Howard Shore

HOWARD SHORE previously received the same honor at the Festival?s Awards Gala in 2005 for composing the score in “The Aviator.”

His collaboration with director Martin Scorsese also includes composing the scores for ?Gangs of New York? and ?The Departed.?

This year he will be receiving the award for his exceptional work in Martin Scorsese?s “Hugo”.

His work with Peter Jackson on “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy stands as his most towering achievement to date, earning him three Academy Awards. He has also been awarded four Grammys and three Golden Globes.

Shore was one of the original creators of “Saturday Night Live.”

He served as the music director on the show from 1975 to 1980.

At the same time, he began collaborating with David Cronenberg, and has scored 12 of the director?s films, including “The Fly,” “Dead Ringers,” “Crash,” “Naked Lunch” and “Eastern Promises” for which he was honored with a Genie Award. Shore continues to distinguish himself with a wide range of projects, from Martin Scorsese?s “The Departed,” “The Aviator,” and “Gangs of New York,” to “Ed Wood,” “The Silence of the Lambs,” “Philadelphia,” and “Mrs. Doubtfire.”

Shore?s music has been performed in concerts throughout the world. In 2003, Shore conducted the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in the world premiere of The Lord of the Rings Symphony in Wellington, New Zealand. Since then, the work has had over 140 performances by the world?s most prestigious orchestras.