Editing Tim Rice (section)

==Career==
===Music industry===
After studying for a year in Paris at the [[University of Paris|Sorbonne]], Rice joined [[EMI Records]] as a management trainee in 1966. 

In the liner notes of the 2006 CD compilation ''That's my Story'', (Sunbeam Catalogue No.: SBRCD5017) Rice notes that he played tambourine on [[Ross Hannaman]]'s "I'll give all my Love to Southend"), whom he briefly managed.

When EMI producer [[Norrie Paramor]] left to set up his own organization in 1968, Rice joined him as an assistant producer, working with, among others, [[Cliff Richard]] and [[the Scaffold]].

===Musical theatre===
Rice became famous for his collaborations with [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]], with whom he wrote ''[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]'', ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'', ''[[Evita (musical)|Evita]]'', ''[[Cricket (musical)|Cricket]]'', ''[[The Likes of Us]],'' and additional songs for the 2011 West End production of ''[[The Wizard of Oz (2011 musical)|The Wizard of Oz]]''. ''Joseph'' and ''Superstar'' were additionally known as two of the first hit musicals that drew their sound from the rock and pop music that became embedded in culture in the 1960s.

For [[The Walt Disney Company]], Rice has collaborated individually with [[Alan Menken]] and [[Elton John]], creating productions including ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' (winning an [[Academy Award for Best Original Song]], [[Golden Globe]] and [[Grammy Award for Song of the Year]] for "[[A Whole New World]]" in 1992) and ''[[The Lion King]]'' (winning an Academy Award and Golden Globe for "[[Can You Feel the Love Tonight]]" in 1994).

In 1996, his collaboration with Lloyd Webber for the film version ''[[Evita (1996 film)|Evita]]'' [[List of accolades received by Evita (1996 film)|won]] Rice his third Academy Award for Best Original Song with the song "[[You Must Love Me]]". Rice has also collaborated with [[Björn Ulvaeus]] and [[Benny Andersson]] of [[ABBA]] on ''[[Chess (musical)|Chess]]'' and with [[Rick Wakeman]] on the albums ''[[1984 (Rick Wakeman album)|1984]]'' and ''[[Cost of Living (Rick Wakeman album)|Cost of Living]]''. In 2009, he wrote the lyrics for [[Andrei Konchalovsky]]'s critically panned [[The Nutcracker in 3D|reimagining]] of ''[[The Nutcracker]]'', set to the music of [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://movieweb.com/exclusive-andrei-konchalovsky-talks-the-nutcracker-in-3d/|title=Andrei Konchalovsky Talks 'The Nutcracker in 3D' [Exclusive]|date=23 November 2010|website=Movieweb.com|access-date=3 October 2019}}</ref>

Rice reunited with Andrew Lloyd Webber in 2011 to pen new songs for Lloyd Webber's newest production of ''[[The Wizard of Oz (2011 musical)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' which opened in March 2011 at the [[London Palladium]]. Rice has since, however, rejected working with Lloyd Webber again, claiming their partnership has run its course, and they are "no longer relevant as a team".<ref>{{cite news |author=Matt Trueman |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/mar/26/lloyd-webber-rice-partnership-over?INTCMP=SRCH |title=Tim Rice rules out collaborating again with Andrew Lloyd Webber |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=26 March 2012 |access-date=27 June 2013}}</ref>

In 2025, it was announced that Rice and Lloyd Webber will reunite to create the original songs for a new comedy play [[Sherlock Holmes and The 12 Days of Christmas|''Sherlock Holmes and The 12 Days of Christmas'']] by [[David Reed (comedian)|David Reed]] and [[Humphrey Ker]] (from the British sketch comedy troupe [[The Penny Dreadfuls]]) which will open in November for the Christmas season at the [[Birmingham Repertory Theatre]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wiegand |first=Chris |date=2025-02-11 |title=Sign of the four: Sherlock Holmes returns for Christmas comedy by two duos |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/feb/11/sherlock-holmes-andrew-lloyd-webber-tim-rice-birmingham-rep-christmas |access-date=2025-04-10 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> 

===Media===
On 9 November 1979, Rice hosted a highly publicised edition of ''[[Friday Night, Saturday Morning]]'' on the BBC which had a [[Friday Night, Saturday Morning#Monty Python's Life of Brian|heated debate]] on the newly released film ''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian]]'', a film that had been banned by many local councils and caused protests throughout the world with accusations that it was [[blasphemous]] (as the lyricist of ''Jesus Christ Superstar'', Rice himself had been accused of blasphemy a decade before). To argue in favour of this accusation were veteran broadcaster and noted Christian [[Malcolm Muggeridge]] and [[Mervyn Stockwood]] (the [[Bishop of Southwark (Anglican)|Bishop of Southwark]]). In defence of the film were two members of the [[Monty Python]] team, [[John Cleese]] and [[Michael Palin]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25464820 Cleese and Palin relive the 1979 Life of Brian debate], ''BBC News''. 30 December 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2019</ref>

