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Howard Shore

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Known For

78 Years Old

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.

Born

Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 18th October 1946

All Credits

Saturday Night Live Image
Saturday Night Live
Self - Bandleader
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Image
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Drinking Rohan Soldier (uncredited)
Reunited Apart Image
Reunited Apart
Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music Image
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self
Score: A Film Music Documentary Image
Score: A Film Music Documentary
Self
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Citizens of Cosmopolis
Self
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' Image
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
Self
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia' Image
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
Self
The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring Image
The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring
Self
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music Image
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
Self
Gilda Live Image
Gilda Live
The Candy Slice Group
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' Image
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story Image
100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story
Self
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz Image
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Self
Scoring the Silence Image
Scoring the Silence
Self
Ed Wood: The Theremin Image
Ed Wood: The Theremin
Self - Composer
Howard Shore Weekend - Eastern Promises Image
Howard Shore Weekend - Eastern Promises
Howard Shore Weekend  - The Lord of the Rings Image
Howard Shore Weekend - The Lord of the Rings
Howard Shore: A Composer's Dream Image
Howard Shore: A Composer's Dream
Self
Creating the Lord of the Rings Symphony Image
Creating the Lord of the Rings Symphony
Self