Marco Beltrami (born October 7, 1966) is an American composer and conductor of film and television scores. He has worked in a number of genres, including horror ('' Scream'', '' Mimic, The Faculty, Resident Evil,

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, A Quiet Place''), action ('' Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Live Free or Die Hard, World War Z''),

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( ''I, Robot'', '' Snowpiercer''), Western ('' 3:10 to Yuma, Jonah Hex, The Homesman''), and

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(''

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, The Wolverine,

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''). A long-time collaborator of Wes Craven, Beltrami scored seven of the director's films including the original four Craven-directed films in the '' Scream'' franchise (1996–2011). He has also worked with such directors as

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, Guillermo del Toro,

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, Alex Proyas,

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, Kathryn Bigelow,

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, Dan Gilroy, and John Krasinski. He has been nominated for two

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for '' 3:10 to Yuma'' (2007) and ''

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'' (2008), and a

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for ''A Quiet Place'' (2018). He won a Satellite Award for ''

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'' (2011) and an

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for '' Free Solo'' (2018).

Early life

Beltrami was born on

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, New York, of Italian and Greek descent. He attended Ward Melville High School, and afterwards, graduated from

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and studied at the Yale School of Music, and then moved west to the USC Thornton School of Music in Los Angeles, where he studied under composer

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Career

A few classical commissions and USC student films aside, Beltrami scored his first feature in 1994, the thriller ''Death Match'' for director Joe Coppolletta, and reached a higher level of public acclaim in 1996 when he wrote the score for Wes Craven's smash hit shocker '' Scream''. Since then, Beltrami has become firmly entrenched as a composer of choice for the horror/thriller and action genre, with the Scream sequels and hit films such as '' Mimic'' (1997), '' The Faculty'' (1998), '' Angel Eyes'' (2001), '' Joy Ride'' (2001), '' Resident Evil'' (2002), which he co-composed with Marilyn Manson, ''

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'' (2002), ''

'' (2004), ''

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'' (2004) and '' Red Eye'' (2005) featuring prominently in his resume. Apart from horror/thriller and action, he also scores certain

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s such as '' The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys'' and

' '' The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada''. He was nominated for an

for his score for the film '' David and Lisa'' in 1998, indicating a desire to spread his musical wings beyond the bounds of his genre pigeonholing. He has composed the recent entries in the '' Die Hard'' saga, '' Live Free or Die Hard'' and '' A Good Day to Die Hard'', taking over from

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from whom Beltrami used some of the original themes from the previous three films due to Kamen's death in 2003. Beltrami earned an

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nomination for his work on

's acclaimed 2007 western remake, '' 3:10 to Yuma''. Despite having met a mixed critical response, he was also nominated, alongside Buck Sanders, for the 2010 Academy Award for Best Original Score for his score to ''

''. In 2011, he was met with critical praise and won a

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for his score to the drama film ''

''. Beltrami composed the soundtrack for Pierce Brosnan's 2014 spy film '' November Man''. He co-composed the score for the 2015 '' Fantastic Four'' film with Philip Glass. Beltrami's signature style is based around highly percussive texture. He often employs both traditional percussive instruments such as

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s, as well as violins and brass instruments, forming layers of hits and stabs.

Collaborations

Beltrami has worked repeatedly with such directors as Wes Craven,

, Guillermo del Toro,

, Alex Proyas, Len Wiseman, John Moore, Jonathan Levine, and John Krasinski. He has also worked with other musicians, including Marilyn Manson (for '' Resident Evil''). It was reported in October 2002 on Beltrami's official website that he had worked on orchestral arrangements for "Thyme", "The General" and "Elvis Presley and the Monster of Soul" (also known as "Leave Me Alone") from the then-unreleased Guns N' Roses album '' Chinese Democracy''. While none of those tracks appear on the final track listing of the album, they were confirmed as being recorded during the sessions with a chance of release in the future. However, he was credited officially for providing arrangements on " Street of Dreams", "

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", "There Was a Time", "This I Love" and "

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". "Chinese Democracy" is also the name of a track on Beltrami's score for ''3:10 to Yuma''.

Credits

Film

Television

Video games

Actor

Awards and nominations

Industry awards

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Primetime Emmy Awards

AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score * 2016: ''Gods of Egypt'' (nominated)

César Award for Best Original Music This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Original Music (french: link=no, César de la meilleure musique originale). Before 2000, the award was called "César Award for Best Music". With three awards out of ten nominat ...

* 2009: ''Mesrine'' (nominated) Cinema Eye Honors Award for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Score * 2019: ''Free Solo'' (nominated) Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Score * 1998: ''Mimic'' (nominated) * 2002: ''Joy Ride'' (nominated) * 2005: ''Hellboy'' (nominated) * 2013: ''The Woman in Black'' (nominated) Fright Meter Award for Best Score * 2012: ''The Woman in Black'' (nominated) * 2018: ''A Quiet Place'' (nominated) Grand Bell Award for Best Music * 2013: ''Snowpiercer'' (nominated) Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score * 2018: ''Free Solo'' (nominated) * 2019: ''Ford v. Ferrari'' (won)

* 2011: ''Soul Surfer'' (won) * 2019: ''Ford v. Ferrari'' (nominated)

Critics awards

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* 2008: ''3:10 to Yuma'' (nominated) Denver Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Score * 2019: ''A Quiet Place'' (nominated) Film Critics Circle of Australia Award for Best Music * 2017: ''Gods of Egypt'' (nominated) Hawaii Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Score * 2019: ''A Quiet Place'' (nominated) Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Score * 2008: ''3:10 to Yuma'' (nominated)

References

External links

Personal website
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