Howard Shore
Birth Name:
Howard Leslie Shore
Birth Place:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Profession
Soundtrack, Music department, Actor, Producer
Fast Facts
- Has been named an Officer of the French Order of Arts and Letters
- Has received the Career Achievement for Music Composition from The National Board of Review
- Berklee College of Music and York University have presented him with honorary doctorates
- Performed with the Canadian rock band Lighthouse
- Served as musical director for "Saturday Night Live," composing the long-lived television show's theme music and appearing in multiple sketches
- Quote: "You build up a certain type of thinking and you need the creative space to exercise․"
- Has frequently worked with director David Cronenberg
- Known for his dark themes in film scores
- Based his scores for "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy on the complexity and intricacy of J․R․R․ Tolkien's books
- Suggested the name for Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi's duo, The Blues Brothers
- Though he stepped down from composing the soundtrack for Peter Jackson's "King Kong" due to creative differences with the director, he has a cameo in the film
Awards
- 1980Genie - Best Music Score:Nominated
- 1987Saturn Award - Best Music:Nominated
- 1989ASCAP Award - Top Box Office Films:Winner
- 1989Genie - Best Music Score:Winner
- 1990Saturn Award - Best Music:Nominated
- 1991ACCA - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 1991Chainsaw Award - Best Soundtrack:Nominated
- 1991LAFCA Award - Best Music:Nominated
- 1992ASCAP Award - Top Box Office Films:Winner
- 1992Saturn Award - Best Music:Nominated
- 1992BAFTA Film Award - Best Original Film Score:Nominated
- 1992Chainsaw Award - Best Soundtrack:Nominated
- 1992Genie - Best Music Score:Nominated
- 1994ASCAP Award - Top Box Office Films:Winner
- 1994ACCA - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 1994LAFCA Award - Best Music:Winner
- 1995ASCAP Award - Top Box Office Films:Winner
- 1995ASCAP Award - Top Box Office Films:Winner
- 1995Saturn Award - Best Music:Winner
- 1995LAFCA Award - Best Music:Nominated
- 1996ASCAP Award - Top Box Office Films:Winner
- 1996Saturn Award - Best Music:Nominated
- 1996Chainsaw Award - Best Soundtrack:Nominated
- 1996Grammy - Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television:Nominated
- 1997CFCA Award - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 2000ASCAP Award - Top Box Office Films:Winner
- 2000Chainsaw Award - Best Score:Nominated
- 2001ACCA - Best Original Score:Winner
- 2001Chainsaw Award - Best Score:Winner
- 2001GoldSpirit Awards - Best Recording Edition:Winner
- 2001GoldSpirit Awards - Best Soundtrack:Winner
- 2001GoldSpirit Awards - Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy Soundtrack:Winner
- 2001LAFCA Award - Best Music:Winner
- 2002AFI Award - Composer of the Year:Nominated
- 2002ASCAP Award - Top Box Office Films:Winner
- 2002Oscar - Best Music, Original Score:Winner
- 2002Saturn Award - Best Music:Nominated
- 2002ACCA - Best Original Score:Winner
- 2002Anthony Asquith Award for Film MusicNominated
- 2002CFCA Award - Best Original Score:Winner
- 2002Critics Choice Award - Best Composer:Winner
- 2002Georges Delerue PrizeWinner
- 2002GoldSpirit Awards - Best Soundtrack:Winner
- 2002Golden Globe - Best Original Score - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2002Sierra Award - Best Score:Winner
- 2002OFTA Film Award - Best Music, Original Score:Winner
- 2002OFCS Award - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 2002PFCS Award - Best Original Score:Winner
- 2002Public Choice AwardWinner
- 2002World Soundtrack Award - Best Original Soundtrack of the Year:Winner
- 2002World Soundtrack Award - Soundtrack Composer of the Year:Nominated
- 2003ASCAP Award - Top Box Office Films:Winner
- 2003Saturn Award - Best Music:Nominated
- 2003ACCA - Best Original Score:Winner
- 2003Anthony Asquith Award for Film MusicNominated
- 2003CFCA Award - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 2003Critics Choice Award - Best Composer:Nominated
- 2003Gold Derby Film Award - Original Score:Nominated
- 2003Gold Derby Film Award - Original Song:Nominated
- 2003Grammy - Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:Winner
- 2003INOCA - Best Original Song:Nominated
