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. (Howard Shore)
Saturday Night Live was actually started with a show that Lorne Michaels and I did at a summer camp called Timberlane in Ontario when we were 14 and 15. We would do an improvisational show with music, comedy and acting. View quote
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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. View quote
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Theater and film are essentially the same - just different kinds of storytelling. View quote
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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 an office. View quote
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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. View quote
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I think 'Two Towers' is a completely distinct film from 'Fellowship of the Ring' or 'Return of the King.' I think that you can watch them as a group and watch how the story evolves, but I think each one was made in its own entirety, and each one has its own palate of sound and music and color and characterization. View quote
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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 of physical decay and ultimate sacrifice. View quote
Howard Shore