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{{Short description|English lyricist and author (born 1944)}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2012}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| honorific_prefix  = [[Sir]]
| name              = Tim Rice
| image             = Tim Rice, 1 December 2020.jpg
| caption           = Rice in 2020
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| background        = non_performing_personnel
| birth_name        = Timothy Miles Bindon Rice
| alias             = 
| birth_place       = [[Shardeloes]], Buckinghamshire, England
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age |df=yes|1944|11|10}}
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}}
| origin            = [[Amersham]], Buckinghamshire, England
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| genre             = {{flatlist|
* Musical theatre
* film
* television
* lyricist
* author
}}
| occupation        = songwriter
| years_active      = 1966–present
| label             = 
| associated_acts   = {{flatlist|
* [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]
* [[Alan Menken]]
* [[Elton John]]
* [[Stephen Oliver (composer)|Stephen Oliver]]
* [[Björn Ulvaeus]]
* [[Benny Andersson]]
* [[Cliff Richard]]
}}
| website           = {{URL|http://timrice.co.uk/}}
}}

'''Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice''' (born 10 November 1944) is an<!--awards and nominations don't belong here--> English songwriter. He is best known for his collaborations with [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]], with whom he wrote, among other shows, ''[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]'', ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'', and ''[[Evita (musical)|Evita]]''; ''[[Chess (musical)|Chess]]'' (with [[Björn Ulvaeus]] and [[Benny Andersson]] of [[ABBA]]); ''[[Aida (musical)|Aida]]'' (with [[Elton John]]); and, for Disney, ''[[Aladdin (1992 soundtrack)|Aladdin]]'' (with [[Alan Menken]]), ''[[The Lion King (1994 soundtrack)|The Lion King]]'' (with Elton John), and the stage adaptation of ''[[Beauty and the Beast (musical)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' (with Menken). He also wrote lyrics for the Alan Menken musical ''[[King David (musical)|King David]]'', and for [[DreamWorks Animation]]'s ''[[The Road to El Dorado]]'' (with John).

Rice was [[knight]]ed by [[Elizabeth II]] for services to music in 1994. 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 [[Songwriters Hall of Fame#Johnny Mercer Award|Johnny Mercer Award]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.playbill.com/article/tim-rice-to-be-honored-at-52nd-annual-songwriters-hall-of-fame-induction-and-awards-ceremony|title=Tim Rice to Be Honored at 52nd Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Ceremony|last=Gans|first=Andrew|date=15 February 2023|website=Playbill|language=en|access-date=15 February 2023}}</ref> is a [[Disney Legend]] recipient, and is a fellow of the [[British Academy of Songwriters, Composers, and Authors]]. In addition to his awards in the UK, he is [[EGOT|one of twenty-one artists to have won]] an [[Emmy Awards|Emmy]], [[Academy Awards|Oscar]], [[Grammy Awards|Grammy]], and [[Tony Awards|Tony]] in the US.<ref>{{cite news |title=John Legend, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice become EGOT winners |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/sep/10/john-legend-andrew-lloyd-webber-tim-rice-egot-winners |access-date=29 June 2019 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>

Rice twice hosted the [[Brit Awards]] (in 1983 and 1984). The 2020 ''[[Sunday Times Rich List]]'' values Rice's wealth at £155m; the 21st-richest music millionaire in the UK.<ref name="wealth1">{{cite web |last=Homewood |first=Ben |title=Rihanna debuts in Top 3 of The Sunday Times' list of richest musicians |url=https://www.musicweek.com/talent/read/rihanna-debuts-in-top-3-of-the-sunday-times-list-of-richest-musicians/079771 |work=Music Week |date=13 May 2020|access-date=10 September 2020}}</ref>

