Alan Silvestri Biography (1950-)

Born March 26, 1950, in New York, NY; married Sandra Dee Shue; children: Alexandra, Joseph, James. Addresses: Agent: The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency,13245 Riverside Dr., Suite 450, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Composer, producer, conductor, orchestrator
Birth Details: March 26, 1950; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Work
Song producer, "Take Me/I'll Follow," Mac and Me, Orion, 1988
Orchestrator, Shattered (also known as Plastic Nightmare),Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Pathe, 1991
Orchestrator, Soapdish, Paramount, 1991
Song producer--theme song, The Bodyguard, Warner Bros., 1992
Orchestra conductor and music arranger ("Jesus on the Mainline"), Forrest Gump, Paramount, 1994
Music producer and conductor, Grumpier Old Men (also known as Grumpy Old Men 2), Warner Bros., 1995
Conductor, Judge Dredd, Buena Vista, 1995
Conductor, Sgt. Bilko (also known as Sergeant Bilko), 1996
Music conductor, score conductor, and orchestrator, The Long Kiss Goodnight, 1996
Music conductor, Eraser, Warner Bros., 1996
Orchestra conductor, The Odd Couple II (also known as Neil Simon's The Odd Couple II), 1998
Orchestra conductor, The Parent Trap (also known as Disney's The Parent Trap), 1998
Orchestra conductor, Holy Man, 1998
Music conductor, Stuart Little, Columbia, 1999
Music conductor and song producer, What Lies Beneath, DreamWorks Distribution, 2000
Score producer, Reindeer Games, 2000
Conductor and song producer ("If I Had You"), What Women Want, Paramount, 2000
Music conductor, Cast Away, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
Conductor, The Mexican, 2001
Conductor, The Mummy Returns, MCA/Universal, 2001
Orchestrator and song performer ("Black Eyed Dog"), Serendipity, Miramax, 2001
Conductor, Showtime, Warner Bros., 2002
Music producer, choir arrangements, conductor, and orchestrations, Lilo & Stitch (animated), Buena Vista, 2002
Conductor, Stuart Little 2, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2002
Television Appearances
Specials
Himself, Through the Eyes of Forrest Gump, 1994
The Hollywood Soundtrack Story, AMC, 1995
RECORDINGS
Albums
Back to the Future, MCA, 1985
American Anthem (original soundtrack recording), Atlantic, 1986
Back to the Future II (original soundtrack recording), MCA, 1989
Predator 2, Varese Sarabande, 1990
Father of the Bride, Varese Sarabande, 1991
Ferngully: The Last Rainforest (original score), MCA, 1992
WRITINGS
Film Scores
(With Bradford Craig) The Doberman Gang, Dimension, 1972
The Mack and His Pack (also known as The Mack), 1973
The Amazing Dobermans, Golden, 1976
Las Vegas Lady, Crown International, 1976
The Fifth Floor, 1980
America: From Hitler to M-X (documentary), Parallel Films/Outer Cinema, 1982
Romancing the Stone (also known as 2 bribones tras la esmeraldaperdida), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1984
Par ou t'es rentre? On t'as vu sortir (also known as How'd YouGet In? We Didn't See You Go Out), Carthago, 1984
Back to the Future, Universal, 1985
Cat's Eye (also known as Stephen King's "Cat's Eye"), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1985
Fandango, Warner Bros., 1985
Summer Rental, Paramount, 1985
American Anthem, Columbia, 1986
The Clan of the Cave Bear, Warner Bros., 1986
The Delta Force, Cannon, 1986
Flight of the Navigator, Buena Vista, 1986
No Mercy, TriStar, 1986
Outrageous Fortune, Buena Vista, 1987, score published by Wonderland Music, 1986
Critical Condition, Paramount, 1987
Overboard, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1987
Predator, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1987

