Howard Shore
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1946-10-18 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Howard Shore
Biography
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2025)
(2023)
(2023)
(2017)
(2012)
Citizens of Cosmopolis
as Self
(2011)
(2006)
Scoring the Silence
as Self
(2005)
(2005)
(2004)
(2004)
(2004)
(2004)
Ed Wood: The Theremin
as Self - Composer
(2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
as Drinking Rohan Soldier (uncredited)
(2002)
(2001)
(1980)
Gilda Live
as The Candy Slice Group
Crew
(2025)
The Shrouds
Original Music Composer
(2023)
Drift
Original Music Composer
(2023)
(2023)
Howard Shore Weekend - Eastern Promises
Compositor
(2022)
Crimes of the Future
Original Music Composer
(2022)
(2022)
The Pale Blue Eye
Original Music Composer
(2020)
The Lost Prince
Original Music Composer
(2020)
Pieces of a Woman
Original Music Composer
(2020)
Funny Boy
Original Music Composer, Producer
(2019)
The Song of Names
Original Music Composer
(2018)
The Catcher Was a Spy
Original Music Composer
(2016)
Denial
Original Music Composer
(2015)
Spotlight
Original Music Composer
(2014)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Original Music Composer
(2014)
Maps to the Stars
Original Music Composer
(2014)
Rosewater
Original Music Composer
(2013)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Original Music Composer
(2012)
Cosmopolis
Original Music Composer
(2012)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Original Music Composer, Conductor, Orchestrator
(2012)
The Ephemerol Diaries: An Interview with Stephen Lack
Original Music Composer
(2011)
Hugo
Original Music Composer
(2011)
A Dangerous Method
Original Music Composer
(2010)
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Original Music Composer
(2010)
Edge of Darkness
Original Music Composer
(2008)
Doubt
Original Music Composer
(2008)
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
Original Music Composer
(2007)
Eastern Promises
Original Music Composer
(2007)
The Last Mimzy
Original Music Composer
(2007)
To Each His Own Cinema
Original Music Composer
(2006)
The Departed
Original Music Composer
(2005)
A History of Violence
Original Music Composer
(2005)
Lord of the Brush
Original Music Composer
(2004)
The Aviator
Original Music Composer
(2004)
(2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Original Music Composer
(2003)
(2002)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Original Music Composer
(2002)
Gangs of New York
Original Music Composer
(2002)
Spider
Original Music Composer
(2002)
Panic Room
Original Music Composer
(2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Original Music Composer
(2001)
The Score
Original Music Composer, Conductor, Orchestrator
(2000)
High Fidelity
Original Music Composer, Conductor, Music Arranger
(2000)
The Cell
Original Music Composer
(2000)
The Yards
Conductor, Orchestrator, Original Music Composer
(2000)
Esther Kahn
Original Music Composer
(2000)
Camera
Original Music Composer
(1999)
Dogma
Original Music Composer
(1999)
eXistenZ
Original Music Composer
(1999)
Analyze This
Original Music Composer
(1999)
Gloria
Original Music Composer
(1997)
The Game
Original Music Composer
(1997)
Cop Land
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Crash
Original Music Composer
(1996)
That Thing You Do!
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Striptease
Original Music Composer
(1996)
The Truth About Cats & Dogs
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Before and After
Original Music Composer
(1996)
Looking for Richard
Original Music Composer
(1995)
Se7en
Original Music Composer
(1995)
Moonlight and Valentino
Original Music Composer
(1995)
White Man's Burden
Original Music Composer
(1994)
Ed Wood
Original Music Composer
(1994)
Nobody's Fool
Original Music Composer
(1994)
The Client
Original Music Composer
(1993)
M. Butterfly
Original Music Composer
(1993)
Mrs. Doubtfire
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
(1993)
Sliver
Original Music Composer
(1993)
Philadelphia
Original Music Composer
(1993)
Guilty as Sin
Original Music Composer
(1992)
Prelude to a Kiss
Original Music Composer
(1992)
Single White Female
Original Music Composer
(1991)
Naked Lunch
Original Music Composer
(1991)
The Silence of the Lambs
Original Music Composer
(1991)
A Kiss Before Dying
Conductor, Original Music Composer
(1990)
Made in Milan
Original Music Composer
(1990)
The Local Stigmatic
Original Music Composer
(1989)
She-Devil
Original Music Composer
(1989)
Signs of Life
Original Music Composer
(1989)
An Innocent Man
Original Music Composer
(1989)
The Lemon Sisters
Original Music Composer
(1988)
Big
Original Music Composer
(1988)
Dead Ringers
Original Music Composer
(1987)
Nadine
Original Music Composer
(1987)
Heaven
Original Music Composer
(1986)
The Fly
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1986)
Fire with Fire
Music
(1985)
After Hours
Original Music Composer
(1984)
Nothing Lasts Forever
Original Music Composer
(1984)
Places in the Heart
Additional Music
(1983)
Videodrome
Original Music Composer
(1981)
Scanners
Original Music Composer
(1980)
Gilda Live
Musician, Music Director
(1979)
The Brood
Original Music Composer
(1978)
I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses
Original Music Composer