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23 quotes by Howard Shore

Howard Shore Shore in May 2013 Background information Birth name Howard Leslie Shore Born (1946-10-18) October 18, 1946 (age 68) Toronto, Ontario, Canada Genres Classical, Orchestra, Film Score Occupation(s) composer, orchestrator, conductor, music producer Years active 1978–present Website www.howardshore.com Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is a Canadian composer, notable for his film scores. He has composed the scores for over...
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I always believed 'The Fly' to be a classic opera story. It's a tale of love and death, true love surviving in the face of physical decay... →

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Music is essentially an emotional language, so you want to feel something from the relationships and build music based on those feelings.

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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... →

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'Saturday Night Live' was actually started with a show that Lorne Michaels and I did at a summer camp called Timberlane in Ontario when we... →

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I like to read and dream and create music that is based on the imagery of text. If you have the combination of a great book and a great filmmaker... →

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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... →

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When you see 'Lord of the Rings,' you want to feel like you've been dropped into it and that you're part of it. You don't want to... →

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Theater and film are essentially the same - just different kinds of storytelling.

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You can find the whole world of a film in one instrument, or you can find a world of sound in the orchestra.

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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... →

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I think 'Two Towers' is a completely distinct film from 'Fellowship of the Ring' or 'Return of the King.' I think that you... →

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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... →

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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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