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French composer Louis-Nicolas Clérambault composing at the piano.

A composer (Latin com+ponere, literally "one who puts together") is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media^{[clarification needed]}. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright^[specify] and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music.^{[citation needed]} In the development of European music, the function of composing music initially did not have much greater importance than that of performing it.^{[citation needed]} The preservation of individual compositions did not receive enormous attention and musicians generally had no qualms about modifying compositions for performance. Over time, however, the written notation of the composer came to be treated as strict instructions from which performers should not deviate without good practical or artistic reason. Performers do, however, play the music and interpret it in a way that is all their own. In fact, in the concerto form, the soloist would often compose and perform a cadenza as a way to express their individual interpretation of the piece.

Inasmuch as the role of the composer in western art music has seen continued solidification, in alternative idioms (i.e. jazz, experimental music) it has in some ways become increasingly complex or vague. For instance, in certain contexts - the line between composer and performer, sound designer, arranger, producer, and other roles - can be quite blurred.

The term "composer" is often used to refer to composers of instrumental music, such as those found in classical, jazz or other forms of art and traditional music. In popular and folk music, the composer is usually called a songwriter, since the music generally takes the form of a song. Since the mid-20th century, the term has expanded to accommodate creators of electroacoustic music, in which composers directly create sonic material in any of the various electronic media. This is distinct from instrumental composition, where the work is represented by a musical score to be interpreted by performers.

See also[link]

• Lists of composers

References[link]

• Merriam-Webster dictionary on 'composer', accessed 17 November 2010

External links[link]

Look up composer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Composer societies at the Open Directory Project
• Composers at the Open Directory Project
• Composers and arrangers at the Open Directory Project

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Shekhar Suman
Shekhar Suman at Jhalak Dikhla Jaa Bash
Born	Patna, Bihar, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1985 - present

Shekhar Suman is an Indian film actor and a television personality. He has also been featured as a singer on a music album. Suman married Alka Kapur on May 4, 1984, and has a son, Adhyayan Suman a Bollywood film actor.

Career[link]

He started his Bollywood career with the film Utsav opposite Rekha in September 1985.

On television, he was featured in the shows Dekh Bhai Dekh, Reporter, Wah janab,'chote babu' Andaz,Amar Prem 'aaha', 'main' 'vilayati babu'Movers n Shakers, Simply Shekhar and Carry On shekhar. The last three were primarily modelled on and adapted from The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. He hosted Film Deewane The Great Indian Comedy Show on Star One until February 2006 and appeared in some episodes of Dial One aur Jeeto on Sahara TV. He also did quiz shows including Nilaam Ghar on Zee Television and He-Man on Star One. He also hosted a show on Star News, Poll Khol for five years, which was a satire on the Indian politics, Comedy Circus I, Comedy ka maha muqabala, and Perfect Bride.

He was one of the judges of The Great Indian Laughter Challenge along with Navjot Singh Sidhu. This programme, a stand-up comedy contest, was the first of its kind on Indian television. However, Shekhar quit after the end of the third season due to differences with Sidhu. He became the judge of a rival comedy program Comedy Circus. He also hosted the show Jab Khelo SAB Khelo on SAB TV. He can be seen on Sony TV as a participant in Jhalak Dikhlaja.

He made his singing debut with a music album named Kuch Khwaab Aise, a collection of eight love ballads whose music was composed by Aadesh Srivastava and lyrics written by Shyam Raj. In December 2009, he appeared as a participant on a reality TV series, Raaz Pichhle Janam Ka based on past life regression.^[1][2][3]

He has also appeared as a judge in the reality TV show Lux Perfect Bride.

Filmography[link]

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Television[link]

Film[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Shekhar Suman at the Internet Movie Database

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Bappi Lahiri
Bappi Lahiri at Will to Live Music Launch
Background information
Birth name	Alokesh Lahiri
Born	(1952-11-27) November 27, 1952 (age 59)
Origin	Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Genres	Film score, Theatre
Occupations	Music director & singer
Years active	1972–present
Website	bappilahiri.com

Bappi Lahiri or Alokesh Lahiri (Bengali: বাপ্পী লাহিড়ী), born 27 November 1952, is a music director in the Hindi film industry. He popularized the use of synthesized disco music in Indian cinema and sang some of his own compositions. He was popular in the 1980s with filmi soundtracks like Disco Dancer, Namak Halaal and Sharaabi among others.

