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. FromRead 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
Label: Warner Classics
Catalog: 553645
Release Date: 01/08/2016
Number of Discs: 6
Composer:
Alfred Newman,
Richard Strauss,
John Williams,
Richard Wagner
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Performer:
Ernest Blanc,
Nicolai Gedda,
Gary Hoffman,
Gérard Caussé
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Conductor:
Paul Bateman,
Rudolf Kempe,
Geoff Love,
Mariss Jansons
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Orchestra/Ensemble:
Ensemble Jean-Marie Leclair,
The Hungarian Quartet,
Il Giardino Armonico
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Label: Royal Philharmonic
Catalog: 50
Release Date: 11/13/2015
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
John Powell,
John Williams,
Jóhann Jóhannsson,
Hans Zimmer
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Performer:
Duncan Riddell,
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra,
Nic Raine,
James Fountain
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Conductor:
Nic Raine
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
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Performer:
Al Van Der Beek,
Steven Sharp Nelson,
Jon Schmidt,
Lindsey Stirling
Orchestra/Ensemble:
The Piano Guys
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
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Performer:
Steven Sharp Nelson,
Jon Schmidt,
Al Van Der Beek,
Lindsey Stirling
Orchestra/Ensemble:
The Piano Guys
Label: Decca
Catalog: 001760902
Release Date: 02/19/2013
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
Erich Wolfgang Korngold,
Gustav Mahler,
John Williams,
Howard Shore
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Performer:
Nicola Benedetti,
Alexei Grynyuk,
Leonard Elschenbroich,
Tom Dunn
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Conductor:
Kirill Karabits
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
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Label: Analekta
Catalog: 29825
Release Date: 10/26/2006
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
George Gershwin,
Elton John,
Paul McCartney,
Benoît Charest
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Conductor:
Gilbert Patenaude
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Les Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal
Label: Reprise
Catalog: 48110
Release Date: 11/20/2001
Number of Discs: 1
Composer:
Howard Shore
Conductor:
Howard Shore
Orchestra/Ensemble:
London Philharmonic Orchestra,
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra,
London Oratory School Schola