==Early life==
Rice was born at [[Shardeloes]], a historic [[English country house]] near [[Amersham]], Buckinghamshire, that was requisitioned as a maternity hospital during the [[Second World War]]. His father, Hugh Gordon Rice (1917–1988),<ref name="auto">Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 3, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p. 3327</ref> served with the [[Eighth Army (United Kingdom)|Eighth Army]] and reached the rank of [[Major (rank)|major]] during the Second World War, and afterward worked for the [[De Havilland]] Aircraft Company, becoming Far East representative, and for the [[Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service|Diplomatic Service]], including as adviser to the [[Department for International Development#History|Ministry of Overseas Development]] at [[Amman]], Jordan. Rice's mother, Joan Odette (née Bawden; 1919–2009), daughter of an entrepreneur in the London fashion trade, served in the [[Women's Auxiliary Air Force]] (WAAF) as a photographic interpreter, and in her eighties became known as a writer on the publication of her wartime diaries.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/comment/register/article/joan-rice-author-of-sand-in-my-shoes-29mrdr920bl|title=Joan Rice: author of Sand in My Shoes|access-date=15 July 2020|website=[[The Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.obituaries/WcWfpRVR5Is|title=Google Groups|access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="filmreference.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/38/Tim-Rice.html|title=Tim Rice profile|publisher=Filmreference.com|access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article601064.ece |work=[[The Times]] |location=London |title=Granny had a ball during the blitz |date=6 August 2006 |access-date=25 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110908095217/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article601064.ece |archive-date=8 September 2011 }}</ref>

==Education==
Rice was educated at three independent schools: [[Aldwickbury School]] in Hertfordshire, [[St Albans School (Hertfordshire)|St Albans School]] and [[Lancing College]]. He left Lancing with [[GCE Advanced Level in the United Kingdom|GCE A-Levels]] in History and French and then started work as an [[articled clerk]] for a law firm in London, having decided not to apply for a university place.<ref name=WhatACircus>{{cite book|year=1999|first=Tim |last=Rice|isbn=0-340-65459-7|title=Oh, What a Circus: The Autobiography |publisher=Coronet Books|page={{page needed|date=January 2012}}}}</ref> He later attended the [[University of Paris|Sorbonne]] in Paris for a year.

==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]]'' 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=11 February 2025 |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/av/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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125004803/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006wqlv/episodes/2011|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2011|title="Episodes from Sounds of the 60s broadcast in 2011" at bbc.co.uk|publisher=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 to 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>

==Personal life==
On 19 August 1974, Rice married Jane Artereta, daughter of Colonel Alexander Henry McIntosh, [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]],<ref name="auto" /> and former wife of producer and talent agent [[Michael Whitehall]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/environment/conservation/8917696/Why-Jane-Rice-wants-to-save-the-red-squirrel.html|title=Why Jane Rice wants to save the red squirrel|first=Roya|last=Nikkhah|date=27 November 2011|access-date=15 July 2020|website=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> the couple having met while working at [[Capital Radio]]. The marriage unravelled in the late 1980s after the British tabloid newspapers revealed that he had been conducting an affair with the singer [[Elaine Paige]].<ref>Hastings, Christopher. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080921091131/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/3023422/Elaine-Paige-Sex-drugs-and-musicals.html  "Elaine Paige: Sex, drugs and musicals"], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 20 September 2008.</ref> Jane retains the title Lady Rice as, despite obtaining a divorce [[decree nisi]], the couple never made it absolute and therefore they remain legally married.

Lady Rice manages the family's 33,000-acre [[Dundonnell]] estate which Sir Tim Rice bought in 1998 for £2&nbsp;million. She has won awards for her conservation work with red squirrels.<ref>{{cite news |title=Why Jane Rice wants to save the red squirrel |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/environment/conservation/8917696/Why-Jane-Rice-wants-to-save-the-red-squirrel.html |first=Roya |last=Nikkhah |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=27 November 2011 |access-date=11 November 2019}}</ref> They have two children, Eva Jane Florence, a novelist and singer-songwriter, and Donald Alexander Hugh, a film director and theatre producer who also helps to run Dundonnell.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independenttalent.com/directors/donald-rice/|title=Donald Rice|work=Independent Talent}}</ref> Eva, who was named after [[Eva Perón]], is the author of the novel ''The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets'', which was a finalist for the [[British Book Awards|British Book Award]] Best Read of the Year.

Rice has a second daughter, Zoe Joan Eleanor, from a relationship with Nell Sully, an artist.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Nikkhah |first1=Roya |title='Musicals are not the be all and end all,' says Tim Rice |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/9991897/Musicals-are-not-the-be-all-and-end-all-says-Tim-Rice.html |access-date=3 April 2024 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=14 April 2013}}</ref> He has a third daughter, Charlotte Cordelia Violet Christina, from a relationship with [[Laura-Jane Foley]], a writer. He has seven grandchildren.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/721643/Sir-Tim-Rice-baby-father-again-71-year-old-woman-37-years-his-junior|title=Baby joy for 71 year old Sir Tim Rice with woman 37 years his junior|first=Adam|last=Helliker|date=16 October 2016|work=Daily Express}}</ref>

