Tim Rice
Sir Timothy Miles Bindon "Tim" Rice (born November 10, 1944 in Amersham , Buckinghamshire , England ) is a British musical and film music writer .
Musical career
Tim Rice began his career as an agent for the music company EMI . When his mentor Norrie Paramor left the company, Rice followed him and soon met Andrew Lloyd Webber .
The two got together - Webber wrote the music, Rice wrote the lyrics - and wrote the musicals Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (1968), Jesus Christ Superstar (1970) and Evita (1976) , among others . He wrote the lyrics for the musical music Chess by the ABBA composers.
Rice then worked a lot for the Disney film studios, including the films Aladdin (1992) and The Lion King (1994) as well as the stage versions of Beauty and the Beast , The Lion King and a musical version of the Verdi opera Aida . In 2002 he was named a “ Disney Legend ” at Disneyland Resort Paris .
Since the 1960s he has also been writing lyrics for well-known composers such as Vangelis , Mike Batt , Elton John , Freddie Mercury , Burt Bacharach , Marvin Hamlisch and John Barry (title track of the James Bond film Octopussy : "All Time High" ) and performers like Elvis Presley , Plácido Domingo , 10cc , Gary Glitter and Tony Christie .
Rice has received twelve Ivor Novello Awards , four Tony Awards, and three Oscars for his work . In 1999 he was in the Songwriters Hall of Fame was added and in 1994 by Queen Elizabeth II. The Knights defeated. In 2007, Rice received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame .
Other professional activities
In addition to his main job as a songwriter, Tim Rice works as a book author , publisher , radio presenter , singer , actor and manager . He was also often invited as a candidate for quiz shows because of his extensive knowledge of rock / pop music , which earned him the title of "Rock Brain of the Universe" in 1985.
Works
Tim Rice has written texts for the following musicals and film scores:
- 1965: The Likes of Us (musical, world premiere 2005) - Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
- 1968: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (musical, filmed in 1999) - Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
- 1970: Jesus Christ Superstar (musical, filmed in 1973 and 2000) - Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
- 1976: Evita (musical, filmed in 1996 with Madonna and Antonio Banderas ) - Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
- 1983: Blondel (Musical) - Music: Stephen Oliver
- 1984: Chess (Musical) - Music: Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
- 1986: Cricket (Musical) - Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
- 1992: Tycoon ( musical adaptation of the French rock opera Starmania ) - Music: Michel Berger , French original texts: Luc Plamondon
- 1992: Aladdin (animation) - Music: Alan Menken
- 1994: The Lion King (cartoon; musical adaptation 1997) - Music: Elton John
- 1994: Beauty and the Beast (musical adaptation) - Music: Alan Menken
- 1995: Heathcliff (musical with Cliff Richard , made into a film in 1997) - Music: John Farrar
- 1997: King David (musical / song cycle) - Music: Alan Menken
- 1998: Aida (Musical) - Music: Elton John
- 2000: The way to El Dorado (cartoon) - Music: Elton John
- 2009: The Nutcracker: The Untold Story (film adaptation of the ballet “ The Nutcracker ”) - Music: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- 2013: From Here to Eternity (musical based on the novel Damned in All Eternity ) - Music: Stuart Brayson
Web links
- Tim Rice in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Tim Rice in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Tim Rice's homepage
- Works by and about Tim Rice in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Rice, Tim |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rice, Timothy Miles Bindon (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British musical and film music writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1944 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Amersham , Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom |