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Howard Shore
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Canadian film score composer (born 1946)
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Howard Shore is a Canadian composer, conductor, film score composer, and saxophonist. Born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1946, he began his work period in 1978. He was educated at Berklee College of Music and has worked in New York City. His field of work is film score, and he is influenced by Elmer Bernstein, Maurice Jarre, Jerry Goldsmith, and Lalo Schifrin.
Shore has received the Academy Award for Best Original Score, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and Saturn Awards. He has also been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score. He speaks and writes in English. He resides in Tuxedo Park. His work is associated with tags such as soundtrack, instrumental, classical, and Lord of the Rings.
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is a Canadian composer, conductor and orchestrator noted for his film scores. He has composed the scores for over 80 films, most notably 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, one for the song "Into the West", an award he shared with Eurythmics lead vocalist Annie…
Known for
- Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music — Self - SNL Musical Director 1975 - 19802025
- Howard Shore Weekend - Eastern Promises2023
- Howard Shore Weekend - The Lord of the Rings2023
- Reunited Apart — Self2020
- Score: A Film Music Documentary — Self2017
- Citizens of Cosmopolis — Self2012
- 100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story — Self2011
- Howard Shore: A Composer's Dream — Self2011
- Scoring the Silence — Self2006
- The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz — Self2005
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Canada
- Active from
- 1946
Discography
Member of
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- 1,360,301
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- 61,957,885
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Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is a Canadian composer, conductor, and orchestrator known for his work in film music. He has composed scores for more than 80 films, including "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" film trilogies. Shore has frequently collaborated with director David Cronenberg, scoring nearly all of his films since 1979, and has also worked on several films directed by Martin Scorsese. In addition to film scores, Shore has composed concert works <a href="https://w
Key facts
- Born
- Howard Leslie Shore , ( 1946-10-18 ) October 18, 1946 (age 79) , Toronto , Ontario , Canada
- Genres
- Film score , classical
- Occupations
- Composer, orchestrator, conductor, music producer
- Instruments
- Piano , organ , clarinet , flute , alto saxophone
- Years active
- 1969–present
- Formerly of
- Lighthouse
- Spouse
- Elizabeth Cotnoir ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1990 )
- Website
- howardshore .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Leslie
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Toronto
- Occupation
- film score composer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- film score
- Instrument
- saxophone
- Official website
- www.howardshore.com
- Image
- Howard Shore, Canadian Film Centre, 2013-1.jpg
- Work location
- New York City
- Residence
- Tuxedo Park
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- Commons category
- Howard Shore
- date of birth
- 1946-10-18
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Score
- Commons Creator page
- Howard Shore
- start of work period
- 1978-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films scored by Howard Shore
- influenced by
- Henry Mancini
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Encyclopedic overview
Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is a Canadian composer, conductor, and orchestrator noted for his film scores. He has composed the scores for over 80 films, most notably the scores for Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies, both of which are based on the fantasy works by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. He is a consistent collaborator with director David Cronenberg, having scored all but one of his films since 1979, and collaborated with Martin Scorsese on six of his films.
Shore has also composed concert works including one opera, The Fly, based on the plot of Cronenberg's 1986 film, a film he also scored, 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.
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