Author: Howard Shore

Quotes

Music is essentially an emotional language, so you want to feel something from the relationships and build music based on those feelings.

Music is essentially an emotional language, so you want to feel something from the relationships and build music based on those feelings.

- Howard Shore

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.

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

I love working with an orchestra, but there are many ways to make music.

I love working with an orchestra, but there are many ways to make music.

- Howard Shore

When you're working on film music, you're only working on 20, 30-minute sections at a time.

When you're working on film music, you're only working on 20, 30-minute sections at a time.

- Howard Shore

All of the silent films had live music accompaniment, so it's actually a very rich period in music.

All of the silent films had live music accompaniment, so it's actually a very rich period in music.

- Howard Shore

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.

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

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.

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

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 an office.

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 an office.

- Howard Shore

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