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img 0051 | Composer Alan Silvestri was in Los Angeles this week, recording his score to the Walt Disney Animation feature, The Wild. Directed by Steve "Spaz" Williams (formerly of Industrial Light and Magic), the film required a score that would support the the large scale action, playful comedy, and tender emotional moments that were on screen. For the past few days, at the Todd AO Scoring Stage in Studio City, a 94-piece orchestra was led by Silvestri as he conducted the music to his score.

Alan Silvestri scores The Wild

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Composer Alan Silvestri was in Los Angeles this week, recording his score to the Walt Disney Animation feature, The Wild. Directed by Steve “Spaz” Williams (formerly of Industrial Light and Magic), the film required a score that would support the the large scale action, playful comedy, and tender emotional moments that were on screen. For the past few days, at the Todd AO Scoring Stage in Studio City, a 94-piece orchestra was led by Silvestri as he conducted the music to his score.

img 0088 | Composer Alan Silvestri was in Los Angeles this week, recording his score to the Walt Disney Animation feature, The Wild. Directed by Steve "Spaz" Williams (formerly of Industrial Light and Magic), the film required a score that would support the the large scale action, playful comedy, and tender emotional moments that were on screen. For the past few days, at the Todd AO Scoring Stage in Studio City, a 94-piece orchestra was led by Silvestri as he conducted the music to his score.
Alan Silvestri conducts the Hollywood Studio Symphony

Silvestri’s score was full of energy, and the orchestra blazed through the recording process. They worked so fast that they ended up finishing 1.5 days earlier than originally planned!

panorama 1 | Composer Alan Silvestri was in Los Angeles this week, recording his score to the Walt Disney Animation feature, The Wild. Directed by Steve "Spaz" Williams (formerly of Industrial Light and Magic), the film required a score that would support the the large scale action, playful comedy, and tender emotional moments that were on screen. For the past few days, at the Todd AO Scoring Stage in Studio City, a 94-piece orchestra was led by Silvestri as he conducted the music to his score.

img 0008 | Composer Alan Silvestri was in Los Angeles this week, recording his score to the Walt Disney Animation feature, The Wild. Directed by Steve "Spaz" Williams (formerly of Industrial Light and Magic), the film required a score that would support the the large scale action, playful comedy, and tender emotional moments that were on screen. For the past few days, at the Todd AO Scoring Stage in Studio City, a 94-piece orchestra was led by Silvestri as he conducted the music to his score.

img 0051 | Composer Alan Silvestri was in Los Angeles this week, recording his score to the Walt Disney Animation feature, The Wild. Directed by Steve "Spaz" Williams (formerly of Industrial Light and Magic), the film required a score that would support the the large scale action, playful comedy, and tender emotional moments that were on screen. For the past few days, at the Todd AO Scoring Stage in Studio City, a 94-piece orchestra was led by Silvestri as he conducted the music to his score.
The Hollywood Studio Symphony performs on The Wild

David Bifano was handling the click-track and pre-records on Logic, and score mixer Dennis Sands made sure that all of the various elements were balanced properly. Larry Mah was running the ProTools rig, to digitally record all of the music for further mixing, and Music Editor Ken Karman would make sure it all fit into the film.

img 0107a | Composer Alan Silvestri was in Los Angeles this week, recording his score to the Walt Disney Animation feature, The Wild. Directed by Steve "Spaz" Williams (formerly of Industrial Light and Magic), the film required a score that would support the the large scale action, playful comedy, and tender emotional moments that were on screen. For the past few days, at the Todd AO Scoring Stage in Studio City, a 94-piece orchestra was led by Silvestri as he conducted the music to his score.
Disney Music Executive Chris Montan, Alan Silvestri, and Score Mixer Dennis Sands

Silvestri has been scoring a lot of animation lately, with last year’s Oscar-nominated The Polar Express, and 2007’s Beowulf.The Wild will be released in theaters on April 14, 2006.

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dsc 4065 | This spring, composer Alan Silvestri recorded his score to the highly anticipated fantasy sequel, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. Reuniting with director Shawn Levy, Silvestri recorded his score at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox with a whopping 103-piece orchestra, and 18-person choir.

