Howard Shore

Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is a film composer.

Successes

One of the most successful and versatile film composers of our day, he has written the music for such major film productions as Silence of the Lambs, 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).

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Silence of the Lambs - Philadelphia - Ed Wood - Se7en - Dogma - High Fidelity - Panic Room - The Aviator - Golden Globe - The Brood - 1979 - David Cronenberg - The Dead Zone - 1983 - Michael Kamen

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The Lord of the Rings

His greatest success to date is his score for Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings film trilogy. The score for the first film, ', gained him an Oscar in 2002, while the final film, ' earned him another two Oscars (one for the score and one for the song "Into the West", sung by Annie Lennox) in 2004.

Related Topics:
Peter Jackson - Lord of the Rings - Oscar - 2002 - Into the West - Annie Lennox - 2004

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Since 2004, he has toured the world conducting local orchestras in the performance of his new symphonic arrangement of his highly acclaimed Lord of the Rings scores. The new work is entitled The Lord of the Rings: Symphony In Six Movements. There are two movements for each of the movies, and an intermission between the 2nd and 3rd movements. The concert presentation of the symphony also includes projected still images relating the music being performed to scenes from the films. Recently, however, Shore has been busy with other projects leaving other conductors, including Markus Huber, Alexander Mickelthwaite, and John Mauceri to lead the orchestras.

Related Topics:
2004 - Conducting - Symphonic - Intermission

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