Tim Rice Biography (1944-)

Full name, Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice; born November 10, 1944, in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England; son of Hugh Gordon and Joan Odette (Bawden) Rice;married Jane Artereta McIntosh, August 19, 1974; children: Eva, Donald. Avocational interests: History of popular music, cricket, chickens. Career: Lyricist, author, and producer. EMI Records, London, England, management trainee, 1966-68; Norrie Paramor Organization, assistant record producer, 1968-69; writer and broadcaster, 1969--; GRRR Books, founder (with others),1978, director, 1978---; Pavilion Books, founder (with others), 1981, director, 1981-97. Former member of the band Nightshift. Operator of the HeartachesCricket Club. Member: Dramatists Club, Garrick Club, Groucho Club, Stars Organization for Spastics (chair, 1983-85), Shaftesbury Avenue CentenaryCommittee (chair, 1984-86), Lord Taverners (president, 1988-90), Saints and Sinners Club (chair, 1990), Foundation for Sports and the Arts (chair, 1991--), Heartaches Cricket Club, Marylebone Cricket Club, Cricket Writers Club, Cricketers' Club (NSW). Awards, Honors: Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best score, 1972, for Jesus Christ Superstar; Drama Desk Award (lyrics), 1979, New York Drama Critics Circle Award (with Andrew Lloyd Webber), best new musical, 1980, and Grammy Award (with Andrew Lloyd Webber), best album--musical cast show, 1980, all for Evita; Antoinette Perry Award nomination, best score, 1982, for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat; Academy Award (with Alan Menken), best music, song, and Golden Globe Award (with Alan Menken), best original song--motion picture, both 1992, for "AWhole New World," from Aladdin; knighted, 1994; Academy Award (with Elton John), best music, song, and Golden Globe Award (with Elton John), best original song--motion picture, 1994, for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight?," from The Lion King; Academy Award nomination (with Elton John), best music, song, 1994, for "Hakuna Matata," from The Lion King; Golden Globe Award nomination (with Elton John), best original song--motion picture, 1994,for "Circle of Life," from The Lion King; Academy Award (with Andrew Lloyd Webber), best music, song, and Golden Globe Award (with Andrew Lloyd Webber), best original song--motion picture, both 1996, for "You Must Love Me,"from Evita; other Grammy Awards; eleven Ivor Novello Awards; platinumand gold records in several countries. Addresses: Office: Heartaches,Ltd., 31 The Terrace, London SW13 0NR, England.; Agent: David Land, 118 Wardour St., London W1, England.

Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupation: Lyricist, author, producer
Birth Details: November 10, 1944; Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Work
Producer
(With others) Chess, London, England, 1986Broadway production, 1988
Anything Goes, Prince Edward Theatre, 1989
Stage Appearances
Appeared in a command performance for Queen Elizabeth II, 1981.
Film Appearances
The Survivor, Ginnane, 1980
Three Men and a Boat, Valiant, 1982
Television Appearances
Series
Appeared in Tim Rice.
Specials
"The Andrew Lloyd Webber Story," A&E Stage, Arts and Entertainment, 1992
Movie News Hot Summer Sneak Preview, CBS, 1994
American Express Presents Backstage Pass.Disney's Beauty and the BeastGoes to Broadway, 1994
Movie News Hot Summer Sneak Preview, 1994
Lion King: A Musical Journey with Elton John, ABC, 1994
Interviewee, Evita: The Woman Behind the Myth, Arts and Entertainment, 1996
Also appeared in Lyrics by Tim Rice and Three More Men in a Boat.
Episodic
Himself, Have I Got News for You?, BBC-2, 1995
Appeared in Friday Night Saturday Morning, Disco, and Musical Triangles.
Radio Appearances
Appeared in Just a Minute and Trivia Test Match.
RECORDINGS
Albums with the Band Nightshift
That's My Story, Mills Music, 1965
Soundtrack Albums
Jesus Christ Superstar, cast album, Decca, 1971MCA Records, 1973
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, MCA Records, 1974original Broadway cast album, Chrysalis, 1982
Evita, London, England cast album, MCA Records, 1976Broadway castalbum, MCA Records, 1979
Blondel, MCA Records, 1983
Chess, RCA, 1984
Walt Disney Pictures Presents Aladdin, Walt Disney Records, 1992
The Lion King, Walt Disney Records, 1994
Evita--The Complete Motion Picture Soundtrack, Warner Bros., 1996
Album Work
Producer

