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Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard

Composer Alan Silvestri and songwriter Glen Ballard choose their Tracks Of My Years and the pair's latest collaboration includes working on 'Back To The Future - The Musical'.

Emmy and Grammy Award-winning composer Alan Silvestri and six-time Grammy Award-winning songwriter Glen Ballard choose their Tracks of My Years. The musical pair's latest collaboration includes new music and lyrics for 'Back To The Future - The Musical'. The musical’s out-of-town opening at Manchester Opera House in March 2020 received an incredible reaction from critics and the public alike, but was cut short when theatres were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic exactly a year ago. It is now up and running again in London's West End.

'Back to the Future' the movie was originally released in 1985, starring Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly and Christopher Lloyd as Dr Emmett Brown. The film grossed Β£279 million at the box office worldwide and the total box office for all three films in the Back to the Future franchise was a staggering Β£675 million which is around Β£1.3 billion in today's money.

Glen has in the past worked with Aretha Franklin, Van Halen, Aerosmith and Katy Perry, to name a few. He co-wrote and produced the multi-platinum 'Jagged Little Pill' for Alanis Morissette, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.

Alan is Back To The Future creator Bob Zemeckis' right hand man and has scored for all three films in the series, as well as 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit,' 'Death Becomes Her', 'Forrest Gump', 'Cast Away' and 'The Polar Express'. He won two Grammy Awards for β€˜Believe’ from The Polar Express, and for 'Cast Away'.

57 minutes

Last on

Sun 12 Sep 2021 05:00

Music Played

  • The Beatles

    If I Fell

    • A Hard Day's Night.
    • Parlophone.
    • 3.
  • Dionne Warwick

    Do You Know the Way to San Jose

    • The Love Songs Of Burt Bacharach.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Steely Dan

    Rikki Don't Lose That Number

    • A Decade Of Steely Dan.
    • MCA.
  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Purple Haze

  • Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

    Born To Run

    • Born To Run.
    • CBS.
  • Michael Jackson

    Thriller

    • Diana-Michael-Gladys-Stevie (Compilat.
    • Priority.
  • Chaka Khan

    Ain't Nobody

    • (CD Single).
    • Reprise.
  • Oasis

    Wonderwall

  • Katy Perry

    Firework

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
    • 1.
  • Steve Perry

    Oh Sherrie

    • Street Life.
    • Columbia.
    • 1.
  • Huey Lewis and the News

    The Power Of Love

    • Huey Lewis & The News - Fore!.
    • Chrysalis.

Broadcast

  • Sun 12 Sep 2021 05:00