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NEW PROJECT : THE CHANGE-UP, ARTHUR trailer and soundtrack album details
date: March 13th, 2011
Theodore Shapiro is currently working on upcoming comedy The Change-Up , starring Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman and Olivia Wilde. The movie tells the story of a regular married guy who accidently switches the body with his best friend to "impress" his co-worker. David Dobkin ( Wedding Crashers) directed the movie based on the screenplay by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore (The Hangover). Universal Pictures will release the film on August 5, 2011.
Trailer for another upcoming comedy, Arthur , was recently released and you can watch it below. Soundtrack album is coming from WaterTower Music (CD-R on demand, probably?). The tracklist hasn't been announced yet, but the album should consists mostly of various songs with a single suite from the score.

CONCERT : MASTERS OF FILM MUSIC presents Theodore Shapiro
date: February 8th, 2011
Dallas Symphony Orchestra's series Masters film music will start soon with George Fenton concert and retrospective on February 25th. Theodore Shapiro's concert will follow in early April and the concert should include not only premiere of his piece comissioned by DSO "In Mitn Drinen" but also selection from Mr. Shapiro's film scores including: Tropic Thunder ,Marley & Me,Blades of Glory,The Devil Wears Prada , Dodgeball, Idiocracy, and13 Going On 30. The visitors of this unique series of concerts will also have an opportunity to hear selection from Mr. Shapiro's latest score for upcoming comedyThe Big Year , which is opening in October.
NEW PROJECT : ARTHUR
date: January 29th, 2011
Since the last update, Theodore Shapiro completed recording his score for the upcoming comedy THE BIG YEAR and he is currently mixing the score for the movie, which should open in October 2011. In the meantime he is about to record his new score for ARTHUR, starring Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner and Russell Brand. The film tells the story of Irresponsible charmer Arthur Bach (Brand) who has always relied on two things to get by: his limitless fortune and the good sense of lifelong nanny Hobson (Mirren) to keep him out of trouble. Now he faces his biggest challenge–choosing between an arranged marriage that will ensure his lavish lifestyle or an uncertain future with the one thing money can’t buy, Naomi (Greta Gerwig), the only woman he has ever loved. With Naomi’s inspiration and some unconventional help from Hobson, Arthur will take the most expensive risk of his life and finally learn what it means to become a man. The movie directed by Jason Winer and opens on April 8, 2011.

CONCERT : MASTERS OF FILM MUSIC presents Theodore Shapiro
date: October 17th, 2010
As mentioned a few months ago, Theodore Shapiro is currently preparing for first concert of his music that will be part of Dallas Symphony Orchestra's upcoming 2011 season. As part of this concert, new concert piece commissioned especially for DSO will be premiered along retrospective of Theodore Shapiro's film scores. The series will start in February 27th, 2011 with retrospective of George Fenton and continue with Theodore Shapiro's retrospective on April 10. Tickets will go on sale in February. You can watch the "trailer" for upcoming Masters of Film Music concerts here.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THEODORE SHAPIRO
date: September 29th, 2010
Theodore Shapiro is celebrating his 39th birthday today.

NEW CD : GIRL IN THE PARK
date: September 15th, 2010
Girl in the Park features Sigourney Weaver as a woman e nduringly traumatized by the disappearance of her 3-year-old daughter 15 years ago, Julia Sandburg has cut herself off from anyone once near and dear to her, including her husband Doug and her son Chris, who tried for years to penetrate her wall of isolation and despair, without success. But when Julia meets Louise, a troubled young woman with a checkered past, all Julia's old psychic wounds painfully resurface, as does her illogical and increasingly irrational hope that Louise may be the daughter she lost so long ago. Theodore Shapiro composed a touching score incorporating various orchestral and solo colours mixed with traditional jazz idioms that give the score unique feel, which places Girl in the Parkamong his more serious, most classical and dramatic works. Unfortunately the film, released in 2007, was a low-key drama that didn't reach box office success. Therefore no album has been released so far and the score is available as bootleg only.

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 upcomingThe 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 PROMOTIONAL CD: JENNIFER'S BODY
date: June 19th, 2010
Original score from horror comedy Jennifer's Body recently leaked out on the Internet. Although this edition is often marked as promotional release, there is no confirmation if the actual promo exists or this release belongs more to bootleg area. The CD features approx 49 minutes of mostly ambient score co-composed by Theodore Shapiro and Stephen Barton. There is a sample included in the audio section with more samples coming soon.

NEW CD COMING SOON: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
date: May 18th, 2010
La La Land Records will release Theodore Shapiro's score for 2010 comedyDiary of a Wimpy Kid on July 20 and you can already pre-order the CD fromAmazon. The release date can change but it's likely that about 100 copies could be signed by the composer if ordered directly from La La Land Records. More news coming as soon as they are revealed.
NEW PROJECT : DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS
date: May 13th, 2010
Theodore Shapiro is scoring upcoming comedyDinner for Schmucks, which tells the story of Tim (Paul Rudd), a guy on the wedge of having it all. The only thing standing between him and total career success is finding the perfect guest to bring to his boss' annuel Dinner for Extraordinary People, an event where the winner of the evening brings the most eccentric character as his guest. Enter Barry (Steve Carrell), a guy with a passion for dressing mice up in tiny outfits to recreate great works of art. The Jay Roach-directed movie is a remake of a 1998 movieLe dîner de cons directed by Francis Veber and scored by Vladimir Cosma. Dreamworks SKG and Paramount Pictures are distributing the movie, which opens on July 23. Check out the trailer below:

NEW SAMPLES: THE GIRL IN THE PARK and THE BAXTER
date: February 28th, 2010
Two new samples were added to the audio section. The first is Epilogue and End credits cue from Theodore Shapiro's unreleased score for 2007 Sigourney Weaver drama The Girl in the Park. The second is a song from romantic comedy The Baxter, which Theodore Shapiro co-composed together with Craig Wedren. Enjoy! :o) Also more details regarding The Baxter, On the Ropes and I love you, Man soundtrack albums were added to the discography. Otherwise nothing new to report.

NEW TRAILER: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
date: February 12th, 2010
Trailer for upcoming family comedyDiary of a Wimpy Kid has been released. The film opens on April 2nd, 2010. Unfortunately there are no news regarding possible soundtrack album and only time will tell if the album will be available and whether it will include at least a score suite or not. Check the trailer below:

NEW VIDEOINTERVIEW: THEODORE SHAPIRO DISCUSS HIS SCORE FOR 'TROPIC THUNDER'
date: December 29th, 2009
Lakeshore Records recently published new interview with the composer Theodore Shapiro discussing his approach for scoring Ben Stiller's action comedy Tropic Thunder. You can watch the video in the multimedia section here or visit Lakeshore's video channel here. In the meantime, Did you hear about the Morgans? was released in theatres but there is no information regarding possible soundtrack album. Coming next is Diary of a Wimp Kid coming on April 2, 2010.

NEW SAMPLE: JENNIFER´S BODY
date: December 25th, 2009
One brief sample from Theodore Shapiro´s unreleased score from horror-comedy Jennifer´s body has been added to the samples in multimedia section. I have no idea where this sample is coming from as there has been no news about possible regular or promotional release of the score and certainly no score track is listed on the soundtrack album. Anyway, it´s a pretty cool and modern score in typical Shapiro fashion, so enjoy it while you can.

WEBSITE LAUNCHED
date: November 29th, 2009
After planning this website for a while (originally it was supposed to be website for Theodore Shapiro and Teddy Castellucci), it is finally finished as exclusive Theodore Shapiro website featuring three different biographies, full discography and numerous samples from Shapiro´s works including suite from his unreleased beautiful score for Mysteries of Pittsburgh (unfortunately in worse quality than the rest of the samples and featuring a few SFX-heavy moments). If you have anything worth including or and suggestions, please, don´t hesitate to let me know.

