47 Quotes by Howard Shore

Theater and film are essentially the same - just different kinds of storytelling.

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

You can find the whole world of a film in one instrument, or you can find a world of sound in the orchestra.

I think once a year it's good to look back at the history of Oscar and to embrace the great work that everybody's done this year and set it in place to the great work that's gone on before us.

When you see 'Lord of the Rings,' you want to feel like you've been dropped into it and that you're part of it. You don't want to be aware of how it's being done; you just want it to feel really seamless.

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

Composing is sort of an intuitive act. You have to put yourself in the right frame of mind.

'Hugo' is made in the classical style of the 1940s.

I actually like the collaboration of working with different artists.