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.
Creating the Lord of the Rings Symphony
(Self)
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
(Self)
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
(Self)
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
(Self)
Score: A Film Music Documentary
(Self)
Gilda Live
(The Candy Slice Group)
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
(Self)
Scoring the Silence
(Self)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(Drinking Rohan Soldier (uncredited))
100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story
(Self)
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
(Self)
Citizens of Cosmopolis
(Self)
Ed Wood: The Theremin
(Self - Composer)
The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring
(Self)
Saturday Night Live
(Self)
Saturday Night Live
(Self - Bandleader)
Reunited Apart
(Self)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
(Original Music Composer)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(Original Music Composer)
A History of Violence
(Original Music Composer)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(Original Music Composer)
High Fidelity
(Original Music Composer)
M. Butterfly
(Original Music Composer)
Ed Wood
(Original Music Composer)
Mrs. Doubtfire
(Original Music Composer)
Se7en
(Original Music Composer)
Dogma
(Original Music Composer)
The Aviator
(Original Music Composer)
Prelude to a Kiss
(Original Music Composer)
Videodrome
(Original Music Composer)
The Game
(Original Music Composer)
Sliver
(Original Music Composer)
Crash
(Original Music Composer)
Naked Lunch
(Original Music Composer)
eXistenZ
(Original Music Composer)
After Hours
(Original Music Composer)
Cop Land
(Original Music Composer)
She-Devil
(Original Music Composer)
Gangs of New York
(Original Music Composer)
Eastern Promises
(Original Music Composer)
The Last Mimzy
(Original Music Composer)
Big
(Original Music Composer)
The Score
(Original Music Composer)
Nobody's Fool
(Original Music Composer)
The Cell
(Original Music Composer)
The Fly
(Original Music Composer)
Philadelphia
(Original Music Composer)
Analyze This
(Original Music Composer)
Scanners
(Original Music Composer)
That Thing You Do!
(Original Music Composer)
Single White Female
(Original Music Composer)
Spider
(Original Music Composer)
The Brood
(Original Music Composer)
Crimes of the Future
(Original Music Composer)
Hugo
(Original Music Composer)
A Dangerous Method
(Original Music Composer)
Cosmopolis
(Original Music Composer)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
(Original Music Composer)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
(Original Music Composer)
The Catcher Was a Spy
(Original Music Composer)
Drift
(Original Music Composer)
Fire with Fire
(Music)
Nothing Lasts Forever
(Original Music Composer)
Signs of Life
(Original Music Composer)
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening
(Music)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
(Original Music Composer)
I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses
(Original Music Composer)
Maps to the Stars
(Original Music Composer)
Dead Ringers
(Original Music Composer)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
(Conductor)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
(Orchestrator)
The Silence of the Lambs
(Original Music Composer)
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
(Original Music Composer)
Spotlight
(Original Music Composer)
The Fly
(Conductor)
Made in Milan
(Original Music Composer)
The Client
(Original Music Composer)
Striptease
(Original Music Composer)
The Yards
(Conductor)
The Yards
(Orchestrator)
A Kiss Before Dying
(Conductor)
The Shrouds
(Original Music Composer)
The Pale Blue Eye
(Original Music Composer)
Places in the Heart
(Additional Music)
The Lost Prince
(Original Music Composer)
Nadine
(Original Music Composer)
The Truth About Cats & Dogs
(Original Music Composer)
Edge of Darkness
(Original Music Composer)
Mrs. Doubtfire
(Orchestrator)
The Local Stigmatic
(Music)
The Score
(Conductor)
The Score
(Orchestrator)
An Innocent Man
(Original Music Composer)
Filming for Your Life: Making ‘After Hours’
(Music)
Gloria
(Original Music Composer)
The Song of Names
(Original Music Composer)
Moonlight and Valentino
(Original Music Composer)
Before and After
(Original Music Composer)
The Departed
(Original Music Composer)
Pieces of a Woman
(Original Music Composer)
The Lemon Sisters
(Original Music Composer)
Funny Boy
(Producer)
Doubt
(Original Music Composer)
White Man's Burden
(Original Music Composer)
The Ephemerol Diaries: An Interview with Stephen Lack
(Original Music Composer)
Denial
(Original Music Composer)
Funny Boy
(Original Music Composer)
Looking for Richard
(Original Music Composer)
Esther Kahn
(Original Music Composer)
Camera
(Original Music Composer)
To Each His Own Cinema
(Original Music Composer)
A Kiss Before Dying
(Original Music Composer)
Lord of the Brush
(Original Music Composer)
Guilty as Sin
(Original Music Composer)
The Yards
(Original Music Composer)
Rosewater
(Original Music Composer)
Panic Room
(Original Music Composer)
Heaven
(Original Music Composer)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
(Music)
Gilda Live
(Musician)
Gilda Live
(Music Director)
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)
(Original Music Composer)
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
(Main Title Theme Composer)