Back to the Future (film score)

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film score soundtrack album

Back to the Future (film score) is Alan Silvestri’s iconic orchestral soundtrack for the 1985 science-fiction adventure film, renowned for its rousing main theme and energetic, time-travel-inspired motifs.

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Back to the Future Part II (film score) 1
Back to the Future: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film score ⓘ
soundtrack album ⓘ
associatedAct Alan Silvestri NERFINISHED ⓘ
Universal Pictures Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn themes for Back to the Future (1985 film) ⓘ
composer Alan Silvestri NERFINISHED ⓘ
conductor Alan Silvestri NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuresInstrument full symphony orchestra ⓘ
forWork Back to the Future (1985 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre film music ⓘ
orchestral music ⓘ
hasPart Back to the Future End Credits NERFINISHED ⓘ
Back to the Future Main Title NERFINISHED ⓘ
Doc Returns NERFINISHED ⓘ
Einstein Disintegrated NERFINISHED ⓘ
George to the Rescue NERFINISHED ⓘ
It’s Been Educational / Clocktower NERFINISHED ⓘ
Overture ⓘ
Skateboard Chase NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tension / The Clocktower NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Clocktower NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Delorean Reveal NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Libyans NERFINISHED ⓘ
’55 Town Square NERFINISHED ⓘ
’85 Twin Pines Mall NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme adventure ⓘ
friendship between Marty McFly and Doc Brown ⓘ
heroism ⓘ
time travel ⓘ
includedIn Back to the Future: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack releases NERFINISHED ⓘ
expanded archival soundtrack editions released decades after 1985 ⓘ
influenced subsequent time-travel film scores ⓘ
language instrumental ⓘ
notableFeature heroic brass fanfares ⓘ
recurring main theme for Marty McFly and Doc Brown’s adventures ⓘ
time-travel-inspired rhythmic motifs ⓘ
notableWorkOf Alan Silvestri NERFINISHED ⓘ
orchestrator James B. Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalReleaseYear 1985 ⓘ
partOf Back to the Future franchise NERFINISHED ⓘ
publisher Universal Music Publishing Group NERFINISHED ⓘ
recognition considered one of the most iconic film scores of the 1980s ⓘ
frequently performed in film music concerts ⓘ
recordedForStudio Universal Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
style late-20th-century Hollywood symphonic style ⓘ
usedIn Back to the Future ride and theme park attractions NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Predator (film score) → follows → Back to the Future (film score) ⓘ
The Clan of the Cave Bear (film score) → follows → Back to the Future (film score) ⓘ
The Power of Love → includedOn → Back to the Future (film score) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Back to the Future: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack
Silvestri → notableWork → Back to the Future (film score) ⓘ
subject surface form: Alan Silvestri
Silvestri → notableWork → Back to the Future (film score) ⓘ
subject surface form: Alan Silvestri
this entity surface form: Back to the Future Part II (film score)