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Toronto, Ontario, Canada (1975 – present)
Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is an Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy Award-winning Canadian composer, orchestrator, conductor and music producer best known for composing the scores for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, the score for The Silence of the Lambs, and for the films of David Cronenberg. He played in Canadian rock group Lighthouse from 1968 to 1972. He is the uncle of composer Ryan Shore.
He was born to a Jewish family in and studied music at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. From 1969 to 1972, he performed with the group Lighthouse. In 1974, Shore wrote the music for Canadian magician Doug Henning’s magical/musical “Spellbound” co-starring fledgling actress Jennifer Dale. He was the musical director for the television show Saturday Night Live from 1975 to 1980, appearing in many musical sketches including the All-Nurse Band and dressed as a beekeeper for a John Belushi/Dan Aykroyd performance of the Slim Harpo classic I’m a King Bee. He also suggested the name for the Blues Brothers to Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi.
Successes
Shore has written the music for such various major film productions as The Silence of the Lambs, Mrs. Doubtfire, Philadelphia, Ed Wood, Se7en, Dogma, High Fidelity, Panic Room and The Aviator, the last of which earned him a Golden Globe.
He was born to a Jewish family in and studied music at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. From 1969 to 1972, he performed with the group Lighthouse. In 1974, Shore wrote the music for Canadian magician Doug Henning’s magical/musical “Spellbound” co-starring fledgling actress Jennifer Dale. He was the musical director for the television show Saturday Night Live from 1975 to 1980, appearing in many musical sketches including the All-Nurse Band and dressed as a beekeeper for a John Belushi/Dan Aykroyd performance of the Slim Harpo classic I’m a King Bee. He also suggested the name for the Blues Brothers to Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi.
Successes
Shore has written the music for such various major film productions as The Silence of the Lambs, Mrs. Doubtfire, Philadelphia, Ed Wood, Se7en, Dogma, High Fidelity, Panic Room and The Aviator, the last of which earned him a Golden Globe.
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AffectingShades wrote:
Holli Would
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onthewall2983 wrote:
@kakelards I got introduced to his work through Se7en so his work with Fincher is special with me too, especially The Game. Reznor & Ross are a good match for David now, but I do think he and Howard made for as good a team as he is with Scorsese now.
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Nordmar_Hammer wrote:
Howard Shore>John Wiliams
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eden__hell wrote:
Beauty music
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headbenscha wrote:
Eastern Promises!
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kakelards wrote:
This shoutbox is getting kinda repetitive with all this LOTR hype, so gotta show some love to his work with David Cronenberg. Videodrome, Naked Lunch, Crash!!
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Niiiiiiickk wrote:
Love the movies, love the music. Brings peace to my life. The only thing I gotta do is close my eyes and the shire pops up before my eyes. After my finales next week, the first thing I'm going to do is watch the trilogy all over again. Thanks for this.
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Fenix_7 wrote:
I agree wholeheartedly with what dying-atheist said.
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S0fiya wrote:
Hugo. So fantastic!
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Mulgorea wrote:
Congratulations on the nomination, well deserved!
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timojurco wrote:
Lord of The Rings is the best soundrack ever! Howard Shore is perfect.
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to_matt wrote:
oh god did i just read that
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Calamnity wrote:
Into the west is one the best songs I've ever heard :3
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VK1990 wrote:
The Black Rider
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dying-atheist wrote:
if everyone in the world would read and watch lotr and hobbit, would listen to these albums, the world would be a better place. at least, people would be happier. all we need is dreams. most of the people is unhappy because their lives are so..real. we need dreams and tales and stories. lots of.
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Biscuit1978 wrote:
The song on the new Hobbit trailer gives me chills. If the rest of the score is as good then it may beat his work on lotr.
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mango-skin wrote:
i love listening to the complete recordings while studying. 10 hours of lotr music!
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Deveianse wrote:
Far Over Misty Mountains Cold <3
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LeoLostFM wrote:
Гениально! Великолепно!!! Потрясающе!!!!!
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adrynalyna wrote:
LOTR is the best movie soundtrack ever.
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