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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