American film composer (born 1966)
Musical artist
Marco Beltrami
(born October 7, 1966) is an American composer of film and television scores. He has worked in a number of genres, including
horror
(
Scream
,
Mimic
,
The Faculty
,
Resident Evil
,
The Woman in Black
,
Carrie
,
A Quiet Place
, and
The Nun II
),
action
(
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
,
Live Free or Die Hard
,
World War Z
),
science fiction
(
I, Robot
,
Snowpiercer
),
Western
(
3:10 to Yuma
,
Jonah Hex
,
The Homesman
), and
superhero
(
Hellboy
,
The Wolverine
,
Logan
,
Venom: Let There Be Carnage
).
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
James Mangold
,
Guillermo del Toro
,
Tommy Lee Jones
,
Alex Proyas
,
Ole Bornedal
,
Kathryn Bigelow
,
Bong Joon-ho
,
Dan Gilroy
, and
John Krasinski
. He has been nominated for two
Academy Awards
for
3:10 to Yuma
(2007) and
The Hurt Locker
(2008), and a
Golden Globe Award
for
A Quiet Place
(2018). He won a
Satellite Award
for
Soul Surfer
(2011) and an
Emmy Award
for
Free Solo
(2018).
Early life
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Beltrami was born on
Long Island
, New York, of Italian and Greek descent.
[1]
He attended Ward Melville High School, and afterwards, graduated from
Brown University
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
Jerry Goldsmith
.
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Career
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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
,
Blade II
(2002),
Hellboy
(2004),
I, Robot
(2004), and
Red Eye
(2005) featuring prominently in his resume. Apart from horror/thriller and action, he also scores certain
independent films
such as
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys
and
Tommy Lee Jones
'
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
. He was nominated for an
Emmy Award
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
Michael Kamen
from whom Beltrami used some of the original themes from the previous three films due to Kamen's death in 2003. Beltrami earned an
Academy Award
nomination for his work on
James Mangold
'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
The Hurt Locker
.
[3]
In 2011, he was met with critical praise and won a
Satellite Award for Best Original Score
for his score to the drama film
Soul Surfer
.
[4]
Beltrami composed the soundtrack for
Pierce Brosnan
's 2014 spy film
November Man
.
[5]
He co-composed the score for the 2015
Fantastic Four
film with
Philip Glass
.
[6]
Beltrami's signature style is based around highly
percussive
texture. He often employs both traditional percussive instruments such as
bass drums
, as well as violins and brass instruments, forming layers of hits and stabs.
Collaborations
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Beltrami has worked repeatedly with such directors as
Wes Craven
,
James Mangold
,
Guillermo del Toro
,
Tommy Lee Jones
,
Alex Proyas
,
Len Wiseman
,
John Moore
,
Jean-Francois Richet
,
Jonathan Levine
, and
John Krasinski
.
[7]
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
.
[8]
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
", "
Madagascar
", "There Was a Time", "This I Love", and "
Prostitute
". "Chinese Democracy" is also the name of a track on Beltrami's score for
3:10 to Yuma
. In 2023 he was credited on the final single release of "The General".
[9]
Credits
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Film
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Television
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Video games
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Year
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Title
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Notes
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2017
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Fortnite
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Theme and additional music
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Actor
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Awards and nominations
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Industry awards
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Critics awards
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References
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"ScoreTrack.Net: Music for Movies - Exclusive interview with Marco Beltrami"
. Archived from
the original
on August 6, 2009
. Retrieved
March 21,
2011
.
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I, Robot "Two-disc Collector's Edition" DVD / Blu-ray isolated score with composer's commentary (transcription unavailable)
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Clemmensen, Christian (February 19, 2010).
"
The Hurt Locker
(Marco Beltrami)"
.
Filmtracks.com
. Retrieved
May 11,
2012
.
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Clemmensen, Christian (July 7, 2011).
"
Soul Surfer
(Marco Beltrami)"
.
Filmtracks.com
. Retrieved
May 11,
2012
.
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"Marco Beltrami Scoring 'November Man'
"
. Film Music Reporter. December 3, 2013.
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"Marco Beltrami to Score 'The Fantastic Four' Reboot"
. Film Music Reporter. January 6, 2015
. Retrieved
August 14,
2015
.
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Clemmensen, Christian.
"Marco Beltrami (1966?)"
.
Filmtracks.com
. Retrieved
May 11,
2012
.
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"2002: Chinese Whispers / 2002 / GNR Evolution - Guns N Roses Forum"
.
www.gnrevolution.com
.
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the general
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Sports, Dorna (March 17, 2023).
"MotoGP to debut new theme music and opening titles"
.
www.motogp.com
. Retrieved
March 23,
2023
.
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Navarro, Meagan (January 20, 2022).
"
'Scream' Filmmakers Reveal the Surprise Easter Egg Cameos You Didn't Notice! [Spoiler Interview]"
.
Bloody Disgusting
. Retrieved
January 22,
2022
.
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