Alan Silvestri - Suite from Grumpy Old Men

Tomorrow is my 65th birthday.  This is somewhat surprising, even if not unexpected - I like to say that 30 was the best 30 years of my life.  But I'm officially an Old Fart now.  At least I'm not (usually) grumpy.

And so to today's film music.  Alan Silvestri wrote what could have been a mid-19th Century overture for the 1993 film.  He was director Robert Zemeckis' go-to composer, writing the music for (among others) Back To The Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Forrest Gump (for which he scored an Oscar), Night At The Museum, and The Avengers.  Pretty good for a guy who showed up in Hollywood with $50 in his pocket, and who when he was offered to compose the music for his first film (some long-forgotten B-list flick) went out to the bookstore and got a book on how to compose.

I'd say he learned pretty darn well.