Howard Shore News

It might be hard to imagine in any other art form, but Ornette Coleman has been the most controversial figure in jazz for 50 years.

Get ready for some “elfin” magic.After touring the globe for almost six years to mostly sold-out audiences, Howard Shore’s “The Lord of the Rings Symphony” will be performed tonight and Friday by the Kansas City Symphony at the Music Hall.Even if you’re not a follower of the movie trilogy based on J.R.R ...

When director Peter Jackson asked Howard Shore to compose the score for "The Lord of the Rings" film trilogy, Shore studied J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy world before beginning four years of writing music.

Director Robert Sigl of the Fango Video title SCHOOL'S OUT sent along the scoop on his new feature THE SPIDER, a macabre tale of reincarnation and possession.

The minute-long spot is part of the first stage of a six-phase advertising series by Canada's Olympic broadcasters.

As Gregory Kunde, an opera singer who makes his home in Rochester, sips a large caffeinated beverage at Spot Coffee late in December he ruminates on the state of the business.