Howard Leslie Shore OC (born October 18, 1946) is a Canadian composer who is not… Read Full Bio ↴Howard Leslie Shore OC (born October 18, 1946) is a Canadian composer who is notable 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 first trilogy, with one being for the original 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.
Shore has also composed a few concert works including one opera, The Fly, based on the plot of Cronenberg's 1986 film premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on July 2, 2008, a short piece Fanfare for the Wanamaker Organ and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and a short overture for the Swiss 21st Century Symphony Orchestra. In addition to his three Academy Awards, Shore has also won three Golden Globe Awards and four Grammy Awards.
Howard Shore was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the son of Bernice (née Ash) and Mac Shore. Shore is Jewish. He started studying music at 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. By 17, he decided he wanted to pursue music in his adult life too. He studied music at Berklee College of Music in Boston after graduating from Forest Hill Collegiate Institute.
From 1969 to 1972, Shore was a member of the jazz fusion band Lighthouse. 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 Lorne Michaels' influential late-night NBC comedy show Saturday Night Live, appearing in many musical sketches, including Howard Shore and His All-Nurse Band, and dressed as a beekeeper for a John Belushi/Dan Aykroyd performance of the Slim Harpo classic "I'm a King Bee". Shore also suggested the name for The Blues Brothers to Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi.
Since 2004, he has toured the world conducting local orchestras in the performance of his new symphonic arrangement of his highly acclaimed 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) 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. 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.
Shore was commissioned by the Beijing Music Festival to write Ruin and Memory, a piano concerto, for renowned pianist Lang Lang. The world premiere was on October 11, 2010 performed by Lang Lang, The China Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Long Yu. His second concerto, Mythic Gardens, premiered April 27, 2012 with Sophie Shao on cello solo, The American Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Leon Botstein.
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.
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.
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.
The Forest a guitar concerto composed for Miloš Karadaglić will premiere in Ottawa on May 1 & 2, 2019 with the National Arts Centre Orchestra and Alexander Shelley conducting.
In addition to writing the original theme song for Saturday Night Live, as well as the closing theme, Shore also co-wrote the theme song for Late Night with Conan O'Brien with John Lurie. The theme was carried over to The Tonight Show when O'Brien succeeded Jay Leno as host.
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" and premiered on the program called Inside the Music.
Shore is married to Elizabeth Cotnoir, a writer, producer and documentary filmmaker. He has a daughter, Mae.[35] He is the uncle of film composer Ryan Shore.
As of 2004, Shore lives in Tuxedo Park, New York.
Shore has also composed a few concert works including one opera, The Fly, based on the plot of Cronenberg's 1986 film premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on July 2, 2008, a short piece Fanfare for the Wanamaker Organ and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and a short overture for the Swiss 21st Century Symphony Orchestra. In addition to his three Academy Awards, Shore has also won three Golden Globe Awards and four Grammy Awards.
Howard Shore was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the son of Bernice (née Ash) and Mac Shore. Shore is Jewish. He started studying music at 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. By 17, he decided he wanted to pursue music in his adult life too. He studied music at Berklee College of Music in Boston after graduating from Forest Hill Collegiate Institute.
From 1969 to 1972, Shore was a member of the jazz fusion band Lighthouse. 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 Lorne Michaels' influential late-night NBC comedy show Saturday Night Live, appearing in many musical sketches, including Howard Shore and His All-Nurse Band, and dressed as a beekeeper for a John Belushi/Dan Aykroyd performance of the Slim Harpo classic "I'm a King Bee". Shore also suggested the name for The Blues Brothers to Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi.
Since 2004, he has toured the world conducting local orchestras in the performance of his new symphonic arrangement of his highly acclaimed 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) 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. 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.
Shore was commissioned by the Beijing Music Festival to write Ruin and Memory, a piano concerto, for renowned pianist Lang Lang. The world premiere was on October 11, 2010 performed by Lang Lang, The China Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Long Yu. His second concerto, Mythic Gardens, premiered April 27, 2012 with Sophie Shao on cello solo, The American Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Leon Botstein.
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.
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.
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.
The Forest a guitar concerto composed for Miloš Karadaglić will premiere in Ottawa on May 1 & 2, 2019 with the National Arts Centre Orchestra and Alexander Shelley conducting.
