"""universal acclaim"". ""Shine"" grossed $35,892,330 in the United States and Canada. The film also grossed $10,187,418 at the box office in Australia. Shine (film) Shine is a 1996 Australian biographical drama film based on the life of pianist David Helfgott, who suffered a mental breakdown and spent years in institutions. It stars Geoffrey Rush, Lynn Redgrave, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Noah Taylor, John Gielgud, Googie Withers, Justin Braine, Sonia Todd, Nicholas Bell, Chris Haywood and Alex Rafalowicz. The screenplay was written by Jan Sardi, and directed by Scott Hicks. The film made its US premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. In 1997,"
"BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice Movie Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for a single performance in film for his performance as piano prodigy David Helfgott in ""Shine"" (1996). Rush was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, the son of Merle (Bischof), a department store sales assistant, and Roy Baden Rush, an accountant for the Royal Australian Air Force. His father was of English, Irish, and Scottish ancestry, and his mother was of German descent. His parents divorced when he was five, and his mother subsequently took him to live with her parents in suburban Brisbane. Before he began his"
"Geoffrey Rush Geoffrey Roy Rush, (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor. Rush is amongst 24 people who have won the Triple Crown of Acting: an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award. He has won one Academy Award for acting (of four nominations), three British Academy Film Awards (of five nominations), two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Rush is the founding President of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts and was named the 2012 Australian of the Year. He is also the first actor to win the Academy Award,"
"old-style phonograph horn, an oversized model brain in a jar, a set of brass horns, and a working popcorn popper. The 2015 R40 tour combined several of these elements together, with the exception of the chicken ovens used on the ""Snakes and Arrows"" tour. Geddy Lee Geddy Lee Weinrib, (born Gary Lee Weinrib; July 29, 1953), known professionally as Geddy Lee, is a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Canadian rock group Rush. Lee joined what would become Rush in September 1968, at the request of his childhood friend Alex"
"Los Angeles, California; to Jackson, Mississippi. He appears in the 2015 documentary film ""I Am the Blues"". Rush received recognition for his music after the release of his 22nd album, ""Rush"", when he was awarded ""Best Male Soul Blues Artist"" at the Blues Music Awards. He also received ""best acoustic artist"" and ""best acoustic album"" for his album ""Raw"". His album ""Hoochie Mama"" was nominated for a Grammy award in the blues music category in 2000. Rush has been awarded 17 blues music awards in his lifetime, and in 2006 he was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. In"
"He has also worked as an actor in many productions with directors including Geoffrey Rush and Jim Sharman. His debut solo album, ""Feet Lift Off The Ground"", blends music of different eras using Renaissance music for melodic inspiration. It also features Geoffrey Rush on several tracks reading poems that Rae has set to music. Rae has won the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the Australian Performing Rights Association (APRA), the Film Critics Circle of Australia (FCC) and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) awards. He has also won a CLIO (New York) for his work in advertising. Most recently, Rae"
"Loren Rush Loren Rush (born August 23, 1935) is a U.S. composer. His works include the drone piece ""Hard Music"" (1970) for three amplified pianos. The piece features no melodic figuration but rather clouds created by only one note, the low D above cello C, repeated quickly enough by each player to be heard as nearly continuous. The surface results from the composite rhythms of percussive attacks and the interplay of partials brought out through the rhythms and fortissimo dynamics. The fifth through the ninth partials are particularly easy to hear and the louder passages feature higher partials. In 1957,"
"15 February 2017. Rush (William Singe song) ""Rush"" is the debut single by Australian singer, songwriter, and producer William Singe, released on 3 February 2017 by RCA Records. Singe co-wrote and co-produced the song. The song samples ""Crush"" by Jennifer Paige. In 2012, Singe auditioned for the fourth season of ""The X Factor Australia"". Initially as a soloist, the judges placed him with Trent Bell, Julian De Vizio, Zach Russell and Jayden Sierra and together they formed The Collective. The Collective went on to finish in third place, but signed with Sony Music Australia two days after. Between 2012 and"
