A very talented musical composer. Born in 1968 in Fornese,
Italy. Provided the score for the
Scream trilogy, as well as
The Faculty,
Dracula 2000, the upcoming
American McGee's Alice movie and several others. A frequent collaborator with
Wes Craven, Beltrami's style of scoring is a mixture of
electronica and conventional orchestrial, with the occasional vocal thrown in for good measure. According to the
Scream DVD, Wes Craven's assistant was on the Internet looking up new composers when she heard of Beltrami and got contact information for him. The rest, as they say, is movie history.
Personally I think his best work comes from the
Scream score, especially some of the bits used in the movie but not released on the score CD. Also, his "Trouble in Woodsboro" (and later, "Trouble in Windsor") is a fine example of how background music can add so much power to a scene (and it seems
Wes Craven thinks so too). I personally believe Beltrami's destined to be one of the great composers, ala
Danny Elfman,
John Williams, and
Silvestri.