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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 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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Carnassial1 wrote:
Scanners, Videodrome and The Fly!!
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kieleke wrote:
<3 I used to listen to LoTR soundtracks so much that if all the plays had been scrobbled it propably would've stayed as my 1st artist forever and ever.
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MorbidEmpire wrote:
Uruk-Hai !
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os_teriyaki wrote:
LOTR are a nice set of OSTs, but (and I might be crucified for saying this? xD) in my opinion they're really quite repetitive... :S I mean, I know film scores are *meant* to be fairly repetitive, but the LOTR OSTs are more obviously repetitive than others... >__<
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Daedolon wrote:
Too much LotR, too little The Fly.
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Clackers wrote:
trio200, obviously means Requiem For a Tower - which Shore didn't compose either. lol
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Deadly_crab wrote:
This should be the default pic: http://www.last.fm/music/Howard+Shore/+images/37752019 (2)
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shadesdrawn wrote:
Amazing... I just love the soundtrack of the Lord of the Rings <3
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Ramoncastorp wrote:
"Aqui, no fim de todas as coisas"
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xTriviumMexicox wrote:
This should be the default pic: http://www.last.fm/music/Howard+Shore/+images/37752019 :D
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Trystane wrote:
The greatest music experience of all times, LOTR complete recordings.
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Valekuollut wrote:
YOU SHALL NOT PAAAAAASS !
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nDroae wrote:
Here's an excellent resource for hardcore fans of the LotR score: http://www.amagpiesnest.com/main.htm In particular, check out the musical similarities page. :) http://www.amagpiesnest.com/similarities/musical_similarities.htm
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Nariel-Meneldur wrote:
<3
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Arikushijikufu wrote:
genius!
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nDroae wrote:
Requiem for a Dream? That wasn't Howard Shore.... o_O
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eltinsm wrote:
Já estou esperando, ancioso, pela trilha sonora de "O Hobbit"
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eltinsm wrote:
The Treason of Isengard ;]
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trio200 wrote:
my fav is requim for a dream GREAT GREAT GREAT
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ShiroiEien wrote:
genius.
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