Tim Rice Tim Rice Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is an English author and Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Emmy Award, Tony Award, and Grammy Award-winning lyricist. He is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat", "Jesus Christ Superstar", and "Evita"; with Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson of ABBA, with whom he wrote "Chess"; for additional songs for the 2011 West End revival of "The Wizard of Oz"; and for his work with Alan Menken on Disney's "Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast", and the musical "King
Variations (Andrew Lloyd Webber album) for its theme tune. In "Lloyd Webber's adaptation" of the film "School of Rock" (2003) to the West End, Dewey Finn and Ned Schneebly play Guitar Hero to the audience on an imaginary TV screen, and the "Variations" album is played. In addition, the chorus of the song "Stick it to the Man" is based on a note sequence from "Variation 14". Variations (Andrew Lloyd Webber album) Variations is a classical and rock fusion album. The music was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and performed by his younger brother, the cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. The Lloyd Webber brothers were always