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Buena Vista, 1988
My Stepmother Is an Alien, Columbia, 1988
Mac and Me, Orion, 1988
She's Out of Control (also known as Daddy's Little Girl), Columbia, 1989
The Abyss, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989
Back to the Future, Part II, Universal, 1989
Tummy Trouble, 1989
Back to the Future, Part III, Universal, 1990
Downtown, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
Predator 2, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
Young Guns II (also known as Young Guns II: Blaze of Glory), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1990
Dutch (also known as Driving Me Crazy), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991
Father of the Bride, Buena Vista, 1991
Ricochet, Warner Bros., 1991
Shattered (also known as Plastic Nightmare), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Pathe, 1991
Soapdish, Paramount, 1991
Back to the Future ... The Ride, 1991
Death Becomes Her (also known as La muerte le sienta bien),Universal, 1992
Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, Universal, 1992
Gahan Wilson's Diner (also known as Diner), 1992
Super Mario Brothers, Buena Vista, 1993
Grumpy Old Men, Warner Bros., 1993
Sidekicks, Triumph Releasing, 1993
Judgment Night, Universal, 1993
Cop and a Half (also known as Cop & 1/2), Universal, 1993
In Search of the Obelisk, 1993
Forrest Gump, Paramount, 1994
Richie Rich, Warner Bros., 1994
Clean Slate (also known as Cool Slate), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1994
Blown Away, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1994
The Quick and the Dead, TriStar, 1995
Father of the Bride Part II, Buena Vista, 1995
Grumpier Old Men (also known as Grumpy Old Men 2), Warner Bros., 1995
Judge Dredd, Buena Vista, 1995
The Perez Family, Samuel Goldwyn, 1995
Sgt. Bilko (also known as Sergeant Bilko), Universal, 1996
Eraser, Warner Bros., 1996
The Long Kiss Goodnight, New Line Cinema, 1996
Fools Rush In, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1997
Volcano, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997
Contact, Warner Bros., 1997
Mouse Hunt, DreamWorks, 1997
The Odd Couple II (also known as Neil Simon's The Odd Couple II), Paramount, 1998
The Parent Trap (also known as Disney's The Parent Trap), Buena Vista, 1998
Holy Man, Buena Vista, 1998
Practical Magic, Warner Bros., 1998
Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box (also known as The Magic Box), 1999
Stuart Little, Columbia, 1999
Reindeer Games, Dimension Films, 2000
What Lies Beneath, DreamWorks, 2000
Cast Away, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000
What Women Want, Paramount, 2000
The Mexican, DreamWorks, 2001
The Mummy Returns, MCA/Universal, 2001
Serendipity, Miramax, 2001
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of "Predator," Twentieth Century-Fox, 2001
Showtime, Warner Bros., 2002
Lilo & Stitch (animated), Buena Vista, 2002
Stuart Little 2, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2002
Uptown Girl, 2002
Film Songs
Mac and Me, Orion, 1988
The Bodyguard, Warner Bros., 1992
"Love Ballad," "The Spirit of the Trees," and "A Dream Worth Keeping," Ferngully: The Last Rainforest (also known as FernGully 1), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1992
Star Trek: Insurrection (also known as Star Trek 9), Paramount, 1998
(Uncredited) Searching for Dorothy, 1999
Lilo & Stitch (animated), Buena Vista, 2002
Television Scores
Series
CHiPs, NBC, 1978-1983
Manimal, NBC, 1983
Television Songs
Episodic
"And All through the House," Tales from the Crypt, HBO, 1989
"Yellow," Tales from the Crypt, HBO, 1991
"Abra Cadaver," Tales from the Crypt, HBO, 1991
"You, Murderer," Tales from the Crypt, HBO, 1995
Television Scores
Episodic
"Go to the Head of the Class," Amazing Stories, 1986
Composed score for Starsky and Hutch; "Beauty Rest," Tales fromthe Crypt, HBO; "House of Horror," Tales from the Crypt, HBO; "Till Death Do We Part," Tales from the Crypt, HBO.
Television Music
Specials
"Roger Rabbit," Robert Zemeckis on Smoking, Drinking and Drugging in the 20th Century: In Pursuit of Happiness, Showtime, 1999
"Theme from Grumpier Old Men," Cincinnati Pops Holiday: Love Is in theAir, PBS, 1999
Television Scores
Other
Mitchell and Woods (pilot), NBC, 1981
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toontown (animated special; also known as Roger Rabbit: In Search of Toontown), CBS, 1988
"Yellow," Two-Fisted Tales (specials), 1991

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

American Film, August, 1991, p. 3
Soundtrack, March, 1988

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