Howard Shore

(1946-)

Canadian film score composer

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Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is a Canadian composer, conductor and orchestrator noted for his film scores. He has composed the scores for over 80 films, most notably the scores for The Lord of the Rings and 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", an award he shared with Eurythmics lead vocalist Annie Lennox and writer/producer Fran Walsh, who wrote the lyrics. He is a consistent 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.

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Born	Howard Leslie Shore 30 September 1946 (age 78) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Zodiac	Libra
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Elizabeth Cotnoir - · · m. 1990 info edit

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David Cronenberg · Associate · 1943- · Canadian filmmaker and film director edit info

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Lorne Michaels · Friend · 1944- · Canadian and American television producer, writer, and actor edit info

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