Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is an Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy Award-winning Canadian composer, orchestrator, conductor and music producer best known for composing the scores for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, the score for The Silence of the Lambs, and for the films of David Cronenberg. He played in Canadian rock group LightHouse from 1968 to 1972. He was born to a Jewish family in and studied music at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. From 1969 to 1972, he performed with the group Lighthouse. In 1974, Shore wrote the music for Canadian magician Doug Henning's magical/musical "Spellbound" co-starring fledgling actress Jennifer Dale. He was the musical director for the television show Saturday Night Live from 1975 to 1980, appearing in many musical sketches including the All-Nurse Band and dressed as a beekeeper for a John Belushi/Dan Aykroyd performance of the Slim Harpo classic I'm a King Bee. He also suggested the name for the Blues Brothers to Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi. Successes Shore has written the music for such various major film productions as The Silence of the Lambs, Mrs. Doubtfire, Philadelphia, Ed Wood, Se7en, Dogma, High Fidelity, Panic Room and The Aviator, the last of which earned him a Golden Globe. Since The Brood in 1979, he has been a consistent collaborator with David Cronenberg, scoring all his subsequent films except The Dead Zone (1983, scored by Michael Kamen). His score for Cronenberg's Naked Lunch is notable for his collaboration with famed avante-garde jazz musician Ornette Coleman, who praised Shore's work. The Lord of the Rings His greatest success to date is his score for Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. The score for the first film, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, including the song
1 | The White Rider | Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
2 | Over Hill | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
3 | A Storm Is Coming | Return Of The King |
4 | The Taming Of Smeagol | Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
5 | The Fields Of Pelennor | Return Of The King |
6 | Evenstar (Featuring Isabel Bayrakdarian) | Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
7 | Flies and Spiders | The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug |
8 | Samwise The Brave | Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
9 | Riddles in the Dark | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
10 | Beyond the Forest | The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug |
11 | Twlight And Shadow | Return Of The King |
12 | An Ancient Enemy | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
13 | The Defiler | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
14 | Song of the Lonely Mountain | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
15 | Durin's Folk | The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug |
16 | The King Of The Golden Hall | Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers |
17 | Out of the Frying-Pan | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
18 | Feast of Starlight | The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug |
19 | Wilderland | The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug |
20 | Hope And Memory | Return Of The King |