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Alan Silvestri

Alan Silvestri

Composer, also actor · Born March 26, 1950 (76) · New York City, New York, USA

2 Primetime Emmys · Oscar nominee · Golden Globe nominee · 1 other major award body

Alan Anthony Silvestri (born March 26, 1950) is an American composer, conductor, orchestrator and music producer of film scores. He has received two Grammy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and nominations for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. 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 (1985–1990), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Death Becomes Her (1992), Forrest Gump (1994), Contact (1997), What Lies Beneath (2000), Cast Away (2000), The Polar Express (2004), Beowulf (2007), Flight (2012) and The Walk (2015).  Silvestri also scored many other popular movies, including Predator (1987), The Abyss (1989), Father of the Bride (1991), The Bodyguard (1992), Eraser (1996), The Parent Trap (1998), Stuart Little (1999), The Mummy Returns (2001), Lilo & Stitch (2002), Van Helsing (2004), Night at the Museum trilogy, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), The A-Team (2010),  Ready Player One (2018), and several Marvel Cinematic Universe films, including the Avengers films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Silvestri, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
March 26, 1950 (76)
From
New York City, New York, USA
Works as
Composer, also actor
Titles
116 on MovieCove · 125 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 5% in 30 days

What are Alan Silvestri's films like?

Across their 107 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Action31 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy28 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Adventure19 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 64th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Animation9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Animation movies
Drama9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 64th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Documentary5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 70th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
33%
Self
22%
Morality
16%
Survival
11%
Ideas
6%
Society
6%
Power
6%
Family bonds37 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship20 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love16 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival18 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity17 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth13 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption10 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice7 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 107 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 66 · Serious 22 · Dark 19

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 38 · Stylized 43 · Heightened 26

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 28 · Charged 46 · Intense 33

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 43 · Shifting 45 · Whiplash 19

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 27 · Some laughs 48 · Funny 32

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 22 · Even-paced 61 · Relentless 24

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 53 · Engaged 44 · Full focus 9

Easy watch: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their easy watch movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 64 · Affecting 33 · Heavy 10

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 96 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 2

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
45
Thrilling
43
Joyful
37
Warm
38
Hopeful
33
Other
105

How their films linger

Feel-good55 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun49 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful45 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet21 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing15 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 20 with a twist

  • Happy62
  • Bittersweet36
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Alan Silvestri's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 83 of their 116 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (26).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Alan Silvestri's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

125 credits, 116 with a MovieCove page; 7 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Avengers: Secret Wars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Composer

  • Avengers: Doomsday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Composer

  • Behemoth!(2026)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Play Dirty(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Marvel Zombies(2025)

    Show 2 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows

  • The Electric State(2025)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Here(2024)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Pinocchio(2022)

    Composer · Songs

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Witches(2020)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)

    Composer

  • Avengers: Endgame(2019)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Welcome to Marwen(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Avengers: Infinity War(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Ready Player One(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • The Predator(2018)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Allied(2016)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Walk(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Back to the Future: Doc Brown Saves the World(2015)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb(2014)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Cosmos (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 26 episodes · Composer

  • RED 2(2013)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Croods(2013)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Avengers(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Flight(2012)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Captain America: The First Avenger(2011)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The A-Team(2010)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • A Christmas Carol(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian(2009)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Looking Back to the Future(2009)

    Thanks · as Self

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Beowulf(2007)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Night at the Museum(2006)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Wild(2006)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • The Polar Express(2004)

    Composer · Conductor · Songs

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Van Helsing(2004)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Two Soldiers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Composer · Conductor

  • Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life(2003)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Identity(2003)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Stuart Little(2003)

    Show 13 episodes · Theme Song Performance

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all shows

  • Maid in Manhattan(2002)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Stuart Little 2(2002)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Lilo & Stitch(2002)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Showtime(2002)

