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Howard Shore

real name Howard Leslie Shore

Canadian score composer

Toronto, Canada · b. 1946-10-18

Howard Shore is credited on 572 releases across 155 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1969–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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Credits

155

Albums

7

Decades active

155

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Biography

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Canadian film composer and music conductor, born 18 October 1946.
Some of his best known scores were for "The Lord Of The Rings" trilogies, "The Silence Of The Lambs" and almost every film by fellow Canadian, director David Cronenberg.

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Credited work

572 releases · 155 albums · active 1969–2025

  • Performance · 1,085
  • Other credits · 561
  • Production · 227
  • Mastering · 1

Studios: Abbey Road Studios · Air Lyndhurst Hall · Watford Colosseum · Aigle Studios

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