Howard Shore: movies and TV shows
Howard Shore has 143 credits in the archive: 136 films and 7 TV series, from 1975 to 2026. Highest rated: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (8.5/10).
Career timeline
1975 – 2026 · busiest year: 2000 (9 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Lorne | Self | Film | 6.8 | 79 |
| 2025 | The Shrouds | Film | 5.8 | 78 | |
| 2025 | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music | Self - SNL Musical Director 1975 - 1980 | Film | 7.8 | 78 |
| 2025 | Revelations: Making Dogma | Film | — | 78 | |
| 2023 | Howard Shore Weekend - Eastern Promises | Film | — | 76 | |
| 2023 | Howard Shore Weekend - Eastern Promises | Film | — | 76 | |
| 2023 | Howard Shore Weekend - The Lord of the Rings | Film | 4.0 | 76 | |
| 2023 | Howard Shore Weekend - The Lord of the Rings | Film | 4.0 | 76 | |
| 2023 | Drift | Film | 1.0 | 76 | |
| 2022 | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | TV | 7.2 | 75 | |
| 2022 | The Pale Blue Eye | Film | 6.8 | 75 | |
| 2022 | Crimes of the Future | Film | 6.0 | 75 | |
| 2022 | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Global Fan Screening | Film | 7.5 | 75 | |
| 2020 | Reunited Apart | Self | TV | 5.5 | 73 |
| 2020 | Pieces of a Woman | Film | 7.0 | 73 | |
| 2020 | The Lost Prince | Film | 5.7 | 73 | |
| 2020 | Funny Boy | Film | 5.3 | 73 | |
| 2020 | Funny Boy | Film | 5.3 | 73 | |
| 2019 | The Song of Names | Film | 6.7 | 72 | |
| 2018 | The Catcher Was a Spy | Film | 6.2 | 71 | |
| 2017 | Score: A Film Music Documentary | Self | Film | 7.1 | 70 |
| 2016 | Denial | Film | 6.8 | 69 | |
| 2015 | Spotlight | Film | 7.8 | 68 | |
| 2014 | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Film | 7.3 | 67 | |
| 2014 | Maps to the Stars | Film | 6.2 | 67 | |
| 2014 | Rosewater | Film | 6.4 | 67 | |
| 2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Film | 7.6 | 66 | |
| 2013 | Jimmy P. | Film | 6.1 | 66 | |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Film | 7.4 | 65 | |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Film | 7.4 | 65 | |
| 2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Film | 7.4 | 65 | |
| 2012 | Cosmopolis | Film | 5.7 | 65 | |
| 2012 | Citizens of Cosmopolis | Self | Film | 6.1 | 65 |
| 2012 | The Ephemerol Diaries: An Interview with Stephen Lack | Film | 6.0 | 65 | |
| 2011 | Hugo | Film | 7.2 | 64 | |
| 2011 | A Dangerous Method | Film | 6.4 | 64 | |
| 2011 | 100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story | Self | Film | 9.0 | 64 |
| 2011 | Howard Shore: A Composer's Dream | Self | Film | — | 64 |
| 2010 | The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | Film | 6.2 | 63 | |
| 2010 | Edge of Darkness | Film | 6.4 | 63 | |
| 2008 | Doubt | Film | 7.2 | 61 | |
| 2008 | The Betrayal – Nerakhoon | Film | 7.0 | 61 | |
| 2007 | Eastern Promises | Film | 7.3 | 60 | |
| 2007 | The Last Mimzy | Film | 6.3 | 60 | |
| 2007 | To Each His Own Cinema | Film | 6.5 | 60 | |
| 2006 | The Departed | Film | 8.2 | 59 | |
| 2006 | Scoring the Silence | Self | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 2005 | A History of Violence | Film | 7.2 | 58 | |
| 2005 | The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz | Self | Film | 5.3 | 58 |
| 2005 | Lord of the Brush | Film | — | 58 | |
| 2005 | The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music | Self | Film | — | 58 |
| 2004 | The Aviator | Film | 7.2 | 57 | |
| 2004 | A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' | Self | Film | 6.5 | 57 |
| 2004 | People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia' | Self | Film | 4.8 | 57 |
| 2004 | Ed Wood: The Theremin | Self - Composer | Film | — | 57 |
| 2004 | Creating the Lord of the Rings Symphony | Self | Film | 7.2 | 57 |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Drinking Rohan Soldier (uncredited) | Film | 8.5 | 56 |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Film | 8.5 | 56 | |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Film | 8.5 | 56 | |
| 2003 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special | Film | 7.0 | 56 | |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Film | 8.4 | 55 | |
| 2002 | Gangs of New York | Film | 7.3 | 55 | |
| 2002 | Panic Room | Film | 6.8 | 55 | |
| 2002 | Spider | Film | 6.7 | 55 | |
| 2002 | The Making of 'The Fellowship of the Ring' | Self | Film | 8.8 | 55 |
| 2002 | Music for Middle-earth | Self | Film | — | 55 |
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Film | 8.4 | 54 | |
| 2001 | The Score | Film | 6.7 | 54 | |
| 2001 | The Score | Film | 6.7 | 54 | |
| 2001 | The Score | Film | 6.7 | 54 | |
| 2001 | Inside the Labyrinth: The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Self | Film | 7.3 | 54 |
| 2000 | The Cell | Film | 6.3 | 53 | |
| 2000 | The Yards | Film | 6.2 | 53 | |
| 2000 | The Yards | Film | 6.2 | 53 | |
| 2000 | The Yards | Film | 6.2 | 53 | |
| 2000 | High Fidelity | Film | 7.1 | 53 | |
| 2000 | High Fidelity | Film | 7.1 | 53 | |
| 2000 | High Fidelity | Film | 7.1 | 53 | |
| 2000 | Esther Kahn | Film | 6.0 | 53 | |
| 2000 | Camera | Film | 6.1 | 53 | |
| 1999 | Dogma | Film | 6.9 | 52 | |
| 1999 | eXistenZ | Film | 6.8 | 52 | |
| 1999 | Analyze This | Film | 6.5 | 52 | |
| 1999 | Gloria | Film | 5.9 | 52 | |
| 1997 | The Game | Film | 7.6 | 50 | |
| 1997 | Cop Land | Film | 6.8 | 50 | |
| 1996 | Crash | Film | 6.5 | 49 | |
| 1996 | Striptease | Film | 5.6 | 49 | |
| 1996 | That Thing You Do! | Film | 6.9 | 49 | |
| 1996 | Before and After | Film | 5.9 | 49 | |
| 1996 | The Truth About Cats & Dogs | Film | 6.1 | 49 | |
| 1996 | Looking for Richard | Film | 6.8 | 49 | |
| 1995 | Se7en | Film | 8.4 | 48 | |
| 1995 | Moonlight and Valentino | Film | 5.6 | 48 | |
| 1995 | White Man's Burden | Film | 5.1 | 48 | |
| 1994 | The Client | Film | 6.7 | 47 | |
| 1994 | Ed Wood | Film | 7.5 | 47 | |
| 1994 | Ed Wood | Film | 7.5 | 47 | |
| 1994 | Ed Wood | Film | 7.5 | 47 | |
| 1994 | Nobody's Fool | Film | 6.9 | 47 | |
| 1993 | Mrs. Doubtfire | Film | 7.2 | 46 | |
| 1993 | Mrs. Doubtfire | Film | 7.2 | 46 | |
| 1993 | Philadelphia | Film | 7.7 | 46 | |
| 1993 | Sliver | Film | 5.6 | 46 | |
| 1993 | M. Butterfly | Film | 6.6 | 46 | |
| 1993 | Guilty as Sin | Film | 5.7 | 46 | |
| 1992 | Single White Female | Film | 6.3 | 45 | |
| 1992 | Prelude to a Kiss | Film | 5.6 | 45 | |
| 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Film | 8.3 | 44 | |
| 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Film | 8.3 | 44 | |
| 1991 | The Silence of the Lambs | Film | 8.3 | 44 | |
| 1991 | A Kiss Before Dying | Film | 5.6 | 44 | |
| 1991 | A Kiss Before Dying | Film | 5.6 | 44 | |
| 1991 | Naked Lunch | Film | 7.0 | 44 | |
| 1990 | The Local Stigmatic | Film | 5.1 | 43 | |
| 1990 | Made in Milan | Film | 6.1 | 43 | |
| 1989 | She-Devil | Film | 5.9 | 42 | |
| 1989 | An Innocent Man | Film | 6.2 | 42 | |
| 1989 | The Lemon Sisters | Film | 5.1 | 42 | |
| 1989 | Signs of Life | Film | 4.9 | 42 | |
| 1988 | Big | Film | 7.2 | 41 | |
| 1988 | Dead Ringers | Film | 7.1 | 41 | |
| 1988 | Moving | Film | 5.6 | 41 | |
| 1987 | Heaven | Film | 6.6 | 40 | |
| 1987 | Nadine | Film | 5.4 | 40 | |
| 1986 | The Fly | Film | 7.4 | 39 | |
| 1986 | The Fly | Film | 7.4 | 39 | |
| 1986 | Fire with Fire | Film | 6.2 | 39 | |
| 1985 | After Hours | Film | 7.5 | 38 | |
| 1984 | Places in the Heart | Film | 7.2 | 37 | |
| 1984 | Nothing Lasts Forever | Film | 6.3 | 37 | |
| 1983 | Videodrome | Film | 7.2 | 36 | |
| 1981 | Scanners | Film | 6.7 | 34 | |
| 1980 | Gilda Live | The Candy Slice Group | Film | 6.1 | 33 |
| 1980 | Gilda Live | Film | 6.1 | 33 | |
| 1980 | Gilda Live | Film | 6.1 | 33 | |
| 1979 | The Brood | Film | 6.7 | 32 | |
| 1978 | I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses | Film | 4.8 | 31 | |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Bandleader | TV | 6.9 | 28 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Musician at Plato’s Cave (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 28 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 28 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Deejay (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 28 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Shelley (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 28 |