Howard Shore
Highest Rated: 98% Big (1988)
Lowest Rated: 15% Moonlight and Valentino (1995)
Birthday: Oct 18, 1946
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Howard Shore always made sure he had an emotional response to each film before he agreed to write a score for it. It was this type of passion for music and connecting it to the audience that made the Canadian one of the most respected and honored composers in the film industry, with over 100 films to his credit. He began as the music director for "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 1975- ) and went on to compose several of the most memorable movie scores, including Oscar Best Picture winners "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991) and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003). Shore won his first Academy Award, along with a Grammy award, for his score of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001), a landmark achievement not only for the classically trained and rock-and-roll-inspired composer, but also for the history of Hollywood.
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| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80% | 50% | Crimes of the Future | Original Music | $2.0M | 2022 |
| 75% | 84% | Pieces of a Woman | Original Music | - | 2020 |
| 82% | 22% | Funny Boy |
Producer, Original Music |
- | 2020 |
| 39% | 90% | The Song of Names | Original Music | $1.1M | 2019 |
| 91% | 83% | Score: A Film Music Documentary | Self | $97.3K | 2016 |
| 82% | 71% | Denial | Original Music | $4.1M | 2016 |
| 97% | 93% | Spotlight | Original Music | $45.0M | 2015 |
| 62% | 44% | Maps to the Stars | Original Music | $347.6K | 2014 |
| 76% | 68% | Rosewater | Original Music | $3.1M | 2014 |
| 59% | 74% | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Original Music | $255.1M | 2014 |
| 52% | 40% | Jimmy P. | Original Music | $19.8K | 2013 |
| 74% | 85% | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Original Music | $258.4M | 2013 |
| 64% | 83% | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Original Music | $303.0M | 2012 |
| 66% | 31% | Cosmopolis | Original Music | $743.6K | 2012 |
| 78% | 50% | A Dangerous Method | Original Music | $5.7M | 2011 |
| 93% | 78% | Hugo | Original Music | $73.8M | 2011 |
| 47% | 60% | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Original Music | $300.5M | 2010 |
| 55% | 49% | Edge of Darkness | Original Music | $43.3M | 2010 |
| 79% | 78% | Doubt | Original Music | $33.4M | 2008 |
| 94% | 72% | The Betrayal | Original Music | - | 2008 |
| 89% | 83% | Eastern Promises | Original Music | $17.1M | 2007 |
| 91% | 94% | The Departed | Original Music | $132.4M | 2006 |
| 84% | 50% | King Kong | Original Music | $218.1M | 2005 |
| 87% | 76% | A History of Violence | Original Music | $31.5M | 2005 |
| 86% | 79% | The Aviator | Original Music | $102.6M | 2004 |
| 93% | 86% | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Original Music | $377.8M | 2003 |
| 85% | 68% | Spider | Original Music | $1.6M | 2002 |
| 95% | 95% | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Original Music | $342.6M | 2002 |
| 76% | 64% | Panic Room | Original Music | $95.3M | 2002 |
| 91% | 95% | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Original Music | $315.5M | 2001 |
| 73% | 67% | The Score | Original Music | $71.1M | 2001 |
| 64% | 51% | The Yards | Original Music | $882.7K | 2000 |
| 52% | 63% | Esther Kahn | Original Music | $9.3K | 2000 |
| 45% | 57% | The Cell | Original Music | $61.3M | 2000 |
| 91% | 90% | High Fidelity | Original Music | $27.3M | 2000 |
| 67% | 85% | Dogma | Original Music | $30.7M | 1999 |
| 74% | 69% | eXistenZ | Original Music | $2.8M | 1999 |
| 69% | 62% | Analyze This | Original Music | $106.8M | 1999 |
| 75% | 67% | Cop Land | Original Music | $44.9M | 1997 |
| 82% | 79% | Looking for Richard | Original Music | $1.4M | 1996 |
| 74% | 62% | Ransom | Original Music | $136.5M | 1996 |
| 85% | 57% | The Truth About Cats & Dogs | Original Music | $34.1M | 1996 |
| 65% | 61% | Crash | Original Music | $3.4M | 1996 |
| 15% | 51% | Moonlight and Valentino | Original Music | $2.1M | 1995 |
| 82% | 95% | Seven | Original Music | $100.1M | 1995 |
| 91% | 81% | Nobody's Fool | Original Music | $38.3M | 1994 |
| 93% | 88% | Ed Wood | Original Music | $5.9M | 1994 |
| 80% | 69% | The Client | Original Music | $90.8M | 1994 |
| 81% | 89% | Philadelphia | Original Music | $76.0M | 1993 |
| 70% | 77% | Mrs. Doubtfire | Original Music | $219.2M | 1993 |
| 63% | 39% | Prelude to a Kiss | Original Music | $19.3M | 1992 |
| 53% | 44% | Single White Female | Original Music | $46.2M | 1992 |
| 70% | 77% | Naked Lunch | Original Music | $2.2M | 1991 |
| 95% | 95% | The Silence of the Lambs | Original Music | $130.7M | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | 52% | The Local Stigmatic | Original Music | - | 1990 |
| 43% | 49% | She-Devil | Original Music | $12.8M | 1989 |
| 44% | 47% | An Innocent Man | Original Music | $20.0M | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 22% | Signs of Life | Original Music | $11.1K | 1989 |
| 84% | 82% | Dead Ringers | Original Music | $8.3M | 1988 |
| 98% | 82% | Big | Original Music | $113.5M | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | Fire With Fire | Original Music | $3.3M | 1986 |
| 93% | 83% | The Fly | Original Music | $34.9M | 1986 |
| 91% | 87% | After Hours | Original Music | $10.9M | 1985 |
| 80% | 80% | Videodrome | Original Music | - | 1983 |
| 70% | 64% | Scanners | Original Music | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | Gilda Live | The Candy Slice Group (Character) | - | 1980 |
| 83% | 68% | The Brood | Original Music | - | 1979 |