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Alan Silvestri
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Alan Silvestri (born in New York in 1950) began as a jazz guitarist and in the 1970s wrote music for the police series CHiPs. Robert Zemeckis asked him for Romancing the Stone (1984), and afterwards for almost all of his films. In Back to the Future (1985) a large orchestra is heard with a heroic brass fanfare, which gives the journey through time an adventurous feel. Predator (1987), by contrast, has hard, rhythmic percussion. For Forrest Gump (1994) he wrote a simple piano theme that goes with the floating feather. Later he became the composer of the big Avengers films, such as Avengers: Endgame (2019).
Listening
Listening tip. Notice the broad brass fanfares and the fast, driving strings that propel the action forward.
Back to the Future · Alan Silvestri, 1985
Forrest Gump Suite · Alan Silvestri, 1994
Portals · Alan Silvestri, 2019
The Avengers · Alan Silvestri, 2012
Discography
Studio albums
- 1983The Mack (soundtrack)
- 1984Par où t'es rentré... On t'a pas vu sortir (soundtrack)
- 1985Back to the Future: Original Motion Picture Score (soundtrack)
- 1985Cat's Eye (soundtrack)
- 1986The Clan of the Cave Bear (soundtrack)
- 1986The Delta Force (soundtrack)
- 1987No Mercy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 1987Predator: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 1988My Stepmother Is an Alien (soundtrack)
- 1988Who Framed Roger Rabbit (soundtrack)
- 1989Back to the Future, Part II: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 1989The Abyss: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 1990Back to the Future, Part III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 1990Predator 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 1991Father of the Bride (soundtrack)
- 1991Ricochet (soundtrack)
- 1991Shattered (Troubles) (soundtrack)
- 1991Soapdish (soundtrack)
- 1992Death Becomes Her (soundtrack)
- 1992FernGully...The Last Rainforest: Original Motion Picture Score (soundtrack)
- 1992The Bodyguard (soundtrack)
- 1994Forrest Gump: Original Motion Picture Score (soundtrack)
- 1995Father of the Bride - Part II (soundtrack)
- 1995Flight of the Navigator (soundtrack)
- 1995Judge Dredd (soundtrack)
- 1995Richie Rich (soundtrack)
- 1995The Quick and the Dead (soundtrack)
- 1996Eraser (soundtrack)
- 1997Contact: Music From the Motion Picture (soundtrack)
- 1997Mouse Hunt: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 1997Volcano (soundtrack)
- 1998Blown Away (soundtrack)
- 1998The Odd Couple II (soundtrack)
- 1998The Parent Trap (soundtrack)
- 2000What Lies Beneath (soundtrack)
- 2001The Mexican (soundtrack)
- 2001The Mummy Returns (soundtrack)
- 2002Romancing the Stone (soundtrack)
- 2003Identity (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 2003Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life (Original Motion Picture Score) (soundtrack)
- 2004Van Helsing (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 2005Judgment Night (soundtrack)
- 2006"Chips" Volume 1: Season Two 1978-1979 (soundtrack)
- 2006Night at the Museum (soundtrack)
- 2006The Wild (soundtrack)
- 2006Tokyo DisneySea - The Legend of Mythica (soundtrack)
- 2007Beowulf (soundtrack)
- 2008"CHiPs" Volume 2: Season Three 1979-80 (soundtrack)
- 2009A Christmas Carol (soundtrack)
- 2009G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (soundtrack)
- 2009Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (soundtrack)
- 2010"CHiPs" Volume 3: Season Four 1980-81 (soundtrack)
- 2010Dutch (soundtrack)
- 2010The A-Team (soundtrack)
- 2011Captain America: The First Avenger (soundtrack)
- 2011Overboard (soundtrack)
- 2011Young Guns II (soundtrack)
- 2012The Avengers: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2013Fandango (soundtrack)
- 2013Red 2 (soundtrack)
- 2013The Croods: Music From the Motion Picture (soundtrack)
- 2014Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey - Volume 2 (soundtrack)
- 2014Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, Volume 1 (soundtrack)
- 2014Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, Volume 3 (soundtrack)
- 2014Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, Volume 4 (soundtrack)
- 2014Mac and Me (soundtrack)
- 2014Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (soundtrack)
- 2015Reindeer Games (soundtrack)
- 2015The Walk: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2016Allied (soundtrack)
- 2018Avengers: Infinity War (soundtrack)
- 2018Ready Player One (soundtrack)
- 2018Welcome To Marwen (soundtrack)
- 2019Avengers: Endgame (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
- 2020Back to the Future - The Musical (soundtrack)
- 2020The Witches (soundtrack)
- 2022Pinocchio (soundtrack)
- 2023Summer Rental (soundtrack)
- 2024Here: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2025Classic Soundtracks
- 2025Epic Movie Soundtracks
- 2025Play Dirty: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 2025The Electric State: Soundtrack from the Netflix Film (soundtrack)
- 2026Winter Walking: Soundtracks for Cold Days
Other work
- 1985Back to the Future
- 1987Predator
- 1994Forrest Gump
- 2019Avengers: Endgame
- 2000Cast Away
- 2004The Polar Express
In School of Rock
The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.
- Film Music MapNL Map
- The Dream Factory: Film Reel 7NL Reader
Mentioned in other articles
- Symphonic revival (Williams era) Genre
Other composers joined in, such as Alan Silvestri with Back to the Future (1985) and James Horner.
- Superheroes and franchise sound Genre
For The Avengers (2012), Alan Silvestri wrote a fanfare that returns in later films.