Howard Shore

Known for SoundBorn 1946-10-18 (age 79)Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is a Canadian composer, conductor and orchestrator noted for his film scores. He has composed the scores for over 80 films, most notably for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies. He won three Academy Awards for his work on The Lord of the Rings, one for the song "Into the West", an award he shared with Eurythmics lead vocalist Annie Lennox and writer/producer Fran Walsh, who wrote the lyrics. He consistently collaborates with director David Cronenberg, having scored all but one of his films since 1979, and collaborated with Martin Scorsese on six of his films. Shore has also composed concert works including one opera, The Fly, based on the plot of Cronenberg's 1986 film, which premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on July 2, 2008; a short piece named Fanfare for the Wanamaker Organ and the Philadelphia Orchestra; and a short overture for the Swiss 21st Century Symphony Orchestra. Shore has also composed for television, including serving as the original musical director for the American sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live from 1975 to 1980. In addition to his three Oscars, Shore has won three Golden Globe Awards, four Grammy Awards, three Genie Awards, and nine Canadian Screen Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Howard Shore, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story

The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Se7en

The Silence of the Lambs

The Departed

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Spotlight

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening

Philadelphia

The Game

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special

Ed Wood

Eastern Promises

After Hours

Gangs of New York

Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'

Score: A Film Music Documentary

The Fly

Hugo

Doubt

The Aviator

Pieces of a Woman

Creating the Lord of the Rings Symphony

A History of Violence

Mrs. Doubtfire

High Fidelity

The Betrayal – Nerakhoon

Videodrome

Big

The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz

The Pale Blue Eye

Denial

Places in the Heart

Dead Ringers

Dogma

Naked Lunch

The Song of Names

That Thing You Do!

Nobody's Fool

Panic Room

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