NEW PROJECT: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
date: November 27th, 2009
According to MovieScore Magazine, the upcoming 20th Century Fox comedy Diary of a Wimp Kid, directed by Thor Freudenthal and starring Steve Zahn, Chloe Moretz and Rachel Harris, will get a score by Theodore Shapiro. It’s his first score for Freudenthal, whose previous feature, Hotel for Dogs, was scored by John Debney. The film is based on the Jeff Kinney illustrated novel about a wise-cracking junior high school student, to be portrayed by 11-year old Zachary Gordon. Among his other upcoming films are Did You Hear About the Morgans?, also a comedy, starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant.Diary of a Wimp Kid will premiere on April 2 next year. Color Force is producing for release via 20th Century Fox and Fox 2000.

NEW INTERVIEWS: YEAR ONE
date: June 8th, 2009
Several interviews with Theodore Shapiro about his score for new Harold Ramis´s comedy Year One has been recently published. Two audio and two written interviews are included in Interviews section. Theodore Shapiro recently completed his score for comedy I love you, Man for which he composed only a few minutes of score split in a few short cues throughout the movie. The album, released by Lakeshore Records, therefore contains majority of original score included in the film. In the meantime, Shapiro is also finishing his score for Jennifer´s Body (co-composed by Stephen Barton) and his upcoming scores his includes new Hugh Grant-Sarah Jessice Parker movie, Did you hear about the Morgans?.

RECORDING SESSIONS: YEAR ONE
date: March 13th, 2009
The coverage of recent Year One recording sessions is now available on ScoringSessions.com. The score is described as a largely thematic score that utilizes strong brass and hints of Middle-Eastern stylings. Shapiro's contemporary approach to the music is also felt through his utilization of pre-recorded band elements, including flutes and bowed Middle-Eastern instruments (A.J. Racy), guitar (Joel Shearer and George Doering), drums (John Robinson), flutes and didgeridoo (Pedro Eustache), bass (Neil Stubenhaus, oud (Ludwig Goransson), and percussion (Mike Fisher and Brian Kilgore). Read the whole coverage and check the photos from the sessions at Scoring Sessions.com.

NEW PROJECT: YEAR ONE
date: December 8th, 2008
Theodore Shapiro is doing the music for comedy veteran Harold Ramis' adventureThe Year One , where Jack Black and Michael Cera plays two hunters who embark on an "epic journey through the ancient world." Produced by Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, The 40 Year Old Virgin) for release on June 19 next year, the film is Shapiro's first collaboration with Ramis, who has directed such comedy classics as Groundhog Day and Analyze This. Shapiro's other upcoming film scores include I Love You, Man and Jennifer's Body. Among his recent credits areMarley & Me andTropic Thunder .

NEW PROJECTS : JENNIFER´S BODY and I LOVE YOU, MAN
date: July 26th, 2008
The upcoming thriller comedyJennifer's Body, starring Magan Fox, Amanda Seyfried and Adam Brody, has been added to Theodore Shapiro's resume at the Gorfaine-Schwartz Agency web site. The film is directed by Karyn Kusama, theAeon Flux helmer who previously worked with Shapiro onGirlfight.Jennifer's Body, a tale about a cheerleader who turns into a vicious killer, is the new project fromJuno writer Diablo Cody and producer Jason Reitman. It's scheduled to be released next year, distributed by Fox Atomic. Theodore Shapiro is also doing the music for comedyI Love You, Man, directed by John Hamburg.

NEW PROJECT : MARLEY AND ME
date: February 14th, 2008
Theodore Shapiro is currently one of the most prolific composers working in Hollywood. Already on his list of current and upcoming films areMysteries of Pittsburgh andThe Girl in the Park (both finished but awaiting their theatrical releases),Semi-Pro (recorded at Sony a month ago - session report availablehere),Tropic ThunderandNowhereland. The Gorfaine-Schwartz Agency has now added yet another project to his resumé:Marley & Me, a comedy directed by David Frankel with whom Shapiro previously worked onThe Devil Wears Prada. It stars Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson as a couple who are the owners of a neurotic dog. Fox will release on December 19.

