Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is an Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy Award-winning Canadian composer, best known for composing the scores to The Lord of the Rings film trilogy and films of David Cronenberg. He is also a prolific composer of concert works, and is currently writing his first opera, The Fly, based on the plot (though not the score) of Cronenberg's 1986 film.
He was born to a Jewish family in Toronto, Canada, 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...
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Track listing: Khazad-DûmCaras Galadhon (feat. "Lament For Gandalf")The Mirror of GaladrielThe Fighting Uruk-HaiParth GalenThe Departure of BoromirThe Road Goes Ever On... Part 1May It BeThe Road Goes Ever On... Part 2 (feat. "In Dreams")
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Track listing: WeathertopThe Caverns of IsengardGive Up the HalflingOrthancRivendellThe Sword That Was BrokenThe Council of Elrond Assembles (feat. "Aniron" - Theme for Aragorn and Arwen)The Great EyeGilraen's MemorialThe Pass of CaradhrasThe Doors of DurinMoriaGollumBalin's Tomb
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Track listing: Prologue: One Ring to Rule Them AllThe ShireBag EndVery Old FriendsFlaming Red HairFarewell Dear BilboKeep It Secret, Keep It SafeA Conspiracy UnmaskedThree Is CompanyThe Passing of the ElvesSaruman the WhiteA Shortcut to MushroomsStriderThe Nazgûl
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Track listing: MotelTomCheerleaderDinerHeroRunViolencePorchAloneThe StaircaseThe RoadNice GateThe ReturnEnding
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Track listing: IcarusThere is No Great Genius Without Some Form of MadnessMuirfieldH-1 Racer PlaneQuarantineHollywood 1927The Mighty HerculesHoward Robard Hughes, Jr.America's Aviation Hero7000 RomaineThe Germ Free ZoneScreening RoomLong Beach Harbour 1947The Way of the Future
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Track listing: A Storm is ComingHope and MemoryMinas Tirith (feat. Ben Del Maestro)The Steward of Gondor (feat. Billy Boyd)Minas MorgulThe Ride of the RohirrimTwilight and Shadow (feat. Renée Fleming)Cirith UngolAndúrilShelob's LairAsh and SmokeThe Fields of the PelennorHope FailsThe Black Gate Opens (feat. Sir James Galway)The End of All Things (feat. Renée Fleming)The Return of the King (feat. Sir James Galway, Viggo Mortensen and Renée Fleming)The Grey Havens (feat. Sir James Galway)Into the West (feat. Annie Lennox)The White Tree
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Track listing: OpeningCalliopeZoltarWaking UpNew YorkAlone in the HotelToy Store Walking PianoTo BedRacquetballFalling in LoveMoonlight SerenadeJosh and SusanThe EnvelopeVisiting HomeThe ConfessionBilly and MomFinding ZoltarGoodbye and End TitlesWaking Up (alternate)New York (alternate)Visiting Home (alternate)Visiting Home (alternate #2)Billy and Mom (alternate)Goodbye, Part 1 (alternate)Goodbye, Part 2 (alternate)End Titles (alternate)
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Track listing: Love Will Find Out the WayKitchener StreetMrs. Wilkinson's KitchenGasworksHieroglyphicsSpleen StreetMrs. ClegThe Dog & BeggarThe AllotnementsThe Earl of RochesterInfected MemoryFade to Black
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Track listing: Main TitleCaution - FlammableWorking ElevatorFourth Floor HallwayLocking Us InCastle KeepWhat We Want Is in That RoomZone 19 DisabledA Very Emotional Property
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Track listing: The Uruk-haiThe King of the Golden HallThe Black Gate Is ClosedSamwise the BraveFarewell To Lórien (feat. Hilary Summers)The HornburgHelm's DeepThe Riders of RohanEvenstar (feat. Isabel Bayrakdarian)Breath of Life (feat. Sheila Chandra)The Passage of the MarshesForth Eorlingas (feat. Ben Del Maestro)The Taming of SméagolThe Forbidden PoolIsengard Unleashed (feat. Elizabeth Fraser & Ben Del Maestro)Gollum's Song (feat. Emilíana Torrini)Foundations of StoneThe White RiderTreebeardThe Leave Taking