"Bobby Rush (musician) Bobby Rush (born November 10, 1933) is a Grammy Award Winning American blues musician, composer and singer. His style incorporates elements of blues, rap and funk. Born Emmett Ellis, Jr. in Homer, Louisiana, Rush was the son of Emmett and Mattie Ellis. His father was a pastor whose guitar and harmonica playing provided early musical influences. As a young child he began experimenting with music using a sugarcane syrup bucket and a broom-wire diddley bow. Around 1947, he and the family moved to Pine Bluff, Arkansas, where his father took on the pastorate of a church. It"
"2017 Rush won Blues Music Awards for Album of the Year for ""Porcupine Meat"" and for Historical Album of the Year for ""Chicken Heads: A 50-Year History of Bobby Rush."" These were the eleventh and twelfth Blues Music Awards Rush has been awarded by the Blues Foundation during his career. In 2018, a remix of Rush's song ""Funk O'De Funk"" by American electronic music duo Smle was nominated for Best Remixed Recording at the 60th Grammy Awards. The rendition lost to Latroit's remix of Depeche Mode's ""You Move"". Bobby Rush (musician) Bobby Rush (born November 10, 1933) is a Grammy"
"""Who Do You Think You Are?"" and the ITV series ""Long Lost Family"". Many productions have been nominated for BAFTAs. In 2016 his score to was nominated for an RTS Award for best score. He also scored a film 'Revolution a new art for a new world'. Edmund Jolliffe Edmund Jolliffe is a British composer of contemporary classical and commercial music. He has written extensively for television and has also written much music for the concert hall. His catalogue includes many choral works, chamber and vocal works and solo instrumental works. In 2007 his organ piece ""Quiet Rush"" was picked"
"Center for Higher Education Enterprise (CHEE), a multi-million dollar research and policy center, founded by former OSU President E. Gordon Gee. He is a cousin of William Thomas ""Billy"" Strayhorn, the famed American jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger, best known for his successful collaborations with composer Duke Ellington such as ""Take the 'A' Train"", ""Chelsea Bridge"", and ""Lush Life."" Strayhorn is a native of Virginia Beach, Virginia. He was educated in the Virginia Beach Public Schools system and graduated with high honors from Kempsville High School. In high school, Strayhorn was photographer for the school's yearbook, starred as “Oliver"
"music in thriller/suspense film genres also including references to radio dramas and other media. The episode was called ""Unsettling Scores"" and premiered on the program called Inside the Music. Shore is married to Elizabeth Cotnoir, a writer, producer and documentary filmmaker. He has a daughter, Mae. He is the uncle of film composer Ryan Shore. As of 2004, Shore lives in Tuxedo Park, New York. Shore has received four Academy Award nominations, winning three, two for Best Original Score, for """" (2001), and """" (2003). He also won the Oscar for Best Original Song for ""Into the West"" from ""The"
"Rush (band) Rush was a Canadian rock band made up of Geddy Lee (bass, vocals, keyboards), Alex Lifeson (guitars), and Neil Peart (drums, percussion, lyrics). Formed in 1968, the band went through several configurations until arriving at its longest and most popular line-up when Peart replaced original drummer John Rutsey in July 1974, two weeks before the group's first tour of the United States. Rush is known for its musicianship, complex compositions, and eclectic lyrical motifs drawing heavily on science fiction, fantasy, and philosophy. The band's musical style has changed several times over the years, from a blues-inspired hard rock"
"Sam, whose music, steeped in R&B, heralded a new era for Chicago blues."" Otis Rush Otis Rush Jr. (April 29, 1934 – September 29, 2018) was an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter. His distinctive guitar style featured a slow-burning sound and long bent notes. With qualities similar to the styles of other 1950s artists Magic Sam and Buddy Guy, his sound became known as West Side Chicago blues and was an influence on many musicians, including Michael Bloomfield, Peter Green and Eric Clapton. Rush was left-handed and strummed with his left hand while fretting with his right. His guitars, however,"
"and featuring Rock n' Roll Hall of Famer Dr. John. In July 2014, Rush performed with Dan Aykroyd one of James Brown's songs on ""The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon"". In 2015, Rush won two Blues Music Awards in the 'Soul Blues Male Artist' and 'B.B. King Entertainer of the Year' categories. On June 6, 2015 Rush was inducted into the Official Rhythm & Blues Music Hall of Fame in Clarksdale, MS. On February 12, 2017, at the age of 83, Rush won his first Grammy Award, in the category Best Traditional Blues Album, for ""Porcupine Meat"". On May 11,"
