Howard Shore 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 also a consistent collaborator with director David Cronenberg, having scored all but one of his films since 1979.
Filmography
Film
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Television films and series
The Hart and Lorne Terrific Hour (1970, musical director) Saturday Night Live (1975–86, musical director) Steve Martin's Best Show Ever (1981) The New Show (1984) Big Shots in America (1985) Scales of Justice (1990–91) Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993–2009, theme music) Nova (1997) POV (2009) The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009–10, theme music) The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022, theme music)
Video games
Soul of the Ultimate Nation (2007) Honor of Kings (2015)
Selected concert music works
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)