Tag: Alan Silvestri
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Alan Silvestri: From Stuart Little to Reindeer Games
Alan Silvestri’s latest scores continue to show the versatility and craft that have made him one of the industry’s leading composers. From early works like ROMANCING THE STONE and BACK TO THE FUTURE, genre favorites like PREDATOR and THE ABYSS, sentimental comedies like FATHER OF THE BRIDE and THE PARENT TRAP, to recent successes like FORREST GUMP, CONTACT, and MOUSE TRAP, Silvestri’s music has…
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Making Contact with Alan Silvestri
Possibly the most intelligent – certainly the most heartfelt – science fiction film of the summer has been CONTACT, directed by Robert Zemeckis. Featuring an outstanding performance by Jodie Foster and a truly engrossing storyline, CONTACT was supported especially by Alan Silvestri’s understated and very personal score. Avoiding the bombast of most science fiction…
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Alan Silvestri: From Romances to Predators
In a very short time, composer Alan Silvestri has risen to the ranks of America’s best contemporary film composers, with standout scores to films like ROMANCING THE STONE, BACK TO THE FUTURE and its sequels, WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT and THE ABYSS. We covered Silvestri’s ROGER RABBIT and MAC & ME scores in Soundtrack #31 and 32…
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Composer Alan Silvestri Disavowed
The film’s director, Brian De Palma, expressed his total faith in Mr. Silvestri to several sources who worked on the film and evidently decided to leave the composer to his own devices as to his approach to scoring the film. After the spotting session, it appears that Silvestri had almost no contact with De Palma until they met at the recording sessions…
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Alan Silvestri on Scoring What Lies Beneath
It’s Friday June 2nd 10 a.m. on the Sony Scoring Stage in Culver, Calif. as composer Alan Silvestri begins rehearsal on his first cue of the day ‘The Chase’. Silvestri is currently engaged scoring WHAT LIES BENEATH, his tenth collaboration with director Robert Zemeckis. From ROMANCING THE STONE to the new Dreamworks motion picture WHAT LIES BENEATH…