Despite having no familial or personal ties to the club, Rice has been a fan of [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland AFC]] since his early childhood.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/sunderland-relegation-fight---celebrity-9169247|title = Sunderland relegation fight – celebrity fan Sir Tim Rice gives his view|work=chroniclelive.co.uk|date = 2 May 2015}}</ref>

===Political views===
Previously a supporter of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]], in 2007 Rice stated that the party were no longer interested in him and that his relationship with them had "irrevocably changed."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/feb/15/conservatives.uk|title=Tim Rice: Tories no longer love me|work=The Guardian|date=15 February 2007|access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref> Rice and [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]], both supporters of [[Margaret Thatcher]], attended her funeral in 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-clarkson-shirley-bassey-and-tony-blair-but-no-mikhail-gorbachev-margaret-thatchers-funeral-guest-list-announced-8568236.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220507/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/jeremy-clarkson-shirley-bassey-and-tony-blair-but-no-mikhail-gorbachev-margaret-thatchers-funeral-guest-list-announced-8568236.html |archive-date=7 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Jeremy Clarkson, Shirley Bassey and Tony Blair, but no Mikhail Gorbachev: Margaret Thatcher's funeral guest list announced |work=The Independent |date=11 April 2013 |access-date=27 June 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Rice raised funds for the [[No Campaign (UK)|Euro No]] campaign in 2000.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/909043.stm|title=Anti-euro campaign launched|work=BBC News|date=4 September 2000|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref> In 2014, he donated £7,500 to the [[UK Independence Party]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ukip/10656628/Dont-cry-for-me-David-Cameron-Sir-Tim-Rice-emerges-as-Ukip-donor.html|date=23 February 2014 | title= Sir Tim Rice emerges as Ukip donor |work=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref> In May 2016, he told ''[[The Spectator]]'' that he would vote for [[Brexit]] in the following month's [[2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum|referendum on the issue]], saying: "It would be good to spend one's final years as part of a truly independent nation once more." He said he had voted to remain in the [[European Economic Community]] in 1975 "from a standpoint of ignorance".<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-spectator-poll-are-you-in-or-out-bob-geldof-tim-rice-joey-essex-have-their-say | title= The Spectator poll: Are You In or Out? Bob Geldof, Tim Rice & Joey Essex have their say | work=The Spectator | date=27 May 2016 | access-date=8 March 2021}}</ref>

===Religion===
Describing his religion, Rice stated in a 1982 interview, "Technically I'm [[Church of England]], which is really nothing. But I don't follow it. I wouldn't say I was a Christian. I have nothing against it." Conversely, he also stated that he adapted the Biblical stories of Joseph and Jesus to musicals because "I'd always rather take a true story over an untrue one."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1876&dat=19821127&id=uzwsAAAAIBAJ&pg=6254,6671012|title=Lyricist is Unreligious|access-date=28 September 2014}}</ref>

===Wealth===
According to ''[[The Sunday Times (UK)|The Sunday Times]]'' [[Sunday Times Rich List|Rich List]] of the UK's richest millionaires, Rice is worth £155&nbsp;million as of 2020.<ref name="wealth1" />

In 2015, Rice expressed his indebtedness to the journalist [[Angus McGill]] as "the man responsible for Andrew Lloyd Webber and I having our first song recorded". Speaking at McGill's funeral,<ref>[https://47shoelane.wordpress.com/tributes/angus-mcgill/ "Angus McGill: The funeral and the wake"]. ''47 Shoe Lane'', 29 October 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2017.</ref> Rice told a tale from his days at EMI about trying to rig the results of the ''[[London Evening Standard]]'' Girl of the Year competition in 1967. As "glorified office boy", Rice was writing songs with Lloyd Webber and desperate to find anybody to record one of their songs. Rice and colleagues filled in 5,000 entry forms overnight voting for the contestant who was a singer, and delivered them to McGill, who supervised the competition. Rice said it was "a disgraceful act of dishonesty on my part... without actually breaking the rules". As a result, the ''Standard'' proclaimed two Girls of the Year and Rice's choice, [[Ross Hannaman|Rosalind ("Ross") Hannaman]],<ref>Sondheim and Lloyd-Webber: The New Musical, Stephen Citron, Oxford University Press, 2001, p. 114</ref> was signed to EMI, where she made her first record. Rice said at the funeral: "I owe [Angus] an awful lot, which is just one of the reasons why I'm here today."

