Alan Silvestri

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), Practical Magic (1998), Stuart Little (1999), The Mummy Returns (2001), Lilo & Stitch (2002), Van Helsing (2004), the first three Night at the Museum films, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), The A-Team (2010), Ready Player One (2018), and five Marvel Cinematic Universe films: Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), The Avengers (2012), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers: Endgame (2019) and Avengers: Doomsday (2026).

• Name — Alan Silvestri • Birth Name — Alan Anthony Silvestri • Born — 26 March 1950 • Birthplace — New York City, New York, U.S. • Occupation — * Composer • conductor • orchestrator • music producer • Years Active — 1972–present • Children — 3

Silvestri was born March 26, 1950. His grandparents emigrated in 1909 from the Italian town of Castell'Alfero, and settled in Teaneck, New Jersey. He grew up in Teaneck, and graduated in 1968 from Teaneck High School. He attended Berklee College of Music for two years. He was a drummer for a short time in 1966 with Teaneck-based rock band the Wildcats.

Silvestri moved to Los Angeles in 1970. "I came to Hollywood in 1970 broke.... I didn't even have any goals or plans. I didn't even go to movies. And I knew nothing about composers or composing," he said. In 1972, while he was working intermittently as a session guitarist, the producer of the low-budget action film The Doberman Gang asked him to score the picture. Silvestri agreed, despite a lack of experience: "I went out and bought a how-to-compose book by Earl Hagen.... At one point, I was using beer cans for percussion." From 1978 to 1983, Silvestri was the main composer for the television series CHiPs, writing music for 95 of the show's 139 episodes. Silvestri met film director Robert Zemeckis when they worked together on Zemeckis's film Romancing the Stone (1984). Since then, he has composed the music for all of Zemeckis's movies, including the Back to the Future trilogy (1985–1990), 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), Flight (2012), and The Walk (2015). In 1989, Silvestri composed the score for the James Cameron-directed film The Abyss. Since 2001, he has also collaborated regularly with director Stephen Sommers, scoring the films The Mummy Returns (2001), Van Helsing (2004), and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009). He also composed the ImageMovers opening theme. Silvestri has composed the scores for four Marvel Cinematic Universe films: Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), The Avengers (2012), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019) and is currently scheduled to compose the scores for Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars. His themes and motifs from those films have been referenced and reprised by other composers in multiple other MCU films. Silvestri has also composed music for television series, including T. J. Hooker (one episode), Starsky & Hutch (three episodes), and Tales from the Crypt (seven episodes). In 2014, he composed the award-winning music for the science documentary series Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. He wrote new songs with Glen Ballard for the live-action/CGI film adaptation of Disney's Pinocchio.

Silvestri and his wife Sandra own a vineyard, Silvestri Vineyards, in Carmel Valley, California. He also has a wine tasting room for his vineyards on the ground floor of the Enchanted Oaks Building. He has a daughter and two sons. He is a licensed pilot, and he flies his own aircraft - a King Air 65-C90A.

• Year — Title — Channel — Notes • 1978–1979 — Starsky & Hutch — ABC — 3 episodes • 1978–1983 — CHiPs — NBC — 95 episodes • 1983 — Manimal — 5 episodes • T. J. Hooker — ABC – CBS — Episode: "A Child Is Missing" • 1986 — Amazing Stories — NBC — Episode: "Go to the Head of Class" • 1989–1995 — Tales from the Crypt — HBO — 7 episodes • 1991–1992 — Back to the Future — CBS — Theme only • 2014 — Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey — Fox / National Geographic Channel — 13 episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (for "Standing Up in the Milky Way") Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music • 2020 — Cosmos: Possible Worlds — 13 episodes

The authorities additionally record the heading Alan Anthony Silvestri.

