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1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tim_rice.jpg]]
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3	->''"I'm not the kind to be vindictive,\
4	holding some childish grudge.\
5	How could I be? I'm in the spotlight - half of the world, my judge.\
6	All I demand is those I work for, those I give all my skills, all my time and pain,\
7	those that I entertain,\
8	give me the same compassion in return.\
9	But the fools never learn."''
10	-->-- '''The American''', ''Theatre/{{Chess}}''
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12	Not a composer, but his work falls into this category of the rest of a {{Theater}} creator, and plus, he deserves his own page. [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever Sir]] Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is a lyricist/writer/broadcaster, closely associated with, and all too often overshadowed by, with Creator/AndrewLloydWebber (so much so, that his ex(ish) wife wrote a letter of complaint to the The Daily Telegraph to clarify that the whole concept of ''Music/{{Evita}}'' was his idea although Lloyd-Webber is given all the credit) but also a critically acclaimed writer of musicals in his own right. He's also a big UsefulNotes/{{Cricket}} fan.
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14	He has written the lyrics and book for these musicals.
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16	!!In chronological order:
17	* ''Theatre/TheLikesOfUs''
18	* ''Theatre/JosephAndTheAmazingTechnicolorDreamcoat''
19	* ''Music/JesusChristSuperstar''
20	* ''Music/{{Evita}}''
21	* ''Blondel'' (with Stephen Oliver)
22	* ''Music/{{Chess\|1984}}'' (with [[Music/{{ABBA}} Benny Andersson & Bjorn Ulvaeus]])
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24	He also did the lyrics for the new songs in the stage version and the [[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017 live-action remake]] of ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'', as well as all the lyrics for ''Theatre/{{Aida\|JohnRice}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King\|1994}}'' both on screen and [[Theatre/TheLionKing stage]].
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26	A winner of three Oscars, all for Best Original Song, but shares them with Music/AlanMenken, Music/EltonJohn and Lloyd Webber respectively. Only the first one, [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} "A Whole New World"]] falls squarely into [[AwardBaitSong Award Bait]] territory. [[Music/TheLionKing1994 "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"]] relies more on the cool chords, orchestrations and lyrics than any [[LargeHam Ham]] and "You Must Love Me" has a depressing subject matter and a [[{{Music/Madonna}} performer]] who doesn't have the voice for an AwardBaitSong anyway.
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28	In 2018, Tim Rice joined MediaNotes/TheEGOTs, after Creator/{{NBC}}'s ''Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert'' won an Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special (Live). A film adaptation of ''Aida'' was set to be released in 2010, but fell into DevelopmentHell.
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