Alan Silvestri has grown in a remarkable short time from a guitarist, drummer and arranger in various bands to one of the world's most prolific and successful film composers. His name is behind an impressive amount of scores of very successful movies like: Back to the Future Part I, II and III, Forrest Gump, The Abyss, Predator, Judge Dredd, Cast Away, Who framed Roger Rabbit?, The Mummy Returns, Contact, Stuart Little, The Bodyguard, What Lies Beneath, Romancing the Stone, What Women Want and lately Lilo & Stitch and Van Helsing.

He possesses an exceptional talent for writing razor sharp, memorable themes. His sense of rhythm is even more remarkable and probably the best in the business. Silvestri is therefore considered to be the first choice for scoring comedies (the most difficult film genre to score). Along with the brilliant Jerry Goldsmith, Alan Silvestri is also considered by many people as the best composer for action movies. Often referred to as a musical chameleon Silvestri has also amazed many people with the diversity of his work and has proven many times that he can compete with the top composers in practically every movie genre.

Certain critics believe that his true genius lies in the fact that he instinctively has a deep understanding of what the core and emotion of a movie is and consequently produces music that fits perfectly with the movie.

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