{"id":107734,"date":"2021-10-20T11:28:54","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T16:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=107734"},"modified":"2021-10-20T11:29:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T16:29:17","slug":"famed-composer-leslie-bricusse-dies-at-90-entertainment-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=107734","title":{"rendered":"Famed Composer Leslie Bricusse Dies at 90- Entertainment News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1545664804358300\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"8616314829\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=107734\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=107734\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-107735 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4016-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4016-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4016-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4016-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4016-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/4016.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Geoffrey Huchel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cIf you want to view paradise Simply look around and view it Anything you want to, do it Want to change the world, there\u2019s nothing to it.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Those famous lyrics, featured in the song \u201cPure Imagination\u201d were famously sung by the legendary Gene Wilder as \u201cWilly Wonka\u201d in the 1971 classic WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. \u201cPure Imagination\u201d, was written by award-winning British composer Leslie Bricusse, and is one of several songs written by Bricusse that is featured in the film. Bricusse passed away October 19, 2021, in Saint-Paul-de-Venice, France. The cause of death was not disclosed. He was 90 years old. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Bricusse\u2019s works have been featured in film, TV and stage productions for decades, including STOP THE WORLD- I WANT TO GET OFF (1961), THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT- THE SMELL OF THE CROWD (1965), DOCTOR DOLITTLE (1967), GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS (1969), SCROOGE (1970), PETER PAN (1976), VICTOR VICTORIA (1982 film production), BABES IN TOYLAND (1986), SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE MUSICAL (1989), HOOK (1991), and VICTOR\/VICTORIA (1995 Broadway production). Bricusse also wrote the songs \u201cGoldfinger\u201d and \u201cYou Only Live Twice\u201d for the James Bond films of the same name.<\/p>\n<p>Bricusse\u2019s song \u201cTalk to the Animals\u201d from DOCTOR DOLITTLE earned him an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1968. Bricusse also earned the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1963 for \u201cWhat Kind of Fool Am I?\u201d for the film STOP THE WORLD-I WANT TO GET OFF.<\/p>\n<p>Ringside Report sends our condolences to Leslie Bricusse\u2019s family during their time of grief.<\/p>\n<p>[si-contact-form form=&#8217;2&#8242;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Geoffrey Huchel \u201cIf you want to view paradise Simply look around and view it Anything you want to, do it Want to change the world, there\u2019s nothing to it.\u201d Those famous lyrics, featured in the song \u201cPure Imagination\u201d were famously sung by the legendary Gene Wilder as \u201cWilly Wonka\u201d in the 1971 classic WILLY [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17984],"tags":[27655],"class_list":["post-107734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment-news","tag-famed-composer-leslie-bricusse-dies-at-90-entertainment-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107734"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}