THE SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS & LYRICISTS
Invites SCL Members and one guest to a screening of
Followed by a Q&A with
Composer
ALAN SILVESTRI
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After a grave course of events wiped out half the world’s population and fractured their ranks, the remaining heroes must grapple with psychological scars while trying to find the will and the way to assemble once again to restore order and harmony in the universe, and bring their loved ones back.
PG-13 | 181 min |
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 Alan Silvestri has created the scores for some of the most acclaimed and successful films in Hollywood history, earning him two Oscar® and two Golden Globe® nominations, two Emmy® Awards, three GrammyAwards®, and five more Grammy® nominations over the course of his decades-long composing career. Silvestri garnered both of his Oscar® and Golden Globe® nominations for his work on Robert Zemeckis-directed films: Forrest Gump, for which he also received a Grammy® nomination, and The Polar Express, in the category of best song, for “Believe.” He also won his third Grammy® for “Believe.”
He began his long association with Zemeckis on the hit Romancing the Stone, and went on to collaborate with the director on the blockbuster Back to the Future trilogy, earning two Grammy ® nominations, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, for which he again received two Grammy® nominations, Death Becomes Her, Contact, What Lies Beneath, Cast Away, winning another Grammy®, The Polar Express, Beowulf, A Christmas Carol, Flight, The Walk, and Allied.
In all, he has scored well over 100 feature films of every imaginable genre, including the Night at the Museum films, The Croods, Marvel’s The Avengers, Captain America: The First Avenger, Van Helsing, Stuart Little 1 & 2, The Mummy Returns, The Mexican, What Women Want, Practical Magic, The Parent Trap, Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men, Father of the Bride and Father of the Bride Part II, The Quick and the Dead, The Bodyguard, for which he won his first Grammy ®, The Abyss, Avengers: Infinity War, and Predator, to name only a portion. For his television work, Silvestri won dual Emmy® Awards in 2014, for outstanding music composition and outstanding original main title theme, for his music for Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey. |
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- Check-in begins 6:00PM.
- If you RSVP but are unable to attend, please cancel your reservation by 10:00AM Tuesday, October 24.
- Free for current SCL members (click here to check your membership status) plus one guest who will stay for both the screening and Q&A.
- Please allow extra time for traffic and check-in.
- This invitation is non-transferable.
