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Alan Silvestri (born March 26, 1950, New York City) is an acclaimed AmericanAcademy Award nominated film scorecomposer. He studied film scoring at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Silvestri is best known for his numerous collaborations with directorRobert Zemeckis, having scored Romancing the Stone (1984), the Back to the Future trilogy (1985, 1989, 1990), Forrest Gump (1994), Contact (1997), Cast Away (2000) and The Polar Express (2004). He received Oscar nominations for Best Original Score for Forrest Gump, a Best Song for "Believe" on The Polar Express Soundtrack, and two Grammy Awards for the music from Cast Away and the song "Believe" from The Polar Express. Aside from his collaborations with Zemeckis, Silvestri is known for his work in Predator (1987) and Predator 2 (1990), both of which are considered to be preeminent examples of action/sci-fi film scores.Silvestri grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey[1] and attended Teaneck High School there.[2] >> By WikiPedia
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