Alan Silvestri scores Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

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This spring, composer Alan Silvestri recorded his score to the highly anticipated fantasy sequel, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. Reuniting with director Shawn Levy, Silvestri recorded his score at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox with a whopping 103-piece orchestra, and 18-person choir.

dsc 4213 | This spring, composer Alan Silvestri recorded his score to the highly anticipated fantasy sequel, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. Reuniting with director Shawn Levy, Silvestri recorded his score at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox with a whopping 103-piece orchestra, and 18-person choir.
Alan Silvestri conducts the Hollywood Studio Symphony

dsc 4065 | This spring, composer Alan Silvestri recorded his score to the highly anticipated fantasy sequel, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. Reuniting with director Shawn Levy, Silvestri recorded his score at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox with a whopping 103-piece orchestra, and 18-person choir.
The celli section

Revisiting the themes from the 2006 hit film, Silvestri’s score is big, bold and dramatic. New themes have been written for new historical characters, and Silvestri was clearly having fun with the large ensemble expertly bringing his score to life.

dsc 4309 | This spring, composer Alan Silvestri recorded his score to the highly anticipated fantasy sequel, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. Reuniting with director Shawn Levy, Silvestri recorded his score at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox with a whopping 103-piece orchestra, and 18-person choir.
The brass section

pano orch 6 | This spring, composer Alan Silvestri recorded his score to the highly anticipated fantasy sequel, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. Reuniting with director Shawn Levy, Silvestri recorded his score at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox with a whopping 103-piece orchestra, and 18-person choir.
Alan Silvestri reworks a cue as score coordinator David Bifano and music librarian Mark Graham watch

dsc 4217 | This spring, composer Alan Silvestri recorded his score to the highly anticipated fantasy sequel, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. Reuniting with director Shawn Levy, Silvestri recorded his score at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox with a whopping 103-piece orchestra, and 18-person choir.
Music librarian Mark Graham, director Shawn Levy, and composer Alan Silvestri discuss a cue

Orchestrated by Abe Libbos and John Ashton Thomas, the score was mixed by Silvestri’s long-time collaborator Dennis Sands.

dsc 4167 | This spring, composer Alan Silvestri recorded his score to the highly anticipated fantasy sequel, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. Reuniting with director Shawn Levy, Silvestri recorded his score at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox with a whopping 103-piece orchestra, and 18-person choir.
Orchestrator Abe Libbos talks with scoring mixer Dennis Sands

dsc 4048 | This spring, composer Alan Silvestri recorded his score to the highly anticipated fantasy sequel, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. Reuniting with director Shawn Levy, Silvestri recorded his score at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox with a whopping 103-piece orchestra, and 18-person choir.
The Hollywood Studio Symphony performs on Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

dsc 4313 | This spring, composer Alan Silvestri recorded his score to the highly anticipated fantasy sequel, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. Reuniting with director Shawn Levy, Silvestri recorded his score at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox with a whopping 103-piece orchestra, and 18-person choir.

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian will be released by 20th Century Fox on May 22, 2009.

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dsc 6074 | This past week, composer Alan Silvestri was at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox recording his score to the upcoming Ben Stiller adventure comedy, Night at the Museum. The film, directed by Shawn Levy, is about a man who takes a job at a museum - only to discover that at night, the exhibits come to life. Along with Stiller, the film stars Ricky Gervais, Robin Williams, Dick Van Dyke, and Mickey Rooney.

Alan Silvestri scores Night at the Museum

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This past week, composer Alan Silvestri was at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox recording his score to the upcoming Ben Stiller adventure comedy, Night at the Museum. The film, directed by Shawn Levy, is about a man who takes a job at a museum – only to discover that at night, the exhibits come to life. Along with Stiller, the film stars Ricky Gervais, Robin Williams, Dick Van Dyke, and Mickey Rooney.

dsc 6092 | This past week, composer Alan Silvestri was at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox recording his score to the upcoming Ben Stiller adventure comedy, Night at the Museum. The film, directed by Shawn Levy, is about a man who takes a job at a museum - only to discover that at night, the exhibits come to life. Along with Stiller, the film stars Ricky Gervais, Robin Williams, Dick Van Dyke, and Mickey Rooney.

