Duncan Sheik (born November 18, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Sheik is known for his 1996 debut single "

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", which earned him a

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nomination for

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. He has composed music for motion pictures and Broadway musicals, winning the 2007

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for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations for his work on the musical '' Spring Awakening''.

Early life

Sheik is a native of

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. Following his parents' divorce, he split time between his father's house in New Jersey and his mother's home in South Carolina. He is the half-brother of Broadway actress Kacie Sheik. Sheik's

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-trained grandmother introduced him to the piano, and he later took up the electric guitar. By age 12, he was playing guitar with high school students in a cover band. After graduating from

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in 1988, Sheik studied

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; while at Brown, he played guitar in a band with fellow Brown student

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. Following his graduation from Brown in 1992, he moved to Los Angeles.

Career

Early in his musical career, Sheik played guitar for other artists, including

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(with

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and

). Sheik also played on His Boy Elroy's 1993 album through his connections from a fellow Brown alum,

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Singer-songwriter

In 1996, Sheik released his self-titled debut album, which was certified gold. The album featured the hit single "

", which peaked at number 16 and remained on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for 55 consecutive weeks. "Barely Breathing" also enjoyed Top 20 success on Adult Contemporary radio, reached No. 2 on the Adult Top 40 charts, and garnered Sheik a

nomination for

. In 1998, Sheik recorded "Embraceable You" for ''

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'', a

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tribute to increase AIDS awareness, and also recorded "Songbird" for another tribute, ''Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours''. Also in 1998, Sheik released ''

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'', an experimental follow-up with string arrangements. Sheik sang a duet with singer Howard Jones on Jones' 2000 single entitled ''Someone You Need''. Sheik released '' Phantom Moon'', a

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-influenced album on which he collaborated with poet and writer

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, in 2001. The following year, Sheik released ''

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'', a brighter, more modern-sounding album which included the singles, "

On A High "On a High" is a song written and recorded by singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik and released as the first single from his album ''Daylight''. A female cover of "On a High" can be heard in the commercials for the TV movie '' Queen Sized'', sung by Ni ...

" and "Half-Life". After a four-year recording break, Sheik released ''

White Limousine ''White Limousine'' is the fifth album by American singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik. It was released on Zoë Records in 2006. Details The album was more political in nature, particularly in the singles "White Limousine" and "Shopping". The album ...

'' (2006), an album which included companion software on a

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to remix individual tracks. In 2008, Sheik was a judge at the 7th annual Independent Music Awards. In 2009 he released '' Whisper House'', a concept album which provided the score for the musical of the same name. The stage musical premiered at

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in San Diego in January 2010, after a workshop at

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, produced by

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in 2009.Rothstein, Mervyn (January 20, 2010)
"A Ghostly Awakening: Duncan Sheik's ''Whisper House''"
''Playbill''. In 2011, Sheik released '' Covers 80's'', an album including covers of popular 1980s songs. Concert dates in support of the album were later canceled due to Sheik seeking treatment for alcohol addiction. A remixed version of the album was released the following year. Sheik released a new studio album entitled ''

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'' in October 2015.

Composer

In addition to being a singer-songwriter, Sheik has also composed music for plays, musicals, and movie soundtracks. He composed original music for the 2002

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production of ''

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''. In 2004, he composed the score for the film '' A Home at the End of the World''. The ''AllMusic'' reviewer wrote: "...takes the sensitivity and tension of the film's plot and crafts incidental music and new songs that complement the movie well." He composed the score for the 2005 film '' Through the Fire'' with Pete Miser. Sheik wrote the music for '' Spring Awakening'' (2006) in collaboration with

. Written over a period of eight years, the musical, which premiered off-Broadway during the summer, opened on Broadway to critical acclaim later in the fall. The musical was based on the controversial German

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play '' The Awakening of Spring'', written by

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. Sheik won the 2006

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for his work on ''Spring Awakening'', and he and Sater won a

Tony Award for Best Original Score The Tony Award for Best Original Score is the Tony Award given to the composers and lyricists of the best original score written for a musical or play in that year. The score consists of music and/or lyrics. To be eligible, a score must be written ...