- 2003INOCA - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 2003IOMA - Best Original Score (Miglior colonna sonora originale):Nominated
- 2003IOMA - Best Original Score (Miglior colonna sonora originale):Winner
- 2003OFTA Film Award - Best Music, Original Song:Nominated
- 2003OFTA Film Award - Best Music, Original Score:Nominated
- 2003OFCS Award - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 2003PFCS Award - Best Original Song:Winner
- 2003PFCS Award - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 2003SFX Award - Best SF or Fantasy Film Music:Winner
- 2003World Soundtrack Award - Best Original Song Written for a Film:Nominated
- 2003World Soundtrack Award - Best Original Soundtrack of the Year:Nominated
- 2003World Soundtrack Award - Soundtrack Composer of the Year:Nominated
- 2004ASCAP Award - Top Box Office Films:Winner
- 2004Oscar - Best Music, Original Score:Winner
- 2004Oscar - Best Music, Original Song:Winner
- 2004Saturn Award - Best Music:Winner
- 2004ACCA - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 2004Anthony Asquith Award for Film MusicNominated
- 2004COFCA Award - Best Score:Nominated
- 2004CFCA Award - Best Original Score:Winner
- 2004CFCA Award - Best Original Score:Winner
- 2004Critics Choice Award - Best Composer:Winner
- 2004Chainsaw Award - Best Score:Nominated
- 2004Gold Derby Film Award - Original Score:Winner
- 2004Gold Derby Film Award - Original Song:Nominated
- 2004Golden Globe - Best Original Song - Motion Picture:Winner
- 2004Golden Globe - Best Original Score - Motion Picture:Winner
- 2004Grammy - Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:Winner
- 2004ICS Award - Best Original Score:Winner
- 2004IFMCA Award - Best Original Score for a Drama Film:Winner
- 2004IFMCA Award - Film Score of the Year:Nominated
- 2004INOCA - Best Original Song:Winner
- 2004INOCA - Best Original Score:Winner
- 2004IOMA - Best Original Score (Miglior colonna sonora originale):Winner
- 2004Sierra Award - Best Score:Winner
- 2004OFTA Film Award - Best Music, Original Song:Winner
- 2004OFTA Film Award - Best Music, Original Score:Winner
- 2004OFCS Award - Best Original Score:Winner
- 2004PFCS Award - Best Original Score:Winner
- 2004Golden Satellite Award - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 2004Seattle Film Critics Award - Best Music:Winner
- 2004World Soundtrack Award - Best Original Song Written for Film:Nominated
- 2005ACCA - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 2005Anthony Asquith Award for Film MusicNominated
- 2005Critics Choice Award - Best Composer:Winner
- 2005Gold Derby Film Award - Original Score:Nominated
- 2005Golden Globe - Best Original Score - Motion Picture:Winner
- 2005Grammy - Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:Winner
- 2005Grammy - Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:Winner
- 2005IFMCA Award - Best Original Score for a Horror/Thriller Film:Winner
- 2005IFMCA Award - Best New Release, Re-Release or Re-Recording of an Existing Score:Winner
- 2005INOCA - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 2005OFTA Film Award - Best Music, Original Score:Nominated
- 2005OFCS Award - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 2005Golden Satellite Award - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 2005World Soundtrack Award - Soundtrack Composer of the Year:Nominated
- 2005World Soundtrack Award - Best Original Soundtrack of the Year:Nominated
- 2006ACCA - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 2006Grammy - Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:Nominated
- 2006IFMCA Award - Best Original Score for a Drama Film:Nominated
- 2007ASCAP Award - Top Box Office Films:Winner
- 2007Critics Choice Award - Best Composer:Nominated
- 2007IFMCA Award - Best New Release, Re-Release or Re-Recording of an Existing Score:Nominated
- 2007IFMCA Award - Best Original Score for a Drama Film:Nominated
- 2007OFTA Film Award - Best Music, Original Score:Nominated
- 2007Satellite Award - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 2008Genie - Best Achievement in Music - Original Score:Winner
- 2008Golden Globe - Best Original Score - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2008Grammy - Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media:Nominated
- 2010Satellite Award - Best Original Song:Nominated
