# List of awards and nominations received by Howard Shore

Composer Howard Shore has received many awards and nominations over the course of his career. These include three Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and four Grammy Awards.

## Major Awards
### Academy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2001 | Best Original Score | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Won |
| 2003 | Best Original Score | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Won |
| 2003 | Best Original Song | "Into the West" (shared with Fran Walsh and Annie Lennox) (from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King) | Won |
| 2011 | Best Original Score | Hugo | Nominated |

### British Academy Film Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1991 | Best Original Music | The Silence of the Lambs | Nominated |
| 2001 | Best Original Music | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Nominated |
| 2002 | Best Original Music | Gangs of New York | Nominated |
| 2003 | Best Original Music | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Nominated |
| 2004 | Best Original Music | The Aviator | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Original Music | Hugo | Nominated |

### Critics' Choice Movie Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2001 | Best Composer | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Won |
| 2002 | Best Composer | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Nominated |
| 2002 | Best Composer | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Won |
| 2004 | Best Composer | The Aviator | Won |
| 2006 | Best Composer | The Departed | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Score | Hugo | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Score | Spotlight | Nominated |

### Golden Globe Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2001 | Best Original Score | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Nominated |
| 2003 | Best Original Score | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Won |
| 2003 | Best Original Song | "Into the West" (shared with Fran Walsh and Annie Lennox) (from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King) | Won |
| 2004 | Best Original Score | The Aviator | Won |
| 2007 | Best Original Score | Eastern Promises | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Original Score | Hugo | Nominated |

### Grammy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1995 | Best Instrumental Composition Written for a Motion Picture or for Television | "Main Title" (from Ed Wood) | Nominated |
| 2002 | Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Won |
| 2003 | Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Won |
| 2004 | Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Won |
| 2004 | Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | "Into the West" (shared with Fran Walsh and Annie Lennox) (from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King) | Won |
| 2005 | Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | The Aviator: Music from the Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 2007 | Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media | The Departed: Original Score | Nominated |
| 2012 | Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media | Hugo (Original Score) | Nominated |

### Primetime Emmy Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2023 | Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Nominated | |

## Miscellaneous awards
### American Film Institute Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2001 | Composer of the Year | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Nominated | |

### ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2004 | ASCAP Henry Mancini Award | — | Won | |

### Cannes Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2014 | Cannes Soundtrack Award | Maps to the Stars | Won | |

### Central Ohio Film Critics Association Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2003 | Best Score | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Score | Hugo | Nominated |
| 2012 | Best Score | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Nominated |

### Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1996 | Best Original Score | That Thing You Do! | Nominated |
| 2001 | Best Original Score | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Won |
| 2002 | Best Original Score | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Nominated |
| 2003 | Best Original Score | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Won |
| 2004 | Best Original Score | The Aviator | Won |
| 2011 | Best Original Score | Hugo | Nominated |

### Denver Film Critics Society Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2013 | Best Original Score | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Best Original Score | Spotlight | Nominated | |

### Film Fest Ghent

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2002 | Georges Delerue Award | Spider | Won | |

### Gotham Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 1994 | Below-the-Line Award | — | Won | |

### Hollywood Music in Media Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 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 | |

### Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2011 | Best Musical Score | Hugo | Runner-up | |

### International Cinephile Society Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2003 | Best Original Score | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Won | |
| 2022 | Best Original Score | Crimes of the Future | Nominated | |

### International Film Music Critics Association Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2000 | Film Composer of the Year | — | Nominated | |
| 2004 | Film Score of the Year | The Aviator | Nominated | |
| 2004 | Best Original Score for a Drama Film | The Aviator | Won | |
| 2005 | Best Original Score for a Horror/Thriller Film | A History of Violence | Won | |
| 2005 | 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 | |
| 2007 | Best Original Score for a Drama Film | Eastern Promises | Nominated | |
| 2007 | 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 | |
| 2011 | Film Score of the Year | Hugo | Nominated | |
| 2011 | Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film | Hugo | Nominated | |
| 2011 | 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 | |
| 2012 | Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Film Score of the Year | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Nominated | |
| 2013 | 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 | |
| 2022 | Score of the Year | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Won | [45] [46] |
| 2022 | Best Original Score for Television | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power | Won | [45] [46] |
| 2022 | Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction Film | Crimes of the Future | Nominated | [45] [46] |

### Krakow Film Music Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2017 | Kilar Award | — | Won | |

### Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2001 | Best Score | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Won | |
| 2003 | Best Score | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Won | |

### Locarno International Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2016 | Vision Award | — | Won | |

### Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1991 | Best Music Score | Naked Lunch and The Silence of the Lambs | Runner-up |
| 1994 | Best Music Score | Ed Wood | Won |
| 1995 | Best Music Score | Seven | Runner-up |
| 2001 | Best Music Score | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Won |

### National Board of Review Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2005 | Career Achievement in Music Composition | — | Won | |

### Online Film & Television Association Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2001 | Best Original Score | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Won |
| 2002 | Best Original Score | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Nominated |
| 2002 | 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 |
| 2003 | 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 |
| 2006 | Best Original Score | The Departed | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Original Score | Hugo | Nominated |
| 2021 | Film Hall of Fame: Scores | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Inducted |

### Online Film Critics Society Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2001 | Best Original Score | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Nominated |
| 2002 | Best Original Score | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Nominated |
| 2003 | Best Original Score | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Won |
| 2004 | Best Original Score | The Aviator | Nominated |

### Palm Springs International Film Festival

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2005 | Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing | — | Won | |
| 2012 | Frederick Loewe Award for Film Composing | — | Won | |

### Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2001 | Best Original Score | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Won |
| 2002 | Best Original Score | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Nominated |
| 2002 | 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 |
| 2013 | Best Original Score | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Original Score | Spotlight | Nominated |

### San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2011 | Best Score | Hugo | Nominated | |

### Satellite Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2003 | Best Original Score | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Nominated |
| 2004 | Best Original Score | The Aviator | Nominated |
| 2007 | Best Original Score | Eastern Promises | Nominated |
| 2010 | Best Original Song | "Eclipse" (All Yours)" (from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse) (shared with Emily Haines and James Shaw) | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Original Score | Spotlight | Nominated |

### Saturn Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 1986 | Best Music | The Fly | Nominated |
| 1988 | Best Music | Dead Ringers | Nominated |
| 1991 | Best Music | The Silence of the Lambs | Nominated |
| 1994 | Best Music | Ed Wood | Won |
| 1995 | Best Music | Seven | Nominated |
| 2001 | Best Music | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Nominated |
| 2002 | Best Music | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Nominated |
| 2003 | Best Music | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Won |
| 2011 | Best Music | Hugo | Nominated |
| 2012 | Best Music | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Nominated |
| 2013 | Best Music | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Nominated |
| 2014 | Best Music | The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Nominated |
| 2022 | Best Music | Crimes of the Future | Nominated |

### Seattle Film Critics Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2004 | Best Music | The Aviator | Won | |

### Society of Composers & Lyricists

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2019 | Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film | The Song of Names | Nominated | |

### St. Louis Film Critics Association

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2013 | Best Original Score | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Nominated | |

### Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
| 2011 | Best Original Score | Hugo | Nominated | |
| 2012 | Best Original Score | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Nominated | |

### World Soundtrack Awards

| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2002 | Soundtrack Composer of the Year | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Nominated |
| 2002 | Best Original Soundtrack of the Year | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Won |
| 2002 | Public Choice Award | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Won |
| 2003 | Soundtrack Composer of the Year | Gangs of New York | Nominated |
| 2003 | Best Original Soundtrack of the Year | Gangs of New York | Nominated |
| 2003 | 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 | Best Original Song Written for a Film | "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 |
| 2005 | Best Original Soundtrack of the Year | The Aviator | Nominated |
| 2012 | Soundtrack Composer of the Year | Hugo | Nominated |
| 2012 | Best Original Soundtrack of the Year | A Dangerous Method, Cosmopolis, and Hugo | Nominated |
| 2013 | Best Original Soundtrack of the Year | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Nominated |
| 2014 | Public Choice Award | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Nominated |