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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.
Young Jared Grace has moved from New York to a new home at the Spiderwick Estate. Always misbehaving and having a hard time fitting in to the new place, he hears a strange sound which leads him into finding Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You. However, dark forces soon find out about the Fieldguide and are after it to unleash an even darker force to take over the world. Now it's up to Jared, his twin brother Simon, and his older sister Mallory as they find out more about the secrets of the field guide and discovering the magical world that their uncle Arthur Spiderwick has discovered before them. An adaptation of the novel series directed by Shawn Levy and the Duffer Brothers and produced by Netflix. Each book will be its own episode, following all three characters into the world of the Spiderwick Chronicles.
