Howard Shore

Personal Info

Known For Sound

Gender Male

Birthday 1946-10-18 (78 years old)

Place of Birth Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Also Known As Howard Leslie Shore

Howard Shore

Biography

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 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 Academy Awards, Shore has also won three Golden Globe Awards and four Grammy Awards.

Known For

Sound

2025
The Shrouds

as Original Music Composer

2023
Drift

as Original Music Composer

2022
Crimes of the Future

as Original Music Composer

2022
The Pale Blue Eye

as Original Music Composer

2022
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

as Main Title Theme Composer

2020
The Lost Prince

as Original Music Composer

2020
Pieces of a Woman

as Original Music Composer

2020
Funny Boy

as Original Music Composer

2019
The Song of Names

as Original Music Composer

2018
The Catcher Was a Spy

as Original Music Composer

2016
Denial

as Original Music Composer

2015
Spotlight

as Original Music Composer

2014
2014
Maps to the Stars

as Original Music Composer

2014
Rosewater

as Original Music Composer

2013
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

as Original Music Composer

2012
Cosmopolis

as Original Music Composer

2012
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

as Original Music Composer

2011
Hugo

as Original Music Composer

2011
A Dangerous Method

as Original Music Composer

2010
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

as Original Music Composer

2010
Edge of Darkness

as Original Music Composer

2008
Doubt

as Original Music Composer

2008
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon)

as Original Music Composer

2007
Eastern Promises

as Original Music Composer

2007
The Last Mimzy

as Original Music Composer

2007
To Each His Own Cinema

as Original Music Composer

2006
The Departed

as Original Music Composer

2005
A History of Violence

as Original Music Composer

2005
Lord of the Brush

as Original Music Composer

2004
The Aviator

as Original Music Composer

2003
2002
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

as Original Music Composer

2002
Gangs of New York

as Original Music Composer

2002
Spider

as Original Music Composer

2002
Panic Room

as Original Music Composer

2001
The Score

as Original Music Composer

2001
The Score

as Conductor

2001
The Score

as Orchestrator

2000
High Fidelity

as Original Music Composer

2000
The Cell

as Original Music Composer

2000
The Yards

as Conductor

2000
The Yards

as Orchestrator

2000
Esther Kahn

as Original Music Composer

2000
Camera

as Original Music Composer

2000
The Yards

as Original Music Composer

2000
High Fidelity

as Conductor

2000
High Fidelity

as Music Arranger

1999
Dogma

as Original Music Composer

1999
eXistenZ

as Original Music Composer

1999
Analyze This

as Original Music Composer

1999
Gloria

as Original Music Composer

1997
The Game

as Original Music Composer

1997
Cop Land

as Original Music Composer

1996
Crash

as Original Music Composer

1996
That Thing You Do!

as Original Music Composer

1996
Striptease

as Original Music Composer

1996
The Truth About Cats & Dogs

as Original Music Composer

1996
Before and After

as Original Music Composer

1996
Looking for Richard

as Original Music Composer

1995
Se7en

as Original Music Composer

1995
Moonlight and Valentino

as Original Music Composer

1995
White Man's Burden

as Original Music Composer

1994
Ed Wood

as Original Music Composer

1994
Nobody's Fool

as Original Music Composer

1994
The Client

as Original Music Composer

1993
M. Butterfly

as Original Music Composer

1993
Mrs. Doubtfire

as Original Music Composer

1993
Sliver

as Original Music Composer

1993
Philadelphia

as Original Music Composer

1993
Mrs. Doubtfire

as Orchestrator

1993
Guilty as Sin

as Original Music Composer

1992
Prelude to a Kiss

as Original Music Composer

1992
Single White Female

as Original Music Composer

1991
Naked Lunch

as Original Music Composer

1991
The Silence of the Lambs

as Original Music Composer

1991
A Kiss Before Dying

as Conductor

1991
A Kiss Before Dying

as Original Music Composer

1990
Made in Milan

as Original Music Composer

1990
1989
She-Devil

as Original Music Composer

1989
Signs of Life

as Original Music Composer

1989
An Innocent Man

as Original Music Composer

1989
The Lemon Sisters

as Original Music Composer

1988
Big

as Original Music Composer

1988
Dead Ringers

as Original Music Composer

1987
Nadine

as Original Music Composer

1987
Heaven

as Original Music Composer

1986
The Fly

as Original Music Composer

1986
1986
The Fly

as Conductor

1985
After Hours

as Original Music Composer

1984
Nothing Lasts Forever

as Original Music Composer

1983
Videodrome

as Original Music Composer

1981
Scanners

as Original Music Composer

1980
Gilda Live

as Musician

1980
Gilda Live

as Music Director

1979
The Brood

as Original Music Composer

1978
I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses

as Original Music Composer

Crew

1984
Places in the Heart

as Additional Music

Producer

2020
Funny Boy

as Producer