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2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008     2010 NEWS    October 17th, 2010: MASTERS OF FILM MUSIC: Theodore Shapiro 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. September 29th, 2010: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THEODORE SHAPIRO Theodore Shapiro is celebrating his 39th birthday today. August 21st, 2010: IDIOCRACY score videotribute August 4th, 2010: NEW CONCERT WORK 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." July 27th, 2010: NEW PROJECT: THE BIG YEAR 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 & 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... July 17th, 2010: ALBUM: DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS 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. July 7th, 2010: ALBUM: DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS 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. July 6th, 2010: ALBUMS: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID and IDIOCRACY 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.   July 5th, 2010: WEBSITE FINALLY COMPLETED 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. June 29th, 2010: ALBUMS: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID & IDIOCRACY La La Land Records is realeasing not only one but two Theodore Shapiro's scores on July 6th (noon, PST). Release of DIARY OF A WIMPY KID has already been announced as regular unlimited release with first 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 project's page. 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, which was 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 digital release by Fox Music. 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. May 18th, 2010: ALBUM COMING SOON: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID La La Land Records will release Theodore Shapiro's score for 2010 comedy DIARY OF A WIMPY KID on July 20 and you can already pre-order the CD from Amazon. 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. May 13th, 2010: NEW PROJECT: DINNER FOR SCHMUCKS Theodore Shapiro is scoring upcoming comedy DINNER 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 movie Le 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: February 28th, 2010: SAMPLES: GIRL IN THE PARK and THE BAXTER 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. February 12th, 2010: TRAILER: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID Trailer for upcoming family comedy DIARY 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. 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