Biography[link]

Early years[link]

Bappi D. Lahiri was born in Calcutta, West Bengal into a family with a rich tradition in classical music. His father, Aparesh Lahiri, was a famous Bengali singer and his mother, Bansari Lahiri, was a musician and a singer who was well-versed in classical music and Shyama Sangeet. He is their only child.

At a very early age, he had the ambition to become internationally famous. He began to play the tabla at the age of three. His maternal relatives include Kishore Kumar and the S. Mukherjee clan. Initially he was trained by his parents, after which he received his first opportunity in a Bengali film, Daadu (1972) at the age of 19.

Career[link]

Hindi films[link]

He moved to Mumbai when he was 19. The first Hindi film for which he composed music was Nanha Shikari (1973). The turning point of his career was Tahir Husain's Hindi film, Zakhmee (1975), for which he composed music and doubled as a playback singer. He sang a duet with Mohammed Rafi and Kishore Kumar called "Nothing Is Impossible" for the same film. The songs of his next film, Chalte Chalte (1976), became hits. With Ravikant Nagaich's Surakksha his singing and music became even more popular.

He was the fittest musician for Mithun Chakraborty's disco dance-based films. Mithun Chakraborty and Bappi Lahiri became synonyms of Indian disco culture in the 1980s. He also scored music for many Hindi films produced from South India. He is called 'Disco King' around India.

Style of music[link]

Bappi Lahiri popularized the use of synthesized disco music in Indian cinema with an Indian flavour. Most of his songs would be rendered by singers Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle. He launched Vijay Benedict and Sharon Prabhakar into the music industry. He also used Alisha Chinoy and Usha Uthup extensively for his compositions.

Some of his music has often been sampled by international musicians, such as Dr. Dre, Truth Hurts, and Prodigy, among others. His Disco Dancer (1982) soundtrack has influenced songs by artists such as Devo, Ruki Vverh!, and M.I.A.. His most widely sampled song is "Come Closer" from Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki (1984), which has been sampled by various musicians in recent years, including Dabrye, A.G., Planet Asia, "Zooby Zooby" Dance Dance Kutmasta Kurt, Masta Ace, eMC, Edu Kehäkettunen, Stig Dogg, and Onra.^[1]

Allegations of plagiarism[link]

Throughout his career Lahiri has been accused of plagiarizing music produced by other composers without giving them any credit or royalties.^[2][3]

Conversely, in one instance, portions of his song "Thoda Resham Lagta Hai" were included in a 2002 single "Addictive" by American R&B singer Truth Hurts. Copyright holders Saregama India, Ltd. sued Interscope Records and its parent company, Universal Music Group to the tune of more than $500 million. A Los Angeles federal judge subsequently barred further sales of the CD unless and until Lahiri was listed on the song's credits.^[2][4]

Career history[link]

Lahiri disappeared from the Indian film industry in the 1990s. He made a brief comeback in the Prakash Mehra produced Dalal starring Mithun Chakraborty. The song "Gutur Gutur" from the film was a big hit, though it had its share of controversies due to its suggestive lyrics.

In 2004, he brought out his album Bappi Magic - The Asli Baap Mix, featuring popular numbers such as "Gori Hai Kalaiyan" and "Jimmy Jimmy." It attained great popularity. In 2005, he composed the background score for the Jahnu Barua film, Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Maara, thus reaffirming his identity as a very versatile composer. In 2006, he lent his voice to another composer for the first time with the song "Boombai Nagariya" which he sang for Vishal-Shekhar for the movie Taxi Number 9211. Of late, he has once again lent his voice to the title track of the Mani Ratnam film Guru, in which the music has been composed by A.R.Rahman. He has recorded songs for the movie Level Crossing produced by actor Jayaprada. In 2006, he appeared on the popular television show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs on Zee TV as co-judge with singers Alka Yagnik and Abhijeet. He was a judge for the 2007 edition of Zee TV's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and Sony Entertainment Television's K For Kishore reality show that aims to find the 'heir apparent' to Kishore Kumar.

In 2010 Lahiri was back with "i am a disco dancer" in Golmaal 3 in his own voice. The track was from his previous film Disco Dancer. In 2011, he sung the song Ooo la la Ooo la lain the movie The Dirty Picture for Vishal-Shekhar, which cherishes his Disco image. In 2011, he released album Walking On Love Street featuring American Idol winner Shaun Barrows. The album features on CMJ's New Music Report Magazine charts ,Week World Chart and WONY Oneonta, New York - Top Ten Jazz Playlist.^[5]

Personal life[link]

Bappi Lahiri is married to Chitrani. They have two children- daughter Rema and son Bappa. He is very fond of jewelry and is usually seen wearing gold ornaments and dark glasses with a tracksuit. Bappa Lahiri got married in April 2012.

Selected discography[link]

Some of the movies for which he composed successful music are:

• Morcha (1980)
• Ek Baar Kaho (1980)
• Surakshaa (1979)
• Waardat
• Armaan (1981 film)|Armaan
• Chalte Chalte (1976)
• Commando
• Ilzaam
• Pyara Dushman
• Disco Dancer
• Dance Dance
• Film Hi Film
• Saheb
• Tarzan
• Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki
• Wanted: Dead or Alive (1984 film)|Wanted: Dead or Alive
• Guru
• Jyoti
• Namak Halaal
• Sharaabi - Winner 1984 Filmfare Best Music Director Award
• Aitbaar
• Zindagi Ek Jua
• Himmatwalla
• Justice Chaudary
• Nippu Ravva
• Rowdy Inspector
• Simhasanam
• Gang Leader
• Rowdy Alludu
• Bramha
• Hum Tumhaare Hain Sanam
• Zakhmi

Complete List of Hindi Films with music by Bappi Lahiri

Music Done for a Malayalam Film ( Kerala )

• The Good Boys - Malayalam Film

Bappi Lahiri has also done playback singing for his compositions. Some of the notable songs that he has sung include:

• "Rahi Hu Mein" (Wanted: Dead or Alive)
• "Bombai Se Aaya Mera Dost (Aap Ki Khatir)
• "Bambai Se Aaya mera Dost (Aap ki khatir)
• "Mausam Hai Gaane Ka" (Surakshaa)
• "Dil Tha Akela Akela" (Surakshaa)
• "Tum Jo Bhi Ho" (Surakshaa)
• "Tu Mujhe Jaan Se Bhi Pyaraa hai" (Wardat)
• "Yaad Aa Raha Hai" (Disco Dancer)
• "Super Dancer" (Dance Dancer)
• "Jeena Bhi Kya Hai Jeena" (Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki)
• "Tera Mera Pehla Yaarana" (Shart)
• "Pyar Chahiye Mujhe Jeene Ke Liye" (Manokamna)
• "Raat Baaki" (Namak Halal)
• "Yaar Bina Chain Kahan Re" (Saaheb)
• "Tamma Tamma Loge" (Thaneedar)
• "Pyar Kabhi Kam Nahi Karna" (Prem Pratigya)
• "Dekha Hai Maine Tumhe Phir Se Palatke" (Wardat)
• "Dil Main Ho Tum"
• "Ji Le Le" (Tarzan)
• "Bambai Nagariya" (Taxi No 9211)
• "Oh la la la" (Dirty Picture)

Before his disco rejuvenation he also gave some of the evergreen music to the industry that include:

• "Chalte Chalte Mere Yeh Geet Yaad Rakhna" (Chalte Chalte (1976))
• "Dil Se Mile Dil, Dil Se Mile Dil" (Dil Se Mile Dil)
• "Muskuraata Hua" (Lahu Ke Do Rang)
• "Chaar Din Ki Zindagi Hai" (Ek Baar Kaho)
• "Dheere Dheere Subah Huyi" (Haisiyat)
• "Maana Ho Tum" (Toote Khilone)
• "Teri Chhoti Si Bhool" (Shikshaa)
• "Yeh Naina Yeh Kajal" (Dil Se Mile Dil)
• "Gaao Mere Man" (Apne Paraaye)
• "Shyam Rang Ranga Re" (Apne Paraaye)
• "Pyar Hee Jeene Ki" (Armaan)
• "Pyar Manga Hai Tumhi Se" (College Girl)
• "Ke Pag Ghungroo Baandh Meera Nachi Thi" (Namak Halaal)
• "Dil Mein Ho Tum Aankhon Mein Tum"

Besides disco music, Bappi Lahiri has also produced Ghazals such as,

• "Kisi Nazar ko tera intezaar aaj bhi hai" (Aitbaar)
• "Aawaz di hai" (Aitbaar)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Bappi Lahiri at the Internet Movie Database
• Unofficial fan club of Bappida
• Bappi Lahiri on SaReGaMaPa Challenge 2007
• Documentation of songs Bappi Lahiri copied or used as "inspiration"
• The song Nothing is Impossible from Zakhmee(1975)
• Bappi Lahiri on Facebook
• I don’t sing for awards: Bappi Lahiri
• My voice is a trendsetter: Bappi Lahiri

• Mithun, Bappi jodi is back again

Michael Giacchino
Giacchino, with his sister Maria,[1] at the 2010 Academy Awards
Born	Michael Giacchino (1967-10-10) October 10, 1967 (age 44) Riverside Township, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation	Film, television, and video game score composer
Years active	1995 – present

Michael Giacchino (Italian pronunciation: [dʒakˈkiːno]; born October 10, 1967)^[2] is an Italian American composer who has composed scores for movies, television series and video games. Some of his most notable works include the scores to television series such as Lost, Alias and Fringe, games such as the Medal of Honor and Call of Duty series, and films such as Mission: Impossible III, The Incredibles, Star Trek, Cloverfield, Ratatouille, Up, Super 8, Cars 2,50/50, and John Carter. Giacchino has received numerous awards for his work, including an Emmy, multiple Grammys, an Golden Globe Award, and an Academy Award.

Early life[link]

Michael Giacchino, an Italian American (with dual citizenship),^[3] was born in Riverside Township, New Jersey. Giacchino grew up in Edgewater Park Township, New Jersey and graduated from Holy Cross High School in Delran, New Jersey.^{[citation needed]}

Giacchino began combining images and music at age 10, when he began creating stop-motion animation with homemade soundtracks in his basement. While in high school, an art teacher who mentored Giacchino recommended to his parents that attend the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Giacchino describes visiting the school with his parents thus:^[4]

I thought, wow, this is fantastic. They actually have colleges like this? Where I can do the things that I am really interested in doing? That was amazing to me. I loved SVA. I loved the kind of freedom that it provided. It was kind of like this great experiment-okay, you're here because you like something. So let's see how much you like it. We're not going to regulate you too much. We're going to see how passionate and driven you are, and how much you want this thing.^[4]

Giacchino enrolled at SVA, majoring in film production and minoring in history. During his final year at SVA, his instructor in film publicity announced an unpaid internship was available at Universal Pictures. Giacchino, who was the only one interested, obtained the six-month position, which he filled at night while attending school during the day and working at Macy's to pay his rent. He graduated from SVA in 1990 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, after which he took music classes at the Juilliard School.^[4][5][6]

Career[link]

Video games[link]

When Giacchino's internship ended, Universal hired him, giving him a job right out of college. He later moved to Disney, and when Disney relocated to Los Angeles, Giacchino moved with them, working in publicity, while taking night classes in instrumentation and orchestration at UCLA. His work for Disney had him interacting with the various personnel who worked in films, such as the producers who hired composers, so when a job at Disney Interactive opened for a producer, Giacchino obtained the job, thinking he could hire himself to write music for the games he produced.^[4][5][6]

Giacchino's composition work for Disney Interactive during the 16-bit era included the Sega Genesis game Gargoyles, the SNES game Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow and the various console versions of The Lion King.^[7] However his first major composition was for the DreamWorks video game adaptation of the 1997 movie, The Lost World: Jurassic Park.^[8] The video game was the first PlayStation- (also on Sega Saturn) console title to be recorded with an original live orchestral score. Giacchino has since continued his relationship with DreamWorks, providing full orchestral scores for many of their popular videogames. He also worked with Pandemic studios to create the theme for Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction. Giacchino's award-winning compositions covers the first three Medal of Honor series, (Underground, Allied Assault and Frontline, along with the original Medal of Honor and Heroes: 2), and also the scores for several other World War II-related video games like Secret Weapons Over Normandy, Call of Duty and Call of Duty: Finest Hour.^[9] Additionally, Giacchino composed themes for The Incredibles: Rise of the Underminer, and co-wrote the theme of Black with composer Chris Tilton.^[10] He also composed the score for Alias, which was based on the television series of the same name. In 2008 Giacchino wrote music for Turning Point: Fall of Liberty.^[11] Electronic Arts has announced that he has returned to the Medal of Honor franchise as he has composed the music for Medal of Honor: Airborne.^[12]

Film and television[link]

Giacchino's work on various video games led to his entrance into television.

In 2001, J. J. Abrams, producer of the television series Alias, discovered Giacchino through his video game work and asked him to provide the new show's soundtrack. The soundtrack featured a mix of full orchestral pieces frequently intermingled with upbeat electronic music, a departure from much of his previous work. Giacchino would go on to provide the score for J.J. Abrams's 2004 television series Lost,^[13] creating an acclaimed score which employed a unique process of using spare pieces of a plane fuselage for percussion parts. The score for Lost is also notable for a signature thematic motif: a brass fall-off at the end of certain themes.^[14] Just like his counterpart Stu Phillips, he worked with the television show creator Abrams on his shows with his music scores while Abrams supplied the show's main themes on his certain shows such as Alias.

In 2004, Giacchino received his first big feature film commission. Brad Bird, director of Pixar's The Incredibles, asked Giacchino to provide the soundtrack for the film after having heard his work on Alias.^[15] The upbeat jazz orchestral sound was a departure in style not only for Giacchino but for Pixar, which had previously relied on Randy and Thomas Newman for all of its films. Director Brad Bird had originally sought out John Barry – perhaps best known for his work on the early James Bond films—but Barry was reportedly unwilling to repeat the styles of his earlier works.^[16]

Giacchino was nominated for two Grammy Awards in 2005 for The Incredibles: Best Score Soundtrack Album for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media and Best Instrumental Composition.^[17]

Like his other counterparts Joel McNeely, J. A. C. Redford and Frank DeVol, Giacchino mostly associated with Disney from early in his career up to most recently, ranging from video games such as Mickey Mania and Gargoyles to films such as The Incredibles and eventually collaborated with Walt Disney Imagineering in creating two new soundtracks for the updated versions of Space Mountain at Disneyland, Space Mountain: Mission 2 at Disneyland Paris, and Space Mountain at Hong Kong Disneyland.^[18]

Giacchino also composed scores for the 2005 films Sky High and The Family Stone, and the television movie The Muppets' Wizard of Oz. Additionally, he wrote the music for Joseph Barbera's final theatrical Tom and Jerry cartoon The Karate Guard, and scored the Abrams-directed 2006 film Mission: Impossible III.^[19] Giacchino's next musical achievement was his Paris-inspired score for the Disney-Pixar film Ratatouille, which includes the theme song "Le Festin", performed by French artist Camille. He received his first Academy Award nomination for this score. He also created the score for Abrams' 2009 Star Trek film.

