List of awards and nominations received by Howard Shore

This article is a list of awards and nominations received by Howard Shore.

Howard Shore

Howard Shore is a Canadian composer. Over the course of his career he has received numerous accolades including three Academy Awards, three Critics' Choice Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and four Grammy Awards as well as nominations for six BAFTA Awards, and a Emmy Award.

Major Awards

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2001	Best Original Score	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Won	[1]
2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won	[2]
	Best Original Song	"Into the West", (from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)[a]	Won
2011	Best Original Score	Hugo	Nominated	[3]

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
1991	Best Original Music	The Silence of the Lambs	Nominated	[4]
2001		The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Nominated	[5]
2002		Gangs of New York	Nominated	[6]
2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Nominated	[7]
2004		The Aviator	Nominated	[8]
2011		Hugo	Nominated	[9]

Critics' Choice Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
2001	Best Composer	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Won	[10]
2002		The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Nominated	[11]
2002		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won	[12]
2004		The Aviator	Won	[13]
2006		The Departed	Nominated	[14]
2011	Best Score	Hugo	Nominated	[15]
2015		Spotlight	Nominated	[16]

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
2023	Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power	Nominated	[17]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2001	Best Original Score	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Nominated	[18]
2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won	[18]
	Best Original Song	"Into the West", (from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)[b]	Won	[18]
2004	Best Original Score	The Aviator	Won	[18]
2007		Eastern Promises	Nominated	[18]
2011		Hugo	Nominated	[18]

Grammy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1995	Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media	"Main Title" (from Ed Wood)	Nominated	[19]
2002	Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Won	[20]
2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Won	[21]
2004		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won	[22]
	Best Song Written for Visual Media	"Into the West", (from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)[c]	Won
2005	Best Score Soundtrack Album for Visual Media	The Aviator: Music from the Motion Picture	Nominated	[23]
2007		The Departed: Original Score	Nominated	[24]
2012	Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media	Hugo (Original Score)	Nominated	[25]

