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Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Composer, conductor and arranger with over 100 film and television credits who attended the Berklee College of Music (Boston, MA). In the late 1970's Shore was the musical director for the weekly show "Saturday Night Live." In 1979 he was hired by David Cronenberg to write the score to small-budget movie, called THE BROOD. This was the start of a long collaboration between Shore and Cronenberg, which is still active through over 15 films, with EASTERN PROMISES (2007) being the latest. In 1989 Shore won a Genie® (Canada's Oscar®) for his great score to Cronenberg's DEAD RINGERS. In 2000 he was chosen to be the composer for the huge production of the trilogy of THE LORD OF THE RINGS (2001-03). Notable film composing credits include SCANNERS (1981), VIDEODROME (1983), AFTER HOURS (1985), THE FLY (1986), NADINE (1987), BIG and DEAD RINGERS (both 1988), AN INNOCENT MAN, SHE-DEVIL and SIGNS OF LIFE (all 1989), THE LEMON SISTERS and MADE IN MILAN (both 1990), THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991), SINGLE WHITE FEMALE (1992), SLIVER, GUILTY AS SIN, M. BUTTERFLY, MRS. DOUBTFIRE and PHILADELPHIA (all 1993), ED WOOD, THE CLIENT and NOBODY'S FOOL (all 1994), SE7EN, MOONLIGHT AND VALENTINO, BEFORE AND AFTER and WHITE MAN'S BURDEN (all 1995), THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS & DOGS, CRASH, STRIPTEASE, LOOKING FOR RICHARD and THAT THING YOU DO! (all 1996), THE GAME and COP LAND (both 1997), LAST NIGHT (1998), GLORIA, EXISTENZ, ANALYZE THIS and DOGMA (all 1999), HIGH FIDELITY, THE CELL, THE YARDS and ESTHER KAHN (all 2000), THE SCORE and THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (both 2001), PANIC ROOM, SPIDER, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS and GANGS OF NEW YORK (song "Brooklyn Heights") (all 2002) and THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING (2003), THE AVIATOR (2004), LA OPRESIÓN and A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (both 2005), TOO COMMERCIAL FOR CANNES and THE DEPARTED (both 2006), THE LAST MIMZY (2007), THE RISE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT (slated for 2009), and SILENCE (scheduled for release in 2010).  Best Achievement in Music in Connection with Motion Pictures (Original Score) 2001: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING  Best Achievement in Music (Original Score) 2003: THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING  Best Achievement in Music (Original Song) 2003: "Into the West" - THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING: Music and Lyric (w. Fran Walsh and Annie Lennox) 3 nominations, 3 Awards