As of 2010, Giacchino's latest score was for the Pixar film Up (and its accompanying animated short Partly Cloudy) for which he collaborated with director Pete Docter. This marked the first time Giacchino worked with a Pixar director other than Brad Bird. This work gained Giacchino his first Academy Award, for Best Score—the first-ever win for Pixar in that category. Giacchino notes that he won on the same night as his SVA classmate Joel Harlow won for Best Makeup Oscar for Star Trek.^[4]

Giacchino has continued his collaboration with J. J. Abrams. For the Abrams-produced monster film Cloverfield, Giacchino wrote an homage to Japanese monster scores in an overture entitled "ROAR!", which played over the credits (and which constituted the only original music for the film). He composed for the pilot of the new Abrams series Fringe, after which Giacchino gave scoring duties to his assistant Chad Seiter (who scored the first half of season one), and then Chris Tilton (who scored the latter half of season one and everything after that).

Giacchino has frequently referenced previous work when naming his pieces. For example, the score for The Incredibles contains a piece named "100 Mile Dash", and the album with the score from Ratatouille has a track entitled "100 Rat Dash". Another series of examples: "World's Worst Beach Party" from the first Lost album, "World's Worst Last 4 Minutes To Live" from the Mission: Impossible III soundtrack, "Galaxy's Worst Sushi Bar" from Star Trek (2010 deluxe release), "World's Worst Landscaping" from the second Lost album, "World's Worst Car Wash" from the soundtrack album Lost: The Final Season, and "World's Worst Field Trip" from the soundtrack of Super 8. The soundtrack for Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol also has a track titled "World's Worst Parking Valet". Inversely, the score for Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction has a track entitled "World's Best Carpool Lane"; the Speed Racer score has tracks entitled "World's Best Autopia" and "World's Worst Road Rage."

Additional compositions[link]

In addition to his long list of soundtracks, in 2005 Giacchino collaborated with Walt Disney Imagineering in creating two new soundtracks for the updated versions of Space Mountain at Disneyland, Space Mountain: Mission 2 at Disneyland Paris, and Space Mountain at Hong Kong Disneyland.^[18] Giacchino was also contracted by Sarah Vowell, who played character Violet in The Incredibles, to compose the score to the audio version of her book Assassination Vacation. Michael Giacchino's music can also be heard in "Star Tours: The Adventure Continues" during the "travel log videos" shown in the cue line for both the Disneyland and Walt Disney World versions of the attraction.

In 2009 he was asked to conduct the Academy Awards orchestra for the 81st Academy Awards. For this project he rearranged many famous movie themes in different styles, including a 1930's Big Band treatment of Lawrence of Arabia and a bossa nova of Moon River.

Awards, nominations and recognition[link]

Awards[link]

• 2001 Interactive Achievement Awards for Original Music Composition – Medal of Honor: Underground
• 2003 Game Developers Choice Awards for Excellence in Audio – Medal of Honor: Allied Assault
• 2003 Interactive Achievement Awards for Original Music Composition – Medal of Honor: Frontline
• 2004 IFMCA Award for Score of the Year – The Incredibles
• 2004 IFMCA Award for Composer of the Year
• 2004 Game Developers Choice Awards for Excellence in Audio – Call of Duty
• 2005 Emmy Award for Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) – Lost
• 2007 Film & TV Music Award for Best Score for a Short Film – Lifted
• 2007 StreamingSoundtracks.com Award for Composer of the Year
• 2008 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album – Ratatouille
• 2010 Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards for Best Score^[20] – Up
• 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score – Up
• 2010 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album – Up
• 2010 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition – "Married Life (from Up)"
• 2010 BAFTA Award for Best Music – "Up"
• 2010 Academy Award for Best Original Score – Up

Nominations[link]

• 2005 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album – The Incredibles
• 2005 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition – "The Incredits" (from The Incredibles)
• 2008 Academy Award for Best Original Score – Ratatouille
• 2008 Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series – Lost
• 2010 Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album – Star Trek
• 2010 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement – "Up With End Credits (from Up)"
• 2010 Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series – Lost

Recognition[link]

