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He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, is a 1999 inductee into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and is the 2023 recipient of its Johnny Mercer Award, [1] is a Disney Legend recipient, and is a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors.
May 3, 2024 · Tim Rice (born November 10, 1944, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England) is an English lyricist who coauthored some of the most successful stage and film musicals of the 20th century. He often collaborated with Andrew Lloyd Webber, and their notable works included Jesus Christ Superstar and Evita.
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Oct 7, 2020 · October 7, 2020 9:00am. Tim Rice Courtesy Image. Sir Tim Rice has written lyrics for some of the most beloved and successful musicals of the past century, from Jesus Christ Superstar and...
Tim Rice (I) Music Department. Writer. Producer. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Play trailer 1:01. Jesus Christ Superstar: Live Arena Tour (2012) 1 Video. 8 Photos. A prolific lyricist and librettist, Tim Rice was born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. He was educated at Aldwickbury School in Hertfordshire, St Albans School and finally Lancing College.
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- IT BEGAN AS A CONCEPT ALBUM BECAUSE NO PRODUCER WANTED TO PUT IT ON STAGE. Lyricist Tim Rice and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, who met in 1965 when they were 20 and 17, respectively, enjoyed their first taste of shared success with Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat in 1968.
- A BOB DYLAN LYRIC INSPIRED THE MUSICAL’S DEPICTION OF JUDAS. That lyric was “Did Judas Iscariot have God at his side?” from the 1964 song “With God on Our Side.”
- ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER WROTE PART OF THE TITULAR SONG ON A NAPKIN. In a 2015 interview, the composer said he couldn't recall exactly when the now-iconic melody first came to him: “What I do remember though, is that I forgot it.”
- THE MELODY OF “I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOVE HIM” WAS TAKEN FROM AN UNRELATED SONG CALLED “KANSAS MORNING.” “Kansas Morning,” an ode to the Sunflower State, was co-written by Rice and Lloyd Webber and published in 1967.
Music Department: Aladdin. A prolific lyricist and librettist, Tim Rice was born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. He was educated at Aldwickbury School in Hertfordshire, St Albans School and finally Lancing College. He briefly attended Sorbonne Université.
From Aladdin, the song "A Whole New World," won him his first Oscar in the "Best Song" category while "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" from The Lion King brought him his second. The stage version of The Lion King has also achieved major success and contains several new Tim Rice-Elton John songs.
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