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Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is an Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy Award-winning Canadian composer, orchestrator, conductor and music producer best known for composing the scores for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, the score for The Silence of the Lambs, and for the films of David Cronenberg. He played in Canadian rock group Lighthouse from 1968 to 1972. He is the uncle of composer Ryan Shore.
He was born to a Jewish family in and studied music at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. From 1969 to 1972, he performed with the group Lighthouse. In 1974, Shore wrote the music for Canadian magician Doug Henning’s magical/musical “Spellbound” co-starring fledgling actress Jennifer Dale. He was the musical director for the television show Saturday Night Live from 1975 to 1980, appearing in many musical sketches including the 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. He also suggested the name for the Blues Brothers to Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi.
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Shore has written the music for such various major film productions as The Silence of the Lambs, Mrs. Doubtfire, Philadelphia, Ed Wood, Se7en, Dogma, High Fidelity, Pa...
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Top 10 Howard Shore Songs
Concerning Hobbits
Jacob's Theme
The Prophecy
The Riders of Rohan
The Bridge of Khazad Dum
The Great River
A Journey in the Dark
The Shadow of the Past
Amon Hen
The Black Rider
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Top 10 Howard Shore Albums
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Lord of The Rings Trilogy
The Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King - The Complete Recordings
The Two Towers
The Lord Of The Rings - The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King
Lord Of The Rings 3-The Return Of The King
Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers
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