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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 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.

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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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  • Ja_Kub-a

    Everytime I hear the LOTR's soundtrack I feel so sad and nostalgic. It's like... I miss Middle Earth.[218 ]

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  • MrsCumberbatch

    i love THE HOBBIT score, it's on the same level as LOTR!!! howard shore is a genius! [2] Everytime I hear the LOTR's soundtrack I feel so sad and nostalgic. It's like... I miss Middle Earth.[218] An Unexpected Journey's OST is one of the greatets things that ever happened to music [2]

    12 May 6:02am Reply

  • Xall143

    Everytime I hear the LOTR's soundtrack I feel so sad and nostalgic. It's like... I miss Middle Earth.[217]

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    Everytime I hear the LOTR's soundtrack I feel so sad and nostalgic. It's like... I miss Middle Earth.[216]

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    Everytime I hear the LOTR's soundtrack I feel so sad and nostalgic. It's like... I miss Middle Earth.[215]

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    Everytime I hear the LOTR's soundtrack I feel so sad and nostalgic. It's like... I miss Middle Earth. [214]

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    Everytime I hear the LOTR's soundtrack I feel so sad and nostalgic. It's like... I miss Middle Earth. [213]

    30 Apr 1:59pm Reply

  • headbenscha

    i love THE HOBBIT score, it's on the same level as LOTR!!! howard shore is a genius!

    29 Apr 12:55pm Reply

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    it can`t be described,it`s really amazing

    21 Apr 11:00pm Reply

  • Dial-R-forRaiq

    An Unexpected Journey's OST is one of the greatets things that ever happened to music

    18 Apr 5:20am Reply

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    Everytime I hear the LOTR's soundtrack I feel so sad and nostalgic. It's like... I miss Middle Earth. [211]

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  • GemmaCoulling

    Everytime I hear the LOTR's soundtrack I feel so sad and nostalgic. It's like... I miss Middle Earth. [210]

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    Everytime I hear the LOTR's soundtrack I feel so sad and nostalgic. It's like... I miss Middle Earth. [209]

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    Everytime I hear the LOTR's soundtrack I feel so sad and nostalgic. It's like... I miss Middle Earth. [208]

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