For his score to the film, Silvestri conducted a 101-piece orchestra, which included eight French horns and six percussionists. A choir was also recorded later in the week, heightening the dramatic adventurous material.

dsc 6074 | This past week, composer Alan Silvestri was at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox recording his score to the upcoming Ben Stiller adventure comedy, Night at the Museum. The film, directed by Shawn Levy, is about a man who takes a job at a museum - only to discover that at night, the exhibits come to life. Along with Stiller, the film stars Ricky Gervais, Robin Williams, Dick Van Dyke, and Mickey Rooney.

Based in Carmel in Northern California, Silvestri had a mobile studio brought down to Fox so that he could continue working and writing on the score, making any necessary adjustments and changes in an identical setup to his home studio.

dsc 6136 | This past week, composer Alan Silvestri was at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox recording his score to the upcoming Ben Stiller adventure comedy, Night at the Museum. The film, directed by Shawn Levy, is about a man who takes a job at a museum - only to discover that at night, the exhibits come to life. Along with Stiller, the film stars Ricky Gervais, Robin Williams, Dick Van Dyke, and Mickey Rooney.

The score was orchestrated by Dave Slonaker, Conrad Pope and John Ashton Thomas, with mixing duties handled by Dennis Sands, and music editing by Ken Karman.

dsc 6064 | This past week, composer Alan Silvestri was at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox recording his score to the upcoming Ben Stiller adventure comedy, Night at the Museum. The film, directed by Shawn Levy, is about a man who takes a job at a museum - only to discover that at night, the exhibits come to life. Along with Stiller, the film stars Ricky Gervais, Robin Williams, Dick Van Dyke, and Mickey Rooney.

Night at the Museum will be released by 20th Century Fox on December 22, 2006.

dsc 6118 | This past week, composer Alan Silvestri was at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox recording his score to the upcoming Ben Stiller adventure comedy, Night at the Museum. The film, directed by Shawn Levy, is about a man who takes a job at a museum - only to discover that at night, the exhibits come to life. Along with Stiller, the film stars Ricky Gervais, Robin Williams, Dick Van Dyke, and Mickey Rooney.
Alan Silvestri thanks the Hollywood Studio Symphony for their efforts

Special thanks to Rebecca Morellato and Danielle Diego at Fox Music.

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dsc 5428 | Composer Alan Silvestri recently completely his score to the upcoming summer action film, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Directed by Stephen Sommers, the film marks the third collaboration between Silvestri and Sommers, following The Mummy Returns and Van Helsing. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sienna Miller, Christopher Eccleston and Arnold Vosloo.

Alan Silvestri scores G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

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Composer Alan Silvestri recently completely his score to the upcoming summer action film, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Directed by Stephen Sommers, the film marks the third collaboration between Silvestri and Sommers, following The Mummy Returns and Van Helsing. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sienna Miller, Christopher Eccleston and Arnold Vosloo.

dsc 5432 | Composer Alan Silvestri recently completely his score to the upcoming summer action film, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Directed by Stephen Sommers, the film marks the third collaboration between Silvestri and Sommers, following The Mummy Returns and Van Helsing. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sienna Miller, Christopher Eccleston and Arnold Vosloo.
Alan Silvestri conducts G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Recording for the film first started early, with Silvestri recording music for the film at the Sony Scoring Stage in January of this year. After the post production process moved forward a bit, with newer edits of the film available, another round of scoring took place at the Newman Scoring Stage at 20th Century Fox in late April, which we were able to attend.

dsc 5522 | Composer Alan Silvestri recently completely his score to the upcoming summer action film, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Directed by Stephen Sommers, the film marks the third collaboration between Silvestri and Sommers, following The Mummy Returns and Van Helsing. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sienna Miller, Christopher Eccleston and Arnold Vosloo.
Alan Silvestri conducts the Hollywood Studio Symphony

dsc 5437 | Composer Alan Silvestri recently completely his score to the upcoming summer action film, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Directed by Stephen Sommers, the film marks the third collaboration between Silvestri and Sommers, following The Mummy Returns and Van Helsing. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sienna Miller, Christopher Eccleston and Arnold Vosloo.

