Biography
RYAN SHORE is a Los Angeles-based, Canadian, award winning film composer. He has a diverse background of orchestral, contemporary, jazz, electronic, and traditional music styles. This, combined with his abilities to compose memorable music across a wide range of genres and to be highly collaborative with filmmakers, has quickly made him one of today's sought after film composers.
Shore's recent scores include Prime (Universal) starring Meryl Streep and Uma Thurman; The Girl Next Door (Anchor Bay); Harvard Man (Lions Gate) starring Adrian Grenier and Sarah Michelle Gellar; Scout's Honor starring Bill Murray and Alec Baldwin; Vulgar (Lions Gate) produced by Kevin Smith; Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer (Anchor Bay) which he recorded and conducted with the 93-piece Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra and was named Ain't It Cool News' Top 10 Scores of the Year; the comedy Lower Learning (Anchor Bay) starring Rob Corddry, Jason Biggs, Eva Longoria-Parker, and Kyle Gass; and Numb starring Matthew Perry and Mary Steenburgen.
Industry veterans and press alike have taken notice of Shore's composing. Academy Award winning composer Elmer Bernstein (To Kill a Mockingbird, The Magnificent Seven) says "Ryan Shore gives the film a special character that it would not have without the music -- a special marriage takes place such that the film will not be the same without it". And Ain't It Cool News proclaims "With each meticulously scored measure, Shore proves that film scoring remains a craft built upon the fundamentals of music composition". They are not alone. Main Titles writes "Shore has seriously got what it takes. Providing an original and thematic voice that can only lead him to something bigger, let's hope so for the future of film music.", and Darren Rea writes "Watch out for Shore, it's only a matter of time before he becomes a huge name in the industry".
He recently scored Macedonia's official submission for the Academy Awards, Shadows, written and directed by Academy Award nominee Milcho Manchevski, which was the highest grossing theatrical release ever in its home country. He also composed original on-camera music for Fur (New Line), starring Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey, Jr., for which he was seen in the film performing his original music.
Ryan has 7 films being released the Fall of 2009 and Spring of 2010 -- Stan Helsing (Anchor Bay) from the executive producer of Scary Movie; Cabin Fever 2 (Lions Gate); Offspring (Lions Gate) for Sam Raimi's distribution company; the animation Articles of War which he recorded and conducted with the Skywalker Symphony Orchestra at the Skywalker Ranch; the horror / thriller The Shrine starring Aaron Ashmore; Home Movie (Anchor Bay); and the romantic comedy Made for Each Other (IFC) starring Bijou Phillips, Danny Masterson, Chris Masterson and Patrick Warburton.
For his score for Cadaverous, he received the Elmer Bernstein Scoring Award, which was personally adjudicated and presented by Academy Award winning composer Elmer Bernstein. He has also received the Clive Davis Award for his score for Shadowplay, a Fangoria Magazine Chainsaw Award nomination for Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer, and a Film & TV Music Awards Best Score nomination for Numb, among numerous other industry awards and honors.
Shore's scores also include Confession starring Chris Pine (Star Trek); Kettle of Fish (Universal) starring Matthew Modine and Gina Gershon; Lift (Showtime) starring Kerry Washington; Headspace starring William Atherton and Dee Wallace-Stone; Call Me: The Rise and Fall of Heidi Fleiss (20th Century Fox) starring Jamie-Lynn Sigler; 212 (Sundance); and Coney Island Baby (Sundance). Shore's extensive work in film also includes producing the music for the Saturday Night Live Studios theatrical logo, orchestrations for Analyze This (Warner Bros) and Dogma (Lions Gate); and source music arranging for The Game (PolyGram).
In addition to his work in film, Shore plays saxophone, clarinet and flute and has performed with numerous artists including Matchbox Twenty, with whom he played on tour including a special street performance on The Late Show with David Letterman.
In his spare time, Ryan is a certified private pilot and enjoys flying with friends in and around California.
For more information, please visit www.ryanshore.com.