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October 16th, 2011: ALBUM: THE BIG YEAR
Theodore Shapiro's score for THE BIG YEAR has been released on iTunes. You can buy it here. There are currently no news regarding possible CD or at least CD-R on demand release of the score. Click on the cover image for more details about this album.

September 29th, 2011: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THEODORE SHAPIRO

September 9th, 2011: ALBUM: A SYMPHONY OF HOPE
Original symphony co-composed by 25 composers including Theodore Shapiro will be released on October 4th. Nettwerk Music Group will be handling the digital distribution through iTunes, Amazon MP3 and elsewhere, and physical discs (including a nice 8-page booklet) will be available through Amazon's CD-R on demand. You can already pre-order your copy at Amazon.

September 9th, 2011: TRAILER: THE BIG YEAR
Trailer for upcoming THE BIG YEAR was finally released and you can watch it below. No soundtrack album has been announced yet, but some sources suggest it's in the works and hopefully will be announced shortly. It is not confirmed yet if the score will be available on CD or if it will be available as download only. Stay tuned for more information coming soon. The movie will be released on October 14th and official website has been also launched recently. You can watch the trailer below.

August 20th, 2011: NEW PROJECT: HOPE SPRINGS
Theodore Shapiro is currently working on his large orchestral score for THE PIRATES! (which should be also "colored with the playful elements of a pirate band") as well as finishing HBO movie GAME CHANGE about the 2008 elections. The third project is the next David Frankel (THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA, MARLEY AND ME, THE BIG YEAR) movie HOPE SPRINGS, starring Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones and Steve Carrell. HOPE SPRINGS tells the story of a middle-aged couple attending an intense counseling weekend to decide the fate of their marriage. The movie is currently in production and no release date has been announced yet, except that it is coming in 2012.

August 16th, 2011: ALBUM: THE CHANGE-UP
Theodore Shapiro was originally set to score THE CHANGE-UP before he left the project and was replaced by John Debney. Today the score album was released on iTunes and features not only music by John Debney, but approximately 14 minutes by Theodore Shapiro as well. You can get the album from iTunes. Tracklist and a sample from Theodore Shapiro's score was added to the discography.

July 20th, 2011: TRAILER: THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS
First trailer for upcoming THE PIRATES! BAND OF MISFITS was recently released and you can watch it below. Aardman Animations' production features voice talents of Martin Freeman, David Tennant, Salma Hayedk, Hugh Grant or Brendan Gleeson among others. The film is set for release on March 30, 2012. More information coming soon. You can watch it below.

May 29st, 2011: INTERVIEW: Theodore Shapiro on ARTHUR
Theodore Shapiro was recently interviewed by 'Gordon and the Whale' while visiting Dallas for his concert series and also visiting ARTHUR premiere there. Theodore Shapiro is discussing not only scoring ARTHUR and other comedies, but also following in Burt Bacharach's footsteps and incorporating the theme from original Arthur into his own score; his favorite scores and also upcoming THE BIRD YEAR. You can watch the interview at GordonandtheWhale's website.

May 1st, 2011: NEW PROJECT: GAME CHANGE
As reported by various parties already, Theodore Shapiro is no longer working on THE CHANGE-UP, which ultimately went to John Debney who is currently working on the score. Theodore Shapiro is currently working on another project, HBO TV movie GAME CHANGE directed by Jay Roach and featuring an impressive cast including Ed Harris, Woody Harrelson, Danny Strong, Peter MacNicol and Julianne Moore. The movie follows Sarah Palin's failed Republican campaign for presidency in 2008. The TV movie is expected to debut later in the year.

April 23th, 2011: ALBUM: ARTHUR
As mentioned earlier ARTHUR soundtrack was recently released as digital download and CD-R on demand by Amazon. The album features unfortunately only a single score cue, which was composed by Mark Ronson. Tracklist was added to the discography (click on the image). You can check samples from the score cue on Amazon.

April 20th, 2011: NEW PROJECT: PIRATES!
The new project of Aardman animation, PIRATES!, will get the original score from Theodore Shapiro. The movie, which is set to open in September 2012, is based on the best-selling series of books by Gideon Defoe and is intended to be a swashbuckling adventure with both surreal and broad comedy. The story follows a group of pirates who journey to London, meet Charles Darwin and a talking chimp named Mister Bobo, and an enemy looking to wipe them out. The movie is directed by Peter Lord, co-founder of Aardman Animation and responsible for some of their greatest hits including CHICKEN RUN and WALLACE & GROMIT series.

March 17th, 2011: CONCERT PIECE: Symphony of Hope
"Symphony of Hope" is a musical fundraising project which was originally designed to help the people of Haiti in their desperate time of need. A year after the terrible earthquake which has destroyed the lives of thousands of Haitians, the need for assistance is even greater than ever. "Symphony of Hope" is a collaboration by 25 of today's leading Oscar, Tony, Grammy and Emmy winning composers to benefit Haiti Earthquake Relief. The "Symphony of Hope" begins with an original Haitian melody, then each composer contributes an additional 8-32 bars of music to the piece and then passes it along to the next composer. This is symbolic in the way that one lending hand passes on to another lending hand and so on and eventually a beautiful outcome is derived. The orchestral piece is currently on track to be recorded later this spring, with everyone donating their time - the composers, orchestrators, copyists, musicians, scoring stage technicians, etc. Once the orchestral piece has been recorded, those finished tracks will be given to a range of producers, artists, and remixers, in order to create additional contemporary works based on the symphony in order to fill out the album and provide an eclectic listening experience. Plans for a DVD documenting the making of the piece as well as a full scale concert are also underway. All proceeds from the sale of the album and any related materials, such as videos, concerts, etc., will go directly to the people of Haiti and are considered tax deductible through our partner charity. LIVE BLOGGING of the scoring session from Warner Brothers will take place on Saturday, March 26th. The session is supposed to be from 10a-1p, then 2p-5p (all times PST). So be sure to follow this event on Facebook and Twitter. The composers involved are: Nathan Barr, Tyler Bates, Jeff Beal, Christophe Beck, Bruce Broughton, George S. Clinton, Elia Cmiral, Don Davis, John Debney, Randy Edelman, Andrew Gross, Dave Grusin, Marvin Hamlisch, David Kitay, Christopher Lennertz, Deborah Lurie, Lisbeth Scott, Pete Seibert, Theodore Shapiro, Ed Shearmur, John Swihart, Brian Tyler, Michael Wandmacher, Timothy Michael Wynn, and Christopher Young.

March 13th, 2011: NEW PROJECT: THE CHANGE-UP
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.

March 13th, 2011: TRAILER & ALBUM: ARTHUR
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 track from the score.

February 8th, 2011: MASTERS OF FILM MUSIC: Theodore Shapiro
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 and 13 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 comedy THE BIG YEAR, which is set for release in October.

January 28th, 2011: NEW PROJECT: ARTHUR
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.

    

   

 

 

  

    

   

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