Conducting a 90-piece ensemble of the Hollywood Studio Symphony, Silvestri’s music contains strong heroic brass themes, big and epic moments, driving action, and even some contemporary rock elements with electric guitar, percussion and synths. The orchestral percussion was so loud that most of the time they had to record them separately from the orchestra, with different passes for the various instrumental groups. Eight French horns, two pianos and two harps added to the walloping soundscape.

dsc 5428 | Composer Alan Silvestri recently completely his score to the upcoming summer action film, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Directed by Stephen Sommers, the film marks the third collaboration between Silvestri and Sommers, following The Mummy Returns and Van Helsing. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sienna Miller, Christopher Eccleston and Arnold Vosloo.
The brass section

dsc 5430 | Composer Alan Silvestri recently completely his score to the upcoming summer action film, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Directed by Stephen Sommers, the film marks the third collaboration between Silvestri and Sommers, following The Mummy Returns and Van Helsing. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sienna Miller, Christopher Eccleston and Arnold Vosloo.
The French horns

dsc 5474 | Composer Alan Silvestri recently completely his score to the upcoming summer action film, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Directed by Stephen Sommers, the film marks the third collaboration between Silvestri and Sommers, following The Mummy Returns and Van Helsing. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sienna Miller, Christopher Eccleston and Arnold Vosloo.
Director Stephen Sommers watches Alan Silvestri conduct G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Scoring mixer Dennis Sands, who has been a longtime collaborator with Silvestri, recorded and mixed the January session, but was unable to attend the April ones due to a scheduling conflict – filling in for him was Steve Kempster. In the booth, director Sommers and editor/producer Bob Ducsay were very hands on in terms of explaining to Silvestri what they wanted – and Silvestri delivered, making changes on the stand, and even rewriting a cue during the musician’s breaks – all by hand with pencil and paper.

dsc 5654 | Composer Alan Silvestri recently completely his score to the upcoming summer action film, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Directed by Stephen Sommers, the film marks the third collaboration between Silvestri and Sommers, following The Mummy Returns and Van Helsing. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sienna Miller, Christopher Eccleston and Arnold Vosloo.
Director Stephen Sommers discusses a scene with composer Alan Silvestri

dsc 5454 | Composer Alan Silvestri recently completely his score to the upcoming summer action film, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Directed by Stephen Sommers, the film marks the third collaboration between Silvestri and Sommers, following The Mummy Returns and Van Helsing. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sienna Miller, Christopher Eccleston and Arnold Vosloo.
Orchestrator Abe Libbos and scoring mixer Steve Kempster

The music was orchestrated by John Ashton Thomas, Dave Metzger and Abe Libbos, and Libbos was on hand at the sessions to give feedback and notes from the booth. Music editor Ken Karman, as well as assistant music editor Jeannie Lee Marks and ProTools recordist Larry Mah, were also supporting Silvestri from the booth. Off to the side, in the isolation booth, a Logic rig had been set up, where score coordinator David Bifano handled the pre-record playback, coming live off of Silvestri’s writing rig – allowing for on-the-fly modifications. A final pick-up date was recorded earlier this week at Fox with scoring mixer Dennis Sands back at the helm.

pano booth 1 | Composer Alan Silvestri recently completely his score to the upcoming summer action film, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Directed by Stephen Sommers, the film marks the third collaboration between Silvestri and Sommers, following The Mummy Returns and Van Helsing. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sienna Miller, Christopher Eccleston and Arnold Vosloo.
Director Stephen Sommers, orchestrator Abe Libbos, score coordinator Dave Bifano, assistant music editor Jeannie Lee Marks, music editor Ken Karma, editor/producer Bob Ducsay, composer Alan Silvestri and scoring mixer Steve Kempster

dsc 5674 1 | Composer Alan Silvestri recently completely his score to the upcoming summer action film, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Directed by Stephen Sommers, the film marks the third collaboration between Silvestri and Sommers, following The Mummy Returns and Van Helsing. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sienna Miller, Christopher Eccleston and Arnold Vosloo.
Director Stephen Sommers, composer Alan Silvestri and editor/producer Bob Ducsay

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra will be released from Paramount Pictures on August 7th, 2009, and a soundtrack release is coming from Varese Sarabande on August 4th.

pano orch 1 | Composer Alan Silvestri recently completely his score to the upcoming summer action film, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Directed by Stephen Sommers, the film marks the third collaboration between Silvestri and Sommers, following The Mummy Returns and Van Helsing. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Rachel Nichols, Ray Park, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Sienna Miller, Christopher Eccleston and Arnold Vosloo.

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