Howard Shore

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

Howard Shore (born in Toronto in 1946) studied at Berklee and for years was musical director of the television programme Saturday Night Live. His film work began with the director David Cronenberg, with The Brood (1979) and The Fly (1986). There he wrote dark, dissonant music for orchestra. That style also suited thrillers such as The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Se7en (1995). With The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003) he made the greatest work of his career: a network of dozens of leitmotifs for peoples, places and characters, as in an opera by Wagner. For the trilogy he won three Oscars.

Listening

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  Main Title · Howard Shore, 1986
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  Concerning Hobbits · Howard Shore, 2001

Discography

Studio albums

• 1983Videodrome (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
• 1986The Fly (soundtrack)
• 1989Prelude to a Kiss (soundtrack)
• 1991The Silence of the Lambs (soundtrack)
• 1992Naked Lunch (soundtrack)
• 1993M. Butterfly (soundtrack)
• 1993Mrs. Doubtfire (soundtrack)
• 1994Ed Wood (soundtrack)
• 1994Nobody’s Fool (soundtrack)
• 1994Philadelphia: Original Motion Picture Score (soundtrack)
• 1994The Client (soundtrack)
• 1995Seven (soundtrack)
• 1996Before and After (soundtrack)
• 1996Crash (soundtrack)
• 1996Looking for Richard (soundtrack)
• 1997Big (soundtrack)
• 1997Cop Land (soundtrack)
• 1997The Game (soundtrack)
• 1999Dogma: Music From the Motion Picture (soundtrack)
• 1999Existenz (soundtrack)
• 2000Esther Kahn (soundtrack)
• 2000The Cell (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
• 2000The Yards (soundtrack)
• 2001The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
• 2001The Score (soundtrack)
• 2002Panic Room (soundtrack)
• 2002Spider (soundtrack)
• 2002The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
• 2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
• 2004Music From The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
• 2004The Aviator (soundtrack)
• 2004The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
• 2005A History of Violence (soundtrack)
• 2006Soul of the Ultimate Nation (soundtrack)
• 2006The Departed: Original Score (soundtrack)
• 2007Eastern Promises (soundtrack)
• 2007The Last Mimzy (soundtrack)
• 2009Doubt (soundtrack)
• 2009The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) (soundtrack)
• 2010Edge of Darkness: Original Score (soundtrack)
• 2010The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (soundtrack)
• 2011A Dangerous Method (soundtrack)
• 2011Hugo (soundtrack)
• 2011The Lord of the Rings Symphony: Six Movements for Orchestra & Chorus
• 2012Cosmopolis: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
• 2012The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (soundtrack)
• 2013Jimmy P. (soundtrack)
• 2013Music From The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings
• 2013The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
• 2014Dead Ringers (soundtrack)
• 2014Maps to the Stars (soundtrack)
• 2014Rosewater (soundtrack)
• 2014She‐Devil (soundtrack)
• 2014The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
• 2015Spotlight: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
• 2016Denial (soundtrack)
• 2019The Song of Names (soundtrack)
• 2020Funny Boy (soundtrack)
• 2020Sliver (soundtrack)
• 2020The Lost Prince (soundtrack)
• 2021Pieces of a Woman (soundtrack)
• 2022Crimes of the Future: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
• 2022The Pale Blue Eye: Soundtrack from the Netflix Film (soundtrack)
• 2023Fire With Fire (soundtrack)
• 2025The Shrouds: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)

Other work

• 1979The Brood
• 1995Se7en
• 2001–2003The Lord of the Rings
• 2012–2014The Hobbit

In School of Rock

The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.

• Film Music Map^NL Map
• The Dream Factory: Film Reel 7^NL Reader

Mentioned in other articles

• Fantasy epic and world-building GenreFor the three Lord of the Rings films (2001–2003), Howard Shore wrote a network of leitmotifs for peoples, places and the Ring itself.

See also

• Maps to the Stars
• Fantasy epic and world-building