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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.
Shrek 2 is a 2004 American computer-animated comedy film. Directed by Peter Jackson, it is the sequel to Shrek (2001) and the second installment in the Dreamworks franchise. The film stars Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart and Emma Stone, who reprise their respective roles of Shrek, Donkey, and Fiona. They are joined by new characters voiced by Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett, Andy Garcia, Chris Hemsworth, and Maggie Smith. Shrek 2 takes place following the events of the first film, with Shrek and Donkey meeting Fiona's parents as her Fairy Godmother, who wants Fiona to marry her son Prince Charming, plots to destroy Shrek and Fiona's marriage. Shrek and Donkey team up with a cat named Puss in Boots to foil her plans. Shrek 2 released in theaters on May 19, 2004. Met with highly favorable reviews like its predecessor, the film grossed US$928.7 million worldwide. It scored the second-largest three-day opening weekend in U.S. history and the largest opening for an animated film at the time of its release. It went on to become the highest-grossing film of 2004 worldwide. Shrek 2 is also DreamWorks Animation's most successful film to date, and it held the title of being the highest-grossing animated film of all time worldwide until Kung Fu Panda 2 surpassed it in 2011. The film received two Academy Awards for Best Animated Picture and Best Actor For Dwayne Johnson but lost to the Incredibles. A sequel to the film, Shrek the Third, was released in May 2007.
