Howard Shore
Sound
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Acting Credits
Biography
Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is a Canadian composer, conductor and orchestrator noted for his film scores. He has composed the scores for over 80 films, most notably 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, one 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 consistently collaborates with director Da...
Known For
Saturday Night Live
Self - Bandleader
Saturday Night Live
Musician at Plato’s Cave (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
Deejay (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
Shelley (uncredited)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Drinking Rohan Soldier (uncredited)
Reunited Apart
Self
Lorne
Self
Filmography
Lorne
2026
as Self
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
as Self - SNL Musical Director 1975 - 1980
Howard Shore Weekend - Eastern Promises
2023
Howard Shore Weekend - The Lord of the Rings
2023
Reunited Apart
2020
as Self
Score: A Film Music Documentary
2017
as Self
Citizens of Cosmopolis
2012
as Self
100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story
2011
as Self
Howard Shore: A Composer's Dream
2011
as Self
Scoring the Silence
2006
as Self
The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring'
2006
as Self
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
2005
as Self
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
2005
as Self
Creating the Lord of the Rings Symphony
2004
as Self
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King'
2004
as Self
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia'
2004
as Self
Ed Wood: The Theremin
2004
as Self - Composer
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
as Drinking Rohan Soldier (uncredited)
Music for Middle-earth
2002
as Self
Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2001
as Self
Gilda Live
1980
as The Candy Slice Group
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Bandleader
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Musician at Plato’s Cave (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Deejay (uncredited)
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Shelley (uncredited)