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{{short description|Canadian film score composer (born 1946)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Howard Shore
| honorific_suffix  = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|OC|size=100%}}
| image             = Howard Shore, Canadian Film Centre, 2013-1.jpg
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| caption           = Shore in 2013
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| background        = non_performing_personnel
| birth_name        = Howard Leslie Shore
| alias             = 
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1946|10|18|mf=y}}
| birth_place       = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| origin            = 
| instrument        = [[Piano]], [[Organ (music)|organ]], [[clarinet]], [[flute]]
| occupation        = Composer, orchestrator, conductor, music producer
| genre             = [[Film score]], [[Classical music|classical]]
| years_active      = 1969–present
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| past_member_of    = [[Lighthouse (band)|Lighthouse]]
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| website           = {{URL|howardshore.com}}
| spouse            = {{marriage|Elizabeth Cotnoir|1990}}
}}
'''Howard Leslie Shore''' (born October 18, 1946) is a Canadian composer, conductor and orchestrator noted for his film scores.<ref>Handy, Bruce [http://www.billboard.com/articles/6304248/the-hobbit-howard-shore-the-battle-of-five-armies-score-lord-of-the-rings-music 'Lord of the Rings' Composer Howard Shore Talks Hobbits, His Start on 'SNL' and Working With Martin Scorsese] ''Billboard''. February 25, 2015</ref> He has composed the scores for over 80 films, most notably the [[Music of The Lord of the Rings film series|scores]] for ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' and ''[[The Hobbit (film series)|The Hobbit]]'' film trilogies. He won three [[Academy Awards]] for his work on ''The Lord of the Rings'', with one being for the song "[[Into the West (song)|Into the West]]", an award he shared with [[Eurythmics]] lead vocalist [[Annie Lennox]] and writer/producer [[Fran Walsh]], who wrote the lyrics. He is a consistent [[List of film director and composer collaborations|collaborator]] with director [[David Cronenberg]], having scored all but one of his films since 1979, and collaborated with [[Martin Scorsese]] on six of his films.

Shore has also composed concert works including one [[opera]], ''[[The Fly (opera)|The Fly]]'', based on the plot of Cronenberg's [[The Fly (1986 film)|1986 film]], which premiered at the [[Théâtre du Châtelet]] in Paris on July 2, 2008;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theflytheopera.com/ |title=The Fly The Opera |publisher=The Fly The Opera |access-date=December 18, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818192333/http://www.theflytheopera.com/ |archive-date=August 18, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> a short piece named ''Fanfare for the Wanamaker Organ and the Philadelphia Orchestra''; and a short overture for the Swiss 21st Century Symphony Orchestra. Shore has also composed for television, including serving as the original musical director for the American sketch comedy show ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' from 1975 to 1980.

In addition to his three Oscars, Shore has also won three [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]]s, four [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]]s, three [[Genie Awards]], and nine [[Canadian Screen Awards]].

==Early life and career==
Shore was born in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada, the son of [[History of the Jews in Canada|Jewish]]<ref>{{cite web |date=January 31, 2012 |title=Toronto's Jewish community will have lots to watch on Oscar night |url=http://www.jewishtribune.ca/uncategorized/2012/01/31/toronto |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703011455/http://www.jewishtribune.ca/uncategorized/2012/01/31/toronto |archive-date=July 3, 2015 |access-date=January 9, 2015 |publisher=Jewish Tribune |df=mdy-all}}</ref> parents Bernice (née Ash) and Mac Shore.<ref>{{cite web|title=Howard Shore Biography (1946-)|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/61/Howard-Shore.html|work=Film Reference|publisher=Advameg, Inc.|access-date=March 18, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Mac Shore|url=https://variety.com/2002/scene/people-news/mac-shore-1117875524/|access-date=December 1, 2014|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=November 5, 2002|archive-date=April 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407122946/https://variety.com/2002/scene/people-news/mac-shore-1117875524/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He started studying music around the age of 8 or 9. He learned a multitude of instruments and began playing in bands at the ages of 13 and 14. When Shore was 13, he met and became good friends with a young [[Lorne Michaels]] in summer camp, and this friendship would later be influential in his career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp7TJaF3uKc |title=Movie Geeks United Interview |date=April 14, 2012 |publisher=Movie Geeks United |access-date=January 28, 2014}}</ref> By 17, he decided he wanted to pursue music in his adult life too.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp7TJaF3uKc |title=Movie Geeks United Interview of Howard Shore |date=April 14, 2012 |publisher=Movie Geeks United |access-date=January 28, 2014}}</ref> He studied music at [[Berklee College of Music]] in [[Boston]] after graduating from [[Forest Hill Collegiate Institute]].<ref name="Greiving2016">{{cite news|last1=Greiving|first1=Tim|title=Before he won Oscars for his music, composer Howard Shore helped kick off SNL|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/before-he-won-oscars-for-his-music-composer-howard-shore-helped-kick-off-snl/2016/12/30/8ed22056-c6ce-11e6-bf4b-2c064d32a4bf_story.html|access-date=January 7, 2018|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=December 30, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Symkus2017">{{cite news|last1=Symkus|first1=Ed|title='Lord of the Rings' composer Howard Shore counts his achievements by the score|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2017/04/11/lord-rings-composer-howard-shore-counts-his-achievements-score/bgif4tXAlobM4NNLwaes7H/story.html|access-date=January 7, 2018|work=The Boston Globe|date=April 12, 2017}}</ref>