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NEW PROJECT : THE CHANGE-UP, ARTHUR trailer and soundtrack album details date: March 13th, 2011 Theodore Shapiro is currently working on upcoming comedy The Change-Up , starring Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman and Olivia Wilde. The movie tells the story of a regular married guy who accidently switches the body with his best friend to "impress" his co-worker. David Dobkin ( Wedding Crashers) directed the movie based on the screenplay by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore (The Hangover). Universal Pictures will release the film on August 5, 2011. Trailer for another upcoming comedy, Arthur , was recently released and you can watch it below. Soundtrack album is coming from WaterTower Music (CD-R on demand, probably?). The tracklist hasn't been announced yet, but the album should consists mostly of various songs with a single suite from the score. CONCERT : MASTERS OF FILM MUSIC presents Theodore Shapiro date: February 8th, 2011 Dallas Symphony Orchestra's series Masters film music will start soon with George Fenton concert and retrospective on February 25th. Theodore Shapiro's concert will follow in early April and the concert should include not only premiere of his piece comissioned by DSO "In Mitn Drinen" but also selection from Mr. Shapiro's film scores including: Tropic Thunder ,Marley & Me,Blades of Glory,The Devil Wears Prada , Dodgeball, Idiocracy, and13 Going On 30. The visitors of this unique series of concerts will also have an opportunity to hear selection from Mr. Shapiro's latest score for upcoming comedyThe Big Year , which is opening in October. NEW PROJECT : ARTHUR date: January 29th, 2011 Since the last update, Theodore Shapiro completed recording his score for the upcoming comedy THE BIG YEAR and he is currently mixing the score for the movie, which should open in October 2011. In the meantime he is about to record his new score for ARTHUR, starring Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner and Russell Brand. The film tells the story of Irresponsible charmer Arthur Bach (Brand) who has always relied on two things to get by: his limitless fortune and the good sense of lifelong nanny Hobson (Mirren) to keep him out of trouble. Now he faces his biggest challenge–choosing between an arranged marriage that will ensure his lavish lifestyle or an uncertain future with the one thing money can’t buy, Naomi (Greta Gerwig), the only woman he has ever loved. With Naomi’s inspiration and some unconventional help from Hobson, Arthur will take the most expensive risk of his life and finally learn what it means to become a man. The movie directed by Jason Winer and opens on April 8, 2011. CONCERT : MASTERS OF FILM MUSIC presents Theodore Shapiro date: October 17th, 2010 As mentioned a few months ago, Theodore Shapiro is currently preparing for first concert of his music that will be part of Dallas Symphony Orchestra's upcoming 2011 season. As part of this concert, new concert piece commissioned especially for DSO will be premiered along retrospective of Theodore Shapiro's film scores. The series will start in February 27th, 2011 with retrospective of George Fenton and continue with Theodore Shapiro's retrospective on April 10. Tickets will go on sale in February. You can watch the "trailer" for upcoming Masters of Film Music concerts here. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THEODORE SHAPIRO date: September 29th, 2010 Theodore Shapiro is celebrating his 39th birthday today. NEW CD : GIRL IN THE PARK date: September 15th, 2010 Girl in the Park features Sigourney Weaver as a woman e nduringly traumatized by the disappearance of her 3-year-old daughter 15 years ago, Julia Sandburg has cut herself off from anyone once near and dear to her, including her husband Doug and her son Chris, who tried for years to penetrate her wall of isolation and despair, without success. But when Julia meets Louise, a troubled young woman with a checkered past, all Julia's old psychic wounds painfully resurface, as does her illogical and increasingly irrational hope that Louise may be the daughter she lost so long ago. Theodore Shapiro composed a touching score incorporating various orchestral and solo colours mixed with traditional jazz idioms that give the score unique feel, which places Girl in the Parkamong his more serious, most classical and dramatic works. Unfortunately the film, released in 2007, was a low-key drama that didn't reach box office success. Therefore no album has been released so far and the score is available as bootleg only. 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 upcomingThe 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 PROMOTIONAL CD: JENNIFER'S BODY date: June 19th, 2010 Original score from horror comedy Jennifer's Body recently leaked out on the Internet. Although this edition is often marked as promotional release, there is no confirmation if the actual promo exists or this release belongs more to bootleg area. The CD features approx 49 minutes of mostly ambient score co-composed by Theodore Shapiro and Stephen Barton. There is a sample included in the audio section with more samples coming soon. NEW CD COMING SOON: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID date: May 18th, 2010 La La Land Records will release Theodore Shapiro's score for 2010 comedyDiary of a Wimpy Kid on July 20 and you can already pre-order the CD fromAmazon. The release date can change but it's likely that about 100 copies could be signed by the composer if ordered directly from La La Land Records. More news coming as soon as they are revealed. NEW PROJECT : DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS date: May 13th, 2010 Theodore Shapiro is scoring upcoming comedyDinner for Schmucks, which tells the story of Tim (Paul Rudd), a guy on the wedge of having it all. The only thing standing between him and total career success is finding the perfect guest to bring to his boss' annuel Dinner for Extraordinary People, an event where the winner of the evening brings the most eccentric character as his guest. Enter Barry (Steve Carrell), a guy with a passion for dressing mice up in tiny outfits to recreate great works of art. The Jay Roach-directed movie is a remake of a 1998 movieLe dîner de cons directed by Francis Veber and scored by Vladimir Cosma. Dreamworks SKG and Paramount Pictures are distributing the movie, which opens on July 23. Check out the trailer below: NEW SAMPLES: THE GIRL IN THE PARK and THE BAXTER date: February 28th, 2010 Two new samples were added to the audio section. The first is Epilogue and End credits cue from Theodore Shapiro's unreleased score for 2007 Sigourney Weaver drama The Girl in the Park. The second is a song from romantic comedy The Baxter, which Theodore Shapiro co-composed together with Craig Wedren. Enjoy! :o) Also more details regarding The Baxter, On the Ropes and I love you, Man soundtrack albums were added to the discography. Otherwise nothing new to report. NEW TRAILER: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID date: February 12th, 2010 Trailer for upcoming family comedyDiary of a Wimpy Kid has been released. The film opens on April 2nd, 2010. Unfortunately there are no news regarding possible soundtrack album and only time will tell if the album will be available and whether it will include at least a score suite or not. Check the trailer below: NEW VIDEOINTERVIEW: THEODORE SHAPIRO DISCUSS HIS SCORE FOR 'TROPIC THUNDER' date: December 29th, 2009 Lakeshore Records recently published new interview with the composer Theodore Shapiro discussing his approach for scoring Ben Stiller's action comedy Tropic Thunder. You can watch the video in the multimedia section here or visit Lakeshore's video channel here. In the meantime, Did you hear about the Morgans? was released in theatres but there is no information regarding possible soundtrack album. Coming next is Diary of a Wimp Kid coming on April 2, 2010. NEW SAMPLE: JENNIFER´S BODY date: December 25th, 2009 One brief sample from Theodore Shapiro´s unreleased score from horror-comedy Jennifer´s body has been added to the samples in multimedia section. I have no idea where this sample is coming from as there has been no news about possible regular or promotional release of the score and certainly no score track is listed on the soundtrack album. Anyway, it´s a pretty cool and modern score in typical Shapiro fashion, so enjoy it while you can. WEBSITE LAUNCHED date: November 29th, 2009 After planning this website for a while (originally it was supposed to be website for Theodore Shapiro and Teddy Castellucci), it is finally finished as exclusive Theodore Shapiro website featuring three different biographies, full discography and numerous samples from Shapiro´s works including suite from his unreleased beautiful score for Mysteries of Pittsburgh (unfortunately in worse quality than the rest of the samples and featuring a few SFX-heavy moments). If