Theodore Shapiro

Theodore Michael Shapiro ( ; ) is an American composer 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 and 2025 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series for his work on Stiller’s series Severance.

Early life and education 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 in 1995.

Career Shapiro is best known for his film scores, including 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, Dinner for Schmucks, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Ghostbusters, A Simple Favor and its sequel, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Wolfs and The Roses. He has also composed the animated films The Pirates! Band of Misfits, Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, Spies in Disguise, Trolls World Tour and Trolls Band Together.

Filmography

Film 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 Six Ways to Sunday Adam Bernstein 1998 Restaurant Eric Bross Safe Men John Hamburg 1999 The Kinsey 3 Television film On the Ropes Nanette BursteinBrett 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 Joel Gallen 2002 Love in the Time of Money Peter Mattei Bug Phil HayMatt 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 ThurberBMI Film & TV Award for Film Music 2005 The Baxter Michael Showalter 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 RussoJoe RussoBMI Film & TV Award for Film Music Idiocracy Mike Judge A Crime Manuel Pradal with Ennio Morricone 2007 Blades of Glory Will SpeckJosh GordonBMI 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 MusicNominated—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 Music Dinner for Schmucks Jay Roach 2011 Arthur Jason Winer with Mark Ronson The Big Year David Frankel The Change-Up David Dobkin with John Debney2012 Game Change Jay Roach Television filmNominated—Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Music in a Non-SeriesNominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or Special The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists Peter Lord First score for an animated film 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 FilmNominated—Georgia Film Critics Association Award for Best Original SongNominated—Satellite Award for Best Original Score 2014 Infinitely Polar Bear Maya Forbes 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 Paul Feig Office Christmas Party Josh GordonWill Speck Collateral Beauty David Frankel Why Him? John Hamburg 2017 The Polka King Maya Forbes Snatched Jonathan Levine with Chris Bacon Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie David Soren Replaced John DebneyAlso songwriter for "Saturday"International Film Music Critics Award for Best Original Score for an Animated FilmNominated—Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production 2018 A Simple Favor Paul Feig Destroyer Karyn Kusama 2019 Last Christmas Paul Feig Bombshell Jay Roach Spies in Disguise Nick BrunoTroy Quane Nominated—Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production2020 Trolls World Tour Walt Dohrn Replaced Christophe Beck 2021 The Eyes of Tammy Faye Michael Showalter The Good House Maya ForbesWally Wolodarsky 2022 The School for Good and Evil Paul Feig 2023 Trolls Band Together Walt Dohrn 2024 Jackpot! Paul Feig Wolfs Jon Watts 2025 Another Simple Favor Paul Feig The Roses Jay Roach The Housemaid Paul Feig 2026 The Devil Wears Prada 2 David Frankel Focker-in-Law John Hamburg

Television 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 Yellowjackets Episode: "Pilot" 2022 Severance Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) (2022, 2025)Nominated—Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual MediaNominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music