Howard Shore

Biography

Born: October 18, 1946; Toronto, Ontario, Canada  
Howard Shore has composed the scores for over 50 films, including The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, After Hours, and Seven. His collaborations with David Cronenberg have resulted in scores for Cronenberg's films The Brood, Scanners, Videodrome, The Fly, Dead Ringers, Naked Lunch, M. Butterfly, and Crash, spanning a nearly 20-year period by the year 2001.

Shore's formal education came at the Berklee School of Music in Boston. From Read more 1969-1972 he recorded with the group Lighthouse. He was one of the original creators of Saturday Night Live and served as its musical director from 1975-1980. In 2000, Shore began work on one of the most expansive projects of his career when he signed on to produce scores for film adaptations of the Lord of the Rings series. He spent a year just working on the first film, using Tolkien's texts and drawing from eighth and ninth century music sources to try to evoke the books' magical worlds. Read less
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    Rosewater [original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
    Rosewater [original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
    Label: Howe Records   Catalog: 1018 Release Date: 12/09/2014   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Howard Shore,  Mahdyar Aghajani,  Leonard Cohen,  Bebu Selvetti
    Performer:  Stuart Hall,  Sonia Slany,  Paul Clarvis,  Jon Banks  ... 
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    Crash [remastered]
    Label: Howe Records   Catalog: 1015 Release Date: 10/14/2014   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Howard Shore
    Performer:  Marie Boisvert,  Janice Lindskoog,  Douglas Stewart,  Rev. James Tait  ... 
    Conductor:  Howard Shore
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    Dead Ringers [remastered]
    Label: Howe Records   Catalog: 1016 Release Date: 10/14/2014   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Howard Shore
    Conductor:  Howard Shore
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    Maps To The Stars [original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
    Label: Howe Records   Catalog: 1014 Release Date: 09/09/2014   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Howard Shore
    Performer:  Billy Martin,  Nadine Contini,  James Sizemore,  Charnett Moffett  ... 
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    Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug [original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [special Edition]
    Label: Watertower Music   Catalog: 39489 Release Date: 12/10/2013   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Howard Shore,  Ed Sheeran
    Performer:  Ed Sheeran
    Conductor:  Conrad Pope
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    The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug [original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
    Label: Watertower Music   Catalog: 39488 Release Date: 12/10/2013   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Howard Shore,  Ed Sheeran
    Performer:  Ed Sheeran
    Conductor:  Conrad Pope
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    A Change In Me / Jean Danton
    A Change In Me / Jean Danton
    Label: Albany Records   Catalog: 1452 Release Date: 11/12/2013   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Stephen Sondheim,  Cole Porter,  Richard Rodgers,  Rupert Holmes  ... 
    Performer:  Jean Danton,  Steve Chaggaris,  Doug Hammer
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  • 8.
    Jimmy P. [original Score]
    Label: Howe Records   Catalog: 1010 Release Date: 09/10/2013   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Howard Shore
    Performer:  Alexis Sykes,  Julio Elizalde,  Arnaud Sussmann,  Wei Yu  ... 
    Conductor:  Howard Shore
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  • 9.
    The Film Music Of Howard Shore
    The Film Music Of Howard Shore
    Label: Silva Screen   Catalog: 1396 Release Date: 07/30/2013   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Howard Shore
    Performer:  Lucie Svehlova,  Celia Sheen
    Conductor:  Evan Jolly,  Nic Raine,  James Fitzpatrick
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    Scotland Boy
    Label: Scotdisc   Catalog: 824 Release Date: 07/09/2013   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Michael Korb,  Stephen West,  Henry Purcell,  Traditional  ... 
    Performer:  James McDougall,  Moray West,  Stuart Cassels,  Havilland Willshire  ... 
    Conductor:  David Danzmayr,  Tim Dean,  Christopher Bell
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    100 Greatest Film Themes, Take 3
    100 Greatest Film Themes, Take 3
    Label: Silva Screen   Catalog: 1398 Release Date: 05/07/2013   Number of Discs: 6
    Composer:  Marvin Hatley,  Charles Chaplin,  Frank Churchill,  Paul Dukas  ... 
    Performer:  Keith Ferreira,  David Shannon,  Helen Hobson,  Emma Kershaw  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Music Works,  The Wire-Haired Terriers Athletic Social Club,  N.Y. Jazz Orchestra
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    Piano Guys 2 [deluxe Edition Cd/Dvd]
    Piano Guys 2 [deluxe Edition Cd/Dvd]
    Label: Sony   Catalog: 372303 Release Date: 05/07/2013   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Al Van Der Beek,  Steven Sharp Nelson,  Howard Shore,  Jon Schmidt  ... 
    Performer:  Al Van Der Beek,  Jon Schmidt,  Steven Sharp Nelson,  Lindsey Stirling
