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, what could be better for the composer? Howard Shore More Quotes by Howard Shore More Quotes From Howard Shore The techniques of different directors are very different, and people have different ways of expressing ideas in film. I'm happiest when working with a director as I would be if I were an actor. I'm wanting to provide a really good performance. Howard Shore technique people ideas I like to do a lot of research on all of the films I work on. So, I like to read a lot. That's always an interesting part of it with me. Howard Shore film research interesting I always go back to the original material. I want a good connection as the composer and writer of the score to the director and to the source material. It's really important. Howard Shore connections important directors Piano is very elegant. I also think it's a very truthful instrument. Howard Shore truthful piano thinking I grew up in repertory theaters, so it was comedy one night, drama the next. I'm used to going from one to the other. And I worked for years in television as well. So, I like the interrelationship of it and having a good relationship with a group of artists creating something really where the sum is greater than all of our individual contributions, our parts. Howard Shore artist drama night 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 were 14 and 15. We would do an improvisational show with music, comedy and acting. Howard Shore acting summer night Different directors have different techniques in the use of films. Cronenberg is very different in the way he works with film, and how he takes the audience into his films is different than how Peter Jackson would do that or Jon Stewart. So, if you go between those artists, you shift gears and you kind of fall into the working method of that film. Howard Shore technique artist fall The piano is really the featured instrument of a 10-piece chamber orchestra. The construction is the harmonic language. Howard Shore orchestra piano pieces 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 picture music different ideas The sarangi, the ney flute are pretty ancient instruments. Howard Shore flute pretty ancient instruments 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 be aware of how it's being done; you just want it to feel really seamless. Howard Shore feel see you done 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 and ultimate sacrifice. Howard Shore fly true-love love death I love working with an orchestra, but there are many ways to make music. Howard Shore make orchestra music love The music for 'The Departed' could have been played by an orchestra, but you make a decision about orchestration based on the context of the film. You want the music to broaden the scope of a film, not just repeat what you're seeing. Howard Shore you music decision want My first score for 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy, 'The Fellowship of the Ring,' was the beginning of my journey into the world of Tolkien, and I will always hold a special fondness for the music and the experience. Howard Shore experience music journey world 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. Howard Shore me green nature love 'Hugo' is made in the classical style of the 1940s. Howard Shore hugo 1940s style made All of the silent films had live music accompaniment, so it's actually a very rich period in music. Howard Shore live silent rich music 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. Howard Shore new music life world 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. Howard Shore great good work history
