Howard Shore
Howard Leslie Shore OC (born October 18, 1946) is a Canadian composer and conductor noted for his film scores. He has composed the scores for over 80 films, most notably the scores 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, with one being 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 is also a consistent collaborator with director David Cronenberg, having scored all but one of his films since 1979. Shore has also composed a few 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 Ce...
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The Shrouds
The Pale Blue Eye
Crimes of the Future
Pieces of a Woman
The Lost Prince
The Song of Names
The Catcher Was a Spy
Denial
Spotlight
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Rosewater
Maps to the Stars
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Jimmy P.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Cosmopolis
Hugo
A Dangerous Method
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Edge of Darkness
Doubt
To Each His Own Cinema
Eastern Promises
The Last Mimzy
The Departed
A History of Violence
The Aviator
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King- THThe Lord of the Rings Symphony
Gangs of New York
Spider
Panic Room
The Score
The Yards
High Fidelity
Dogma
eXistenZ
Analyze This
Gloria
The Game
Cop Land
Looking for Richard
That Thing You Do!
Crash
Striptease
The Truth About Cats & Dogs
Before and After
White Man's Burden
Moonlight and Valentino
Se7en
Nobody's Fool
Ed Wood
The Client
Philadelphia
Mrs. Doubtfire
M. Butterfly
Guilty as Sin
Sliver
Single White Female
Prelude to a Kiss
Naked Lunch
A Kiss Before Dying
The Silence of the Lambs
Made in Milan
She-Devil
The Lemon Sisters
An Innocent Man
Signs of Life
Dead Ringers
Big
Moving
Nadine
Heaven
The Fly
Fire with Fire
After Hours
Videodrome
Scanners
The Brood