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Alan Silvestri

1950 - Today

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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 and two Primetime Emmy Awards as well as 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Silvestri is the 326th most popular composer (down from 272nd in 2019), the 1,713th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,279th in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Alan Silvestri ranks 326 out of 1,451. Before him are Nikolai Myaskovsky, Sigismond Thalberg, Johan Halvorsen, Alberto Ginastera, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, and Sylvius Leopold Weiss. After him are André Campra, Aaron Copland, Heinrich Isaac, Maria Szymanowska, Julius Fučík, and Bernard Herrmann.

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Among people born in 1950, Alan Silvestri ranks 66. Before him are Jussi Adler-Olsen, Lakshmi Mittal, Tsugumi Ohba, Shoko Hamada, Christina Onassis, and Victoria Principal. After him are Eddie Clarke, Ntfombi of Eswatini, Mark Spitz, Hiroshi Kanazawa, John Candy, and Grigory Sokolov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan Silvestri ranks 1,713 out of 20,380. Before him are Rene Russo (1954), Randy Jackson (1961), Daniel Davis (1945), Patrick Duffy (1949), Donna Reed (1921), and Robert Aldrich (1918). After him are Elias James Corey (1928), Robert Patrick (1958), Suzy Amis Cameron (1962), Richard Matheson (1926), Joseph Cotten (1905), and Rex Stout (1886).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Alan Silvestri ranks 16. Before him are Angelo Badalamenti (1937), Jerry Goldsmith (1929), James Horner (1953), Steve Reich (1936), Stephen Schwartz (1948), and Charles Ives (1874). After him are Aaron Copland (1900), Bernard Herrmann (1911), Cole Porter (1891), Richard Rodgers (1902), Elmer Bernstein (1922), and Paul Bowles (1910).

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