• Year — Title — Director — Studio — Notes • 1972 — The Doberman Gang — Byron Chudnow — Dimension Pictures — With Bradford Craig • 1975 — Las Vegas Lady — Noel Nosseck — Crown International Pictures • 1976 — The Amazing Dobermans — Byron Ross Chudnow — Golden Films • 1978 — The Fifth Floor — Howard Avedis — Film Ventures International • 1983 — Tiger Man — Matt Cimber — Credited as Alan Sylvestri • 1984 — Romancing the Stone — Robert Zemeckis — 20th Century Fox — First collaboration with Robert Zemeckis • Par où t'es rentré? On t'a pas vu sortir — Philippe Clair — Gaumont • 1985 — Fandango — Kevin Reynolds — Amblin Entertainment Warner Bros. • Cat's Eye — Lewis Teague — De Laurentiis Entertainment Group Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer • Back to the Future — Robert Zemeckis — Amblin Entertainment Universal Pictures — Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Music Nominated — Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media • Summer Rental — Carl Reiner — Paramount Pictures • 1986 — The Clan of the Cave Bear — Michael Chapman — Producers Sales Organization Warner Bros. • The Delta Force — Menahem Golan — Golan-Globus The Cannon Group • American Anthem — Albert Magnoli — Lorimar Motion Pictures Columbia Pictures • Flight of the Navigator — Randal Kleiser — Walt Disney Pictures • No Mercy — Richard Pearce — TriStar Pictures • 1987 — Critical Condition — Michael Apted — Paramount Pictures • Outrageous Fortune — Arthur Hiller — Silver Screen Partners II Interscope Communications Touchstone Pictures — Won — BMI Film Music Award • Predator — John McTiernan — Lawrence Gordon Productions Silver Pictures Davis Entertainment 20th Century Fox — Won — Saturn Award for Best Music Won — BMI Film Music Award • Overboard — Garry Marshall — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer • 1988 — Mac and Me — Stewart Raffill — Orion Pictures • Who Framed Roger Rabbit — Robert Zemeckis — Amblin Entertainment Touchstone Pictures — Also conductor Won — BMI Film Music Award Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Music Nominated — Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media • My Stepmother Is an Alien — Richard Benjamin — Weintraub Entertainment Group Columbia Pictures • 1989 — She's Out of Control — Stan Dragoti • The Abyss — James Cameron — Lightstorm Entertainment (special edition only) 20th Century Fox — Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Music • Back to the Future Part II — Robert Zemeckis — Amblin Entertainment Universal Pictures — Won — BMI Film Music Award

• Year — Title — Director — Studio — Notes • 1990 — Downtown — Richard Benjamin — 20th Century Fox • Back to the Future Part III — Robert Zemeckis — Amblin Entertainment Universal Pictures — Won — Saturn Award for Best Music Won — BMI Film Music Award • Young Guns II — Geoff Murphy — Morgan Creek Productions 20th Century Fox — Themes by Anthony Marinelli and Brian Banks • Predator 2 — Stephen Hopkins — Silver Pictures Gordon Company Davis Entertainment 20th Century Fox — Also conductor • 1991 — Shattered — Wolfgang Petersen — Davis Entertainment Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer — Also orchestrator Replaced Angelo Badalamenti • Back to the Future: The Ride — David De Vos Douglas Trumbull — Universal Studios Florida — Film in simulator ride • Soapdish — Michael Hoffman — Paramount Pictures — Also orchestrator • Dutch — Peter Faiman — Hughes Entertainment 20th Century Fox — Also pianist • Ricochet — Russell Mulcahy — HBO Films Silver Pictures Warner Bros. — Also conductor • Father of the Bride — Charles Shyer — Sandollar Productions Touchstone Pictures — Won — BMI Film Music Award • 1992 — Two-Fisted Tales — Richard Donner Tom Holland Robert Zemeckis — Carolco Pictures — Segment: Yellow • Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot — Roger Spottiswoode — Northern Lights Entertainment Universal Pictures • FernGully: The Last Rainforest — Bill Kroyer — Kroyer Films FAI Films 20th Century Fox — Silvestri's first score for a fully animated film • Death Becomes Her — Robert Zemeckis — Universal Pictures — Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Music • Diner — Graham Morris Karen Peterson — Marvel Productions — Short film • The Bodyguard — Mick Jackson — Tig Productions Warner Bros. — Won — BMI Film Music Award • Sidekicks — Aaron Norris — Triumph Films • 1993 — In Search of the Obelisk — Douglas Trumbull Arish Fyzee — IMAX — IMAX film • Cop and a Half — Henry Winkler — Imagine Entertainment Universal Pictures • Super Mario Bros. — Rocky Morton Annabel Jankel — Allied Filmmakers Cinergi Pictures Hollywood Pictures — Replaced Jerry Goldsmith • Judgment Night — Stephen Hopkins — Largo Entertainment Universal Pictures — Also conductor • Grumpy Old Men — Donald Petrie — Warner Bros. — Won — BMI Film Music Award • 1994 — Clean Slate — Mick Jackson — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer • Forrest Gump — Robert Zemeckis — Paramount Pictures — Won — BMI Film Music Award Nominated — Academy Award for Best Original Score Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Music Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score • Blown Away — Stephen Hopkins — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer — Also conductor • Richie Rich — Donald Petrie — Harvey Films Silver Pictures Davis Entertainment Warner Bros. Family Entertainment • 1995 — The Quick and the Dead — Sam Raimi — TriStar Pictures • The Perez Family — Mira Nair — The Samuel Goldwyn Company • Judge Dredd — Danny Cannon — Cinergi Pictures Hollywood Pictures — Also conductor Replaced David Arnold and Jerry Goldsmith • Father of the Bride Part II — Charles Shyer — Touchstone Pictures — Won — BMI Film Music Award • Grumpier Old Men — Howard Deutch — Warner Bros. • 1996 — Sgt. Bilko — Jonathan Lynn — Imagine Entertainment Universal Pictures — Also conductor • Mission: Impossible — Brian De Palma — Cruise/Wagner Productions Paramount Pictures — Rejected Score, replaced by Danny Elfman • Eraser — Chuck Russell — Kopelson Entertainment Warner Bros. — Also conductor Won — BMI Film Music Award • The Long Kiss Goodnight — Renny Harlin — New Line Cinema — Also conductor • 1997 — Fools Rush In — Andy Tennant — Columbia Pictures • Volcano — Mick Jackson — Original Film Fox 2000 Pictures 20th Century Fox — Also conductor • Contact — Robert Zemeckis — Warner Bros. — Won — ASCAP Award for Top Box Office Films Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Music • Mouse Hunt — Gore Verbinski — DreamWorks Pictures • 1998 — The Odd Couple II — Howard Deutch — Paramount Pictures — Also conductor • The Parent Trap — Nancy Meyers — Walt Disney Pictures • Holy Man — Stephen Herek — Caravan Pictures Touchstone Pictures • Practical Magic — Griffin Dunne — Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros. — Also conductor Replaced Michael Nyman • 1999 — Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box — Brett Leonard — IMAX — IMAX film • Stuart Little — Rob Minkoff — Columbia Pictures — Also conductor Won — ASCAP Award for Top Box Office Films