In addition to writing the original theme song for Saturday Night Live, as well as the closing theme, Shore also co-wrote the theme song for Late Night with Conan O'Brien with John Lurie. The theme was carried over to The Tonight Show when O'Brien succeeded Jay Leno as host.
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" and premiered on the program called Inside the Music.
Shore is married to Elizabeth Cotnoir, a writer, producer and documentary filmmaker. He has a daughter, Mae.[35] He is the uncle of film composer Ryan Shore.
As of 2004, Shore lives in Tuxedo Park, New York.
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A Coronal Of Silver And Gold THE REVELATION OF THE RINGWRAITHS text by PHILIPPA BOYENS, …
A Journey in the Dark Durin ku bin-amrad Durin ku bin-amrad Ugmal sullu addad Ku b…
A Knife in the Dark Bârî ‘n Nidir nê~ ~dir nênâkham (Bârî ‘n Nidir nênâkham) Nêb…
Amon Hen I tuo i macil [A]staldoron mauri nai Cor[ma] I tuo i macil Á…
Andril Sindarin Elo, Andúril Lach en Annûn I chatho asgannen Ad ec…
Arwen's Fate THE GRACE OF THE VALAR (THE BREATH OF LIFE) text by…
Ash and Smoke Go vegil tolo hi Egor iriel firi 'Ni men hen u veth…
At the Sign of the Prancing Pony Hey, ho, to the bottle I go To heal my heart…
Bag End The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door…
Breath of Life Uich gwennen na 'wanath ah na dhín An uich gwennen na…
Breath of Life (feat. Sheila Chandra) Uich gwennen na 'wanath ah na dh�n. An uich gwennen na…
Caras Galadhon GALADRIEL'S SONG text from J.R.R. TOLKIEN, adapted by PHILI…
Dance Me to the End of Love Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me…
Days of the Ring INTO THE WEST lyrics and music by FRAN WALSH, HOWARD SHORE,…
Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye Ev'ry time we say goodbye I die a little Ev'ry time…
Evenstar Solo in Sindarin U i vethed na i onnad. Si boe u-dhanna.…
Evenstar (feat. Isabel Bayrakdarian) Vocal - Isabel Bayrakdarian Ú i vethed nâ i onnad Si boe…
Feast Of Starlight Hae ephadron Theri thaur Îmri zaiza Am na dhû ias Fîr i amba…
Figaro Figaro figaro figaro figarofigaro Figaro figaro figaro figar…
Fight To the Ford En el lugar que tú estés Mi pensamiento estará Porque es tan…
Flight to the Ford Tinuviel elvanui Elleth alfirin edhelhael O hon ring finnil …
For Frodo FOR FRODO text by PHILIPPA BOYENS, translation by DAVID SAL…
Foundations of Stone Mettanna Irkat-lukhud ma katabrikihu Ulfat-atam ma tanakhi u…
Gandalf the White THE CALL text by J.R.R. TOLKIEN, translation by DAVID SALO …
Gilraen's Memorial GILRAEN'S SONG text by PHILIPPA BOYENS, translation by DAVI…
Give Up the Halfling ARWEN'S PRAYER text by PHILIPPA BOYENS What grace has gi…
Glamdring THE ABYSS text by PHILIPPA BOYENS translation by DAVID SA…
Gollum's Song Where once was light Now darkness falls Where once was love …
Gollum's Song (by Emiliana Tor Where once was light Now darkness falls Where once was lov…
Hello Hello, I love you, won't you tell me your name? Hello,…
Helm's Deep Hwær cwóm helm? Hwaer cwóm byrne? Hwær cwóm feax flówende? H…
Helm*s Deep Hwæare cwóm helm? Hwaer cwóm byrne? Hwæare cwóm feax flówend…
I See Fire Oh, misty eye of the mountain below Keep careful watch of…
Into the West Lay down Your sweet and weary head The night is falling You …
