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Howard Leslie Shore (born October 18, 1946) is a Canadian composer, conductor and orchestrator noted for his film scores. He has composed the scores for over 80 films, most notably for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies. He won three Academy Awards for his work on The Lord of the Rings, one for the song "Into the West", an award he shared with Eurythmics lead vocalist Annie Lennox and writer/producer Fran Walsh, who wrote the lyrics. He consistently collaborates with director David Cronenberg, having scored all but one of his films since 1979, and collaborated with Martin Scorsese on six of his films. Shore has also composed concert works including one opera, The Fly, based on the plot of Cronenberg's 1986 film, which premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on July 2, 2008; a short piece named Fanfare for the Wanamaker Organ and the Philadelphia Orchestra; and a short overture for the Swiss 21st Century Symphony Orchestra. Shore has also composed for television, including serving as the original musical director for the American sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live from 1975 to 1980. In addition to his three Oscars, Shore has won three Golden Globe Awards, four Grammy Awards, three Genie Awards, and nine Canadian Screen Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Howard Shore, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Arkham Asylum is reinstated by the Wayne Foundation with Hugo Strange at the head and head psychiatrist Harleen Quinzel. Sparks fly between her and Joker and they orchestrate a breakout with multiple criminals making factions as they slowly take over Gotham. The takeover causes the origins of people like Harvey Dent and Victor Fries. The police hold on to the precinct firmly. Batman goes after the bosses after stopping an arms deal between Penguin and Black Mask. When Batman finds Sionis, Catwoman is making a deal with him, and Batman intervenes. Batman follows Catwoman and finds out Penguin has cryogenic weapons made by Victor Fries. Batman defeats Penguin with ease. Batman beats him and convinces him to leave the criminals alone. Batman goes after Riddler next, who is holding the mayor hostage and beats his games. Two-Face gets his attention by blowing up half of the Gotham Supreme Court. That earns him a face in the ground. Last, Batman goes after Joker, who is trying to recreate his origins. Joker and Batman fight with Harley Quinn getting knocked into the chemical vat. Batman beats Joker and gets Harley out but she’s already insane. Hugo Strange turns out to be behind the breakout and a bomb goes off causing chemicals to gush and flow all the way out into the streets of Gotham. Batman goes to Strange in Arkham Tower and beats him into all of the machinery, and returns to the precinct to let them know that it’s over apart from the rounding up of the criminals.
