Alan Anthony Silvestri (born March 26, 1950) is an American composer and co… Read Full Bio ↴Alan Anthony Silvestri (born March 26, 1950) is an American composer and conductor who works primarily in film and television. He is best known for his frequent collaboration with director Robert Zemeckis, including composing major hit films such as the Back to the Future trilogy and Forrest Gump, as well as the superhero films Captain America: The First Avenger and Marvel's The Avengers.
Silvestri grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey and attended Teaneck High School. He went to Berklee College of Music for 2 years and is of Italian descent.
Silvestri started his film/television composing career in 1972 at age 21, composing the score for the low-budget action film The Doberman Gang.
From 1977 to 1983, Silvestri served as the main composer for the TV show CHiPs, writing music for 109 of the show's 139 episodes.
Silvestri met director Robert Zemeckis when the two worked together on Zemeckis's 1984 film Romancing the Stone. Since then, Silvestri has composed the music for all of Zemeckis's movies, including the Back to the Future trilogy (1985, 1989, 1990), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Death Becomes Her (1992), Forrest Gump (1994), Contact (1997), Cast Away (2000), The Polar Express (2004), Beowulf (2007), A Christmas Carol (2009), and Flight (2012).
Silvestri is also known for his work on Predator (1987) and Predator 2 (1990), both of which are considered preeminent examples of action/science fiction film scores. Since 2001, Silvestri has also collaborated regularly with director Stephen Sommers, scoring the films The Mummy Returns in 2001, Van Helsing in 2004, and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra in 2009. His most recent work includes Captain America: The First Avenger in 2011, The Avengers in 2012 and The Croods in 2013.
Silvestri has also composed music for television shows, including T.J. Hooker (one episode), Starsky & Hutch (three episodes), Tales From The Crypt (seven episodes) and Manimal (five episodes).
In 2013, the Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps used portions of the theme from The Abyss as the ballad in their 2013 Drum Corps International World Championship-winning show "E=MC2".
On 31 January 2014, it was announced that a stage musical adaptation of Back to the Future was in production. The show, which is being co-written by original writers Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, is expected to be performed in 2015, on the 30th anniversary year of the film. Silvestri will team up with Glen Ballard to compose a new score, with the addition of original songs from the film, including "The Power of Love", "Johnny B. Goode", "Earth Angel" and "Mr. Sandman".
Silvestri owns a vineyard, Silvestri Vineyards, located in Carmel Valley, California.
Silvestri has received two Academy Award nominations, one for Best Original Score for Forrest Gump (1994) and one for Best Original Song for "Believe" on The Polar Express soundtrack. He also received two Golden Globe nominations: Best Score for Forrest Gump and Best Song for The Polar Express.
He has also received four Grammy Award nominations, winning two awards – Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, for "Believe" from The Polar Express in 2004 and Best Instrumental Composition, for "Cast Away End Credits" from Cast Away in 2002. His other nomination was for Best Soundtrack Album, for Back to the Future. During the 2005 Grammys, Josh Groban performed "Believe."
He has won the Saturn Award for Best Music three times, for his scores for Predator (1987), Back to the Future Part III (1989/90) and Van Helsing (2004).
On September 23, 2011, he was awarded with the Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award by the City of Vienna at the yearly film music gala concert Hollywood in Vienna.
Silvestri grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey and attended Teaneck High School. He went to Berklee College of Music for 2 years and is of Italian descent.
Silvestri started his film/television composing career in 1972 at age 21, composing the score for the low-budget action film The Doberman Gang.
From 1977 to 1983, Silvestri served as the main composer for the TV show CHiPs, writing music for 109 of the show's 139 episodes.
Silvestri met director Robert Zemeckis when the two worked together on Zemeckis's 1984 film Romancing the Stone. Since then, Silvestri has composed the music for all of Zemeckis's movies, including the Back to the Future trilogy (1985, 1989, 1990), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Death Becomes Her (1992), Forrest Gump (1994), Contact (1997), Cast Away (2000), The Polar Express (2004), Beowulf (2007), A Christmas Carol (2009), and Flight (2012).
Silvestri is also known for his work on Predator (1987) and Predator 2 (1990), both of which are considered preeminent examples of action/science fiction film scores. Since 2001, Silvestri has also collaborated regularly with director Stephen Sommers, scoring the films The Mummy Returns in 2001, Van Helsing in 2004, and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra in 2009. His most recent work includes Captain America: The First Avenger in 2011, The Avengers in 2012 and The Croods in 2013.
Silvestri has also composed music for television shows, including T.J. Hooker (one episode), Starsky & Hutch (three episodes), Tales From The Crypt (seven episodes) and Manimal (five episodes).
In 2013, the Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps used portions of the theme from The Abyss as the ballad in their 2013 Drum Corps International World Championship-winning show "E=MC2".