From 1969 to 1972, Shore was a member of the [[jazz fusion]] band [[Lighthouse (band)|Lighthouse]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Appelo|first1=Tim|title='Lord of the Rings' Composer Howard Shore on Scoring 80 Movies: "I Often Felt Like Frodo"|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lord-rings-composer-howard-shore-745730|access-date=January 7, 2018|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=November 5, 2014}}</ref> In 1970, he became the music director for [[Lorne Michaels]] and [[Hart Pomerantz]]'s short-lived TV program ''[[The Hart & Lorne Terrific Hour]]''. Shore wrote the music for Canadian magician [[Doug Henning]]'s magic musical ''Spellbound'' in 1974 and, from 1975 to 1980, he was the musical director for Michaels' influential late-night NBC sketch comedy show ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'',<ref>{{cite web|last1=Steinblatt|first1=Jim|title=Howard Shore|url=https://www.ascap.com/eventsawards/awards/filmtv/2004/shore.aspx|publisher=[[ASCAP]]|access-date=January 7, 2018}}</ref> appearing in many musical sketches, including Howard Shore and His All-Nurse Band, and dressed as a beekeeper for a [[Dan Aykroyd]]/[[John Belushi]] performance of the [[Slim Harpo]] classic "[[I'm a King Bee]]". Shore also suggested the name for [[the Blues Brothers]] to Aykroyd and Belushi.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Zeman|first1=Ned|title=Soul Men: The Making of The Blues Brothers|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2013/01/making-of-blues-brothers-budget-for-cocaine|access-date=January 7, 2018|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=December 18, 2012}}</ref>

==Film scoring==

===1978–2000===
Shore's first film score was to the low budget thriller ''[[I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses]]'' (1978), followed by [[David Cronenberg]]'s first major film, ''[[The Brood]]'' (1979).<ref name="Greiving2016"/> He would go on to score all of Cronenberg's subsequent films, with the exception of ''[[The Dead Zone (film)|The Dead Zone]]'' (1983), which was scored by [[Michael Kamen]]. The first film he scored that was not directed by Cronenberg was [[Martin Scorsese]]'s ''[[After Hours (film)|After Hours]]'' (1985). Following that, he scored ''[[The Fly (1986 film)|The Fly]]'' (1986), again directed by Cronenberg. Two years later, he composed the score to ''[[Big (film)|Big]]'' (1988), directed by [[Penny Marshall]] and starring [[Tom Hanks]]. He then scored two more of David Cronenberg's films: ''[[Dead Ringers (film)|Dead Ringers]]'' (1988) and ''[[Naked Lunch (film)|Naked Lunch]]'' (1991).

During 1991, Shore composed the score for the highly acclaimed film ''[[The Silence of the Lambs (film)|The Silence of the Lambs]]'', starring [[Jodie Foster]] and [[Anthony Hopkins]], and directed by [[Jonathan Demme]]. He received his first [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] nomination for the score. The film became the third (and most recent) to win the five major Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, and Best Actress). Shore is the only living composer to have scored a "Top Five" Oscar-winning film.

During 1993, he composed the scores for ''[[M. Butterfly (film)|M. Butterfly]]'' (another collaboration with Cronenberg), ''[[Philadelphia (film)|Philadelphia]]'' (his second collaboration with Jonathan Demme), and ''[[Mrs. Doubtfire]]'', directed by [[Chris Columbus (filmmaker)|Chris Columbus]]. The latter two films were highly successful, ''Philadelphia'' winning [[Tom Hanks]] his first Oscar.