- 2011CFCA Award - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 2011IFJA Award - Best Musical Score:Nominated
- 2011SDFCS Award - Best Score:Nominated
- 2011WAFCA Award - Best Score:Nominated
- 2012Felix - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 2012ASCAP Award - Top Box Office Films:Winner
- 2012Oscar - Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score:Nominated
- 2012Saturn Award - Best Music:Nominated
- 2012ACCA - Best Original Score of the Decade:Nominated
- 2012Anthony Asquith Award for Film MusicNominated
- 2012COFCA Award - Best Score:Nominated
- 2012CinEuphoria - Best Original Music - International Competition:Nominated
- 2012Critics Choice Award - Best Score:Nominated
- 2012Genie - Best Achievement in Music - Original Score:Winner
- 2012Gold Derby Film Award - Original Score:Nominated
- 2012Golden Globe - Best Original Score - Motion Picture:Nominated
- 2012HMMA Award - Best Original Score - Feature Film:Nominated
- 2012IFMCA Award - Film Score of the Year:Nominated
- 2012IFMCA Award - Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film:Nominated
- 2012INOCA - Best Original Song:Nominated
- 2012OFTA Film Award - Best Music, Original Score:Nominated
- 2012Frederick Loewe Award for Film ComposingWinner
- 2012WAFCA Award - Best Score:Nominated
- 2012World Soundtrack Award - Soundtrack Composer of the Year:Nominated
- 2012World Soundtrack Award - Best Original Soundtrack of the Year:Nominated
- 2013ASCAP Award - Top Box Office Films:Winner
- 2013Saturn Award - Best Music:Nominated
- 2013Canadian Screen Award - Achievement in Music - Original Score:Winner
- 2013Canadian Screen Award - Achievement in Music - Original Song:Winner
- 2013COFCA Award - Best Score:Nominated
- 2013Grammy - Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media:Nominated
- 2013IFMCA Award - Film Score of the Year:Nominated
- 2013IFMCA Award - Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film:Nominated
- 2013PFCS Award - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 2013SLFCA Award - Best Music:Nominated
- 2013World Soundtrack Award - Best Original Film Score of the Year:Nominated
- 2014ASCAP Award - Top Box Office Films:Winner
- 2014Saturn Award - Best Music:Nominated
- 2014Cannes Soundtrack AwardWinner
- 2014CinEuphoria - Best Original Music - International Competition:Nominated
- 2014DFCS Award - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 2014HMMA Award - Best Original Score - Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film:Winner
- 2014IFMCA Award - Film Music Composition of the Year:Nominated
- 2014IFMCA Award - Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film:Nominated
- 2014IFMCA Award - Film Score of the Year:Nominated
- 2014Public Choice AwardNominated
- 2015Felix - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 2015Saturn Award - Best Music:Nominated
- 2015Canadian Screen Award - Achievement in Music - Original Score:Winner
- 2015IFMCA Award - Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film:Nominated
- 2015PFCS Award - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 2016Critics Choice Award - Best Score:Nominated
- 2016DFCS Award - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 2016IFC Award - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 2016Satellite Award - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 2020Canadian Screen Award - Achievement in Music - Original Score:Winner
- 2020Canadian Screen Award - Achievement in Music - Original Song:Winner
- 2020Prix Iris - Best Original Music:Nominated
- 2020SCL Award - Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film:Nominated
- 2021Canadian Screen Award - Achievement in Music - Original Score:Winner
- 2021HFCS Award - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 2021OFTA Film Hall of Fame - Score:Winner
- 2022Saturn Award - Best Music:Nominated
- 2022Reel Music Award - Overall Score of the Year:Winner
- 2023Canadian Screen Award - Achievement in Music - Original Score:Nominated
- 2023ICS Award - Best Original Score:Nominated
- 2023IFMCA Award - Score of the Year:Winner
- 2023IFMCA Award - Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction Film:Nominated
- 2023IFMCA Award - Best Original Score for a Television Series:Winner
- 2023Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music:Nominated
- 2023MMI Award - Best Theme for a TV Series:Winner