Howard Shore

Howard Shore

  • Birthday: 1946-10-18
  • Place of birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Also know as: Howard Leslie Shore

Biography

Howard Leslie Shore OC (born October 18, 1946) is a Canadian composer and conductor noted for his film scores. He has composed the scores for over 80 films, most notably the scores 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, with one being 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 is also a consistent collaborator with director David Cronenberg, having scored all but one of his films since 1979. Shore has also composed a few 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 Academy Awards, Shore has also won three Golden Globe Awards and four Grammy Awards.

Filmography

Production

Places in the Heart

1984

As Additional Music

Funny Boy

2020

As Producer

A History of Violence

2005

As Original Music Composer

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2002

As Original Music Composer

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003

As Original Music Composer

High Fidelity

2000

As Original Music Composer

Ed Wood

1994

As Original Music Composer

Mrs. Doubtfire

1993

As Original Music Composer

Se7en

1995

As Original Music Composer

Sliver

1993

As Original Music Composer

Crash

1996

As Original Music Composer

Videodrome

1983

As Original Music Composer

M. Butterfly

1993

As Original Music Composer

Dogma

1999

As Original Music Composer

eXistenZ

1999

As Original Music Composer

Cop Land

1997

As Original Music Composer

Eastern Promises

2007

As Original Music Composer

The Last Mimzy

2007

As Original Music Composer

Big

1988

As Original Music Composer

Prelude to a Kiss

1992

As Original Music Composer

The Aviator

2004

As Original Music Composer

The Game

1997

As Original Music Composer

Naked Lunch

1991

As Original Music Composer

Gangs of New York

2002

As Original Music Composer

After Hours

1985

As Original Music Composer

She-Devil

1989

As Original Music Composer

The Score

2001

As Original Music Composer

Nobody's Fool

1994

As Original Music Composer

The Cell

2000

As Original Music Composer

The Fly

1986

As Original Music Composer

Scanners

1981

As Original Music Composer

Analyze This

1999

As Original Music Composer

Single White Female

1992

As Original Music Composer

That Thing You Do!

1996

As Original Music Composer

Spider

2002

As Original Music Composer

Philadelphia

1993

As Original Music Composer

The Brood

1979

As Original Music Composer

Hugo

2011

As Original Music Composer

A Dangerous Method

2011

As Original Music Composer

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2012

As Original Music Composer

Cosmopolis

2012

As Original Music Composer

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2013

As Original Music Composer

Nothing Lasts Forever

1984

As Original Music Composer

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

2014

As Original Music Composer

I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses

1978

As Original Music Composer

Maps to the Stars

2014

As Original Music Composer

Dead Ringers

1988

As Original Music Composer

The Silence of the Lambs

1991

As Original Music Composer

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

2010

As Original Music Composer

Spotlight

2015

As Original Music Composer

The Client

1994

As Original Music Composer

Made in Milan

1990

As Original Music Composer

Striptease

1996

As Original Music Composer

Nadine

1987

As Original Music Composer

The Truth About Cats & Dogs

1996

As Original Music Composer

Edge of Darkness

2010

As Original Music Composer

An Innocent Man

1989

As Original Music Composer

Gloria

1999

As Original Music Composer

The Song of Names

2019

As Original Music Composer

Moonlight and Valentino

1995

As Original Music Composer

Before and After

1996

As Original Music Composer

The Departed

2006

As Original Music Composer

Pieces of a Woman

2020

As Original Music Composer

Funny Boy

2020

As Original Music Composer

Denial

2016

As Original Music Composer

Rosewater

2014

As Original Music Composer

Doubt

2008

As Original Music Composer

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

As Original Music Composer

Lord of the Brush

2005

As Original Music Composer

Panic Room

2002

As Original Music Composer

The Yards

2000

As Original Music Composer

Esther Kahn

2000

As Original Music Composer

Camera

2000

As Original Music Composer

Looking for Richard

1996

As Original Music Composer

White Man's Burden

1995

As Original Music Composer

Guilty as Sin

1993

As Original Music Composer

A Kiss Before Dying

1991

As Original Music Composer

The Lemon Sisters

1989

As Original Music Composer

Heaven

1987

As Original Music Composer

Crimes of the Future

2022

As Original Music Composer

The Catcher Was a Spy

2018

As Original Music Composer

Fire with Fire

1986

As Music

Signs of Life

1989

As Original Music Composer

The Pale Blue Eye

2022

As Music

The Yards

2000

As Conductor

The Yards

2000

As Orchestrator

The Lost Prince

2020

As Original Music Composer

The Local Stigmatic

1990

As Music

Drift

2023

As Original Music Composer

The Fly

1986

As Conductor

A Kiss Before Dying

1991

As Conductor

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