Shore scored another three films in 1994: ''[[The Client (1994 film)|The Client]]'', ''[[Ed Wood (film)|Ed Wood]]'', and ''[[Nobody's Fool (1994 film)|Nobody's Fool]]''. ''Ed Wood'' is notable for being one of the three films directed by Tim Burton that did not feature a score by [[Danny Elfman]].

Shore continued to score numerous films from 1995 to 2001, including two [[David Fincher]] films, ''[[Seven (1995 film)|Seven]]'' (1995) and ''[[The Game (1997 film)|The Game]]'' (1997), and ''[[The Truth About Cats and Dogs]]'' (1996), directed by [[Michael Lehmann]]; he also collaborated on two films with Cronenberg, along with Tom Hanks' directorial debut, ''[[That Thing You Do!]]''. He scored [[Kevin Smith|Kevin Smith’s]] ''[[Dogma (film)|Dogma]]'' (1999).  Shore also composed the score of the 2000 film ''[[The Cell (film)|The Cell]]''.

===2001–2006===
[[File:Howard Shore.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Shore at a press conference for ''The Lord of the Rings'' in [[Wellington]], New Zealand, 2003]]
Major success came in 2001 with his score to ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', the first film in the highly acclaimed [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy]]. The news that Shore would score the trilogy surprised some, since he was primarily associated with dark, ominous films and had never scored an epic of this scale. Yet, the score was hugely successful and won Shore his first Oscar, as well as a Grammy Award, and garnered Shore nominations for a Golden Globe and a BAFTA.

The following year, Shore composed the scores to ''[[Panic Room]]'', ''[[Gangs of New York]]'' (replacing [[Elmer Bernstein]]), and ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'', the second film in the trilogy (the latter two films were both nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]]). Though Shore's score for ''The Two Towers'' was going to be deemed ineligible for submission to the academy due to a new rule disallowing the submission of scores which contained themes from previous work, the implementation of this rule change was postponed, and the score remained eligible.<ref>{{cite news|last=Burlingame|first=Jon|title='Two Towers' score remains eligible, the academy says|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jan-18-et-burlingame18-story.html|access-date=September 19, 2013|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=January 18, 2003}}</ref> ''The Two Towers'' score did not receive an Academy Award nomination, but Shore did receive a BAFTA nomination for ''Gangs of New York''.

In 2003, Shore composed the score for the final film in ''The Lord of the Rings trilogy'', ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''. The film was the most successful film in the trilogy and the most successful of the year. Shore won his second Oscar for Best Original Score, as well as a third for Best Original Song for "[[Into the West (song)|Into the West]]", which he shared with [[Fran Walsh]] and [[Annie Lennox]]. Shore also won his first Golden Globe, his third and fourth Grammy (the fourth for Best Song), and was nominated for a third BAFTA. The scores of ''The Lord of the Rings'', performed primarily by the [[London Philharmonic Orchestra]], became some of the most successful film scores ever written and are the biggest success in Shore's career so far. The score has been repeatedly and continually<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34748803|title = Lord of the Rings voted 'best movie soundtrack'|work = BBC News|date = November 7, 2015}}</ref> voted as the best film score in history; the review site Filmtracks named Shore's scores "arguably the most respected and impressive trilogy of music of all time: Howard Shore's massive work for Peter Jackson's ''The Lord of the Rings''."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/phantom_menace.html|title = Filmtracks: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (John Williams)}}</ref> As of April 2023, Shore is currently in litigation with Star-Entertainment Berlin over their unauthorized use of his music from ''The Lord of the Rings'' and ''The Hobbit'' in poor quality concerts, following a concert on 1 April 2023 at the Portsmouth Guildhall which was reportedly so poor that every audience member was given a full refund and the production company were banned from the premises permanently.<ref>[http://www.howardshore.com/notice-unofficial-concerts/ NOTICE: Unofficial Concerts] at howardshore.com</ref>

In 2004, Shore again collaborated with Martin Scorsese, scoring Scorcese's epic ''[[The Aviator (2004 film)|The Aviator]]'', this time with the [[Brussels Philharmonic]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title='Alfie,' 'Aviator' and 'Ray' Rack Up Awards|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=January 29, 2005|volume=117|issue=5|page=12|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZxQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA1|access-date=January 7, 2018|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> He won a second Golden Globe for the score, becoming the third composer to have won consecutive Golden Globes in the Original Score category. He also received his sixth Grammy nomination, and his fifth BAFTA nomination.

