Awards & Winners

Howard Shore

Date of Birth 18-October-1946
Place of Birth Toronto
(Ontario, Canada)
Nationality Canada
Also know as Howard Leslie Shore, Shore, H. Shore, Howard Shaw, Howard, Howard 'Bud' Shore
Profession Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor, Film Score Composer, Music Producer, Actor
Howard Leslie Shore is a Canadian composer, notable for his film scores. He has composed the scores for over 80 films, most notably the scores for The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, for which he won three Academy Awards. He is also a consistent collaborator with director David Cronenberg, having scored all but one of his films since 1979. He has also composed a few concert works including one opera, The Fly, based on the plot of Cronenberg's 1986 film premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on July 2, 2008, a short piece Fanfare for the Wanamaker Organ and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and a short overture for the Swiss 21st Century Symphony Orchestra. Shore also scored for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the third film of the five-film series. Shore is a three-time Academy Award winner, and has also won three Golden Globe Awards and four Grammy Awards. He is the uncle of film composer Ryan Shore. Shore serves on the Board of Trustees at his alma mater, Berklee College of Music.

Awards by Howard Shore

Check all the awards nominated and won by Howard Shore.

2013


Canadian Screen Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Song
Honored for : Long to Live
(In Cosmopolis)
Canadian Screen Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Score
Honored for : Cosmopolis

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Canadian Screen Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Score Cosmopolis
Canadian Screen Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Song Long to Live
In Cosmopolis
Juno Award for Classical Composition of the Year The Lord of the Rings Symphony: Six Movements for Orchestra & Chorus

2012


Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Score
Honored for : A Dangerous Method

Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Score A Dangerous Method
BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Hugo
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Hugo
Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media Hugo
composer

2011


Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score Hugo
BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Composer Hugo

2010


Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Satellite Award for Best Original Song Eclipse
from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

2008


Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Score
Honored for : Eastern Promises

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Score Eastern Promises
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score Eastern Promises

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Satellite Award for Best Original Score Eastern Promises

2006


Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Composer The Departed

2005


Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
Honored for : The Aviator

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Film Music The Aviator
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score The Aviator
Satellite Award for Best Original Score The Aviator
9th Satellite Awards

2004


Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Honored for : The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
(Composer, Engineer/Mixer)
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score
Honored for : The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song
Honored for : Into the West
(from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Composer
Honored for : The Aviator
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media
Honored for : Into the West
(Songwriters)

Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Composer The Aviator
BAFTA Award for Best Film Music The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Satellite Award for Best Original Score The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song Into the West
from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media Into the West
From The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Soundtrack

2003


Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Honored for : The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
(composer, engineer/mixer, engineer)
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score
Honored for : The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Academy Award for Best Original Song
Honored for : Into the West
(The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Composer
Honored for : The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Composer The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Gangs of New York
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Academy Award for Best Original Song Into the West
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2002


Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
Honored for : The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Composer The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
BAFTA Award for Best Film Music The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001


BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Composer
Honored for : The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score
Honored for : The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Composer The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Academy Award for Best Original Music Score The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2000


ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films
Honored for : Analyze This

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films Analyze This

1994


Gotham Independent Film Tribute Award
(Below-The-Line Award)

1992


Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Score Naked Lunch
BAFTA Award for Best Film Music The Silence of the Lambs

1989


ASCAP Film and Television Music Award for Top Box Office Films
Honored for : Big
Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Score
Honored for : Dead Ringers

Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Score Dead Ringers

1980


Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Score The Brood