Marco Beltrami (b. 7th Oct 1966, New York) is an American film composer and conductor of Italian and Greek heritage who has produced music for many Hollywood blockbusters since the mid-90s. As a long-time artist's collaborator, Beltrami scored seven of his films, including the Scream franchise. He also repeatedly worked with other notable international filmmakers, including artist, artist, artist, and artist.
Beltrami graduated from Brown University and further studied at Yale University School Of Music. After relocating to Los Angeles, Marco continued his formal education at label under Jerry Goldsmith. The composer debuted in the mid-90s and reached a mainstream breakthrough by 1996 when he composed music for Wes Craven's iconic slasher Scream. He soon became a sought-after composer in horror/thriller and action genres, writing music for del Toro's Mimic (1997) and the '98 cult classic The Faculty directed by artist.
Among the notable Beltrami's 2000s contributions are his collaboration with Marilyn Manson (2) on the soundtrack for artist's Resident Evil (2002), del Toro's Hellboy, and I, Robot by Proyas in 2004. Marco Beltrami also scored certain independent films — for instance, artist's 2002 comedy-drama The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys or neo-Western The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) directed by artist. He then composed music for two most recent chapters in the Die Hard film series, Live Free Or Die Hard (2007) and A Good Day To Die Hard (2013), taking over artist, author of original three scores, who passed away in 2003.
Beltrami regularly works together with other Los Angeles film composers, most notably his assistant and co-producer artist, as well as artist, artist, and artist. Some of his one-off collaborators include a metal band artist — they created a soundtrack for Jonah Hex (2010) — or a renowned composer artist, with whom Beltrami co-composed the 896459 in 2015. He also created orchestral arrangements for five tracks on release album.
The composer received numerous industry and critics' awards over the years, including two Academy Awards nominations for "Best Original Score." In 2019, Beltrami got a Golden Globes nomination for 1400614 and won Primetime Emmy Awards for his 1645294.