==Musical theatre==
*1968 – ''[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]'' with music by [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]]
*1970 – ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'' with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
*1976 – ''[[Evita (musical)|Evita]]'' with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
*1983 – ''[[Blondel (musical)|Blondel]]'' with music by [[Stephen Oliver (composer)|Stephen Oliver]]
*1984 – ''[[Chess (musical)|Chess]]'' with music by [[Benny Andersson]] and [[Björn Ulvaeus]]
*1986 – ''[[Cricket (musical)|Cricket]]'' with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
*1992 – ''[[Starmania (musical)|Tycoon]]'' with music by [[Michel Berger]] (English-language adaptation of the 1979 French musical ''Starmania'', with original French lyrics by [[Luc Plamondon]])
*1994 – ''[[Beauty and the Beast (musical)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' with music by [[Alan Menken]] for 9 new songs; remaining songs feature the lyrics of [[Howard Ashman]], as written for the 1991 film.
*1996 – ''[[Heathcliff (musical)|Heathcliff]]'' with music by [[John Farrar]]
*1997 – ''[[The Lion King (musical)|The Lion King]]'' with music by [[Elton John]]
*1997 – ''[[King David (musical)|King David]]'' with music by Alan Menken
*2000 – ''[[Aida (musical)|Aida]]'' with music by Elton John
*2005 – ''[[The Likes of Us]]'' with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber (written in 1965, but first staged at the [[Sydmonton Festival]] on 9 July 2005<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/news/likesofus.htm|title=First Lloyd Webber/Rice Collaboration on CD|publisher=Britishtheatreguide.info|access-date=28 September 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173141/http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/news/likesofus.htm|archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref>)
*2011 – ''[[The Wizard of Oz (2011 musical)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber for 6 new songs; also additional lyrics for 4 songs with music by [[Harold Arlen]] and lyrics by [[E.Y. Harburg]].  The remaining 13 songs are solely by Arlen and Harburg.
*2011 – ''[[Aladdin (2011 musical)|Aladdin]]'' with music by Alan Menken and additional lyrics by Howard Ashman and [[Chad Beguelin]]. Based on the film.
*2013 – ''[[From Here to Eternity the Musical|From Here to Eternity]]'' with music by Stuart Brayson, based on the [[James Jones (author)|James Jones]] novel of the same name<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tim Rice: 'I never wanted to be in the musical business. I wanted to be a rock star' |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/big-interviews/tim-rice-interview-disney-andrew-lloyd-webber-from-here-to-eternity-charing-cross-theatre |access-date=15 November 2022 |website=The Stage |language=En}}</ref>
*2025 – ''[[Sherlock Holmes and The 12 Days of Christmas]]'', comedy play by [[David Reed (comedian)|David Reed]] and [[Humphrey Ker]], with original songs by Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber

==Film and television work==
In addition to adaptations of his theatrical productions, Rice has worked on several original film and television projects:
*1983 – ''[[Octopussy (film)|Octopussy]]''; theme song "[[All Time High]]" with music by [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]] and sung by [[Rita Coolidge]]
*1992 – ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' with music and score by [[Alan Menken]]; completed work begun by [[Howard Ashman]]
*1994 – ''[[The Lion King]]'' with music by [[Elton John]], score by [[Hans Zimmer]]
*2000 – ''[[The Road to El Dorado]]'' with music by Elton John, score by Hans Zimmer and [[John Powell (film composer)|John Powell]]
*2009 – ''[[The Nutcracker in 3D]]'' with music by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] and score by [[Eduard Artemyev]]
*2017 – ''[[Beauty and the Beast (2017 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]''<ref>{{cite news|last1=McNary|first1=Dave|title=Disney's Live-Action 'Beauty and the Beast' Set for March 17, 2017|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/beauty-and-the-beast-release-date-disney-live-action-2017-1201453646/|access-date=28 May 2015|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=16 March 2015}}</ref> with music and score by Alan Menken; additional three songs
*2019 – ''[[Aladdin (2019 film)|Aladdin]]'' with music and score by Alan Menken; new compositions with [[Pasek and Paul]]
*2019 – ''[[The Lion King (2019 film)|The Lion King]]'' with music by Elton John and score by Hans Zimmer