(With Andrew Lloyd Weber) Elvis Presley, It's Easy for You, 1976
Producer (with others) of the Elaine Paige album Stages, Cinema.
WRITINGS
Lyricist for the Stage, Unless Otherwise Noted
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Hammersmith, England, 1968London, England, 1972produced in 1973Broadway production, 1981adapted as a book with Andrew Lloyd Webber and publishedby Holt (New York City), 1982produced at the London Palladium, London, England, c. 1991-93
And author of book with Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jesus Christ Superstar, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, produced in 1970then New York City, 1971Broadway production, 1972later produced at the Paramount Theatre, New York City,1995
And author of book with Andrew Lloyd Webber, Evita, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, produced in 1976then London, England, 1978Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA, 1979Broadway production, 1979produced at the Paper Mill Playhouse, Millburn, NJ, 1995-96
Blondel, music by Stephen Oliver, produced in London, England, 1983then Long Island, NY, 1985
Chess, music by Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Anderson, premiered in 1984produced in London, England, 1986produced on Broadway with additional dialogue by Richard Nelson, 1988
Cricket (half-act operetta), music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, WindsorCastle, Windsor, England, 1986
Tycoon, music by Michel Berger, 1992
Sunset Boulevard, Adelphi Theatre, London, England, 1993then New York City, 1994
(With Howard Ashman) Beauty and the Beast, music by Alan Menken, Palace Theatre, New York City,1994--
Heathcliff, music by John Farrar, 1996
King David, music by Alan Menken, New Amsterdam Theatre, New YorkCity, 1997
(With Elton John and Hans Zimmer) The Lion King, (based on the film of the same name), music by Elton John, New Amsterdam Theatre, New York City, 1997--
Aida, music by Elton John, 1998
Rice's unproduced plays include Come Back Richard, Your Country NeedsYou and The Likes of U.
Song Lyricist for Films, Unless Otherwise Noted
Gumshoe, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Columbia, 1972
Jesus Christ Superstar, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Universal, 1973
The Odessa File (also known as Der Fall Odessa and Die Akte Odessa), music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Columbia, 1974
Octopussy (includes "All Time High"), music by John Barry, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1983
Aladdin (includes "One Jump Ahead," "A Whole New World," and "Prince Ali Reprise"), music by Alan Menken, Buena Vista, 1992
(With Elton John and Hans Zimmer) The Lion King (includes "Can YouFeel the Love Tonight?," "Circle of Life," and "Hakuna Matata"), music by Elton John, Buena Vista, 1994
The Fan, music by Marvin Hamlisch, TriStar, 1996
Evita, music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Buena Vista, 1996
The Road to El Dorado (also known as The Gold of El Dorado;animated), DreamWorks SKG, 2000
Song Lyricist for Television
Series
Lyrics for main title theme "Hakuna Matata," The Lion King's Timon andPumbaa (also known as Timon and Pumbaa), CBS and syndicated, 1995-96
Teleplays for Series
Scriptwriter for a fifteen-part series on the history of popular music, BBC.
Song Lyricist for Television
Movies
The Entertainer, music by Marvin Hamlisch, NBC, 1976
Specials
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Granada Television,1972
A Special Evening with Elton John, 1995
Disney's Beauty and the Beast: A Concert on Ice, 1996
Michael Crawford in Concert, 1998
Work also featured in Lyrics by Tim Rice.
Lyrics for Songs
"The Only Way to Go," music by Marvin Hamlisch, 1975
"It's Easy for You," music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, 1977
"Hearts Not Diamonds," music by Marvin Hamlisch, 1980
Lyricist for "Hot As Sun," music by Paul McCartney; "The Legal Boys," music by Elton John; and "A Remarkable Woman" (with others). Other collaboratorsinclude Mike Batt, Graham Gouldman, Richard Kerr, Francis Lai, Freddie Mercury, Lalo Schifrin, Vangelis, and Rick Wakeman.
Nonfiction
(With Paul Gambaccini, Jo Rice, and Mike Read) The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles, Guinness Superlatives (Enfield, Middlesex, England), 1977sixth edition, 1991published in the United States as British Hit Singles, Billboard Books (New York City), 1991
(With Andrew Lloyd Webber) Evita: The Legend of Eva Peron, 1919-1952, Drama Book Specialists (New York City), 1978
(Editor) The Lord's Taverners Sticky Wicket Book, Queen Anne Press, 1980
(With Jo Rice and others) The Guinness Book of Hits of the Seventies, Guinness Superlatives, 1980
(With others) The Guinness Book of Hits of the Sixties, Guinness Superlatives, 1984
(With Paul Gambaccini and Jo Rice) UK Top 1000 Singles, Guinness Books (Enfield, Middlesex, England), 1988
Treasures of Lord's, Marylebone Cricket Club, Collins (London, England), 1989
(With Paul Gambaccini and Jo Rice) The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums, Guinness Publications (Enfield, Middlesex, England), 1990
Other
Editor of Heartaches Cricketers' Almanack, 1975--. Contributor tobooks and periodicals.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Contemporary Literary Criticism, Volume 21, Gale (Detroit, MI), 1982.*

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