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Howard Shore

Highest Rated: 98% Big (1988)

Lowest Rated: 14% Moonlight and Valentino (1995)

Birthday: Oct 18, 1946

Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Howard Shore always made sure he had an emotional response to each film before he agreed to write a score for it. It was this type of passion for music and connecting it to the audience that made the Canadian one of the most respected and honored composers in the film industry, with over 100 films to his credit. He began as the music director for "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, 1975- ) and went on to compose several of the most memorable movie scores, including Oscar Best Picture winners "The Silence of the Lambs" (1991) and "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" (2003). Shore won his first Academy Award, along with a Grammy award, for his score of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001), a landmark achievement not only for the classically trained and rock-and-roll-inspired composer, but also for the history of Hollywood.

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Highest-Rated Movies

98% 82% Big Watchlist 97% 93% Spotlight Watchlist
95% 95% The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
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95% 95% The Silence of the Lambs
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94% 86% The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
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94% 72% The Betrayal
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93% 83% The Fly Watchlist 93% 78% Hugo Watchlist
92% 88% Ed Wood
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92% 95% The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Watchlist

Filmography

Movies TV Shows
The Shrouds 73% 2024 Original Music Crimes of the Future 80% 50% 2022 Original Music Pieces of a Woman 76% 84% 2020 Original Music Funny Boy 81% 22% 2020 Producer, Original Music Fantasymphony: One Concert to Rule them all 2020 Original Music The Song of Names 39% 90% 2019 Original Music Score: A Film Music Documentary 91% 83% 2016 Self Denial 82% 71% 2016 Original Music Spotlight 97% 93% 2015 Original Music Maps to the Stars 63% 44% 2014 Original Music Rosewater 76% 68% 2014 Original Music The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 59% 74% 2014 Original Music Jimmy P. 50% 41% 2013 Original Music The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 74% 85% 2013 Original Music The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 64% 83% 2012 Original Music Cosmopolis 67% 31% 2012 Original Music A Dangerous Method 78% 50% 2011 Original Music Hugo 93% 78% 2011 Original Music The Twilight Saga: Eclipse 46% 60% 2010 Original Music Edge of Darkness 54% 49% 2010 Original Music Doubt 79% 78% 2008 Original Music The Betrayal 94% 72% 2008 Original Music Eastern Promises 89% 83% 2007 Original Music The Last Mimzy 55% 54% 2007 Original Music The Departed 91% 94% 2006 Original Music
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