• The score for Season 1 of Lost was cited by New Yorker music critic Alex Ross as "some of the most compelling film music of the past year."^[21]

Discography[link]

"Oceanic 815" from Lost (2005) noicon Sample of brass fall-off from the first season finale of Lost "Mission: Impossible Theme" from Mission: Impossible III (2006) noicon Sample of Mission: Impossible theme in Mission: Impossible III (based on the original theme by Lalo Schifrin) "Suspense Music" from Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (2002) noicon Sample of suspense music in Medal of Honor: Allied Assault

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Films[link]

Video games[link]

Television[link]

Short films and other works[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Music By Michael Giacchino Website
• Michael Giacchino at the Internet Movie Database
• Michael Giacchino on Twitter
• Michael Giacchino's score for 'Secret Weapons Over Normandy'
• Composer profile, focusing on his Video Game Soundtracks work (Call Of Duty, etc.)
• Michael Giacchino discography at MusicBrainz
• SoundtrackNet Interview with Michael Giacchino
• SoundtrackNet's Mission: Impossible 3 Scoring Session Exclusive
• Alex Ross column in The New Yorker
• Alan Sepinwall interview with Michael Giacchino on composing for LOST

Alan Silvestri
Silvestri in 2009
Background information
Birth name	Alan Anthony Silvestri
Born	(1950-03-26) March 26, 1950 (age 62) New York City
Genres	Film score
Occupations	Composer, conductor
Instruments	Guitar, Piano, Synthesizer, Synclavier, Drums
Years active	1972–present

Alan Anthony Silvestri (born March 26, 1950) is an American film composer and conductor.

Career[link]

Silvestri is best known for his collaborations with director Robert Zemeckis, having scored Romancing the Stone (1984), the Back to the Future trilogy (1985, 1989, 1990), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Death Becomes Her (1992), Forrest Gump (1994), Contact (1997), Cast Away (2000), The Polar Express (2004), Beowulf (2007), A Christmas Carol (2009) and The Avengers (2012).

Silvestri is also known for his work on Predator (1987) and Predator 2 (1990), both of which are considered preeminent examples of action/science fiction film scores. He has also begun a collaboration with director Stephen Sommers, scoring the films The Mummy Returns in 2001, Van Helsing in 2004, and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra in 2009. His most recent work included The Avengers in 2012.

Silvestri has also composed music for television shows, including TJ Hooker (one episode), Starsky & Hutch (three episodes), CHiPs, and Manimal (all but one episode).

Silvestri was 21 years old when he started his film/television composing career. His early style is marked by a strong use of the octatonic scale, as well as an eclectic use of different notes and instruments.

Personal life[link]

Silvestri was born in New York City. He studied guitar at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, but dropped out after two years to tour with Wayne Cochran and the C.C. Riders.

Silvestri grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey^[1] and attended Teaneck High School there.^[2]

Silvestri also owns a vineyard, Silvestri Vineyards, located in Carmel Valley, California.^[3]

Awards[link]

Silvestri has received two Academy Award nominations, one for Best Original Score for Forrest Gump (1994) and one for Best Original Song for "Believe" on The Polar Express soundtrack. He also received two Golden Globe nominations: Best Score for Forrest Gump and Best Song for The Polar Express.

He has also received four Grammy Award nominations, winning two awards – Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, for “Believe” from The Polar Express in 2004 and Best Instrumental Composition, for "Cast Away End Credits" from Cast Away in 2002. His other two nominations were for Best Soundtrack Album (for Back to the Future and Who Framed Roger Rabbit). During the 2005 Grammys, Josh Groban performed "Believe." ^[4]

On September 23, 2011 he was awarded with the Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award by the City of Vienna at the yearly film music gala concert Hollywood in Vienna.

Discography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• AlanSilvestri.com
• Alan Silvestri at Allmusic
• Alan Silvestri at the Internet Movie Database
• Alan Silvestri at Soundtrackguide.net
• Castell'Alfero (Italy) country of Asti of which it is City Honorarium
• Complete Alan Silvestri Discography