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Justus Strid
Justus Strid (born 29 April 1987) is a retired Danish figure skater. He is the 2012 Golden Spin of Zagreb bronze medalist, a three-time Nordic silver medalist, and a seven-time Danish national champion. Career Strid originally competed for Sweden. In 2004, he moved to Hørsholm, Denmark to be coached by Henrik Walentin and Julia Sandstrom. He himself began working as a coach at about the same time, teaching skating to children. He later changed coaches, deciding to work with his brother, Kalle Strid, and Martin Johansson. He lives in the center of Copenhagen and trains in Skatingclub Copenhagen (SKK). Strid began skating for Denmark in the 2007–08 season. This was after the Danish skating federation asked him to represent them. He won his first national title that season. He debuted at the European and World Championships in 2011. He did not qualify for the free skate at either event. Strid reached the free skate at the 2012 European Championships in Sheffield, England, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denmark
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Free Skating
The free skating segment of figure skating, also called the free skate and the long program, is the second of two segments of competitions, skated after the short program. Its duration, across all disciplines, is four minutes for senior skaters and teams, and three and one-half minutes for junior skaters and teams. Vocal music with lyrics is allowed for all disciplines since the 2014—2015 season. The free skating program, across all disciplines, must be well-balanced and include certain elements described and published by the International Skating Union (ISU). Overview The free skating program, also called the free skate or long program, along with the short program, is a segment of single skating, pair skating, and synchronized skating in international competitions and events for both junior and senior-level skaters.S&P/ID 2022, p. 9 The free skating program is skated after the short program. Its duration, across all disciplines, is four minutes for senior skaters and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Zimmer
Hans Florian Zimmer (; born 12 September 1957) is a German film score composer and music producer. He has won two Oscars and four Grammys, and has been nominated for two Emmys and a Tony. Zimmer was also named on the list of Top 100 Living Geniuses, published by ''The Daily Telegraph''. His works are notable for integrating electronic music sounds with traditional orchestral arrangements. Since the 1980s, Zimmer has composed music for over 150 films. His works include '' The Lion King'' (for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1995), ''Gladiator'', '' The Last Samurai'', the '' Pirates of the Caribbean'' series, ''The Dark Knight'' trilogy, '' Inception'', '' Interstellar'' and '' Dunkirk''. He won a second Academy Award for ''Dune'' in 2022. Zimmer spent the early part of his career in the United Kingdom before moving to the United States. He is the head of the film music division at DreamWorks Pictures and DreamWorks Animation studios and works w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klaus Badelt
Klaus Badelt (born 12 June 1967) is a German composer, producer, and arranger of film scores. He is known for his collaborations with Hans Zimmer, helping to write scores for dozens of critically acclaimed films including '' The Thin Red Line'', ''The Prince of Egypt'', and ''Gladiator''. Independently, he is known for his work on Hollywood blockbuster films such as '' Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Equilibrium, K-19: The Widowmaker, Basic,'' and ''TMNT,'' and for his work in French and Chinese cinema as well as a number of films by Werner Herzog. Life and career Badelt was born in Frankfurt, West Germany. He started his musical career composing for movies and commercials in his homeland. In 1998, Oscar-winning film composer Hans Zimmer invited Badelt to work at Media Ventures in Santa Monica, California, his studio co-owned by Jay Rifkin. Since then, Badelt has been working on a number of his own film and television projects such as ''The Time Machin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirates Of The Caribbean (film Series)
''Pirates of the Caribbean'' is an American fantasy supernatural swashbuckler film series produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and based on Walt Disney's theme park attraction of the same name. The film series serves as a major component of the eponymous media franchise. Directors of the series include Gore Verbinski (films 1–3), Rob Marshall (4), Joachim Rønning (5–6), and Espen Sandberg (5). The series is primarily written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio (1–4); other writers include Stuart Beattie (1), Jay Wolpert (1), Jeff Nathanson (5), and Craig Mazin (6). The stories follow the adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), Will Turner ( Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann ( Keira Knightley), with Hector Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) and Joshamee Gibbs ( Kevin McNally) following over the course of the films. Other characters featured in the original trilogy include James Norrington ( Jack Davenport), Pintel ( Lee Arenberg), Ragetti ( Mackenzie Crook), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Gregson-Williams
Harry Gregson-Williams (born 13 December 1961) is a British composer, conductor, orchestrator, and record producer. He has composed music for video games, television and films including the ''Metal Gear'' series, ''Spy Game'', '' Phone Booth'', '' Man on Fire'', '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'', '' Déjà Vu'', '' X-Men Origins: Wolverine'', '' The Martian'', ''Antz'', '' The Tigger Movie'', '' Chicken Run'', the ''Shrek'' franchise, '' Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas'', ''Flushed Away'', '' Arthur Christmas'', '' Early Man'', and ''Catch-22''. He is the older brother of composer Rupert Gregson-Williams. Education Gregson-Williams won a musical scholarship to St John's College School in Cambridge at the age of seven. He was a child chorister at the school and later attended Stowe School, a boarding independent school in the civil parish of Stowe in Buckinghamshire, where he was a music scholar. He next went to the Guildhall School of Musi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sands Of Time (film)
