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Howard Shore on ‘Generous’ David Cronenberg, Approaching ‘LOTR’ as One Story and Composing in His Dreams: ‘There Is Some Napping Involved’


Composer Howard Shore opens up about collaborating with David Cronenberg and Peter Jackson.

A three-time Oscar winner, Shore received the Career Achievement Award at the Swiss festival, where he opened up about his collaborations with fellow Canadian David Cronenberg and thrilled fans with tidbits about Peter Jackson’s “ The Lord of the Rings.” “After I did ‘After Hours,’ ‘The Fly’ and ‘Big,’ which were all successful, I was offered so many different types of films – precisely because of this range,” he revealed. “I work with Alan Frey and he makes sure every conductor is well-versed in the scores and all the soloists are the ones we’ve approved.

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