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Howard Shore: Successes
One of the most successful and versatile film musicians of our day, he has written the music for such major film productions as Silence of the Lambs, the
David Cronenberg remake of The Fly
, Naked Lunch
, Philadelphia
, Ed Wood
, Se7en
, Dogma
, High Fidelity
, Panic Room
and The Aviator, the last of which earned him a Golden Globe.
His greatest success to date is his beautiful score for
Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Each wonderful piece created captured the setting, the expression for the corresponding movie scene. The score for the first film, ', gained him an Oscar in 2002, while the final film, ' earned him another Oscar in 2004.
In 2004 he toured with the symphony arrangement of this highly acclaimed, exquisite work "The Lord of the Rings: Symphony in six movements" performing with the local artists in locations such as London and Sydney.
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LiteratureThe Fly: The Opera
The Los Angeles Opera has staged The Fly, an operatic re-imagination of David Cronenberg's incredible 1986 film. Indeed, the opera was directed by Cronenberg himself and features original music by Howard Shore (Lord of the Rings) who also composed the film's soundtrack. Placido Domingo conducts. As a huge fan of Cronenberg's films, I hope I have the opportunity to see his work in this medium. The opera's Web site is rich with video and photos including set designs and production sketches. The Fly: The Opera (LA Opera)...
Published: Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:18:55 GMT - Source: Boingboing.Net - Read the articleLiteratureAn Assessment: Will Opera Fly?
Twenty-plus years ago, when Howard Shore was first hired to score David Cronenberg's dark reimagining of George Langelaan's 1957 short story "The Fly," he immediately saw the operatic potential. The Fly comes to Los Angeles as an opera in September.
Published: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:00:00 GMT - Source: Scifi.Com - Read the article
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