Canadian - Composer | October 18, 1946 -
A lot of what a composer does has to do with storytelling, and there are different ways of fusing music with picture to express different storytelling ideas.
Howard Shore
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I read all of the books by Tolkien, including 'The Hobbit,' when I was in my twenties, and his deep love of nature and all things green resonates deeply with me.
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All of the silent films had live music accompaniment, so it's actually a very rich period in music.
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It is very gratifying to see the music from 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy find a new life on the concert stage as it is performed by different orchestras and choruses throughout the world.
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I think once a year it's good to look back at the history of Oscar and to embrace the great work that everybody's done this year and set it in place to the great work that's gone on before us.
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Composing is sort of an intuitive act. You have to put yourself in the right frame of mind.
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When you're working on film music, you're only working on 20, 30-minute sections at a time.
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I live in Tuxedo Park, N.Y. and spend time in the West Village, where my wife Elizabeth Cotnoir, a writer-producer and documentary filmmaker, has an office.
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I'm interested in good collaborations and in working with directors who bring something new and interesting out of you.
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Theater and film are essentially the same - just different kinds of storytelling.
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I actually like the collaboration of working with different artists.
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