==Lyricist==
*"[[Christmas Dream]]", written by [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] and sung by Perry Como for ''The Odessa File'' (1974).
*"[[It's Easy for You]]", recorded by [[Elvis Presley]] on his album ''[[Moody Blue]]''.
*"Legal Boys", recorded by [[Elton John]] on his album ''[[Jump Up! (Elton John album)|Jump Up!]]''
*1981 concept album ''[[1984 (Rick Wakeman album)|1984]]'' composed by [[Rick Wakeman]] and inspired by the [[George Orwell]] novel of the same name.
*"The Second Time", "The Last One to Leave", "Hot As Sun" and "Falling Down to Earth" on [[Elaine Paige]]'s 1981 self-titled album
*"[[All Time High]]", the theme tune for the James Bond film ''[[Octopussy]]'', written with [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]] and sung by [[Rita Coolidge]] (1983).
*"[[A Winter's Tale (David Essex song)|A Winter's Tale]]", written with [[Mike Batt]] and recorded by [[David Essex]] (1982).
*"The Fallen Priest" and "The Golden Boy" for [[Freddie Mercury]]'s 1988 album ''[[Barcelona (Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé album)|Barcelona]]''.
*"The Monkey And The Onion" with music by [[Graham Gouldman]] performed as [[10cc]] on their final album [[Mirror Mirror (10cc album)|Mirror Mirror]] (1995)
*"Warthog Rhapsody" and a reworking of "[[Hakuna Matata (song)|Hakuna Matata]]" (both written with Elton John) for ''[[Rhythm of the Pride Lands]]'' (1995).
*"That's All I Need", written with Elton John, for ''[[The Lion King 1½]]'' (2004). Snippets of songs originally written by the pair for ''[[The Lion King]]'' also feature in the film.
*"Peterloo", was requested by Sir [[Malcolm Arnold]]'s estate to write lyrics to the [[Peterloo (overture)|Peterloo Overture]] [''commemorating the horrific [[Peterloo Massacre|St Peter's Fields Massacre]] and maiming of men, women and children at a meeting in Manchester in Aug 1819'']. There was in mind to use it in 2012 for the Olympics or for the Queen's Jubilee celebrations [60 years on throne] but instead it had its premiere at the Royal Albert Hall in London at '[[The Proms#Last Night of the Proms|The Last Night of the Proms]]' on Saturday 13 September 2014 which was broadcast on BBC television.<ref>{{cite web|title=Peterloo (choral version)|url=http://www.fabermusic.com/repertoire/235d632a-4ae6-4097-97ab-0bf2e234b926|publisher=[[Faber Music]]|access-date=5 February 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206022230/http://www.fabermusic.com/repertoire/235d632a-4ae6-4097-97ab-0bf2e234b926|archive-date=6 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=White|first1=Michael|title=Last Night of the London Proms: A Sonic Potpourri|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/17/arts/music/last-night-of-the-london-proms-a-sonic-potpourri.html|access-date=5 February 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=15 September 2014}}</ref>
*"A Matter of Love" Lyrics written by Rice for Taiwanese Prince of Ballads [[Jeff Chang (singer)|Jeff Chang]] (January 2021)

==Other work==
*From 1979 to 1982, Rice was co-host of the [[BBC2]] chat show ''[[Friday Night, Saturday Morning]]''.
*Made a rare appearance in an acting role as a newscaster reporting a plane crash in the 1981 Australian horror film ''[[The Survivor (1981 film)|The Survivor]]''.
*Co-produced the 1986 London and 1988 Broadway productions of ''[[Chess (musical)|Chess]]'' as a partner in 3 Knights Ltd with [[Benny Andersson]] and [[Björn Ulvaeus]].
*Co-produced the 1989 London production of ''[[Anything Goes]]'' as a partner in Anchorage Productions with [[Elaine Paige]].
*Co-produced, with [[Andrew Powell]], Elaine Paige's 1981 self-titled album
*Occasional panellist on the [[BBC Radio 4]] panel game ''[[Just a Minute]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://just-a-minute.info/who10.html|title=Who's Who in Just A Minute!|work=just-a-minute.info}}</ref>
*Appears as host of the [[BBC Radio 2]] weekly series ''Tim Rice's American Pie'' which explores the music and musicians of each state in the USA.

==References==
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*[https://www.songhall.org/profile/Tim_Rice Tim Rice Songwriters Hall of Fame]

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