Composer Theodore Shapiro is set to receive the BMI Icon Award at the 2026 BMI Film, TV and Visual Media Awards on May 13 in Beverly Hills, Calif. Shapiro has won two Primetime Emmys for outstanding music composition for a series for his work on Severance. He also received a Grammy nod earlier this year for best score soundtrack for visual media for season two of that hit Apple TV+ show.
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“We’re thrilled to present Teddy with the BMI Icon Award,” Tracy McKnight, BMI vp, creative, film, TV & visual media, said in a statement. “Teddy has spent over two decades elevating every storyline he’s touched, and his scores have become synonymous with some of the most beloved and enduring films and TV series of our time.”
Shapiro has won 25 BMI Awards for his scores for films and TV programs. His career as a composer includes both comedies (The Devil Wears Prada and 13 Going on 30) and dramas (Bombshell and The Eyes of Tammy Faye). He received his first Primetime Emmy nod in 2012 — outstanding music composition for a miniseries, movie or a special for HBO’s Game Change.
Most recently, he scored the 2025 thriller The Housemaid, directed by Paul Feig. Shapiro scored The Devil Wears Prada 2, due in theaters May 1, as well as Focker in Law, out Nov. 25, as well as the Apple TV+ miniseries The Off Weeks, starring Ben Stiller, Jessica Chastain and Richard Gere.
Previous BMI Icon Award recipients include Terence Blanchard, Mychael Danna, Alexandre Desplat, Ramin Djawadi, Harry Gregson-Williams, James Newton Howard, Christopher Lennertz, Thomas Newman, Rachel Portman (PRS), Mike Post, Atticus Ross, Alan Silvestri, Brian Tyler and John Williams.
The May 13 ceremony will also salute the composers of the previous year’s top-grossing films, top-rated primetime network television series and highest ranking cable and streamed media programs. McKnight will be joined in hosting the event by BMI CEO Mike O’Neill and BMI evp, chief revenue & creative officer Mike Steinberg.
