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NEW
CD
: MYSTERIES OF
PITTSBURGH
date: August 31th,
2010
In 2008 Theodore Shapiro composed
probably his most touching score to date for an independent drama
about the last true summer of Art Bechstein (Jon Foster). Mysteries of
Pittsburgh, set in early 1980s featured impressive cast including
Peter Sarsgaard, Sienna Miller, Nick Nolte and Mena Suvari. Unfortunately
the movie wasn't received well enough to make score album commercialy
viable. Fortunately the music appeared only a few weeks ago floating
in the collector's market. Feel free to enjoy numerous samples from
this beaufitul score ranging among the very best unreleased works of Theodore
Shapiro.
IDIOCRACY
score videotribute
date: August 21th,
2010
NEW
CONCERT WORK:
Theodore Shapiro will participate in "Masters of Film Music" concert
series
date: August 4th,
2010
Besides scoring upcoming The Big
Year, which is still several months from its theatrical release,
Theodore Shapiro is currently composing new concert piece. In his own
words: "Right now I'm working on a piece for the Dallas Symphony
Orchestra. The orchestra is doing a series called "Masters Of Film Music",
in which over two seasons they will do six concerts highlighting the work
of a different film composer. The first half of the concert will be a
newly commissioned work, and the second half will be a retrospective of
music I've written for various films. The other composers involved are
George Fenton, Michael Giacchino, James Newton Howard, Harry Gregson
Williams, and Sir Anthony Hopkins, who hasn't scored films but who does
compose."
NEW
CDs: YOU, ME AND
DUPREE and DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MORGANS?
date: August 4th,
2010
Two new score "albums" appeared recently in
the collector's circles. It's not entirely clear if these two albums can
be considered as promotional releases or they are more like bootlegs.
Tracklist for both albums added to the discography. Covers included are
for ilustrational
purposes only. The samples from both coming soon...
NEW
PROJECT
: THE BIG YEAR
date: July 27th,
2010
New movie from
director David Frankel will get original score from Theodore Shapiro who
already started working on his music. The project marks third
collaboration between the director and the composer following highly
successful The Devil Wears Prada and Marley and Me.
The Big Year features impressive cast including Owen Wilson,
Steve Martin, Jack Black, Angelica Huston, Rashida Jones, Brian Dennehy,
Diane West, Rosamund Pike and many others. The film is based on the book
by Mark Obmascik, which tells the story of three avid bird watchers who
compete to spot the rarest birds in North America at a prestigious annual
event. The film is currently in early post-production and probably won't
be released until the end of
the year - no specific
release date has been set so far...
NEW
CD
: DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS
date: July 17th,
2010
Lakeshore will
release Theodore Shapiro's score as download first on July 27th. It should
be available on iTunes and Amazon. The CD will be released a few
weeks later. According to Lakeshore on August 17th, while SAE
states the release dates as August 3rd, which might be a slightly
more fresh news. Anyway, the samples from each track are already available
on Amazon
and the tracklist with tracktimes
has been added to the CD page.
NEW
CD
: DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS
date: July 7th,
2010
Last few days have been like Christmas
in July for Theodore Shapiro's fans and it still doesn't end. Lakeshore
Records just announced they planned CD release of Theodore Shapiro's
latest score for Dinner for Schmucks starring Paul Rudd and
Steve Carell. Dreamworks is releasing the movie on July 30th in the United
States, while Lakeshore will release the soundtrack album on August 17th.
You can already pre-order the CD from Amazon. The tracklist has been added to the
discography.
NEW CDs: DIARY OF
A WIMPY KID and Office Space / IDIOCRACY
date: July 6th,
2010
Two new CDs are now available for pre-order on La La
Land Records' website. If you order OFFICE SPACE/IDIOCRACY now
you can also get DIARY
OF A WIMPY KID at a special sale price of
only $9.98. When ordering OFFICE
SPACE/IDIOCRACY, you will be asked at checkout if you wish to get
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID at the sale price.
For a limited time. Both titles are also available as signed copies for
100 fastest buyers of each of the albums. Good
luck! :)
WEBSITE UPDATE: WEBSITE FINALLY COMPLETED
date: July 5th,
2010
New version of this website is finally
online. Not too many news, but the discography has been updated to a new
version. Also this website is accessible through www.theodore-shapiro.com
as well.
NEW CDs COMING: DIARY OF A WIMPY
KID, Office Space (John Frizzell) / IDIOCRACY
date: June 29th,
2010
La La Land Records is realeasing not only one but two
Theodore Shapiro's scores on July 6th (noon, PST). Diary of a Wimpy
Kid is already pre-announced release of Mr. Shapiro's score for 2010
comedy and will be available as regular unlimited release with 100 copies
ordered through La La Land's website signed by the composer. The CD was
produced by Theodore Shapiro and MV Gerhardt and will include liner notes
by the composer and the movie director. You can already see the tracklist
on the CD page here.
The second
album will include two scores from the films of Mike Judge. Office
Space (composed by John Frizzell) and Theodore Shapiro's score from
Idiocracy previously available on iTunes only. There is no
tracklist or cover art available yet and therefore it is not clear yet, if
Idiocracy will include the same content as previous Fox Music
release. The CD was produced by MV Gerhardt with liner notes written by
Daniel Schweiger, featuring interviews with both composers and the
director Mike Judge. Again, first 100 copies ordered through La La Land's
website will be signed by both composers and will be available for order
at Noon, PST on July 6th. Office Space / Idiocracy
CD is a limited edition of 1200 copies.
NEW RELEASES
(c) 2010 Petr
Kocanda .
All
content is intended for promotional use of the composer only and shouldn't
be used for any commercial purposes.