Theodore Shapiro - A Simple Favor (Original Motion Picture Score) '2018

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In the first decade of the 21st century, film score composer Theodore Shapiro
(aka Teddy Shapiro) became the go-to guy for movie comedies starring the major
comic actors of the time, including Ben Stiller, Will Farrell, and Owen Wilson.
He was born Theodore Michael Shapiro on September 29, 1971, in Washington, D.C.,
and earned a B.A. in music from Brown University, then a masters from the
Juilliard School of Music. In 1993, he scored episodes of the television series
The State. His first film score came with the crime drama Hurricane Streets in
1998; his first comedy was Safe Men later that same year. In 1999, he scored the
comedy Six Ways to Sunday and the boxing documentary On the Ropes (along with
Ray Web Davis). The drama Restaurant was released in early 2000, followed that
year by the adventure film Prince of Central Park; another film taking boxing as
its subject, Girlfight; and, at the end of the year, the David Mamet comedy
State and Main. In 2001, Shapiro scored Wet Hot American Summer, Heist, and Not
Another Teen Movie. His only film of 2002 was Love in the Time of Money, but in
2003 he had two comedy scores, Old School (with Luke Wilson, Will Farrell, and
Vince Vaughn) and View from the Top. No less than four comedies followed in
2004: Along Came Polly (Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston); Starsky & Hutch (Ben
Stiller, Owen Wilson, Vince Vaughn); 13 Going on 30; and Dodgeball: A True
Underdog Story (Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn). In 2005, Shapiro scored the comedies
The Baxter and Fun with Dick and Jane (Jim Carrey), and in 2006 the comedies The
Devil Wears Prada; You, Me and Dupree (Owen Wilson); and Idiocracy (Luke
Wilson). Bug, released in early 2007, was more of a drama than a comedy, but
Blades of Glory (Will Farrell), which followed shortly, was played for laughs;
Shapiro also scored Mr. Woodcock and The Girl in the Park that year. His three
movies of 2008 were Semi-Pro (Will Farrell), Tropic Thunder (Ben Stiller, Jack
Black), and Marley & Me (Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston), and in 2009 he had I
Love You, Man, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, and Year One (Jack Black).

Because so many of his films were comedies, Shapiro was often called upon to
write pastiche music -- send-ups, in effect, of conventional movie music, and
with his extensive knowledge of movie history, he did this well, notably in his
music for Tropic Thunder, a satire of war movies. Also, since contemporary
comedies tend to employ contemporary pop source music, his background scores
often had to compete with interpolated hit songs, not only in the films
themselves, but also on the soundtrack albums, such that he was not as well
represented on disc as some of his peers. His scores were featured on albums for
State and Main, Fun with Dick and Jane, Idiocracy, Blades of Glory, Tropic
Thunder, Marley & Me, and Year One, and some of his music was included on albums
for Six Ways to Sunday, On the Ropes, Restaurant, Girlfight, Starsky & Hutch,
The Baxter, and I Love You, Man . But, whether they were billed as original
motion picture soundtrack albums or albums containing music from the motion
picture, the discs for Not Another Teen Movie, View from the Top, 13 Going on
30, The Devil Wears Prada, You, Me and Dupree, Bug, and Semi-Pro were all
various-artists collections of songs, devoid of Shapiros scoring. (Blades of
Glory and Tropic Thunder had both score albums and albums of pop songs.) ~
William Ruhlmann

Tracklist:
01. Theodore Shapiro - A Simple Favor
02. Theodore Shapiro - Start From The Beginning
03. Theodore Shapiro - Emily / First Playdate
04. Theodore Shapiro - Emily And Sean
05. Theodore Shapiro - Darth Mommy
06. Theodore Shapiro - Dark Side
07. Theodore Shapiro - Beautiful Ghost
08. Theodore Shapiro - Its Been Four Days
09. Theodore Shapiro - Gotta Have Faith
10. Theodore Shapiro - White Kia
11. Theodore Shapiro - Grim News
12. Theodore Shapiro - Watch The Grass Grow
13. Theodore Shapiro - Never Dealt With The Law
14. Theodore Shapiro - Breadcrumbs
15. Theodore Shapiro - I Saw My Mom / Ring Flashback
16. Theodore Shapiro - If Youre Out There
17. Theodore Shapiro - Uneasy Memories
18. Theodore Shapiro - The Painter
19. Theodore Shapiro - The McLanden Mansion
20. Theodore Shapiro - Born Rotten
21. Theodore Shapiro - I Hope Youre Listening
22. Theodore Shapiro - The Dutch Reunion
23. Theodore Shapiro - A Very Private Person
24. Theodore Shapiro - Hope And Faith
25. Theodore Shapiro - Three-Way
26. Theodore Shapiro - Sorry Not Sorry

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