Ryan Shore
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Ryan Shore (born December 29, 1974 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian film composer and saxophonist. Mr. Shore was educated at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA and attended Spanish River Community High School in Boca Raton, Florida.[citation needed] He is the nephew of Howard Shore. He created the music score for the video podcast Goodnight Burbank.
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[edit] Background
Canadian film composer Ryan Shore (composer, producer, arranger, saxophonist) is one of the most versatile and creative voices in film music. His diverse background of classical, jazz and contemporary music, combined with his ability to be highly collaborative and to deliver music on time and on budget, has quickly moved him to the forefront of the most sought after film composers today.
His recent films include Prime (Universal Pictures) starring Meryl Streep and Uma Thurman, which was written and directed by Ben Younger (Boiler Room); and the horror film Headspace, which he recorded and conducted with the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra. He also composed original on-camera music for Fur (New Line Cinema), starring Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey, Jr., for which he was also seen in the film performing his original music.
Upcoming releases in 2007 include Numb, starring Matthew Perry and Academy Award winner Mary Steenburgen; and the period drama The Girl Next Door, based on the best-selling novel by Jack Ketchum.
Shore's scores also include Harvard Man (Lions Gate) starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Adrian Grenier (Entourage); Scout's Honor starring Bill Murray and Alec Baldwin; Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss (20th Century Fox) starring Jamie-Lynn Sigler (The Sopranos); Vulgar (Lions Gate) produced by Kevin Smith; Kettle of Fish starring Matthew Modine and Gina Gershon; Lift (Sundance Film Festival premiere) starring Kerry Washington (Ray); 212 (Sundance Film Festival premiere); Confession starring Chris Pine (Just My Luck); and Coney Island Baby (Sundance Channel).
For his score to Cadaverous, he received the first-ever Elmer Bernstein Scoring Award, which was personally judged and presented by Academy Award winning composer Elmer Bernstein (To Kill a Mockingbird, The Magnificent Seven). This began a friendship which continued until Elmer's passing. Ryan's extensive work in film also includes producing the music for the Saturday Night Live Studios theatrical logo, orchestrating for Analyze This (Warner Bros.) and Dogma (Lions Gate); and arranging source music for The Game (PolyGram).
As a composer, conductor or orchestrator, he has worked with world-renowned orchestras including The New York Philharmonic, The London Philharmonic, The Hollywood Symphony Orchestra, The Czech Philharmonic, and The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
When not scoring for film, he plays saxophone, clarinet and flute, and has played with Matchbox Twenty (on tour of the U.S, including a special street performance on The Late Show with David Letterman), Natalie Cole, Oleta Adams, and The Uptown Horns, among many others. He has also created string and horn arrangements for many artists -- most recently co-arranging and conducting the strings for Janita's current album, "Seasons of Life".
[edit] Selected Filmography
| Year | Film |
|---|---|
| 2007 | Numb The Girl Next Door |
| 2006 | Kettle of Fish (jazz songs) |
| 2005 | Prime Headspace Confession 212 |
| 2004 | Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher Summer of the Serpent |
| 2003 | Coney Island Baby |
| 2002 | Shadowplay Inherent Darkness and Enlightenment |
| 2001 | Harvard Man Lift |
| 2000 | Vulgar Cadaverous |
| 1999 | A Letter from the Western Front |
[edit] Awards
- Best Score Award, 2004 Rhode Island Film Festival - Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher
- Clive Davis Award, 2002 - Shadowplay
- Elmer Bernstein Award, 2001 Woodstock Film Festival - Cadaverous
[edit] Saxophone performance
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