Marco Beltrami
Marco Beltrami, born on October 7, 1966, in Long Island, New York, is an acclaimed American composer known for his work in film and television scores. He has contributed to a wide array of genres, including horror, action, science fiction, Western, and superhero films. Beltrami's notable works in horror include scoring the Scream series, Mimic, The Faculty, Resident Evil, and A Quiet Place. In action and science fiction, he has composed for films like Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Live Free or Die Hard, I, Robot, and Snowpiercer. His Western scores include 3:10 to Yuma, for which he received an Academy Award nomination, and The Homesman.
Beltrami's collaborations with directors such as Wes Craven, James Mangold, and Guillermo del Toro have been significant in his career. He has been recognized with two Academy Award nominations for 3:10 to Yuma and The Hurt Locker, and a Golden Globe nomination for A Quiet Place. Additionally, he won a Satellite Award for Soul Surfer and an Emmy Award for Free Solo.
Beltrami's early life was marked by his Italian and Greek heritage. He attended Ward Melville High School, graduated from Brown University, and studied at the Yale School of Music and USC Thornton School of Music under Jerry Goldsmith. His career began with scoring the 1994 thriller Death Match, and he gained prominence with his score for the 1996 film Scream. Beltrami continues to be a prolific composer, recently working on a true-crime documentary score with his son Tristan.
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