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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-shore/i-always-go-back-to-the-original-material-i-want-a-good-connection-as/)

[Howard Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-shore/)

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## More by Howard Shore

> [It is very gratifying to see the music from 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy find a new life on the concert stage as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-shore/it-is-very-gratifying-to-see-the-music-from-the-lord-of-the-rings/)

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> [I read all of the books by Tolkien, including 'The Hobbit,' when I was in my twenties, and his deep love of nature and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-shore/i-read-all-of-the-books-by-tolkien-including-the-hobbit-when-i-was-in/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-shore/i-ve-been-writing-music-since-i-was-9-i-took-harmony-and-counterpoint/)

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> [All of the silent films had live music accompaniment, so it's actually a very rich period in music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-shore/all-of-the-silent-films-had-live-music-accompaniment-so-it-s-actually/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-shore/i-always-believed-the-fly-to-be-a-classic-opera-story-it-s-a-tale-of/)

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> [Composing is sort of an intuitive act. You have to put yourself in the right frame of mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-shore/composing-is-sort-of-an-intuitive-act-you-have-to-put-yourself-in-the/)

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> [Theater and film are essentially the same - just different kinds of storytelling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-shore/theater-and-film-are-essentially-the-same-just-different-kinds-of/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-shore/i-like-to-do-a-lot-of-research-on-all-of-the-films-i-work-on-so-i/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-shore/i-live-in-tuxedo-park-n-y-and-spend-time-in-the-west-village-where-my/)

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> [My first score for 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy, 'The Fellowship of the Ring,' was the beginning of my journey into the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-shore/my-first-score-for-the-lord-of-the-rings-trilogy-the-fellowship-of/)

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> [Music is essentially an emotional language, so you want to feel something from the relationships and build music based on those feelings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-shore/music-is-essentially-an-emotional-language-so-you-want-to-feel/)

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> [The music for 'The Departed' could have been played by an orchestra, but you make a decision about orchestration based on the context of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-shore/the-music-for-the-departed-could-have-been-played-by-an-orchestra-but/)

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> [I usually work with the director and it's just a collaboration between me and the one person. I think you make good movies that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-shore/i-usually-work-with-the-director-and-it-s-just-a-collaboration/)

[Howard Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-shore/)

> [I always go back to the original material. I want a good connection as the composer and writer of the score to the director…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-shore/i-always-go-back-to-the-original-material-i-want-a-good-connection-as/)

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> [You can find the whole world of a film in one instrument, or you can find a world of sound in the orchestra.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-shore/you-can-find-the-whole-world-of-a-film-in-one-instrument-or-you-can/)

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