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Theodore Shapiro
Theodore Shapiro
Birth name	Theodore Michael Shapiro
Born	September 29, 1971 (age 53); Washington, D.C., U.S.
Genres	Film score, classical, electronic
Occupation	Composer
Instruments	Piano, keyboards, synthesizer
Website	theodoreshapiro.com

Theodore Michael Shapiro (born September 29, 1971) is an American composer best known for his film scores.

He is a frequent collaborator of directors Ben Stiller, Paul Feig, Jay Roach, Karyn Kusama, and Rawson Marshall Thurber, and won the 2022 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for his work on Stiller’s series Severance.

Life and career

Shapiro was born in Washington, D.C., and is of Italian descent. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in music from Brown University in 1993, followed by a Master of Fine Arts in music composition from the Juilliard School^[1] in 1995.

He is best known for his film scores, particularly for the comedies State and Main, 13 Going on 30, Along Came Polly, The Devil Wears Prada, Fun with Dick and Jane, Idiocracy, You, Me and Dupree, Wet Hot American Summer, Marley & Me, Tropic Thunder, the Jay Roach film Dinner for Schmucks and was one of the composers for Diary of a Wimpy Kid. In 2012, Shapiro composed for the animated film, The Pirates! Band of Misfits.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Director(s)	Notes
1995	The State's Annual All-Star Halloween Special		Television film
1996	Tick		Short film
1997	Hurricane Streets	Morgan J. Freeman
1997	Six Ways to Sunday	Adam Bernstein
1998	Restaurant	Eric Bross
1998	Safe Men	John Hamburg
1999	The Kinsey 3		Television film
1999	On the Ropes	Nanette Burstein Brett Morgen	Documentary film
2000	Girlfight	Karyn Kusama
	State and Main	David Mamet
	Prince of Central Park	John Leekley
2001	Wet Hot American Summer	David Wain
	Heist	David Mamet
	Not Another Teen Movie	Joe Gallen
2002	Love in the Time of Money	Peter Mattei
2002	Bug	Phil Hay Matt Manfredi
2003	Old School	Todd Phillips
	View from the Top	Bruno Barreto
	Girlhood		Documentary film
2004	Fashion Fa Shizzle Wit Huggie Bizzle		Short film
	Along Came Polly	John Hamburg	BMI Film & TV Award for Film Music
	Starsky & Hutch	Todd Phillips	BMI Film & TV Award for Film Music
	13 Going on 30	Gary Winick
	DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story	Rawson Marshall Thurber	BMI Film & TV Award for Film Music
2005	The Baxter	Michael Showalter
2005	Fun with Dick and Jane	Dean Parisot
2006	The Devil Wears Prada	David Frankel	BMI Film & TV Award for Film Music
	You, Me and Dupree	Anthony Russo Joe Russo	BMI Film & TV Award for Film Music
	Idiocracy	Mike Judge
	A Crime	Manuel Pradal	with Ennio Morricone
2007	Blades of Glory	Will Speck Josh Gordon	BMI Film & TV Award for Film Music
	The Girl in the Park	David Auburn
	Mr. Woodcock	Craig Gillespie
2008	The Mysteries of Pittsburgh	Rawson Marshall Thurber
	Semi-Pro	Kent Alterman
	Tropic Thunder	Ben Stiller	BMI Film & TV Award for Film Music Nominated—International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for a Comedy Film
	Marley & Me	David Frankel	BMI Film & TV Award for Film Music
2009	I Love You, Man	John Hamburg	BMI Film & TV Award for Film Music
	Year One	Harold Ramis
	Jennifer's Body	Karyn Kusama	with Stephen Barton
	Did You Hear About the Morgans?	Marc Lawrence
2010	Diary of a Wimpy Kid	Thor Freudenthal	BMI Film & TV Award for Film Film Music
2010	Dinner for Schmucks	Jay Roach
2011	Arthur	Jason Winer	with Mark Ronson
	The Big Year	David Frankel
	The Change-Up	David Dobkin	with John Debney
2012	Game Change	Jay Roach	Television film Nominated—Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Music in a Non-Series Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or Special
	The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists	Peter Lord
	Hope Springs	David Frankel	BMI Film & TV Award for Film Music
	The Campaign	Jay Roach	BMI Film & TV Award for Film Music
2013	We're the Millers	Rawson Marshall Thurber	with Ludwig Göransson
	One Chance	David Frankel
	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty	Ben Stiller	International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for a Comedy Film Nominated—Georgia Film Critics Association Award for Best Original Song Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Original Score
2014	Infinitely Polar Bear	Maya Forbes
2014	St. Vincent	Theodore Melfi
2015	The Invitation	Karyn Kusama
	Spy	Paul Feig	Nominated—International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for a Comedy Film
	Danny Collins	Dan Fogelman
	Trumbo	Jay Roach
	The Intern	Nancy Meyers
2016	Zoolander 2	Ben Stiller
	Central Intelligence	Rawson Marshall Thurber	with Ludwig Göransson
	Ghostbusters^[2]	Paul Feig
	Office Christmas Party	Josh Gordon Will Speck
	Collateral Beauty	David Frankel
	Why Him?^[3]	John Hamburg
2017	The Polka King	Maya Forbes
	Snatched	Jonathan Levine	with Chris Bacon
	Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie	David Soren	Replaced John Debney Also songwriter for "Saturday" International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for an Animated Film Nominated—Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production
2018	A Simple Favor	Paul Feig
2018	Destroyer	Karyn Kusama
2019	Last Christmas	Paul Feig
	Bombshell	Jay Roach
	Spies in Disguise	Nick Bruno Troy Quane	Nominated—Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production
2020	Trolls World Tour^[4]	Walt Dohrn
2021	The Eyes of Tammy Faye	Michael Showalter
2021	The Good House	Maya Forbes Wally Wolodarsky
2022	The School for Good and Evil	Paul Feig
2023	Trolls Band Together	Walt Dohrn
2024	Jackpot!	Paul Feig
2024	Wolfs	Jon Watts

TV series

Year	Title	Notes
1993–1995	The State
2007	HBO Voyeur Project	Miniseries
2021	The Mysterious Benedict Society	Nominated—Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Live Action Program
2021	Yellowjackets	Episode: "Pilot"
2022	Severance	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music

References

^ "Theodore Shapiro". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2012.
^ "Theodore Shapiro to Score 'Ghostbusters' Reboot". Film Music Reporter. September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
^ Krakower, Beth; Barkan, Angela; Slezak, Larissa. "GHOSTBUSTERS Original Motion Picture Score Available Now Digitally and On CD July 15". Sony. Sony Corporation of America. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
^ Sarto, Dan (19 June 2019). "DreamWorks Animation Reveals 21 Posters and Cast for 'Trolls World Tour'". Animation World Network. Retrieved 19 June 2019.

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[1] "Theodore Shapiro". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 13, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2012.

[2] "Theodore Shapiro to Score 'Ghostbusters' Reboot". Film Music Reporter. September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2015.

[3] Krakower, Beth; Barkan, Angela; Slezak, Larissa. "GHOSTBUSTERS Original Motion Picture Score Available Now Digitally and On CD July 15". Sony. Sony Corporation of America. Archived from the original on 11 August 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

[4] Sarto, Dan (19 June 2019). "DreamWorks Animation Reveals 21 Posters and Cast for 'Trolls World Tour'". Animation World Network. Retrieved 19 June 2019.

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