About

Known credits:
119
Birthday:
1946-10-18
Place of birth:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Howard Shore

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
2017 Score: A Film Music Documentary Actor Self 61
Fair
2012 Citizens of Cosmopolis Actor Self 59
Average
2011 100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story Actor Self N/A
N/A
2006 Scoring the Silence Actor Self 59
Average
2005 The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz Actor Self 59
Average
2005 The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music Actor Self N/A
N/A
2004 Creating the Lord of the Rings Symphony Actor Self 59
Average
2004 Ed Wood: The Theremin Actor Self - Composer N/A
N/A
2004 People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia' Actor Self 59
Average
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Actor Drinking Rohan Soldier (uncredited) 84
Very good
2002 The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring Actor Self 59
Average
2001 Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' Actor Self 59
Average
1980 Gilda Live Actor The Candy Slice Group 59
Average

Production
2020 Funny Boy Production Producer 58
Average

Sound
2025 The Shrouds Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2023 Drift Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2022 The Pale Blue Eye Sound Original Music Composer 66
Fair
2022 The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Sound Main Title Theme Composer 73
Good
2022 The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening Sound Music 59
Average
2022 Crimes of the Future Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
2020 Pieces of a Woman Sound Original Music Composer 66
Fair
2020 Funny Boy Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
2020 The Lost Prince Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
2019 The Song of Names Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
2018 The Catcher Was a Spy Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
2016 Denial Sound Original Music Composer 64
Fair
2015 Spotlight Sound Original Music Composer 77
Good
2014 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Sound Original Music Composer 72
Good
2014 Rosewater Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
2014 Maps to the Stars Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Sound Original Music Composer 75
Good
2012 The Ephemerol Diaries: An Interview with Stephen Lack Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Sound Conductor 73
Good
2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Sound Original Music Composer 73
Good
2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Sound Orchestrator 73
Good
2012 Cosmopolis Sound Original Music Composer 57
Average
2011 Hugo Sound Original Music Composer 70
Good
2011 A Dangerous Method Sound Original Music Composer 62
Fair
2010 The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
2010 Edge of Darkness Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
2008 Doubt Sound Original Music Composer 68
Fair
2008 The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2007 To Each His Own Cinema Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
2007 Eastern Promises Sound Original Music Composer 71
Good
2007 The Last Mimzy Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
2006 The Departed Sound Original Music Composer 80
Very good
2005 A History of Violence Sound Original Music Composer 70
Good
2005 Lord of the Brush Sound Original Music Composer N/A
N/A
2004 The Aviator Sound Original Music Composer 71
Good
2004 Filming for Your Life: Making ‘After Hours’ Sound Music N/A
N/A
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Sound Original Music Composer 84
Very good
2003 Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special Sound Music 59
Average
2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Sound Original Music Composer 83
Very good
2002 Gangs of New York Sound Original Music Composer 72
Good
2002 Spider Sound Original Music Composer 63
Fair
2002 Panic Room Sound Original Music Composer 66
Fair
2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Sound Original Music Composer 83
Very good
2001 The Score Sound Orchestrator 65
Fair
2001 The Score Sound Original Music Composer 65
Fair
2001 The Score Sound Conductor 65
Fair
2000 Esther Kahn Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2000 Camera Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2000 The Cell Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
2000 The Yards Sound Orchestrator 60
Fair
2000 The Yards Sound Conductor 60
Fair
2000 The Yards Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
2000 High Fidelity Sound Original Music Composer 68
Fair
1999 Dogma Sound Original Music Composer 67
Fair
1999 eXistenZ Sound Original Music Composer 66
Fair
1999 Analyze This Sound Original Music Composer 63
Fair
1999 Gloria Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1997 The Game Sound Original Music Composer 74
Good
1997 Cop Land Sound Original Music Composer 65
Fair
1996 Looking for Richard Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
1996 That Thing You Do! Sound Original Music Composer 65
Fair
1996 Crash Sound Original Music Composer 62
Fair
1996 Striptease Sound Original Music Composer 56
Average
1996 The Truth About Cats & Dogs Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1996 Before and After Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1995 White Man's Burden Sound Original Music Composer 57
Average
1995 Moonlight and Valentino Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1995 Se7en Sound Original Music Composer 83
Very good
1994 Nobody's Fool Sound Original Music Composer 62
Fair
1994 Ed Wood Sound Original Music Composer 72
Good
1994 The Client Sound Original Music Composer 64
Fair
1993 Philadelphia Sound Original Music Composer 75
Good
1993 Mrs. Doubtfire Sound Original Music Composer 71
Good
1993 Mrs. Doubtfire Sound Orchestrator 71
Good
1993 M. Butterfly Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
1993 Guilty as Sin Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1993 Sliver Sound Original Music Composer 56
Average
1992 Single White Female Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
1992 Prelude to a Kiss Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1991 Naked Lunch Sound Original Music Composer 66
Fair
1991 A Kiss Before Dying Sound Conductor 58
Average
1991 A Kiss Before Dying Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1991 The Silence of the Lambs Sound Original Music Composer 82
Very good
1990 Made in Milan Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1990 The Local Stigmatic Sound Music 58
Average
1989 She-Devil Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1989 The Lemon Sisters Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1989 An Innocent Man Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1989 Signs of Life Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1988 Dead Ringers Sound Original Music Composer 66
Fair
1988 Big Sound Original Music Composer 70
Good
1987 Nadine Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1987 Heaven Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1986 The Fly Sound Conductor 72
Good
1986 The Fly Sound Original Music Composer 72
Good
1986 Fire with Fire Sound Music 59
Average
1985 After Hours Sound Original Music Composer 70
Good
1984 Nothing Lasts Forever Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1983 Videodrome Sound Original Music Composer 70
Good
1981 Scanners Sound Original Music Composer 64
Fair
1980 Gilda Live Sound Music Director 59
Average
1980 Gilda Live Sound Musician 59
Average
1979 The Brood Sound Original Music Composer 63
Fair
1978 I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average

Crew
1984 Places in the Heart Crew Additional Music 62
Fair