Leslie Bricusse
Leslie " Brickman " Bricusse OBE ( born January 29, 1931 in London) is an award-winning British composer and lyricist of film music.
Biography
The also " Brickman " said Bricusse began in the mid -1950s as a song writer and composer of film music and created in the course of its 55 -year career, the music for more than 100 film and television productions.
His first Oscar he won at the Academy Awards in 1968 with the Oscar for best song for "Talk to the Animals " from the movie Doctor Dolittle (1967). Since he could not attend the ceremony, Sammy Davis Jr. took over the Oscar in his place. In addition, he was nominated not only for the Oscar for best film music in Doctor Dolittle, but also for the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, as well as the Grammy Award for best original music written for a movie or a TV special.
Other nominations for the Academy Award for Best Film Music followed in 1970 along with John Williams for Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969 ) and together with Ian Fraser and Herbert W. Spencer for Scrooge and was for both film scores each for the Golden Globe Award for the best Original Score nomination. Nominations for an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award for Best Song He also received for "Thank You Very Much" from Scrooge. At the Academy Awards in 1972, he was again nominated for an Oscar for best film music that is jointly with Anthony Newley, and Walter Scharf for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1971). Together with composer Henry Mancini, he was posted at the Grammy Awards in 1979 for the Grammy for Best Original Music for a movie or a TV special for Inspector Clouseau - The mistaken Flic with the hot look (1978 ) nominated.
His second Oscar he won together with H. Mancini in the category of best film score for Victor / Victoria at the Academy Awards in 1983 and was this with Mancini written at the Grammy Awards in 1983 for the Grammy for Best Original Music for a film or nominated a TV special. Also for the musical version of Victor / Victoria, he wrote the lyrics.
A next big success from him and Mancini was the song " Life in a Looking Glass " from That's Life! Such is Life (1986 ): For this they received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Song in 1987 and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song, on the other hand, however, also nominated for the Golden Raspberry for Worst Song 1987 Then he was not. nominated home Alone (1990 ) for an Oscar in 1991, but again in this category at the Grammy Awards 1992 - only with John Williams for the song "Somewhere in My Memory " from Kevin.
At the Academy Awards in 1992, he was the last time nominated for an Oscar for best film song and although again with John Williams for " When You're Alone" from Hook ( 1991). Its been last nomination followed in 1997 for an Annie Award for the music from the movie The Land Before Time IV - Journey Through the Mists (1996).
Other well-known films with his music were Superman ( 1978) and Casino ( 1995). Among his most famous works for TV series include Hart to Hart, The Muppet Show, The Simpsons and Scrubs -.
During his work 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 is married to the British film actress Yvonne Romain since 1958, has also been nominated five times for a Tony Award and that alone 1963 three times for Stop the World - I Want to Get Off best with Anthony Newley, among others, in the categories of musical libretto, best original music. In 1965 he was again nominated Newley one hand for music and libretto for The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd. His last nomination for a Tony Award he received in 1997 for the text of the musical Jekyll and Hyde.
2001 Bricusse, in 1989 a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, was named for his accomplishments in the film industry and theater also an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.