Howard Shore Movies and TV Shows

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.

Movie Credits

Howard Shore has appeared in 12 movies.

These include 100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story, Creating the Lord of the Rings Symphony, Scoring the Silence, Ed Wood: The Theremin, Gilda Live, Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs', Score: A Film Music Documentary, Citizens of Cosmopolis, People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia', The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz, The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

TV Credits

Howard Shore has appeared in 1 TV Series.

These include Saturday Night Live.

Production Credits

Howard Shore has 93 production credits.

Sound

Credited for Original Music Composer in 83 shows - I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses, The Brood, Scanners, Videodrome, Nothing Lasts Forever, After Hours, The Fly, Heaven, Nadine, Big, Dead Ringers, Signs of Life, An Innocent Man, The Lemon Sisters, She-Devil, Made in Milan, The Silence of the Lambs, A Kiss Before Dying, Naked Lunch, Prelude to a Kiss, Single White Female, Sliver, Guilty as Sin, M. Butterfly, Mrs. Doubtfire, Philadelphia, The Client, Ed Wood, Nobody's Fool, Se7en, Moonlight and Valentino, White Man's Burden, Before and After, The Truth About Cats & Dogs, Striptease, Crash, That Thing You Do!, Looking for Richard, Cop Land, The Game, Gloria, Analyze This, eXistenZ, Dogma, High Fidelity, The Yards, The Cell, Camera, Esther Kahn, The Score, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Panic Room, Spider, Gangs of New York, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Aviator, Lord of the Brush, A History of Violence, The Departed, The Last Mimzy, Eastern Promises, To Each His Own Cinema, Doubt, Edge of Darkness, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, A Dangerous Method, Hugo, Cosmopolis, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, The Ephemerol Diaries: An Interview with Stephen Lack, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Maps to the Stars, Rosewater, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Spotlight, Denial, The Catcher Was a Spy, The Song of Names, The Lost Prince, Funny Boy, Pieces of a Woman and Crimes of the Future.

Credited for Music in 3 shows - Fire with Fire, The Local Stigmatic and The Pale Blue Eye.

Credited for Main Title Theme Composer in 1 show - The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

Credited for Orchestrator in 2 shows - The Yards and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

Credited for Conductor in 2 shows - The Yards and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.

Crew

Credited for Additional Music in 1 show - Places in the Heart.

Production

Credited for Producer in 1 show - Funny Boy.

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