Isengard Unleashed Solo [by Elisabeth Fraser] in Quenya: Ar sindarnóriello mor…
Isengard Unleashed (feat. Elizabeth Fraser & Ben Del Maestro) rithannen i geven thangen i harn na fennas i daur ôl dûr ris…
Keep It Secret, Keep It Safe Hey ho! To the bottle I go To heal my heart…
King of the golden hall Of cilde tó menn ?at hé his déa? geséo. [Old English]…
King of the golden hall. Of cilde tó menn ?at hé his déa? geséo. [Old English]…
Lost in Emyn Muil THE ROAD TO MORDOR text by J.R.R. TOLKIEN and FRAN WALSH t…
Lothlórien / Lament for Gandalf (Verse 1: Quenya) A Olórin i yáresse Mentaner i Númeheru…
Many Meetings A Elbereth Gilthoniel Silivren penna míriel…
Marshalling at Dunharrow THE DIMHOLT ROAD text by PHILIPPA BOYENS, translation by DA…
May It Be May it be an evening star Shines down upon you May it…
Minas Tirith Sindarin: Ored [choir: 1.15] Gwanwen ost in giliath [choir:…
Mooby the Golden Calf Who's a friend to the King of all the monkey's? Who's…
Moria DURIN'S SONG text by PHILIPPA BOYENS, translation by DAVID …
Mount Doom THE MOUNTAIN OF FIRE text by PHILIPPA BOYENS, translation b…
One of the Dúnedain EVENSTAR text by FRAN WALSH & PHILIPPA BOYENS, translation …
Osgiliath Invaded THE RETREAT FROM OSGILIATH text by PHILIPPA BOYENS, transla…
Parth Galen THE DEATH OF BOROMIR, PART ONE text by J.R.R. TOLKIEN, tran…
Prologue: One Ring to Rule Them All Man sí minna? Who enters here? Man ammen toltha i dann…
Retreat NAMÁRIË (HALDIR'S LAMENT) text by J.R.R. TOLKIEN ( QUENYA …
Rivendell A Elbereth Gilthoniel, O Elbereth Star-kindler silivren penn…
Roots And Beginnings THE SEDUCTION OF THE RING text by J.R.R. TOLKIEN, translat…
Samwise the Brave [Instrumental.]…
Saruman the White text by J.R.R. TOLKIEN, translation by DAVID SALO ( BLACK S…
Shelob's Lair [Instrumental]…
Shieldmaiden of Rohan ANGMAR text by J.R.R. TOLKIEN and PHILIPPA BOYENS, translat…
Song of the Lonely Mountain Far over the Misty Mountains rise Leave us standing upon the…
Sons of the Steward THE DEATH OF BOROMIR, PART ONE text by J.R.R. TOLKIEN, tran…
Still I am the harm that you inflict I am your…
The Black Gate Is Closed [Instrumental.]…
The Black Rider Nebabitham Maganane Netabdam daurad Nepam ned abarat-aglar…
The Breaking of the Fellowship When the cold of winter comes Starless night will cover…
The Bridge of Khazad Dum Urus ni buzra! Arras talbabi filluma! Ugrud tashniki kurduma…
The Caverns of Isengard A MOTH IN ISENGARD (NATURE'S RECLAMATION) text by PHILIPPA …
The Council of Elrond O môr henion I dhû: Ely siriar, êl síla Ai! Aníron Undómie…
The Council Of Elrond Assembles ANÍRON (THEME FOR ARAGORN AND ARWEN) lyrics by ROMA RYAN (…
The Council of Elrond featuring "Aníron " by Enya O môr henion I dhû: Ely siriar, êl síla Ai! Aníron Undómie…
The Court of Meduseld THE KING text by PHILIPPA BOYENS, translation by DAVID SALO…
The Crack of Doom DON'T LET GO text by PHILIPPA BOYENS, translation by DAVID …
The Dead Marshes THE DEAD MARSHES text by PHILIPPA BOYENS, translation by DA…
The Departure of Boromir I alda helda, i ehtele lína The tree is bare,…
The Doors of Durin GANDALF AT THE DOOR TO MORIA text by PHILIPPA BOYENS, trans…
The Eagles THE EAGLES text by J.R.R. TOLKIEN and PHILIPPA BOYENS, tran…
The End of All Things Sindarin Sin eriol natha túr [choir: 0.00-0.14] In úgarnen …
The Eyes Of The White Tower THE DEATH OF BOROMIR text by PHILIPPA BOYENS, translation b…