"Rusty Magee Benjamin Rush ""Rusty"" Magee (August 6, 1955 – February 16, 2003) was an accomplished comedian, actor and composer/lyricist for theatre, television, film and commercials. Magee was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Dr. Kenneth Raymond Magee and Bettie Morris Magee. He was raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, along with his three brothers. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy. In 1973, he received his bachelor's degree in music at Brown University in 1978 and was awarded an honorary Masters of Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama after working there for three years as Musical Consultant for"
"he formed an improvisation group with Terry Riley, Pauline Oliveros, Robert Erickson, and Bill Butler with a focus an aleatoric and improvisational techniques. Loren Rush Loren Rush (born August 23, 1935) is a U.S. composer. His works include the drone piece ""Hard Music"" (1970) for three amplified pianos. The piece features no melodic figuration but rather clouds created by only one note, the low D above cello C, repeated quickly enough by each player to be heard as nearly continuous. The surface results from the composite rhythms of percussive attacks and the interplay of partials brought out through the rhythms"
"Geddy Lee Geddy Lee Weinrib, (born Gary Lee Weinrib; July 29, 1953), known professionally as Geddy Lee, is a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Canadian rock group Rush. Lee joined what would become Rush in September 1968, at the request of his childhood friend Alex Lifeson, replacing original bassist and frontman Jeff Jones. Lee's first solo effort, ""My Favourite Headache"", was released in 2000. An award-winning musician, Lee's style, technique, and skill on the bass guitar have inspired many rock musicians such as Cliff Burton of Metallica, Steve Harris"
"Ryan Shore Ryan Shore (born 29 December 1974 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian composer, songwriter, conductor, and music director for film, television, virtual reality, records, games, concerts, and theater. He is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music. Shore was Assistant Music Director and Contributing Composer / Arranger / Orchestrator for the 87th Academy Awards, where he worked with artists Lady Gaga, John Legend, Adam Levine, Anna Kendrick, Common, Tim McGraw, Jack Black, Neil Patrick Harris, and Jennifer Hudson. Shore’s composing credits include Star Wars: Forces of Destiny (Lucasfilm), Julie's Greenroom (Netflix) starring Julie Andrews with all"
"Bobby Crush Robert Nicholas ""Bobby"" Crush (born 23 March 1954) is an English pianist, songwriter, actor and television presenter, originally from Leyton in East London. Bobby Crush first came to public attention after six winning appearances on Hughie Green's British ITV talent show, ""Opportunity Knocks"", in 1972. He received the Variety Club of Great Britain award for 'Best New Artist' of 1972. He recorded for the Philips label in the UK and his recordings were produced by Norman Newell, who had previously worked with Shirley Bassey, Judy Garland, Johnny Mathis and Bobby's role model, Russ Conway. At the age of"
"Geoff Tate Geoff Tate (born Jeffrey Wayne Tate, January 14, 1959; he later changed his first name to Geoffery or Geoffrey) is a German-born American singer and musician. He rose to fame with the progressive metal band Queensrÿche, who had commercial success with their 1988 album """" and 1990 album ""Empire"". Tate is ranked fourteenth on ""Hit Parader""s list of the 100 Greatest Metal Vocalists of All Time. He was voted No. 2 on ""That Metal Show's"" top 5 hard rock vocalists of the 1980s. In 2012, he won the Vegas Rocks! Magazine Music Award for ""Voice in Progressive Heavy"
"Richard Rush (director) Richard Rush (born April 15, 1929 in New York, New York) is an American film director, scriptwriter, and producer. He is best known for the Oscar-nominated ""The Stunt Man"". His other works, however, have been less celebrated. The next best-known of his films is ""Color of Night"" — the film won a Golden Raspberry Award as the worst film of 1994, but ""Maxim"" magazine also singled the film out as having the Best Sex Scene in film history. Rush also directed ""Freebie and the Bean"", an over-the-top police buddy comedy/drama starring Alan Arkin and James Caan. He"
"is the nephew of film composer Howard Shore. <br> Ryan Shore is a certified private pilot. Ryan Shore Ryan Shore (born 29 December 1974 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian composer, songwriter, conductor, and music director for film, television, virtual reality, records, games, concerts, and theater. He is a graduate of the Berklee College of Music. Shore was Assistant Music Director and Contributing Composer / Arranger / Orchestrator for the 87th Academy Awards, where he worked with artists Lady Gaga, John Legend, Adam Levine, Anna Kendrick, Common, Tim McGraw, Jack Black, Neil Patrick Harris, and Jennifer Hudson. Shore’s composing"
"Dexter Allen. 2004's ""FolkFunk"" was a return to a more rootsier sound, featuring guitarist Alvin Youngblood Hart. He appeared in the film, ""The Road to Memphis"" which is part of the series ""The Blues"", produced by Martin Scorsese. As a result of the Scorsese film, ""Rolling Stone"" magazine named him ""'King of the Chitlin' Circuit' because of his 50 years of relentless touring and colorful live show."" Rush was also a judge for the second annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers. He also performed at the White House along with James Brown when Bill Clinton went into"