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  The Piano Guys
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    The Piano Guys 2
    The Piano Guys 2
    Label: Sony   Catalog: 371094 Release Date: 05/07/2013   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Al Van Der Beek,  Steven Sharp Nelson,  Howard Shore,  Jon Schmidt  ... 
    Performer:  Al Van Der Beek,  Jon Schmidt,  Steven Sharp Nelson,  Lindsey Stirling
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  The Piano Guys
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    L'Excellence Se Fete - A Celebration of Excellence
    L'Excellence Se Fete - A Celebration of Excellence
    Label: Analekta   Catalog: 297257 Release Date: 04/09/2013   Number of Discs: 3
    Composer:  André Mathieu,  Antonín Dvorák,  Ludwig van Beethoven,  Antonio Vivaldi  ... 
    Performer:  Alain Lefèvre,  Marie-Nicole Lemieux,  Louise-Andrée Baril,  Valerie Milot  ... 
    Conductor:  Yoav Talmi,  Bruno Weil,  Jeanne Lamon,  Jean-Philippe Tremblay  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Alcan String Quartet,  Tafelmusik,  La Pieta  ... 
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    Music From The Hobbit & The Lord Of The Rings
    Music From The Hobbit & The Lord Of The Rings
    Label: Silva Screen   Catalog: 1397 Release Date: 02/26/2013   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Howard Shore
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    The Silver Violin / Nicola Benedetti
    The Silver Violin / Nicola Benedetti
    Label: Decca   Catalog: 001760902 Release Date: 02/19/2013   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Erich Wolfgang Korngold,  Gustav Mahler,  John T. Williams,  Howard Shore  ... 
    Performer:  Nicola Benedetti,  Alexei Grynyuk,  Leonard Elschenbroich,  Tom Dunn  ... 
    Conductor:  Kirill Karabits
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
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    Shore: The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey
    Shore: The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey
    Label: Watertower Music   Catalog: 39372 Release Date: 12/11/2012   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Howard Shore
    Conductor:  Howard Shore
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Philharmonic Orchestra
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    The Hobbit: An Uexpected Journey - Original Score [Special Edition]
    Label: Watertower Music   Catalog: 39373 Release Date: 12/11/2012   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Howard Shore
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    A Time For Us / Dubeau, La Pieta
    A Time For Us / Dubeau, La Pieta
    Label: Analekta   Catalog: 28736 Release Date: 11/27/2012   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Nino Rota,  John T. Williams,  Ennio Morricone,  John Barry  ... 
    Performer:  Angèle Dubeau
    Conductor:  Angèle Dubeau
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  La Pieta
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  • 20.
    Howard Shore: Soul Of The Ultimate Nation
    Label: Howe Records   Catalog: 1006 Release Date: 07/10/2012   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Howard Shore
    Performer:  Irina Komarova,  Lydia Kavina,  Vera Volnukhina,  Ludmila Golub
    Conductor:  Howard Shore
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  • 21.
    Music From The Twilight Saga
    Label: Silva Screen   Catalog: 1380 Release Date: 04/24/2012   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Carter Burwell,  Alexandre Desplat,  Howard Shore
    Performer:  Tommy Emmerton,  Rick Clark,  Tara Clark,  Evan Jolly
    Conductor:  Evan Fitzpatrick,  Evan Jolly
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  London Music Works
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    The Fabulous Film Themes [3 CD Set]
    The Fabulous Film Themes [3 CD Set]
    Label: United Multimedia   Catalog: 63242 Release Date: 03/06/2012   Number of Discs: 3
    Composer:  Henry Mancini,  Leonard Bernstein,  Francis Lai,  Leonard Rosenman  ... 
    Performer:  London Studio Orchestra
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    Classical Hits Of The Cinema
    Classical Hits Of The Cinema
    Label: Virgin Classics   Catalog: 30756 Release Date: 01/24/2012   Number of Discs: 5
    Composer:  Alfred Newman,  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky,  Gustav Mahler,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  ... 
    Performer:  Frank Peter Zimmermann,  Piotr Anderszewski,  Christian Zacharias
    Conductor:  Paul Bateman,  Lorin Maazel,  Andrew Litton,  Piotr Anderszewski  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra,  Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra,  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  ... 
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  • 24.
    Shore: A Dangerous Method / Original Soundtrack
    Shore: A Dangerous Method / Original Soundtrack
    Label: Sony   Catalog: 798726 Release Date: 11/21/2011   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Howard Shore,  Richard Wagner
    Performer:  Lang Lang
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    Shore: Hugo / Original Soundtrack
    Shore: Hugo / Original Soundtrack
    Label: Howe Records   Catalog: 1007 Release Date: 11/08/2011   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Howard Shore
    Conductor:  Howard Shore
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Studio Orchestra
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