    Composer · Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Serendipity(2001)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • The Mummy Returns(2001)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • The Mexican(2001)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'(2001)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Cast Away(2000)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • What Women Want(2000)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • What Lies Beneath(2000)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Reindeer Games(2000)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Stuart Little(1999)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Siegfried & Roy: The Magic Box(1999)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Practical Magic(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Holy Man(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • The Parent Trap(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Odd Couple II(1998)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Mousehunt(1997)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Contact(1997)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Volcano(1997)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Fools Rush In(1997)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Long Kiss Goodnight(1996)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Eraser(1996)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Sgt. Bilko(1996)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Grumpier Old Men(1995)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Father of the Bride Part II(1995)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Judge Dredd(1995)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • The Perez Family(1995)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Quick and the Dead(1995)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Richie Rich(1994)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Blown Away(1994)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Forrest Gump(1994)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Clean Slate(1994)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Grumpy Old Men(1993)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Judgment Night(1993)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Under Pressure: Making 'the Abyss'(1993)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • In Search of the Obelisk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Composer

  • Super Mario Bros.(1993)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Cop & ½(1993)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Sidekicks(1992)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Bodyguard(1992)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Gahan Wilson's Diner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Composer

  • Death Becomes Her(1992)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • FernGully: The Last Rainforest(1992)

    Composer · Songs

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot(1992)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Two-Fisted Tales(1992)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Father of the Bride(1991)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Shattered(1991)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Ricochet(1991)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Dutch(1991)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Soapdish(1991)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Predator 2(1990)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Young Guns II(1990)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Back to the Future Part III(1990)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Downtown(1990)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Back to the Future Part II(1989)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Abyss(1989)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Tales from the Crypt(1989)

    Show 7 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • She's Out of Control(1989)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • My Stepmother Is an Alien(1988)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Mac and Me(1988)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town(1988)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit(1988)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Overboard(1987)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Predator(1987)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Outrageous Fortune(1987)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Critical Condition(1987)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • No Mercy(1986)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Flight of the Navigator(1986)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Amazing Stories(1986)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • American Anthem(1986)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Delta Force(1986)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • The Clan of the Cave Bear(1986)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Amazing Stories(1985)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Summer Rental(1985)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Back to the Future(1985)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Cat's Eye(1985)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Fandango(1985)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • How Did You Get In? We Didn't See You Leave(1984)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Romancing the Stone(1984)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Fifth Floor(1978)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • CHiPs(1977)

    Show 5 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all shows

  • The Amazing Dobermans (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Composer · Conductor

  • Let My Puppets Come (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Composer

  • The Doberman Gang(1972)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 123 titles, 120 of them dated from 1972 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

$2.9B worldwide

Highest rated

Forrest Gump (1994)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Avengers: Endgame (2019)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Music121 of 123: 98 only music, 23 with another role · typical Midcredits score58thOther crew25 of 123: 2 only other crew, 23 with another role · typical Midcredits score62nd

123 titles, 23 with more than one role — music and other crew overlap on 23 of them.

By decade

1970s5 · crew1980s25 · crew1990s44 · crew2000s25 · crew2010s14 · crew2020s7 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

2 Primetime Emmys and 2 other major awards from 15 major nominations, 1986–2020.

WinNomination
  1. 2020
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
  2. 2019
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Instrumental Composition
  3. 2014
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
  4. 2006
    • Grammy Award, won · Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
  5. 2005
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Original Song - Motion Picture
  6. 2002
    • Grammy Award, won · Best Instrumental Composition
  7. 1995
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Music, Original Score
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Original Score - Motion Picture
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Pop Instrumental Performance
  8. 1990
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Instrumental Composition
Show 2 earlier years
  1. 1989
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Album of Original Instrumental Background Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television
  2. 1986
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special
    • Grammy Award, nominated · Best Instrumental Composition

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Alan Silvestri's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 111; across their 107 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 56th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 107

Approval · how many liked their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 107

Reach · how many have seen their films

95thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 107

Midcredits score across 116 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up33
  • 50th to 74th31
  • 25th to 49th34
  • Below 25th18

Shape of the crowd

47 of their 116 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved14
  • Divisive2
  • Crowd Pleaser47
  • Broadly Agreed20
  • Mixed33

Most divisive · composer

Behemoth! (2026)

98th percentile spread · 29% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Forrest Gump (1994)

Midcredits 99th · 94% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 62/100 in their films, across 91 reviewed titles; fans 69, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Alan Silvestri's work okay for kids?

Across up to 83 MovieCove titles with content scores, every category sits near the median of all films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore77 titles9–83 · median 53 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity83 titles11–53 · median 31 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity78 titles21–81 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs75 titles6–50 · median 30 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense75 titles14–67 · median 46 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Alan Silvestri work with?

People who share at least 2 of Alan Silvestri's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Robert Zemeckis shares the most, 24.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles