Howard Shore discography

Howard Shore is a Canadian composer, conductor and orchestrator noted for his film scores.[1]

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 also a consistent collaborator with director David Cronenberg, having scored all but one of his films since 1979.

Filmography

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Film

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1970s

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Year Title Director Other notes
1978 I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses Murray Markowitz
1979 The Brood David Cronenberg 1st of 18 collaborations with Cronenberg

Nominated- Genie Award for Best Music Score

1980s

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Year Title Director Other notes
1981 Scanners David Cronenberg
1983 Videodrome
1984 Nothing Lasts Forever Tom Schiller 1st American film
1984 Places in the Heart Robert Benton Music producer
1985 After Hours Martin Scorsese 1st of 6 collaborations with Scorsese
1986 Fire with Fire Duncan Gibbins
The Fly David Cronenberg
1987 Heaven Diane Keaton Documentary film
Nadine Robert Benton
1988 Moving Alan Metter
Big Penny Marshall
Dead Ringers David Cronenberg Genie Award for Best Music Score
1989 Signs of Life John David Coles
An Innocent Man Peter Yates
The Lemon Sisters Joyce Chopra
She-Devil Susan Seidelman

1990s

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Year Title Director Other notes
1990 Postcards from the Edge Mike Nichols Composed with Carly Simon
The Local Stigmatic David Wheeler
Made in Milan Martin Scorsese Short film
Quick Change Howard Franklin
Bill Murray
Composed with Randy Edelman
1991 A Kiss Before Dying James Dearden
The Silence of the Lambs Jonathan Demme Nominated- BAFTA Award for Best Film Music
Naked Lunch David Cronenberg Nominated- Genie Award for Best Music Score
1992 Prelude to a Kiss Norman René
Single White Female Barbet Schroeder
1993 Sliver Phillip Noyce
Guilty as Sin Sidney Lumet
M. Butterfly David Cronenberg
Mrs. Doubtfire Chris Columbus
Philadelphia Jonathan Demme
1994 The Client Joel Schumacher
Ed Wood Tim Burton Nominated- Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Nobody's Fool Robert Benton
1995 Seven David Fincher
Moonlight and Valentino David Anspaugh
White Man's Burden Desmond Nakano
1996 Looking for Richard Al Pacino Documentary film
Before and After Barbet Schroeder
The Truth About Cats & Dogs Michael Lehmann
Ransom Ron Howard Unused score
Replaced by James Horner
Crash David Cronenberg
Striptease Andrew Bergman
That Thing You Do! Tom Hanks
1997 Cop Land James Mangold
The Game David Fincher
1999 Gloria Sidney Lumet
eXistenZ David Cronenberg
Analyze This Harold Ramis
Dogma Kevin Smith

2000s

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Year Title Director Other notes
2000 High Fidelity Stephen Frears
The Yards James Gray
Esther Kahn Arnaud Desplechin
The Cell Tarsem Singh
Camera David Cronenberg Short film
2001 The Score Frank Oz
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Peter Jackson 1st of multiple collaborations with Jackson

Academy Award for Best Original Score
Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score
Nominated- BAFTA Award for Best Film Music
Nominated- Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
Nominated- AFI Award for Composer of the Year

2002 Panic Room David Fincher
Spider David Cronenberg Georges Delerue Award
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Peter Jackson Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Nominated- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score
Gangs of New York Martin Scorsese Nominated- BAFTA Award for Best Film Music
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Peter Jackson Academy Award for Best Original Score
Academy Award for Best Original Song (for "Into the West"; with Annie Lennox & Fran Walsh)
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song (for "Into the West"; with Annie Lennox & Fran Walsh)
Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media (for "Into the West"; with Annie Lennox & Fran Walsh)
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score
Nominated- BAFTA Award for Best Film Music
Nominated- Satellite Award for Best Original Score
2004 The Aviator Martin Scorsese Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score
Nominated- BAFTA Award for Best Film Music
Nominated- Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Nominated- Satellite Award for Best Original Score
2005 A History of Violence David Cronenberg
King Kong Peter Jackson Unused score
Replaced by James Newton Howard
2006 The Departed Martin Scorsese Nominated- Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Nominated- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score
2007 The Last Mimzy Robert Shaye
To Each His Own Cinema David Cronenberg Segment: "At the Suicide of the Last Jew in the World in the Last Cinema in the World"
Eastern Promises Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Score
Nominated- Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
Nominated- Satellite Award for Best Original Score
2008 The Betrayal – Nerakhoon Ellen Kuras
Thavisouk Phrasavath
Documentary film
Doubt John Patrick Shanley

2010s

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Year Title Director Other notes
2010 Edge of Darkness Martin Campbell
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse[2] David Slade Twilight themes by Carter Burwell & Alexandre Desplat

Nominated- Satellite Award for Best Original Song (for "Eclipse (All Yours)"; with Metric)

2011 A Dangerous Method David Cronenberg Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Score
Hugo Martin Scorsese Nominated- Academy Award for Best Original Score
Nominated- BAFTA Award for Best Film Music
Nominated- Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
Nominated- Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Nominated- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score
2012 Cosmopolis David Cronenberg Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Score
Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Song (for "Long to Live"; with Emily Haines & James Shaw)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Peter Jackson
2013 Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian Arnaud Desplechin
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Peter Jackson
2014 Maps to the Stars David Cronenberg Cannes Soundtrack Award
Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Score
Rosewater Jon Stewart
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Peter Jackson
2015 Spotlight Tom McCarthy Nominated- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Score
Nominated- Satellite Award for Best Original Score
2016 Denial Mick Jackson
2018 The Catcher Was a Spy Ben Lewin
2019 The Song of Names François Girard

2020s

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Year Title Director Other notes
2020 Le prince oublié Michel Hazanavicius
Pieces of a Woman Kornél Mundruczó
Funny Boy Deepa Mehta
2022 Crimes of the Future David Cronenberg 18th collaboration with Cronenberg
The Pale Blue Eye Scott Cooper
2024 The Shrouds David Cronenberg 19th collaboration with Cronenberg

Television films and series

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Video games

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Selected concert music works

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  • Fanfare, organ (2008)
  • The Fly, opera (2008)
  • Ruin and Memory, piano concerto (2010)
  • Mythic Gardens, cello concerto (2012)
  • A Palace Upon the Ruins, song cycle (2014)
  • L'Aube (The Dawn), song cycle (2017)

References

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  1. ^ Handy, Bruce 'Lord of the Rings' Composer Howard Shore Talks Hobbits, His Start on 'SNL' and Working With Martin Scorsese Billboard. February 25, 2015
  2. ^ "Composer Howard Shore to Score The Twilight Saga: Eclipse". FirstShowing.net. January 24, 2010. Retrieved July 9, 2017.