Alan Silvestri

Alan Silvestri
Silvestri in 2009
Background information
Birth name	Alan Anthony Silvestri
Born	(1950-03-26) March 26, 1950 (age 74) New York City, New York, U.S.
Genres	Film score, contemporary classical, jazz, ambient
Occupation(s)	Composer, conductor
Years active	1966–present
Spouse(s)	Sandra Silvestri ​ (m. 1978)​
Website	www.alansilvestri.com

Alan Anthony Silvestri (born March 26, 1950) is an American composer and conductor of film and television scores. 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, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Death Becomes Her, Forrest Gump, Cast Away, and The Polar Express. Silvestri also scored many other popular movies, including Predator, The Abyss, Father of the Bride, The Bodyguard, Eraser, The Parent Trap, Stuart Little, The Mummy Returns, Lilo & Stitch, The Wild, Night at the Museum trilogy, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, The Croods, Ready Player One, and several Marvel Cinematic Universe films, including the Avengers films.

He is a two-time Academy Award and Golden Globe Award nominee, and a three-time Saturn Award and two-time Primetime Emmy Award recipient.