Sands of time may refer to: *Sands of time (idiom), a figurative expression in the English language relating the passage of time to the sand in an hourglass. Music albums * ''Sands of Time'' (Jay and the Americans album), a 1969 album by Jay and the Americans * ''Sands of Time'' (S.O.S. Band album), a 1986 R&B album by the S.O.S. Band * ''Sands of Time'' (EP), the 2002 debut EP by Black Majesty * ''Sands of Time'' (Black Majesty album), a 2003 power metal album by Black Majesty *''Sands of Time'', a 2003 hardcore album by Born from Pain *''Sands of Time'' (Clive Palmer album), a 2004 album by Clive Palmer * ''Sands of Time'' (Nothing's Carved in Stone album), a 2010 rock album by Nothing's Carved in Stone Songs and music *"Sands of Time", a song from Fleetwood Mac's 1971 album ''Future Games'' *"Sands of Time", a 1972 song by Vodka Collins *"Sands of Time", a song from Edguy's 2000 album ''The Savage Poetry'' *"Sands of Time", a song from Wayne Hancock's 2001 album, ''A-Town Blue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Bublé
Michael Steven Bublé ( ; born September 9, 1975) is a Canadian singer. A four-time Grammy Award winner, he is often credited for helping to renew public interest and appreciation for traditional pop standards and the Great American Songbook. His musical influences include Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Bennett, Nat King Cole, Bobby Darin, and Elvis Presley, and Sam Cooke. In 2003, Bublé's first album reached the top ten in Canada and the United Kingdom. He found a worldwide audience with his 2005 album '' It's Time'' and his 2007 album '' Call Me Irresponsible'' – which reached number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, the UK Albums Chart, the US ''Billboard'' 200, the Australian ARIA Albums Chart and several European charts. His 2009 album '' Crazy Love'' debuted at number one on the US ''Billboard'' 200 after three days of sales, and remained there for two weeks. It was also his fourth number one album on ''Billboard'''s Top Jazz Albums cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Vie En Rose
"La Vie en rose" (; ) is the signature song of popular French singer Édith Piaf, written in 1945, popularized in 1946, and released as a single in 1947. The song became very popular in the US in 1950, when seven versions reached the ''Billboard'' charts. These recordings were made by Tony Martin, Paul Weston, Bing Crosby (recorded June 22, 1950), Ralph Flanagan, Victor Young, Dean Martin, and Louis Armstrong. A version in 1977 by Grace Jones was also a successful international hit. "La Vie en rose" has been covered by many other artists over the years, including a 1977 version by Bette Midler, a 1993 version by Donna Summer, a 2018 version by Lady Gaga, and a 2019 version by Lucy Dacus. Harry James also recorded a version in 1950. Bing Crosby recorded the song again for his 1953 album '' Le Bing: Song Hits of Paris''. Background and release The song's title can be translated as "Life in happy hues", "Life seen through rose-colored glasses", or "Life in rosy hues"; its lite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicola Piovani
Nicola Piovani (born 26 May 1946) is an Italian light-classical musician, theater and film score composer, and winner of the 1998 Best Original Dramatic Score Oscar for the score of the Roberto Benigni film ''La Vita è bella'', better known to English-speaking audiences as ''Life Is Beautiful''. Biography After high school, Piovani enrolled at the Sapienza University of Rome, receiving his degree in piano from the Verdi Conservatory in Milan in 1967, and later studied orchestration under the Greek composer Manos Hadjidakis. In 1971 and 1973 collaborated for the music of two albums of the songwriter Fabrizio De André: '' Storia di un impiegato'' and ''Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo''. In 2008, after De André departure, Piovani wrote the music for the film '' Amore che vieni, amore che vai'', inspired by a novel of De André himself, '' Un destino ridicolo''. Among his more popular works is the score for the Federico Fellini film ''Intervista'', his second of thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claude-Michel Schönberg
Claude-Michel Schönberg (born 6 July 1944, in Vannes) is a French record producer, actor, singer, songwriter, and musical theatre composer, best known for his collaborations with lyricist Alain Boublil. Major works include ''La Révolution Française'' (1973), ''Les Misérables'' (1980), ''Miss Saigon'' (1989), ''Martin Guerre'' (1996), ''The Pirate Queen'' (2006), and '' Marguerite'' (2008). Career Early career Schönberg began his career as a record producer and a singer. He wrote most of the music for the French musical and rock opera ''La Révolution Française'', France's first rock opera, in 1973. He played the role of King Louis XVI in the show's production that year. In 1974 he wrote the music and the lyrics of the song "Le Premier Pas", which became the number one hit in France that year, selling over one million copies. Le Premier Pas was produced by Franck Pourcel. That year he also wrote a French version of the ABBA song " Waterloo", which was recorded by the group. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Misérables (musical)
''Les Misérables'' ( , ), colloquially known as ''Les Mis'' or ''Les Miz'' ( ), is a sung-through musical and an adaptation of Victor Hugo's 1862 novel of the same name, by Claude-Michel Schönberg (music), Alain Boublil, Jean-Marc Natel (original French lyrics) and Herbert Kretzmer (English lyrics). The original French musical premiered in Paris in 1980 with direction by Robert Hossein. Its English-language adaptation by producer Cameron Mackintosh has been running in London since October 1985, making it the longest-running musical in the West End and the second longest-running musical in the world after the original Off-Broadway run of '' The Fantasticks''. Set in early 19th-century France, ''Les Misérables'' is the story of Jean Valjean, a French peasant, and his desire for redemption, released in 1815 after serving nineteen years in jail for stealing a loaf of bread for his sister's starving child. Valjean decides to break his parole and start his life anew after a b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