On 31 January 2014, it was announced that a stage musical adaptation of Back to the Future was in production. The show, which is being co-written by original writers Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, is expected to be performed in 2015, on the 30th anniversary year of the film. Silvestri will team up with Glen Ballard to compose a new score, with the addition of original songs from the film, including "The Power of Love", "Johnny B. Goode", "Earth Angel" and "Mr. Sandman".
Silvestri owns a vineyard, Silvestri Vineyards, located in Carmel Valley, California.
Silvestri has received two Academy Award nominations, one for Best Original Score for Forrest Gump (1994) and one for Best Original Song for "Believe" on The Polar Express soundtrack. He also received two Golden Globe nominations: Best Score for Forrest Gump and Best Song for The Polar Express.
He has also received four Grammy Award nominations, winning two awards – Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, for "Believe" from The Polar Express in 2004 and Best Instrumental Composition, for "Cast Away End Credits" from Cast Away in 2002. His other nomination was for Best Soundtrack Album, for Back to the Future. During the 2005 Grammys, Josh Groban performed "Believe."
He has won the Saturn Award for Best Music three times, for his scores for Predator (1987), Back to the Future Part III (1989/90) and Van Helsing (2004).
On September 23, 2011, he was awarded with the Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award by the City of Vienna at the yearly film music gala concert Hollywood in Vienna.
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Sparkplug
"This is the story of a man who wasn't all that smart. But...he had a great life."
"Who was he?"
"He was...he was a man who fought in the Vietnam War...a man who made millions off of shrimp, a man who won the Medal of Honor, a man who ran across the country a few times, a man who had a friend named Bubba, a man who played pingpong like no other..."
"He did all That?"
"Yes."
"Why wasn't he smart?"
"Well, some people aren't born smart, but that doesn't mean that they're different. They're just a little slower than the rest of us."
"So...he was stupid?"
"Stupid is as stupid does. That's what he always said."
"His back was crooked like a politician, but he could run like the wind blows..."
"He was really fast?"
"Yes, yes he was. He was a very good football player...he was...a lot of things."
"Did he really run across the country?"
"He did. One day, he got up from his porch and started running."
"Why?"
"He ran because someone told him to."
"His momma?"
"No, he was alone when he started running."
"Then who told him to run?"
"His best good friend. Her name was Jenny. She never truly stayed in one place for a long time."
"Why?"
"I don't know. Sometimes, things just don't make sense."
"Who was Bubba?"
"Bubba was his other best good friend. He inspired him to become captain of a shrimp boat."
"This man was someone that I would've loved to know. He wasn't all that smart, but he was sweet, like chocolates."
"Like that phrase you always say."
"Yep. Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get."
"He understood things in his own way. He saw the world differently than others. But that was okay."
"What was his name?"
"His name was Forrest Gump."
Excal
This is what seperates a "popcorn flick movie" to a real masterpiece and a work of art. IMO its something that anyone can watch and learn something different and possibly take with them for the rest of their lives.
This movie taught me so much about life when I first watched it as a young lad at 14 to even now, 7 years later at 21..I even cried during a few scenes which I never do...
A few life lessons I learned:
1. Despite gump's conditions and struggles, he manages to become successful in the things he does.
2. Forrest is a kind and innocnet man, not only to the love of his life, but to his mother, his friends bubba and dan. He is also a great father. He is everything a person should strive to be.
3. Cherrish Family moments with those you love such as your parents as they wont be around forever... It killed me when Forrest hears news about his mother being sick and he didn't hesitate. He jumped off that boat and ran back home to his dying mother..
4. Forrest had all the money he needed, a house, but on those lonely nights he was sad. He lost his mother and after all those years the one thing on his mind was the love of his life. Money couldn't buy him true happiness. As he says it was the happiest moment of his life when he was with Jenny...
5.He donated his wealth to a hospital, church, to bubba mother, etc. He wasn't full of greed.
6. Forrest treats everyone with respect no matter if you're a person of color, the elderly, a mother at the bus stop, etc. He is also an honest man..
PhantosTheHedgehog
The world will never be the same once you've seen it through the eyes of Forrest Gump
ahoy
+PhantosTheHedgehog k
Simon
My mama always told me life is like a box of chocolate you never know what you gon' get
david lawrence
PhantosTheHedgehog hope is a beautiful thing.
Foot Steps
I want to know the name of music between 0.00 ~ 2：12（First music）？
David Swarner
You don't need to see the world from the perspective of Forrest Gump. Just spend the day at a park or playground with a three year old.
bleep77
Anybody else get goosebumps and watery eyes when they hear this theme music or is it just me?
mister m
Don't worry, me too
Marky Mark
bleep77 sometimes, it’s hard for me to listen to... it’s that emotional 😭
Mr Amigo
Me too