He collaborated again with David Cronenberg in 2005 to score ''[[A History of Violence]]'', starring [[Viggo Mortensen]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Howard Shore Scores 'A History of Violence'|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4950229|access-date=January 7, 2018|publisher=[[NPR]]|date=October 9, 2005}}</ref> (who played Aragorn in the ''Rings'' trilogy). The film was a success and received two Oscar nominations. In 2006, he collaborated for the fourth time with Martin Scorsese, this time to score ''[[The Departed]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Debruge|first1=Peter|title=The Departed|url=https://variety.com/2006/film/awards/the-departed-1117954097/|access-date=January 7, 2018|work=Variety|date=November 16, 2006}}</ref> That film was highly successful, and won four Oscars including a long-awaited win for Scorsese, and the Oscar for Best Picture.

Although Shore was originally commissioned to compose the soundtrack for ''[[King Kong (2005 film)|King Kong]]'', he was later replaced by [[James Newton Howard]] due to "differing creative aspirations for the score" on his and the filmmakers' parts.<ref>{{cite news|title=Shore leaves Jackson's King Kong|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2005/oct/18/news1|access-date=January 7, 2018|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=October 18, 2005}}</ref> This was a mutual agreement between himself and [[Peter Jackson]]. Despite this, Shore has a cameo near the end of the film as the [[conducting|conductor]] of the [[orchestra]] in the theater, performing portions of [[Max Steiner]]'s score to the [[King Kong (1933 film)|original 1933 version]] of the film.

===2007–present===
In 2007, Shore composed the music for ''[[Soul of the Ultimate Nation]]'', an online multiplayer video game, featuring [[Lydia Kavina]] on the [[theremin]]. During 2007 he also composed the scores for ''[[The Last Mimzy]]'' and ''[[Eastern Promises]]'', the latter of which includes a section that has been performed in concert as Shore's ''Concertino for violin solo and chamber orchestra''.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jqmv4 ''Radio 3 Live in Concert''], program called "BBC Concert Orchestra - London on Film" (broadcast June 11, 2012, on [[BBC Radio 3]])</ref> ''Eastern Promises'' was another collaboration with David Cronenberg and earned Shore his fourth Golden Globe nomination. In 2008, he scored ''[[Doubt (2008 film)|Doubt]]'', starring Meryl Streep and directed by [[John Patrick Shanley]]. The film was a success, earning five Oscar nominations.

In 2010, Shore composed the score to ''[[The Twilight Saga: Eclipse|Eclipse]]'', the third installment in the [[The Twilight Saga (film series)|''Twilight'' film series]], following [[Carter Burwell]] and [[Alexandre Desplat]], who scored the first and second films, respectively. He then replaced [[John Corigliano]] to score ''[[Edge of Darkness (2010 film)|Edge of Darkness]]'', starring [[Mel Gibson]].

Shore's 2011 projects were ''[[A Dangerous Method]]'', continuing his long-term collaboration with director David Cronenberg. He composed the score to [[Martin Scorsese]]'s ''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]'', his fifth collaboration with the director, which earned him a sixth Golden Globe nomination and fourth Oscar nomination.<ref name="Symkus2017"/>

He created the score to [[Peter Jackson]]'s ''[[The Hobbit (film series)|The Hobbit]]'' film series.<ref name="musicoflotr1">{{cite news|title=Why NZ Matters |url=http://www.musicoflotr.com/2010/10/why-nz-matters.html|access-date=November 1, 2010|date=October 27, 2010|first=Doug|last=Adams|work=The Music of The Lord of the Rings Films}}</ref> In addition, Shore composed the opening theme for ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power]]'' on Amazon.

==Conducting and performing==
{{further|Music of The Lord of the Rings film series}}

Since 2004, he has toured the world [[conducting]] local [[orchestra]]s in the performance of his new [[symphony|symphonic]] arrangement of his highly acclaimed ''[[Music of The Lord of the Rings film series|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 second and third (or first and second film titles<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.howardshore.com/works/discs/the-lord-of-the-rings-symphony/ |title=The Lord of the Rings Symphony |website=Howardshore.com |access-date=July 9, 2017}}</ref>) movements. The concert presentation of the symphony also includes projected still images of sketches by John Howe and Alan Lee 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, Ludwig Wicki, Alexander Mickelthwaite, and [[John Mauceri]] to lead the orchestras.

April 24, 2008, marked the North American Live to Projection debut of ''Fellowship of the Ring'', with the score performed live by the [[Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra]], conducted by Ludwig Wicki. Wicki also conducted the Filene Center Orchestra at the Wolf Trap Farm Park in Vienna, Virginia on May 21 and 22, 2008 in the U.S. premiere of the ''Fellowship of the Ring'' Live to Projection.

September 16, 2010, Shore conducted the RSO Vienna (Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra) which performed "In Dreams from The Fellowship of the Ring" at [[Hollywood in Vienna]] in Vienna, Austria.
Shore was commissioned by Macy's to write a Fanfare for the Store's 150th anniversary featuring the [[Philadelphia Orchestra]] and the [[Wanamaker Organ]], the world's largest playing pipe organ.<ref>{{cite web|author=Patrick Stearns |url=http://articles.philly.com/2008-09-28/news/25248660_1_wanamaker-organ-philadelphia-orchestra-joint-concert |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908024956/http://articles.philly.com/2008-09-28/news/25248660_1_wanamaker-organ-philadelphia-orchestra-joint-concert |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 8, 2015 |title=Pulling out all the stops Wanamaker Organ, Philadelphia Orchestra team up, 80 years late. |website=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=September 28, 2008 |access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref> The work was debuted in the Grand Court of Macy's Philadelphia Store on September 27, 2008, in a concert that drew reviews from most of the major East Coast newspapers.

Shore's opera ''The Fly'' had its world premiere performance at the [[Théâtre du Châtelet]] in Paris on July 2, 2008, and its United States premiere at [[Los Angeles Opera]] on September 7, 2008. The production was directed by [[David Cronenberg]] and conducted by [[Plácido Domingo]]. ''The Fly'' had a new production mounted by Theatre Trier in Germany in 2014 staged by [[Sebastian Welker]] and conducted by Joongbae Jee.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.howardshore.com/the-fly/ |title=The Fly |website=Howardshore.com |access-date=July 9, 2017}}</ref>

Shore was commissioned by the Beijing Music Festival to write ''[[Ruin and Memory]]'', a piano concerto, for the pianist [[Lang Lang]]. The world premiere was on October 11, 2010, performed by Lang Lang, [[China Philharmonic Orchestra|The China Philharmonic Orchestra]] and conducted by [[Long Yu]].<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150310003809/http://www.schott-music.com/news/archive/show,4865.html |archive-date=10 March 2015|url=http://www.schott-music.com/news/archive/show,4865.html |title=Howard Shore's Ruin and Memory Premiered by Lang Lang at the Beijing Music Festival |website=Schott Music}}</ref> His second concerto, ''[[Mythic Gardens]]'', premiered April 27, 2012, with Sophie Shao on cello solo, The [[American Symphony Orchestra]] and conducted by [[Leon Botstein]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fishercenter.bard.edu/calendar/event.php?eid=113682 |title=Fisher Center Bard Events |website=Fishercenter.bard.edu |access-date=July 9, 2017}}</ref>

Shore's song cycle ''A Palace Upon the Ruins'' premiered in 2014 at the [[Bridgehampton Chamber Music Festival]] and at the La Jolla SummerFest featuring mezzo-soprano [[Jennifer Johnson Cano]]. ''A Palace Upon the Ruins'' is a song cycle of six songs with words by Elizabeth Cotnoir.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.howardshore.com/a-palace-upon-the-ruins-a-song-cycle/ |title=A Palace Upon The Ruins (A Song Cycle) |website=Howardshore.com |access-date=July 9, 2017}}</ref>

''Sea to Sea'' was commissioned by [[New Brunswick Youth Orchestra]] in celebration of Canada's 150th anniversary of confederation and premiered on July 2, 2017, in Moncton, New Brunswick, with soloist [[Measha Brueggergosman]] and Antonio Delgado conducting. ''Sea to Sea'' has lyrics by Elizabeth Cotnoir.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/new-brunswick-youth-orchestras-soaring-anthem-sea-to-sea-has-illustrious-roots/article37281393/#_=_ |title=New Brunswick Youth Orchestra's soaring anthem Sea to Sea has illustrious roots |first=Brad |last=Wheeler |date=7 December 2017 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]]}}</ref>