The Fellowship When the cold of winter comes Starless night will cover…
The Fellowship Reunited ARAGORN'S CORONATION text by J.R.R. TOLKIEN ( SINDARIN ) …
The Fields of the Pelennor Edrochant e Forth he rode na nagor, In to battle.…
The Forbidden Pool I tuo, i macil (A)staldoron mauri nai Cor(ma) I tuo, i maci…
The Grace of Undómiel THE EVENING STAR text by PHILIPPA BOYENS, translation by DA…
The Great River Ai! laurie lantar lassi surinen, yeni unotime ve ramar aldar…
The Green Dragon THE GREEN DRAGON text by FRAN WALSH and PHILIPPA BOYENS …
The Hornburg Hwær cwóm helm? Hwaer cwóm byrne? Hwær cwóm feax flówende? H…
The Houses of Healing With a sigh, you turn away With a deepening heart, No more…
The King of the Golden Hall Of cilde tó menn ?at hé his déa? geséo. [Old English]…
The Last Debate ASËA ARANION text by FRAN WALSH, translation by DAVID SALO …
The Last Goodbye I saw the light fade from the sky On the wind…
The Last March of the Ents THE ENTS text by PHILIPPA BOYENS, translation by DAVID SALO…
The Leave Taking Elbereth Gilthoniel... O menel aglar... Ammen toltha i dann…
The Mouth Of Sauron Caedo, losto. Ú-erin davo. Amman harthach? Anim únad. Le t…
The Nazgûl Tinúviel elvanui Elleth alfirin edhelhael Hon ring finnil fu…
The Nazgûl Attack THE CALL text by J.R.R. TOLKIEN, translation by DAVID SALO …
The Pass of Caradhras THE SEDUCTION OF THE RING text by J.R.R. TOLKIEN, translati…
The Passage of the Marshes [Instrumental.]…
the passing of the elves Fanuilos heryn aglar Rîn athar annún-aearath, Calad ammen i …
The Passing of the Grey Company THE WAY IS SHUT text from J.R.R. TOLKIEN, translation by DA…
The Passing of Théoden Of dreccunga, of dimnesse tó dæges úpgange. Hé singende rád…
The Prophecy Yénillor morne tulinte I quettar tercano nuruva Hlasta Qyet…
The Pyre of Denethor ON THE FIELDS OF PELENNOR text from J.R.R. TOLKIEN, adapted…
The Return of the King ARAGORN'S CORONATION "Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien. Sinome …
The Riders of Rohan [Instrumental.]…
The Ring Goes South [Instrumental]…
The Sacrifice of Faramir THE LAST SON text by J.R.R. TOLKIEN, adapted by PHILIPPA BO…
The Siege Of Gondor THE NAZGÛL text by PHILIPPA BOYENS, translation by DAVID SA…
The Steward of Gondor Home is behind The world ahead And there are many paths to…
The Story Foretold HYMN TO ELBERETH text by J.R.R. TOLKIEN, translation by DAV…
The Taming of Sméagol [Instrumental.]…
The Three Hunters Héo næfre wacode dægréd Tó bisig mid dægeweorcum Ac oft hé…
The Tomb of the Stewards ON THE FIELDS OF PELENNOR text from J.R.R. TOLKIEN, adapted…
The Treason of Isengard Shre nazg golugranu kilmi-nudu Ombi kuzddurbagu gundum-ishi …
The Uruk-hai [Instrumental]…
The White Rider Lim-strang w?s geboren Bearn leod-cyninga Magorinc Mearces. …
Théoden King THE FUNERAL OF THÉODRED (LAMENT FOR THÉODRED) text by PHILI…
Théoden Rides Forth THE MEARAS text by PHILIPPA BOYENS, translation by DAVID SA…
Treebeard Naur vi eryn, lanc i dalaf. Mathach vi geven? Nostach vi 'wi…
Twilight and Shadow Ngil nin el nel Naun el kree ú a mae ú el…
War Is Upon Us ENTMOOT text by PHILIPPA BOYENS, translation by DAVID SALO …
Wedding Plans Other lives, always tempted to trade Will they hate me for…
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