Leslie Bricusse Autograph

Leslie Bricusse OBE (/ˈbrɪkəs/; 29 January 1931 – 19 October 2021) was a British composer, lyricist, and playwright who worked on theatre musicals and wrote theme music for films. He was best known for writing the music and lyrics for the films Doctor Dolittle, Goodbye, Mr. Chips, Scrooge, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Tom and Jerry: The Movie, the songs "Goldfinger", "You Only Live Twice", "Can You Read My Mind (Love Theme)" (with John Williams) from Superman, and "Le Jazz Hot!" with Henry Mancini from Victor/Victoria. More about Leslie Bricusse

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Born in Pinner, Middlesex, now the London Borough of Harrow, Bricusse was educated at University College School in London and then at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. While at Cambridge, he was Secretary of Footlights between 1952 and 1953 and Footlights President during the following year. It was during his college drama career that he began working for Beatrice Lillie.

In the 1960s and 1970s, Bricusse enjoyed a fruitful partnership with Anthony Newley. They wrote the musical Stop the World – I Want to Get Off (1961), which was the basis of a 1966 film version. Also in collaboration with Newley, Bricusse wrote the show The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd (1965) and music for the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971), based on the children's book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl. For the latter, they received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song Score. When he collaborated with Newley, the two men referred to themselves as the team of "Brickman and Newburg", with "Newburg" concentrating mainly on the music and "Brickman" on the lyrics. Ian Fraser often did their arrangements. Read even more about Leslie Bricusse at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Leslie Bricusse

The most expensive item with a signature of Leslie Bricusse (Leslie Bricusse composer lyricist signed autographed photo You Only Live Twice) was sold in February 2021 for $90.00 while the cheapest item (LESLIE BRICUSSE (+) 007 JAMES BOND AUTOGRAPH LYRICS WRITER YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE) found a new owner for $1.00 in November 2022. The month with the most items sold (4) was February 2022 with an average selling price of $3.60 for an autographed item of Leslie Bricusse. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2021 with $90.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.77 was November 2022. In average, an autographed item from Leslie Bricusse is worth $5.50.

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thumbnailLESLIE BRICUSSE (+) 007 JAMES BOND AUTOGRAPH LYRICS WRITER YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE$5.50logo
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thumbnailLESLIE BRICUSSE (+) 007 JAMES BOND AUTOGRAPH LYRICS WRITER YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE$10.50logo
thumbnailLeslie Bricusse Autographed Hand Signed 3x5 Paper Willy Wonka Scrooge$29.99logo
thumbnailLESLIE BRICUSSE GOLDFINGER WILLIY WONKA MUSIC hand signed autographed 8X10 photo$20.00logo