The song cycle ''L'Aube'' premiered October 19 & 20, 2017 in Toronto at [[Roy Thompson Hall]] conducted by [[Peter Oundjian]] and performed by soloist Susan Platts and commissioning orchestra, the [[Toronto Symphony Orchestra]]. ''L'Aube'' consists of five songs with text by Elizabeth Cotnoir.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://artsfile.ca/ottawa-symphony-orchestra-howard-shore-honours-maureen-forrester-with-a-special-song-cycle/# |title=Ottawa Symphony Orchestra: Howard Shore honours Maureen Forrester with a special song cycle |website=Artsfile |first=Peter |last=Robb}}</ref>

''The Forest'' a guitar concerto composed for [[Miloš Karadaglić]] premiered in Ottawa on May 1 & 2, 2019 with the [[National Arts Centre Orchestra]] and [[Alexander Shelley]] conducting.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/18722 |title=Miloš Performs Howard Shore |website=National Art Center|date=May 2019 }}</ref>

==Television==
In addition to writing the original theme song for ''Saturday Night Live'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006290/ |title=Howard Shore |website=imdb.com|access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref> as well as the closing theme,<ref>{{cite web|author=Deanna Darr |url=http://rapidcityjournal.com/blackhillstogo/arts-music/sound-check/on-the-record-tapestry-snl-songs-close-but-not-the/article_f21c4f85-9134-5841-bc9a-2523f047b666.html |title=ON THE RECORD: 'Tapestry,' SNL songs close, but not the same |website=rapidcityjournal.com |date=May 16, 2013 |access-date=March 10, 2016}}</ref> Shore also co-wrote the theme song for ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'' with [[John Lurie]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Nate Chinen|url=http://jazztimes.com/articles/24584-steady-gigs-late-shows |title=Steady Gigs, Late Shows |website=jazztimes.com |date=May 1, 2009 |access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref> The theme was carried over to ''[[The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien|The Tonight Show]]'' when O'Brien succeeded [[Jay Leno]] as host.<ref>{{cite web|author=Josef Adalian |url=http://www.vulture.com/2010/10/conan_obrien_theme.html |title=Conan Will Have a New Theme ... Co-Written by Conan |website=vulture.com |date=October 29, 2010 |access-date=March 28, 2016}}</ref>

In September 2021, it was reported that Shore was in talk to compose the music for the upcoming ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power|The Lord of the Rings]]'' TV series on [[Amazon Prime Video]], returning from the ''Lord of the Rings'' and ''Hobbit'' films; the series was eventually scored by [[Bear McCreary]] with Shore writing the main title theme for the opening credits only.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=September 19, 2021 |title=Oscar-Winning 'The Lord Of The Rings' Howard Shore In Talks To Compose Music For Amazon Studios' Middle Earth-Set TV Series |url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/the-lord-of-the-rings-composer-howard-shore-score-amazon-tv-series-middle-earth-jrr-tolkien-1234839274/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210919203458/https://deadline.com/2021/09/the-lord-of-the-rings-composer-howard-shore-score-amazon-tv-series-middle-earth-jrr-tolkien-1234839274/ |archive-date=September 19, 2021 |access-date=September 19, 2021 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Howard Shore Creates Main Title Theme as He Makes His Return to Middle-Earth, Bear McCreary Confirmed as Composer of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power |url=http://press.amazonstudios.com/us/en/press-release/howard-shore-creates-main-title-theme-as-he-makes- |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=press.amazonstudios.com |language=en-us}}</ref>

==Radio==
Shore narrated a one-hour [[CBC Radio]] documentary/soundscape on music in thriller/suspense film genres also including references to radio dramas and other media. The episode was called "Unsettling Scores"<ref>{{cite AV media| url=http://www.cbc.ca/player/RADIO+HOLDING+PEN/Inside+the+Music/ID/1627500009/ |title=Inside The Music: Unsettling scores |work=CBC radio |access-date=September 29, 2014}}</ref> and premiered on the program called ''[[Inside the Music]]''.

==Personal life==
He is the uncle of film composer [[Ryan Shore]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.newsaskew.com/graves-interview-ryan-shore |title=The SIRmon – The Official SModcast Internet News Portal |publisher=Newsaskew.com |access-date=December 18, 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

As of 2004, Shore lives in [[Tuxedo Park, New York]].<ref name="Variety" /> Shore is married to Elizabeth Cotnoir, a writer, producer and documentary filmmaker. He has one daughter<!-- , from a previous [[common-law marriage]] to Judiann McGhee - needs a source-->.<ref name="Variety">{{cite news|last1=Adler|first1=Carlye|title=N.Y. minute: Howard Shore|url=https://variety.com/2004/scene/markets-festivals/n-y-minute-howard-shore-1117904072/|access-date=December 1, 2014|work=Variety|date=April 29, 2004|quote=I live in Tuxedo Park, N.Y. and spend time in the West Village, where my wife Elizabeth Cotnoir, a writer-producer and documentary filmmaker, has an office.}}</ref>

==Filmography== <!-- Discography: a descriptive catalogue of musical recordings, particularly those of a particular performer or composer- -->
{{main|Howard Shore discography}}
{{columns-list|
*''[[The Brood]]'' (1979)
*''[[Scanners]]'' (1981)
*''[[Videodrome]]'' (1983)
*''[[Places in the Heart]]'' (1984)
*''[[After Hours (film)|After Hours]]'' (1985)
*''[[The Fly (1986 film)|The Fly]]'' (1986)
*''[[Big (film)|Big]]'' (1988)
*''[[Dead Ringers (film)|Dead Ringers]]'' (1988)
*''[[The Silence of the Lambs (film)|The Silence of the Lambs]]'' (1991)
*''[[Naked Lunch (film)|Naked Lunch]]'' (1991)
*''[[Mrs. Doubtfire]]'' (1993)
*''[[Philadelphia (film)|Philadelphia]]'' (1993)
*''[[The Client (1994 film)|The Client]]'' (1994)
*''[[Ed Wood (film)|Ed Wood]]'' (1994)
*''[[Seven (1995 film)|Seven]]'' (1995)
*''[[Crash (1996 film)|Crash]]'' (1996)
*''[[That Thing You Do!]]'' (1996)
*''[[Cop Land]]'' (1997)
*''[[The Game (1997 film)|The Game]]'' (1997)
*''[[Analyze This]]'' (1999)
*''[[Dogma (film)|Dogma]]'' (1999)
*''[[High Fidelity (film)|High Fidelity]]'' (2000)
*''[[The Cell (film)|The Cell]]'' (2000)
*''[[The Score (2001 film)|The Score]]'' (2001)
*''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' (2001)
*''[[Panic Room]]'' (2002)
*''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'' (2002)
*''[[Gangs of New York]]'' (2002)
*''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' (2003)
*''[[The Aviator (2004 film)|The Aviator]]'' (2004)
*''[[A History of Violence]]'' (2005)
*''[[The Departed]]'' (2006)
*''[[Eastern Promises]]'' (2007)
*''[[The Last Mimzy]]'' (2007)
*''[[Doubt (2008 film)|Doubt]]'' (2008)
*''[[Edge of Darkness (2010 film)|Edge of Darkness]]'' (2010)
*''[[The Twilight Saga: Eclipse]]'' (2010)
*''[[A Dangerous Method]]'' (2011)
*''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]'' (2011)
*''[[Cosmopolis (film)|Cosmopolis]]'' (2012)
*''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'' (2012)
*''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]'' (2013)
*''[[Maps to the Stars]]'' (2014)
*''[[Rosewater (film)|Rosewater]]'' (2014)
*''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies]]'' (2014)
*''[[Spotlight (film)|Spotlight]]'' (2015)
*''[[Denial (2016 film)|Denial]]'' (2016)
*''[[The Song of Names]]'' (2019)
*''[[Pieces of a Woman]]'' (2020)
*''[[Crimes of the Future (2022 film)|Crimes of the Future]]'' (2022)
*''[[The Pale Blue Eye]]'' (2022)
*''[[The Shrouds]]'' (2025)
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== Awards and honours ==
{{Further|List of awards and nominations received by Howard Shore}}
Shore has received four Academy Award nominations, winning three, two for [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]], for ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' (2001), and ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' (2003). He also won the Oscar for [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] for "[[Into the West (song)|Into the West]]" from ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King''.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/l000eiQ4lRg Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20150127133331/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l000eiQ4lRg Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l000eiQ4lRg|title="Into the West" Wins Best Song: 2004 Oscars|date=February 4, 2016|publisher=[[Academy Awards]]|access-date=January 15, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He received his fourth nomination for his work on ''[[Hugo (film)|Hugo]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2012/01/oscars-2012-hugo-composer-howard-shore.html|title=Oscars 2012: 'Hugo' composer Howard Shore on Scorsese collaboration|date=January 24, 2012|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=January 15, 2018}}</ref>

Shore has also received six [[Golden Globe]] nominations, winning three awards: for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]] for ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' (2003) and ''[[The Aviator (2004 film)|The Aviator]]'' (2004) and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] for "Into the West" from ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'', making him the second composer (after [[Alan Menken]]) to have received consecutive [[Golden Globe Awards]] for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]. He also won three consecutive [[Grammy]] Awards for [[Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media|Best Score]] for each of the ''Lord of the Rings'' films, and received a second award in 2003 for the song "Into the West" from ''Return of the King'' in the category of [[Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media|Best Song]]. He has also received five BAFTA nominations, but has not won.

On June 11, 2007, Shore was awarded an [[Honorary doctorate|Honorary Doctor of Letters Degree]] from [[York University]] in [[Toronto]] for "his sweeping artistic vision".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorku.ca/yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=8626|title=YFile - Film composer honoured for 'sweeping artistic vision'|date=June 13, 2007|publisher=Yorku.ca|access-date=December 18, 2012}}</ref> This award was shared with the year's commencement ceremony and the University focused heavily in Shore's honor, including [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|The Lord of the Rings]] theme playing throughout the event.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2007-06-11 |title=York to bestow 11 honorary degrees at convocation |url=https://yfile.news.yorku.ca/2007/06/11/york-to-bestow-11-honorary-degrees-at-convocation/ |access-date=2007-06-11 |website=YFile |language=en-US}}</ref>

Shore has also been honored with awards from [[National Board of Review|The National Board of Review]], [[Recording Academy|Recording Academy Honors]], [[Broadcast Film Critics Association|The Broadcast Film Critics]], [[Chicago Film Critics]], [[Genie Award]], [[World Soundtrack Awards|World Soundtrack Award]], New York's [[Gotham Award]], and The [[Saturn Award]] for Science Fiction.

Shore is the first recipient of the Film & TV Music Award for Best Score for a Science Fiction Feature Film for ''[[The Last Mimzy]]''.

In May 2008, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Music from [[Berklee College of Music]] during Berklee's commencement ceremony at the Agganis Arena.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stevewinwood.com/news/5593|title=Steve Winwood To Receive Honorary Doctor of Music Degree|website=Stevewinwood.com|access-date=July 9, 2017}}</ref>

On September 16, 2010, he was awarded the Max Steiner Film Music Achievement Award by the City of [[Vienna]] at the yearly film music gala concert [[Hollywood in Vienna]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://kurier.at/kultur/2032577.php|title=Hollywood-Komponist Howard Shore in Wien|date=September 15, 2010|access-date=September 22, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917024845/http://kurier.at/kultur/2032577.php|archive-date=September 17, 2010}}</ref>

In 2012, he received Canada's [[Governor General's Performing Arts Awards for Lifetime Artistic Achievement]].<ref name="GG">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/rush-wins-governor-general-s-award-1.1212117|title=Rush wins Governor General's Award|date=March 6, 2012|access-date=March 6, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306221359/http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2012/03/06/gg-performing-arts-awards.html|archive-date=March 6, 2012|publisher=CBC News}}</ref>

In 2016, he was appointed as an [[Officer of the Order of Canada]] for his work towards the film and music industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=16670&lan=eng|title=Governor General Announces 100 New Appointments to the Order of Canada as Canada Turns 150|website=The Governor General of Canada His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston|access-date=December 31, 2016}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of film director and composer collaborations]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Howard Shore}}
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* {{Official website|http://www.howardshore.com/}}
* {{IMDb name|6290}}
* [http://www.tracksounds.com/specialfeatures/Interviews/interview_howard_shore_2006.htm Howard Shore Interview at Tracksounds] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061215054138/http://www.tracksounds.com/specialfeatures/Interviews/interview_howard_shore_2006.htm |date=December 15, 2006 }}
* {{Discogs artist|Howard Shore}}
* [http://www.nfb.ca/film/a_composers_dream/ ''A Composer's Dream''], a short film tribute to Shore on his Governor General's Performing Arts Award, [[National Film Board of Canada]] website

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