• Year — Title — Director — Studio — Notes • 2000 — Reindeer Games — John Frankenheimer — Dimension Films Miramax Films — Also conductor • Cast Away — Robert Zemeckis — ImageMovers Playtone 20th Century Fox (US) DreamWorks Pictures (International) — Also conductor Won — ASCAP Award for Top Box Office Films • What Lies Beneath — ImageMovers DreamWorks Pictures (US) 20th Century Fox (International) — Also conductor and orchestrator Won — ASCAP Award for Top Box Office Films • What Women Want — Nancy Meyers — Icon Productions Wind Dancer Films Paramount Pictures — Also conductor and orchestrator • 2001 — The Mexican — Gore Verbinski — DreamWorks Pictures • The Mummy Returns — Stephen Sommers — Alphaville Films Universal Pictures — Replaced Jerry Goldsmith Won — ASCAP Award for Top Box Office Films • Serendipity — Peter Chelsom — Tapestry Films Miramax Films — Also conductor • 2002 — Showtime — Tom Dey — Village Roadshow Pictures Warner Bros. — Also conductor and orchestrator • Lilo & Stitch — Chris Sanders Dean DeBlois — Walt Disney Feature Animation Walt Disney Pictures — Also choir arranger and conductor Won — ASCAP Award for Top Box Office Films Nominated — Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in a Feature Production • Stuart Little 2 — Rob Minkoff — Red Wagon Entertainment Columbia Pictures — Also conductor • Maid in Manhattan — Wayne Wang — Hughes Entertainment Revolution Studios Columbia Pictures • 2003 — Identity — James Mangold — Konrad Pictures Columbia Pictures — Also conductor Replaced Angelo Badalamenti • Stitch! The Movie — Tony Craig Bobs Gannaway — Walt Disney Television Animation Walt Disney Pictures — Themes only; score composed by Michael Tavera • Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life — Jan de Bont — Mutual Film Company Lawrence Gordon Productions Paramount Pictures — Also conductor Replaced Craig Armstrong and Graeme Revell • Two Soldiers — Aaron Schneider — Shoe Clerk Picture Co. Inc. Westlake Entertainment Group — Short film Also conductor • 2004 — Van Helsing — Stephen Sommers — Universal Pictures — Also conductor Won — ASCAP Award for Top Box Office Films Won — Saturn Award for Best Music • The Polar Express — Robert Zemeckis — Shangri-La Entertainment ImageMovers Playtone Castle Rock Entertainment Warner Bros. — Also conductor Won — ASCAP Award for Top Box Office Films Nominated — Academy Award for Best Original Song Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Music Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Original Song Nominated — World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film • 2006 — The Wild — Steve "Spaz" Williams — C.O.R.E. Walt Disney Pictures — Also conductor • Leroy & Stitch — Tony Craig Bobs Gannaway — Walt Disney Television Animation Walt Disney Pictures — Themes only; score composed by J. A. C. Redford • Night at the Museum — Shawn Levy — 1492 Pictures Ingenious Film Partners 21 Laps Entertainment 20th Century Fox • 2007 — Beowulf — Robert Zemeckis — Shangri-La Entertainment ImageMovers Paramount Pictures (US) Warner Bros. (International) — Also conductor and orchestrator Nominated — World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Song Written Directly for a Film • 2009 — Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian — Shawn Levy — Ingenious Film Partners 21 Laps Entertainment Dune Entertainment 1492 Pictures 20th Century Fox — Also conductor • G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra — Stephen Sommers — Hasbro Spyglass Entertainment Paramount Pictures — Also conductor and orchestrator • G.I. Joe: The Invasion of Cobra Island — Rupinder Malhotra — RM Productions Ltd. Paramount Pictures — Two-part web film • A Christmas Carol — Robert Zemeckis — ImageMovers Digital Walt Disney Pictures — Also lyricist, conductor and orchestrator

• Year — Title — Director — Studio — Notes • 2010 — The A-Team — Joe Carnahan — Dune Entertainment Top Cow Productions Scott Free Productions 20th Century Fox — Also conductor and orchestrator Themes by Mike Post and Pete Carpenter • Predators — Nimród Antal — Troublemaker Studios Davis Entertainment 20th Century Fox — Themes only; score composed by John Debney • 2011 — Captain America: The First Avenger — Joe Johnston — Marvel Studios Paramount Pictures — Also conductor and orchestrator "Star Spangled Man" by Alan Menken with lyrics by David Zippel Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Music Nominated — BMI Film Music Award • 2012 — The Avengers — Joss Whedon — Marvel Studios Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures — Known as Avengers Assemble in some territories Also conductor and orchestrator • Flight — Robert Zemeckis — ImageMovers Parkes+McDonald Image Nation Paramount Pictures • 2013 — The Croods — Chris Sanders Kirk DeMicco — DreamWorks Animation 20th Century Fox — Also conductor and orchestrator • Red 2 — Dean Parisot — DC Entertainment Di Bonaventura Pictures Summit Entertainment Lionsgate — Themes by Christophe Beck • 2014 — Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb — Shawn Levy — 1492 Pictures 21 Laps Entertainment 20th Century Fox • 2015 — Avengers: Age of Ultron — Joss Whedon — Marvel Studios Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures — Themes only; score composed by Brian Tyler and Danny Elfman • The Walk — Robert Zemeckis — ImageMovers TriStar Pictures • Doc Brown Saves the World — Glenn Sanders Brett Levisohn Thomas Guindon — Amblin Entertainment Universal Pictures — Back To the Future short film • 2016 — Allied — Robert Zemeckis — GK Films ImageMovers (uncredited) Huahua Media Paramount Pictures • 2018 — Ready Player One — Steven Spielberg — Village Roadshow Pictures Amblin Entertainment Warner Bros. Pictures — Replaced John Williams Fourth Spielberg theatrical film without his long-time composer John Williams since Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983), The Color Purple (1985), Bridge of Spies (2015) • Avengers: Infinity War — Anthony & Joe Russo — Marvel Studios Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures — Score composer only. Score orchestrated and conducted by Mark Graham "Black Panther Theme" by Ludwig Göransson • Welcome to Marwen — Robert Zemeckis — ImageMovers Perfect World Pictures Universal Pictures DreamWorks Pictures — Also conductor • The Predator — Shane Black — Davis Entertainment 20th Century Fox — Themes only; score composed by Henry Jackman • 2019 — Avengers: Endgame — Anthony & Joe Russo — Marvel Studios Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures — Score conducted with Mark Graham "Ant-Man Theme" by Christophe Beck "Doctor Strange Theme" by Michael Giacchino "Captain Marvel Theme" by Pinar Toprak Nominated — Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media

• Year — Title — Director — Studio — Notes • 2020 — The Witches — Robert Zemeckis — ImageMovers Necropia Entertainment Esperanto Filmoj Double Dare You Productions Warner Bros. • 2022 — Pinocchio — ImageMovers Depth of Field Walt Disney Pictures Disney+ — Also lyricist, conductor and orchestrator • 2024 — Here — Miramax ImageMovers Playtone Sony Pictures Releasing • 2025 — The Electric State — Anthony & Joe Russo — Netflix AGBO Skybound Entertainment — Also conductor Replaced Steve Jablonsky • Lilo & Stitch — Dean Fleischer Camp — Walt Disney Pictures Rideback — Themes only; score composed by Dan Romer • The Fantastic Four: First Steps — Matt Shakman — Marvel Studios Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures — Mid-Credits scene only; score composed by Michael Giacchino • Play Dirty — Shane Black — Team Downey Modern Pictures Big Indie Pictures Amazon MGM Studios • 2026 — Behemoth! — Tony Gilroy — Searchlight Pictures — Score composed with: James Newton Howard, Brandon Roberts and Michael Giacchino • Avengers: Doomsday — Anthony & Joe Russo — Marvel Studios AGBO Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures • 2027 — Avengers: Secret Wars