Miscellaneous awards

Organizations	Year	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
American Film Institute Awards	2001	Composer of the Year	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Nominated	[26]
ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards	2004	ASCAP Henry Mancini Award	—	Won	[27]
Cannes Film Festival	2014	Cannes Soundtrack Award	Maps to the Stars	Won	[28]
Central Ohio Film Critics Association	2003	Best Score	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Nominated	[29]
	2011		Hugo	Nominated	[30]
	2012		The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Nominated	[31]
Chicago Film Critics Association	1996	Best Original Score	That Thing You Do!	Nominated	[32]
	2001		The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Won
	2002		The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Nominated
	2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won
	2004		The Aviator	Won
	2011		Hugo	Nominated
Denver Film Critics Society	2013	Best Original Score	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	Nominated	[33]
	2015		Spotlight	Nominated	[34]
Film Fest Ghent	2002	Georges Delerue Award	Spider	Won	[35]
Gotham Awards	1994	Below-the-Line Award	—	Won	[36]
Hollywood Music in Media Awards	2012	Best Original Score – Feature Film	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Nominated
	2013	Best Original Score – Sci-Fi/Fantasy	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	Won	[37]
Indiana Film Journalists Association	2011	Best Musical Score	Hugo	Runner-up	[38]
International Cinephile Society	2003	Best Original Score	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won	[39]
	2022		Crimes of the Future	Nominated	[40]
International Film Music Critics Association	2000	Film Composer of the Year	—	Nominated	[41]
	2004	Film Score of the Year	The Aviator	Nominated	[42]
		Best Original Score for a Drama Film		Won
	2005	Best Original Score for a Horror/Thriller Film	A History of Violence	Won	[43]
		Best New Release/Re-Release/Re-Recording of an Existing Score	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Won
	2006	Best Original Score for a Drama Film	The Departed	Nominated	[44]
	2007		Eastern Promises	Nominated	[45]
		Best New Release/Re-Release/Re-Recording of an Existing Score	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Nominated
	2009	Best Film Music Compilation Album or Box Set	Howard Shore: Collector's Edition Vol. 1	Nominated	[46]
	2011	Film Score of the Year	Hugo	Nominated	[47]
		Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film		Nominated
		Best Archival Re-Recording of an Existing Score	The Lord of the Rings Symphony	Nominated
	2012	Film Score of the Year	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Nominated	[48]
		Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film		Nominated
	2013	Film Score of the Year	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	Nominated	[49]
		Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film		Nominated
		Film Music Composition of the Year	"Beyond the Forest" (from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug)	Nominated
	2014	Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	Nominated	[50]
	2022	Score of the Year	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power	Won	[51] [52]
		Best Original Score for Television		Won
		Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction Film	Crimes of the Future	Nominated
Krakow Film Music Festival	2017	Kilar Award	—	Won	[53]
Las Vegas Film Critics Society	2001	Best Score	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Won	[54]
	2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won
Locarno International Film Festival	2016	Vision Award	—	Won	[55]
Los Angeles Film Critics Association	1991	Best Music Score	Naked Lunch and The Silence of the Lambs	Runner-up	[56]
	1994		Ed Wood	Won	[57]
	1995		Seven	Runner-up	[58]
	2001		The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Won	[59]
National Board of Review Awards	2005	Career Achievement in Music Composition	—	Won	[60]
Online Film & Television Association	2001	Best Original Score	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Won	[61]
	2002		The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Nominated	[62]
		Best Original Song	"Gollum's Song" (from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)	Nominated
	2003	Best Original Score	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won	[63]
		Best Original Song	"Into the West" (from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)	Won
	2004	Best Original Score	The Aviator	Nominated	[64]
	2006		The Departed	Nominated	[65]
	2011		Hugo	Nominated	[66]
	2021	Film Hall of Fame: Scores	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Inducted	[67]
Online Film Critics Society	2001	Best Original Score	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Nominated	[68]
	2002		The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Nominated	[69]
	2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won	[70]
	2004		The Aviator	Nominated	[71]
Palm Springs International Film Festival	2005	Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing	—	Won	[72]
	2012		—	Won
Phoenix Film Critics Society	2001	Best Original Score	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Won	[73]
	2002		The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Nominated	[74]
		Best Original Song	"Gollum's Song" (shared with Fran Walsh) (from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)	Won
	2003	Best Original Score	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won	[75]
	2013		The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	Nominated	[76]
	2015		Spotlight	Nominated	[77]
San Diego Film Critics Society	2011	Best Score	Hugo	Nominated	[78]
Satellite Awards	2003	Best Original Score	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Nominated	[79]
	2004		The Aviator	Nominated	[80]
	2007		Eastern Promises	Nominated	[81]
	2010	Best Original Song	"Eclipse" (All Yours)" (from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) (shared with Emily Haines and James Shaw)	Nominated	[82]
	2015	Best Original Score	Spotlight	Nominated	[83]
Saturn Awards	1986	Best Music	The Fly	Nominated	[84]
	1988		Dead Ringers	Nominated
	1991		The Silence of the Lambs	Nominated
	1994		Ed Wood	Won
	1995		Seven	Nominated
	2001		The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Nominated
	2002		The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Nominated
	2003		The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Won
	2011		Hugo	Nominated	[85]
	2012		The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Nominated	[86]
	2013		The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	Nominated	[87]
	2014		The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	Nominated	[88]
	2022		Crimes of the Future	Nominated	[89]
Seattle Film Critics Awards	2004	Best Music	The Aviator	Won	[90]
Society of Composers & Lyricists	2019	Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film	The Song of Names	Nominated	[91]
St. Louis Film Critics Association	2013	Best Original Score	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	Nominated	[92]
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	2011	Best Original Score	Hugo	Nominated	[93]
	2012		The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Nominated	[94]
World Soundtrack Awards	2002	Soundtrack Composer of the Year	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	Nominated	[95]
		Best Original Soundtrack of the Year		Won
		Public Choice Award		Won
	2003	Soundtrack Composer of the Year	Gangs of New York	Nominated
		Best Original Soundtrack of the Year		Nominated
		Best Original Song Written for a Film	"Gollum's Song" (shared with Fran Walsh, Janet Roddick, David Donaldson, Steve Roche, David Long, and Emiliana Torrini) (from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers)	Nominated
	2004		"Into the West" (shared with Fran Walsh and Annie Lennox) (from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)	Nominated
	2005	Soundtrack Composer of the Year	The Aviator	Nominated
		Best Original Soundtrack of the Year		Nominated
	2012	Soundtrack Composer of the Year	Hugo	Nominated
		Best Original Soundtrack of the Year	A Dangerous Method, Cosmopolis, and Hugo	Nominated
	2013		The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	Nominated
	2014	Public Choice Award	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	Nominated