
Howard Shore
Biography
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.
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Acting (17 movies)

Creating the Lord of the Rings Symphony
2004

The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
2005

The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
2005

A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004

Score: A Film Music Documentary
2017

Gilda Live
1980

Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2001

Scoring the Silence
2006

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003

100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story
2011

People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
2004

Ed Wood: The Theremin
2004

The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring
2002

Howard Shore: A Composer's Dream
2011

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025

Howard Shore Weekend - Eastern Promises
2023

Howard Shore Weekend - The Lord of the Rings
2023
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses | 1978 | Original Music Composer |
| The Brood | 1979 | Original Music Composer |
| Scanners | 1981 | Original Music Composer |
| Videodrome | 1983 | Original Music Composer |
| Nothing Lasts Forever | 1984 | Original Music Composer |
| After Hours | 1985 | Original Music Composer |
| The Fly | 1986 | Original Music Composer |
| Heaven | 1987 | Original Music Composer |
| Nadine | 1987 | Original Music Composer |
| Big | 1988 | Original Music Composer |
| Dead Ringers | 1988 | Original Music Composer |
| Signs of Life | 1989 | Original Music Composer |
| An Innocent Man | 1989 | Original Music Composer |
| The Lemon Sisters | 1989 | Original Music Composer |
| She-Devil | 1989 | Original Music Composer |
| The Local Stigmatic | 1990 | Original Music Composer |
| Made in Milan | 1990 | Original Music Composer |
| The Silence of the Lambs | 1991 | Original Music Composer |
| A Kiss Before Dying | 1991 | Original Music Composer |
| Naked Lunch | 1991 | Original Music Composer |
| Prelude to a Kiss | 1992 | Original Music Composer |
| Single White Female | 1992 | Original Music Composer |
| Sliver | 1993 | Original Music Composer |
| Guilty as Sin | 1993 | Original Music Composer |
| M. Butterfly | 1993 | Original Music Composer |
| Mrs. Doubtfire | 1993 | Original Music Composer |
| Philadelphia | 1993 | Original Music Composer |
| The Client | 1994 | Original Music Composer |
| Ed Wood | 1994 | Original Music Composer |
| Nobody's Fool | 1994 | Original Music Composer |
| Se7en | 1995 | Original Music Composer |
| Moonlight and Valentino | 1995 | Original Music Composer |
| White Man's Burden | 1995 | Original Music Composer |
| Before and After | 1996 | Original Music Composer |
| The Truth About Cats & Dogs | 1996 | Original Music Composer |
| Striptease | 1996 | Original Music Composer |
| Crash | 1996 | Original Music Composer |
| That Thing You Do! | 1996 | Original Music Composer |
| Looking for Richard | 1996 | Original Music Composer |
| Cop Land | 1997 | Original Music Composer |
| The Game | 1997 | Original Music Composer |
| Gloria | 1999 | Original Music Composer |
| Analyze This | 1999 | Original Music Composer |
| eXistenZ | 1999 | Original Music Composer |
| Dogma | 1999 | Original Music Composer |
| High Fidelity | 2000 | Original Music Composer |
| The Yards | 2000 | Original Music Composer |
| The Cell | 2000 | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | 2000 | Original Music Composer |
| Esther Kahn | 2000 | Original Music Composer |
| The Score | 2001 | Original Music Composer |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 2001 | Original Music Composer |
| Panic Room | 2002 | Original Music Composer |
| Spider | 2002 | Original Music Composer |
| Gangs of New York | 2002 | Original Music Composer |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | 2002 | Original Music Composer |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 2003 | Original Music Composer |
| The Aviator | 2004 | Original Music Composer |
| Lord of the Brush | 2005 | Original Music Composer |
| A History of Violence | 2005 | Original Music Composer |
| The Departed | 2006 | Original Music Composer |
| The Last Mimzy | 2007 | Original Music Composer |
| Eastern Promises | 2007 | Original Music Composer |
| To Each His Own Cinema | 2007 | Original Music Composer |
| The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) | 2008 | Original Music Composer |
| Doubt | 2008 | Original Music Composer |
| Edge of Darkness | 2010 | Original Music Composer |
| The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | 2010 | Original Music Composer |
| A Dangerous Method | 2011 | Original Music Composer |
| Hugo | 2011 | Original Music Composer |
| Cosmopolis | 2012 | Original Music Composer |
| The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | 2012 | Original Music Composer |
| The Ephemerol Diaries: An Interview with Stephen Lack | 2012 | Original Music Composer |
| The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | 2013 | Original Music Composer |
| Maps to the Stars | 2014 | Original Music Composer |
| Rosewater | 2014 | Original Music Composer |
| The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | 2014 | Original Music Composer |
| Spotlight | 2015 | Original Music Composer |
| Denial | 2016 | Original Music Composer |
| The Catcher Was a Spy | 2018 | Original Music Composer |
| The Song of Names | 2019 | Original Music Composer |
| The Lost Prince | 2020 | Original Music Composer |
| Funny Boy | 2020 | Original Music Composer |
| Funny Boy | 2020 | Producer |
| Pieces of a Woman | 2020 | Original Music Composer |
| M4's The Hobbit Book Edit | 2021 | Original Music Composer |
| Crimes of the Future | 2022 | Original Music Composer |
| The Pale Blue Eye | 2022 | Original Music Composer |
| Drift | 2023 | Original Music Composer |
| The Shrouds | 2025 | Original Music Composer |