you have anything worth including or and suggestions, please, don´t hesitate to let me know. NEW PROJECT: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID date: November 27th, 2009 According to MovieScore Magazine, the upcoming 20th Century Fox comedy Diary of a Wimp Kid, directed by Thor Freudenthal and starring Steve Zahn, Chloe Moretz and Rachel Harris, will get a score by Theodore Shapiro. It’s his first score for Freudenthal, whose previous feature, Hotel for Dogs, was scored by John Debney. The film is based on the Jeff Kinney illustrated novel about a wise-cracking junior high school student, to be portrayed by 11-year old Zachary Gordon. Among his other upcoming films are Did You Hear About the Morgans?, also a comedy, starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant.Diary of a Wimp Kid will premiere on April 2 next year. Color Force is producing for release via 20th Century Fox and Fox 2000. NEW INTERVIEWS: YEAR ONE date: June 8th, 2009 Several interviews with Theodore Shapiro about his score for new Harold Ramis´s comedy Year One has been recently published. Two audio and two written interviews are included in Interviews section. Theodore Shapiro recently completed his score for comedy I love you, Man for which he composed only a few minutes of score split in a few short cues throughout the movie. The album, released by Lakeshore Records, therefore contains majority of original score included in the film. In the meantime, Shapiro is also finishing his score for Jennifer´s Body (co-composed by Stephen Barton) and his upcoming scores his includes new Hugh Grant-Sarah Jessice Parker movie, Did you hear about the Morgans?. RECORDING SESSIONS: YEAR ONE date: March 13th, 2009 The coverage of recent Year One recording sessions is now available on ScoringSessions.com. The score is described as a largely thematic score that utilizes strong brass and hints of Middle-Eastern stylings. Shapiro's contemporary approach to the music is also felt through his utilization of pre-recorded band elements, including flutes and bowed Middle-Eastern instruments (A.J. Racy), guitar (Joel Shearer and George Doering), drums (John Robinson), flutes and didgeridoo (Pedro Eustache), bass (Neil Stubenhaus, oud (Ludwig Goransson), and percussion (Mike Fisher and Brian Kilgore). Read the whole coverage and check the photos from the sessions at Scoring Sessions.com. NEW PROJECT: YEAR ONE date: December 8th, 2008 Theodore Shapiro is doing the music for comedy veteran Harold Ramis' adventureThe Year One , where Jack Black and Michael Cera plays two hunters who embark on an "epic journey through the ancient world." Produced by Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, The 40 Year Old Virgin) for release on June 19 next year, the film is Shapiro's first collaboration with Ramis, who has directed such comedy classics as Groundhog Day and Analyze This. Shapiro's other upcoming film scores include I Love You, Man and Jennifer's Body. Among his recent credits areMarley & Me andTropic Thunder . NEW PROJECTS : JENNIFER´S BODY and I LOVE YOU, MAN date: July 26th, 2008 The upcoming thriller comedyJennifer's Body, starring Magan Fox, Amanda Seyfried and Adam Brody, has been added to Theodore Shapiro's resume at the Gorfaine-Schwartz Agency web site. The film is directed by Karyn Kusama, theAeon Flux helmer who previously worked with Shapiro onGirlfight.Jennifer's Body, a tale about a cheerleader who turns into a vicious killer, is the new project fromJuno writer Diablo Cody and producer Jason Reitman. It's scheduled to be released next year, distributed by Fox Atomic. Theodore Shapiro is also doing the music for comedyI Love You, Man, directed by John Hamburg. NEW PROJECT : MARLEY AND ME date: February 14th, 2008 Theodore Shapiro is currently one of the most prolific composers working in Hollywood. Already on his list of current and upcoming films areMysteries of Pittsburgh andThe Girl in the Park (both finished but awaiting their theatrical releases),Semi-Pro (recorded at Sony a month ago - session report availablehere),Tropic ThunderandNowhereland. The Gorfaine-Schwartz Agency has now added yet another project to his resumé:Marley & Me, a comedy directed by David Frankel with whom Shapiro previously worked onThe Devil Wears Prada. It stars Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson as a couple who are the owners of a neurotic dog. Fox will release on December 19.	TOP ALBUMS
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