Howard Shore
Known for: Sound
Born: October 18, 1946
Place of birth: 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 Lennox and writer/producer Fran Walsh, who wrote the lyrics. He consistently collaborates 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, 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 Oscars, Shore has won three Golden Globe Awards, four Grammy Awards, three Genie Awards, and nine Canadian Screen Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Howard Shore, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
114 movies · 3 TV shows, newest first
6.9
Lorne
2026
NR
Revelations: Making Dogma
2025
5.8
The Shrouds
2025
7.7
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
1.0
Drift
2023
NR
Howard Shore Weekend - Eastern Promises
2023
4.0
Howard Shore Weekend - The Lord of the Rings
2023
6.8
The Pale Blue Eye
2022
7.2
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022
7.4
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening
2022
6.0
Crimes of the Future
2022
7.0
Pieces of a Woman
2020
5.4
Funny Boy
2020
5.5
Reunited Apart
2020
5.7
The Lost Prince
2020
6.7
The Song of Names
2019
6.2
The Catcher Was a Spy
2018
7.2
Score: A Film Music Documentary
2017
6.8
Denial
2016
7.8
Spotlight
2015
7.3
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
2014
6.4
Rosewater
2014
6.2
Maps to the Stars
2014
7.6
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2013
6.1
Jimmy P.
2013
6.0
The Ephemerol Diaries: An Interview with Stephen Lack
2012
7.4
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
20126.1
Citizens of Cosmopolis
2012
5.7
Cosmopolis
2012
7.2
Hugo
2011
6.3
A Dangerous Method
2011
NR
Howard Shore: A Composer's Dream
2011
9.0
100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story
2011
6.2
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
2010
6.5
Edge of Darkness
2010
7.2
Doubt
2008
7.0
The Betrayal – Nerakhoon
2008
6.4
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
7.3
Eastern Promises
2007
6.3
The Last Mimzy
2007
8.2
The Departed
2006
8.8
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
2006
6.0
Scoring the Silence
2006
5.3
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
2005
7.2
A History of Violence
2005
NR
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
2005NR
Lord of the Brush
2005
7.2
The Aviator
2004
7.2
Creating the Lord of the Rings Symphony
2004
6.5
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004
NR
Ed Wood: The Theremin
2004
4.8
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
2004
8.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
7.0
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special
2003
8.4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
7.3
Gangs of New York
2002
NR
Music for Middle-earth
2002
6.6
Spider
2002
6.8
Panic Room
2002
8.4
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
7.3
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2001
6.7
The Score
2001
6.0
Esther Kahn
2000
6.1
Camera
2000
6.3
The Cell
2000
6.3
The Yards
2000
7.1
High Fidelity
2000
6.9
Dogma
1999
6.8
eXistenZ
1999
6.5
Analyze This
1999
5.9
Gloria
1999
7.6
The Game
1997
6.8
Cop Land
1997
6.8
Looking for Richard
1996
6.9
That Thing You Do!
1996
6.5
Crash
1996
5.6
Striptease
1996
6.1
The Truth About Cats & Dogs
1996
5.9
Before and After
1996
5.1
White Man's Burden
1995
5.6
Moonlight and Valentino
1995
8.4
Se7en
1995
6.9
Nobody's Fool
1994
7.5
Ed Wood
1994
6.7
The Client
1994
7.7
Philadelphia
1993
7.2
Mrs. Doubtfire
1993
6.6
M. Butterfly
1993
5.7
Guilty as Sin
1993
5.6
Sliver
1993
6.3
Single White Female
1992
5.6
Prelude to a Kiss
1992
7.0
Naked Lunch
1991
5.6
A Kiss Before Dying
1991
8.3
The Silence of the Lambs
1991
6.1
Made in Milan
1990
5.1
The Local Stigmatic
1990
6.0
She-Devil
1989
5.1
The Lemon Sisters
1989
6.2
An Innocent Man
1989
4.9
Signs of Life
1989
7.1
Dead Ringers
1988
7.2
Big
1988
5.5
Moving
1988
5.4
Nadine
1987
6.6
Heaven
1987
7.4
The Fly
1986
6.2
Fire with Fire
1986
7.5
After Hours
1985
7.2
Places in the Heart
1984
6.3
Nothing Lasts Forever
1984
7.3
Videodrome
1983
6.7
Scanners
1981
6.1
Gilda Live
1980
6.7
The Brood
1979
4.8
I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses
1978
6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975