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Track listing: Main TitleCustomsFlashbackReconSappersteinIroncladFilesThe Score BeginsSet upRun lateSuspendedBye Bye
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Track listing: The ProphecyConcerning HobbitsThe Shadow of the PastThe Treason of IsengardThe Black RiderAt the Sign of the Prancing PonyA Knife in the DarkFlight to the FordMany MeetingsThe Council of Elrond / Enya - Aníron (Theme for Aragorn and Arwen)The Ring Goes SouthA Journey in the DarkThe Bridge of Khazad-DûmLothlórien / Lament for Gandalf (feat. Elizabeth Fraser)The Great RiverAmon HenThe Breaking of the Fellowship / In Dreams (feat. Edward Ross)May It Be
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Track listing: BlackoutQueensborough HallSunnyside YardsLeoHospital MissionMoney ClipHiltop DinerNational ElectricVal's HopeWillieHe's in My FamilyYardmasterErica in SilhouetteWilling to TestifyThe HearingTown HallConfidence in the SystemWillie's TearsFamilyInternal Investigation
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Track listing: The CellCarl Rudolph StargherTrauma92 Aqua Green FordFBI PathologistWhalen's InfractionTide PoolSing a Song of SixpenceValentineChlorine and RustOnly Girls Play With DollsNormal PsychotropicsThe SeductionFour and Twenty BlackbirdsStargher KingCatherine's WorldThe DrowningScavenged DollsVital SignsYou Can Find the Feeling
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Track listing: London, 1881Vinegar, Daughter of WineI'm Frightened by the StreetSleepwalkingFive in the GodsYou Are Like a DiamondMatch FactoryTheater on the StrandA Child Cost One PoundThe Wages of SinThe Banks of the ThamesNathan QuellenLessonsBeckyA Mysterious TruthReading OthelloPhilip HaygardA London MarketHedda GablerThe Broken CarafeThe Note Had Been StruckCurtain Call Source Music...The Kiss & the BallroomItalian DanceYiddish Theater
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Track listing: StillDogmaBehold the MetatronMooby the Golden CalfThe GolgothanThe Last ScionStygian TripletsBartleby & LokiJohn Doe JerseyA Very Relieved Deity
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Track listing: Happy Birthday, NicholasConsumer Recreation ServicesHarlequin ClownHouse of PainVan Orton MansionCongratulations on Choosing C.R.S.Room 277Illegal SurveillanceReckless EndangermentAttempted MurderMausoleumTung HoyPulling Back the CurtainWhite Rabbit
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Track listing: All Dressed Up in BlueGarrison, NJYellow Betray BlueLocal Boy Saves Drowning TeenMashed Potatoes Don't Mean GravyThe Sheriff of Cop LandPool of CrimsonThe Diagonal RuleAcross the RiverBig Blue Pow WowWithout Looking at the CardsOne Police Plaza
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Track listing: CrashCiniterraMechanism of Occupant ElectionMirror ImageWhere's the Car?Sexual LogicRoad Research LaboratoryMansfield BowerChromum BowerA Benevolent PsychopatholgyTwo Semi-Metalic Human BeingsTritonAccident... Accident...A Crushed ConvertibleProphecy Is Dirty and Ragged
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Track listing: Main TitleSearching for CluesDestroying EvidenceLooking for JacobFirst PostcardDr. RyanApprehendedPreliminary HearingBen & CarolynTreehouseThe ConfessionThe Grand JuryCarolynIt's Your FaultThe TruthJacob's GoneBefore and After
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Track listing: Main TitleFool's TripleYou Are a Man Among MenWillBowdin StreetWe'd Be Like Bonnie & ClydeHattie EscapesTip Top ConstructionWill at the WheelSullyThe StopwatchThanksgivingMiss BerylRub QuitsThe Ultimate Escape, EscapesYou Are My Best FriendToby's ThemeThe Wooden LegTrifecta TicketWould You Like a Cup of Tea?
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Track listing: Wallpaper MondayGluttonyEnd of GreedReturn to GluttonySomerset AloneGreed Photo, Part 1Greed Photo, Part 2TracyBehind the PaintingHelp MeWaitingSwatSlothVictor in HospitalThe BlackboardField TripChasing John DoeThe ApartmentBooks / PhoneEnd of LustPride MontageArresting John DoeWearing the WireThe DesertEnvy and Wrath
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Track listing: Main TitleBacklotMr. Lugosi / Hypno ThemeBewareGlen or GlendaEddie, Help MeElmogamboBride of the MonsterI Have No HomeKuba MamboNautch DanceAngoraSanitariumEd & KathyElysium"Grave Robbers" BeginsLurk HimEd Takes ControlEddie Takes a BowThis Is the OneEd Wood (Video)
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Track listing: The ClientRomey's SuicideHave You Told Me Everything?Reggie's ThemeBarry the BladeI'll Take the FifthUnfitKill Them AllJailbirdThe MorgueKnow Where the Body's BuriedThe BoathouseLeaving MemphisBye ReggieThe Flight to PhoenixThe End
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Track listing: Senior Associate Andrew BeckettMinor CatastropheBirthIdomeneo: Non Temer Amato BeneI Have A CaseThe Missing DocumentThe Essence of DiscriminationGoing HomeThe TrialLa Wally: Ebben? Ne Andro LontanaTrying to SurviveAndrea Chenier: La Mamma MortaAn Excellent LawyerCalculated RisksThe VerdictI'm Ready
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Track listing: Mrs. DoubtfireDivorceMy Name Is Elsa ImmelmanMeeting Mrs. DoubtfireTea Time With Mrs. SellnerDinner Is ServedDaniel and the KidsCable CarsBridges RestaurantThe Show's OverThe Kids Need YouFigaro / Papa's Got a Brand New Bag
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Track listing: M. ButterflyConcubineEntrance of Butterfly/Drunken Beauty (Public Domain/Puccini)DragonflyThe Great WallEven the Softest SkinSha Jia Bang (Public Domain)Bonfire of the Vanities/Cultural... (Public Domain)He Was the Perfect FatherAre You My Butterfly?The Only Time I Ever Really ExistedWhat I Loved Was the LieEverything Has Been DestroyedUn Bel Di (Puccini)My Name Is Rene Gallimard
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Track listing: Scanners: Main TitleScanners: Vale CapturedScanners: EphemerolScanners: The Ripe ProgramScanners: The InjectionScanners: Dirge for the AssassinsScanners: Vale's Lonely WalkScanners: The DartScanners: Scanner DuelThe Brood: The Shape of Rage: A Suite for 21 StringsDead Ringers: Main TitleDead Ringers: BondageDead Ringers: TwinsDead Ringers: Growing AwarenessDead Ringers: DependenceDead Ringers: HelplessDead Ringers: The Operating RoomDead Ringers: In DeliriumDead Ringers: Birthday PartyDead Ringers: SuicideDead Ringers: Finale
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Track listing: Main Title (feat. Deborah Harry)RitaEv'ry Time We Say GoodbyeRooftopsOpen Your Eyes!Making LoveThe HoneymoonPeterThe KissPrelude to a KissThe Honeymoon Is OverWhat a TripTransformationWaiting for SomeoneBreaking the SpellOm Je Beter Mee Op Te EtenI Touch Myself
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Track listing: Main TitleThe AsylumClariceReturn to the AsylumThe AbductionQuid Pro QuoLecter in MemphisLambs ScreamingLecter EscapesBelvedere, OhioThe MothThe CellarFinale
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Track listing: Main TitlePlasma PoolThe Last VisitStathis EntersThe Phone CallSeth Goes ThroughRonnie Comes BackThe JumpSeth and the FlyParticle MagazineThe ArmwrestleBrundleflyRonnie's VisitThe StreetThe StairsThe FingernailsBaboon TeleportationThe CreatureSteak MontageThe Maggot / Fly GraphicSuccess With BaboonThe Ultimate FamilyThe Finale
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Track listing: Welcome to Videodrome801 A/BA Slow BurnTV or Not TVTV PassionsPins and NeedlesLong Live the New Flesh
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