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ALBUMConcerning Hobbits - SingleEliott Tordo Erhu & Howard Shore
Albums by Howard Shore
ALBUMFire With Fire (Music from the Motion Picture)Howard Shore
ALBUMThe Pale Blue Eye (Soundtrack from the Netflix Film)Howard Shore
ALBUMCrimes of the Future (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Howard Shore
ALBUMVideodrome (The Complete Restored Score)Howard Shore
ALBUMPieces Of A Woman (Music From The Netflix Film)Howard Shore
ALBUMFunny Boy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Howard Shore
ALBUMThe Song of Names (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Howard Shore
ALBUMDenial (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Howard Shore
ALBUMSpotlight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Howard Shore
ALBUMThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Howard Shore
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Howard Shore Essentials
From humble beginnings in horn rock, he became a giant of film scoring.
Artist Biography
Composer Howard Shore is responsible for some of cinema’s most immersive musical moments, including the uneasy main title of 1991’s The Silence of the Lambs and the haunting, fantastical orchestral flourishes of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Born in 1946 in Toronto, Shore built on a childhood love of music by studying at the Berklee College of Music. In the late ’60s and early ’70s, he was in the horn section of the Canadian rock band Lighthouse, and he later served as the first musical director of Saturday Night Live. In 1979, he began a long-lasting relationship with director David Cronenberg, scoring The Brood. However, Shore’s eclectic musical background has allowed him to compose music for an equally eclectic mix of films and directors. Accordingly, his work spans the keyboard-heavy, suspense-filled cues for Martin Scorsese’s After Hours; the carnivalesque whimsy of Penny Marshall’s Big; and the somber, string-heavy introspection of Jonathan Demme’s Philadelphia. In an extension of his film-music career, Shore adapted his Lord of the Rings score into The Lord of the Rings Symphony, which he has also conducted during live orchestral performances.
Hometown
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genre
Soundtrack