When you're working on a film, it's intense and it's very all-consuming. There's not something in particular. — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
Film music really is about point of view and you can shift it wherever you want really depending on how you look… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
When you're working on film music, you're only working on 20, 30-minute sections at a time. — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
I like to do a lot of research on all of the films I work on. So, I like to read a… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
Sometimes you want to use the music in a clarity way to explain something in the film. — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
I'm interested in good collaborations and in working with directors who bring something new and interesting out of you. — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
When you start on a new film, no matter how many you've done before that, I think I've done close to 80… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
You can find the whole world of a film in one instrument, or you can find a world of sound in the… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
I never shied away from a challenge and I love doing big, epic films. They're interesting to me just on a pure… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
I look at the film without any music or sound. I try to grasp the story from the screenplay. I try to… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
The techniques of different directors are very different, and people have different ways of expressing ideas in film. I'm happiest when working… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
I always go back to the original material. I want a good connection as the composer and writer of the score to… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
The art of making films is a collaborative art. As a composer, you're always working with the cinematographer because he's so much… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
I like to read and dream and create music that is based on the imagery of text. If you have the combination… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
To make good films, you have to have a good relationship and good collaboration as composer-director, composer-editor, composer-production designer-actor because you're working… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
I think 'Two Towers' is a completely distinct film from 'Fellowship of the Ring' or 'Return of the King.' I think that… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
Different directors have different techniques in the use of films. Cronenberg is very different in the way he works with film, and… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
All of the silent films had live music accompaniment, so it's actually a very rich period in music. — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
Theater and film are essentially the same - just different kinds of storytelling. — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
The music for 'The Departed' could have been played by an orchestra, but you make a decision about orchestration based on the… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
There are many things that have stayed consistent. But the biggest change, of course, is technology, the way it's used, the way… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
The technology certainly changes. I think, in terms of making films, that's been the biggest change. But many things stay the same.… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
I had great inspiration from a Japanese composer named Toru Takemitsu. He wrote over 90 film scores and a lot of concert… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
It is very gratifying to see the music from 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy find a new life on the concert stage as… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
I read all of the books by Tolkien, including 'The Hobbit,' when I was in my twenties, and his deep love of nature and… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
I've been writing music since I was 9. I took harmony and counterpoint classes when I was studying the clarinet. So, I've been writing… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
All of the silent films had live music accompaniment, so it's actually a very rich period in music. — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
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… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
Composing is sort of an intuitive act. You have to put yourself in the right frame of mind. — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
Theater and film are essentially the same - just different kinds of storytelling. — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
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… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
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… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
My first score for 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy, 'The Fellowship of the Ring,' was the beginning of my journey into the world… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
Music is essentially an emotional language, so you want to feel something from the relationships and build music based on those feelings. — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
The music for 'The Departed' could have been played by an orchestra, but you make a decision about orchestration based on the context of… — Howard Shore Copy Share Image