"Gruff Rhys Gruffudd Maredudd Bowen Rhys (; born 18 July 1970 in Haverfordwest) is a Welsh musician, composer, producer, filmmaker and author. He performs solo and with several bands, including Super Furry Animals who obtained mainstream success in the 1990s. He formed the electro-pop outfit Neon Neon with Boom Bip. Their album ""Stainless Style"" was nominated for the 2008 Nationwide Mercury Prize. He won the 2011 Welsh Music Prize for his album ""Hotel Shampoo"", which was followed up by ""American Interior"" in 2014, accompanied by a film, a book and a mobile app. His most recent album ""Babelsberg"" was released"
"Billy Rush Masters Billy Rush Masters (September 15, 1950 – July 2, 1981) was an American composer, and rock guitarist. He is best known as a songwriter and founding member of the pioneering Jesus music and contemporary Christian music band, The Archers between 1970 and 1977. His hits included “God’s Love,” “Thank You Lord Jesus,” “Music (He Brings A New Song),” “Brand New Day,” and “Fresh Surrender,” which was nominated for a GMA Dove Award in 1977. He was born William Rush Masters at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas to Allan Rush Masters an aerospace engineer and Marjorie Suzanne"
"Rush discography Rush was a Canadian progressive rock band originally formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. For the overwhelming majority of its existence, the band has consisted of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. The band achieved this definitive form when Neil Peart replaced original drummer, John Rutsey, in July 1974. The band released its eponymous debut album in March 1974. Since then, they have achieved 24 gold records and 14 platinum (3 multi-platinum) records. According to the RIAA, Rush's sales statistics also place them"
"current building was designed by Alfred Wells and constructed in 1883; it included civic offices and a banqueting hall to service the growing town. The Town Hall Clock is a local landmark. The Town Hall's concert hall featured in the film ""Shine"" with Geoffrey Rush playing the role of the pianist David Helfgott; who is seen in the movie playing Franz Liszt. The Bösendorfer grand piano loaned by the Australian Society of Keyboard Music had to be winched up to the first floor hall. The piano is now stored in the Pilgrim Church, Flinders Street in Adelaide, where it is"
"theme, a simple alternating pattern of two notes, E and F, became a classic piece of suspense music, synonymous with approaching danger. Williams described the theme as having the ""effect of grinding away at you, just as a shark would do, instinctual, relentless, unstoppable."" When the piece was first played for Spielberg, he was said to have laughed at Williams, thinking that it was a joke. Spielberg later said that without Williams' score the film would have been only half as successful, and Williams acknowledges that the score jumpstarted his career. Williams won an Academy Award for Original Music Score"
"of the Order of Canada on May 9, 1996. The trio was the first rock band to be so honoured, as a group. Peart was inducted into the Canadian Songwriter Hall of Fame along with Lifeson and Lee. On April 18, 2013, Rush was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Neil Peart Neil Ellwood Peart, (; born September 12, 1952), is a Canadian author and retired musician, best known as the drummer and primary lyricist for the rock band Rush. Peart has received numerous awards for his musical performances, including an induction into the ""Modern Drummer"" Hall"
"Gershwin Songbook CD. In October 2016, he will be one of the recipients of the Golden Jubilee Award, for his services to music. Wayne Marshall was born in Oldham, Lancashire, to parents originally from Barbados. He was educated at Chetham's School of Music, Manchester, the Royal College of Music, and the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna. Wayne Marshall has recorded 21 studio albums over a musical career spanning more than two decades. Wayne Marshall (classical musician) Wayne Marshall (born 13 January 1961) is an English pianist, organist, and conductor. He is Chief Conductor of WDR Funkhausorchester in Cologne, Germany, and"
"of his films. He was a perfectionist, and his financial independence enabled him to spend years on the development and production of a picture. His films are characterized by slapstick combined with pathos, typified in the Tramp's struggles against adversity. Many contain social and political themes, as well as autobiographical elements. He received an Honorary Academy Award for ""the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century"" in 1972, as part of a renewed appreciation for his work. He continues to be held in high regard, with ""The Gold Rush"", ""City Lights"", ""Modern"