Leslie Bricusse

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Leslie "Brickman" Bricusse , OBE , (born January 29, 1931 in London ) is a British composer and songwriter of film music .

Life

Bricusse, also known as “Brickman”, began working as a songwriter and composer of film music in the mid- 1950s and has created the music for more than 100 film and television productions over the course of his 55-year career.

He won his first Oscar at the 1968 Academy Awards with the Best Song Oscar for " Talk to the Animals " from the 1967 film Doctor Dolittle . Since he could not attend the awards ceremony, Sammy Davis Jr. took over the Oscar in his place. In addition, it was not only nominated for the Oscar for the best film music in Doctor Dolittle , but also for the Golden Globe Award for the best film song , the Golden Globe Award for the best film music , and the Grammy Award for the best original music written for a film or a TV special .

Further nominations for the Oscar for best film music followed in 1970 together with John Williams for Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) as well as together with Ian Fraser and Herbert W. Spencer for Scrooge and was for both film music each for the Golden Globe Award for the best film music nominated. He also received nominations for the Oscar and the Golden Globe Award for best song for "Thank You Very Much" from Scrooge . At the Academy Awards in 1972 he was again nominated for the Oscar for best film music, together with Anthony Newley and Walter Scharf for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1971). Together with the composer Henry Mancini , he was nominated at the 1979 Grammy Awards for the Grammy for Best Original Music Written for a Film or a TV special for Inspector Clouseau - The Crazy Flic with the Hot Eyes (1978).

He won his second Oscar together with H. Mancini in the category of best film music for Victor / Victoria at the 1983 Academy Awards and was nominated for this with Mancini at the 1983 Grammy Awards for the Grammy for best original music written for a film or a television special. He also wrote the lyrics for the musical version of Victor / Victoria .

Another great success for him and Mancini was the song "Life in a Looking Glass" from That's Life! So ist das Leben (1986): For this they received a nomination for the Oscar for the best song in 1987 and the Golden Globe Award for the best film song, but on the other hand also a nomination for the Golden Raspberry for the worst song in 1987 . After that he was not only nominated for an Oscar in 1991 with John Williams for the song " Somewhere in My Memory " from Kevin - Alone at Home (1990) , but also again in this category at the 1992 Grammy Awards .

At the Academy Awards in 1992 he was last nominated for an Oscar for the best movie song, again together with John Williams for “ When You're Alone ” from Hook (1991). His last nomination to date followed in 1997 for an Annie Award for the music from the film In a Land Before Time IV - In the Valley of the Fog (1996).

Other well-known films with his music were Superman (1978) and Casino (1995). His best-known television series works include Hart But Heartily , Muppet Show , The Simpsons, and Scrubs .

While in the film music business, Bricusse has worked with film directors such as Richard Fleischer , Blake Edwards , Chris Columbus , Herbert Ross , Ronald Neame , Roy Allen Smith , Mel Stuart , Richard Donner , Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg .

Bricusse, who has been married to the British film actress Yvonne Romain since 1958 , was also nominated five times for a Tony Award , three times in 1963 for Stop the World - I Want to Get Off with Anthony Newley, among other things in the categories of best musical libretto , best original music . In 1965 he was nominated again with Newley: On the one hand for music and libretto for The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd . He received his last nomination for a Tony Award in 1997 for the text for the musical Jekyll and Hyde .

In 2001 Bricusse, who became a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1989 , was also named officer of the Order of the British Empire for his contributions to the film industry and theater .

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personal data
SURNAME Bricusse, Leslie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brickman (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British composer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH London , England , UK