Rice has also been a frequent guest panellist for many years on the radio panel games ''[[Just a Minute]]'' and ''[[Trivia Test Match]]''. He also made an appearance in the film ''[[About a Boy (film)|About a Boy]]''. The film includes several clips from an edition of the game show ''[[Countdown (game show)|Countdown]]'' on which he was the guest adjudicator. His other interests include cricket (he was president of the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] in 2002) and maths. He wrote the foreword to the book ''Why Do Buses Come In Threes'' by [[Rob Eastaway]] and Jeremy Wyndham, and featured prominently in [[Tony Hawks]]'s ''[[One Hit Wonderland]]'', where he co-wrote the song which gave Hawks a top twenty hit in Albania. On 2 December 2010 he addressed the eighth [[Bradman Oration]] in [[Adelaide]]. In October 2011 and November 2016 to February 2017, Rice was guest presenter for the [[BBC Radio 2]] show ''[[Sounds of the '60s]]'', standing in for regular presenter [[Brian Matthew]] who was unwell.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wqlv/episodes/2011|title="Episodes from Sounds of the 60s broadcast in 2011" at bbc.co.uk|work=BBC|access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref>

Beginning in the lockdowns due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], in partnership with Broadway Podcast Network, Rice has presented ''Get Onto My Cloud'', a [[podcast]] retrospective of his career.<ref>{{Cite web|title=News Item: Sir Tim Rice announces "Get Onto My Cloud"|url=https://news.broadwaypodcastnetwork.com/bpn/news-item-sir-tim-rice-announces-new-podcast/|access-date=29 January 2021|language=en}}</ref> A number of episodes feature verbatim excerpts of his autobiography and all include various recordings of his and other associated musicians' work.

===Literature===
He released his autobiography ''Oh What a Circus: The Autobiography of Tim Rice'' in 1998, which covered his childhood and early adult life until the opening of the original London production of ''[[Evita (musical)|Evita]]'' in 1978. He also took part in the [[Bush Theatre]]'s 2011 project ''[[Sixty Six Books]]'' for which he wrote a piece based upon a book of the [[King James Bible]].<ref>[http://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/biography/writers/]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704090950/http://www.bushtheatre.co.uk/biography/writers/|date=4 July 2011}}</ref>

Rice was the president of the [[London Library]], the largest independent lending library in Europe from 2017–2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.londonlibrary.co.uk/about-us/patron-president-trustees-staff/patron-and-president|title=Patrons and Presidents|website=Londonlibrary.co.uk|language=en-gb|access-date=9 October 2018}}</ref>

===Publishing===
Along with his brother, Jo, and the radio presenters [[Mike Read]] and [[Paul Gambaccini]], he was a co-founder of the ''[[Guinness Book of British Hit Singles]]'' and served as an editor from 1977 to 1996. In September 1981, Rice, along with Colin Webb and [[Michael Parkinson]], launched [[Pavilion Books]], a publishing house with a publishing focus on music and the arts. He held it until 1997.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capelland.com/pages/broadcasters/index.asp?CID=148 |title=Capel & Land &#124; Tim Rice (archived version, recent version no longer mentions it) |year=2010 |access-date=2 January 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821225554/http://www.capelland.com/pages/broadcasters/index.asp?CID=148 |archive-date=21 August 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timrice.co.uk/cv.html |title=Sir Tim Rice Career Synopsis |website=Timrice.co.uk |access-date=20 January 2015 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203513/http://www.timrice.co.uk/cv.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Patronage===
Rice is a patron of the London-based drama school, [[Associated Studios]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://associatedstudios.co.uk/|title=Associated Studios &#124; Musical Theatre Courses London|website=Associated Studios}}</ref> and was for several years, a patron of Thame Players Theatre along with [[Bruce Alexander (actor)|Bruce Alexander]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thameplayers.co.uk|title=The Players Theatre, Thame.|website=Thame Players Theatre}}</ref>

===Honours===
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Tim Rice}}

Rice was made a [[Knight Bachelor]] by [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] in 1994<ref name="dis">{{cite web|url=http://legends.disney.go.com/legends/detail?key=Sir+Tim+Rice|title=Disney Legends — Sir Tim Rice|work=D23.com|access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref> (entitling him to the address "Sir Tim Rice" or "Sir Tim"), was inducted into the [[Songwriters Hall of Fame]] in 1999, and was named a [[Disney Legend]] in 2002.<ref name="dis" />

In 2008, Rice received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.timrice.co.uk/bio.html |title=Sir Tim Rice – Career Synopsis |author=Tim Rice |website=Timrice.co.uk |access-date=13 October 2009 |archive-date=21 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721183143/http://www.timrice.co.uk/bio.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He is a fellow member of the [[British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.basca.org.uk/about-us/people/fellows/|title=Fellows – The British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors|work=Basca.org.uk|access-date=28 September 2014|archive-date=30 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030090735/http://www.basca.org.uk/about-us/people/fellows/|url-status=dead}}</ref>