- The Croods (2013)
- Ready Player One (2018) (2018)
- Welcome to Marwen (2018)
- The Witches (2020)
His TV work includes:
- Amazing Stories ("Go To The Head Of The Class," directed by Robert Zemeckis)
- CHiPs (many episode scores from season two onwardsnote , and rearrangement of John Parker's theme)
- Manimal (all the episode scores, but not the pilot score or the series theme - both by Paul Chihara).
- Starsky & Hutch (three episodes)
- Tales from the Crypt (seven episodes, including three directed by Zemeckis)
- T.J. Hooker ("A Child Is Missing")
- Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (although he was initially signed to just write the theme music, he wound up scoring all 13 episodes; Silvestri received his first Emmy nominations for the theme and his score for the first episode, winning both)