. In addition, ''Spring Awakening'' won the

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and a

for Best Musical Show Album. The guitar that Sheik used to compose songs for ''Spring Awakening'' was displayed at the

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for the Performing Arts at

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. As of 2012, Sheik was composing music for a feature-film adaptation of ''Spring Awakening'', an adaptation almost a decade in the making. In 2012, Sheik wrote ''

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'', an adaptation of

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's ''

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'', along with collaborator Sater. Directed by Jessie Nelson with musical direction by Lance Horne, the musical was workshopped at the

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and commissioned by the

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. Sheik wrote the music and lyrics to the 2013 musical adaptation of ''

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'', which opened at the

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in London, and was later staged on Broadway in 2016. In 2013, Sheik wrote the music for the musical adaptation of the novel ''

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'', which premiered at the Arkansas Repertory Theatre. ''Dixie'' was a collaboration with then-director

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and

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, who wrote the book and lyrics. The musical ran at the

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, East Haddam, Connecticut from July 2019 to September 2019, directed by

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. In 2015, Sheik wrote the musical thriller ''Noir'' with

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. It premiered as part of New York Stage and Film's season in July to August 2015 at the

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at Vassar College. Inspired by live radio plays and classic film noir, the musical was directed by Rachel Chavkin. In 2016 he prepared the music for the

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(Washington, D.C.) production of ''

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'', described in ''The Washington Post'' as "an assortment of preexisting songs by singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik".Marks, Peter (May 25, 2016)
"Shakespeare Theatre Company’s ‘Shrew’: An all-male muddle"
''Washington Post''.

Other work

Sheik produced singer-songwriter Micah Green's 2000 debut album as well as his 2012 follow-up. In 2000, Sheik wrote the foreword to ''The Way of Youth: Buddhist Common Sense for Handling Life's Questions'', by

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leader

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. In 2006, Sheik recorded the song "A Purple Trail" for ''Other Songs and Dances, Vol. 1''. In 2008, Sheik participated in '' Songs for Tibet: The Art of Peace'', an initiative to support

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, and

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Personal life

Concert dates in support of Sheik's 2011 album ''Covers 80's'' were canceled when Sheik sought treatment for alcohol use disorder. In a message to fans on his

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blog, Sheik noted that he had entered a treatment center on the same day his latest album was released and had told his staff, "My record is coming ''out'' and I’m checking ''in''." Sheik has a daughter with his girlfriend, model

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. Sheik practices

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and is a member of the US branch of the worldwide Buddhist association

Awards and nominations

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Discography

Albums

Studio albums

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Live albums

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Remix albums

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Compilation albums

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Extended plays

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Singles

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On a High "On a High" is a song written and recorded by singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik and released as the first single from his album ''Daylight''. A female cover of "On a High" can be heard in the commercials for the TV movie '' Queen Sized'', sung by Ni ...

" , — , — , — , 21 , 1 , — , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2", ''Daylight'' , - ! scope="row", "Half-Life" , — , — , — , — , — , — , - , rowspan="2", 2005 ! scope="row", "White Limousine" , — , — , — , — , — , — , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2", ''White Limousine'' , - ! scope="row", "The Dawn's Request" , — , — , — , — , — , — , - , 2008 ! scope="row", "We're Here to Tell You" , — , — , — , — , — , — , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3", ''Whisper House'' , - , rowspan="2", 2009 ! scope="row", "Earthbound Starlight" , — , — , — , — , — , — , - ! scope="row", "Play Your Part" , — , — , — , — , — , — , - , 2012 ! scope="row", "Shout" , — , — , — , — , — , — , style="text-align:left;", ''Covers Eighties Remixed'' , - , 2013 ! scope="row", "Lay Down Your Weapons" , — , — , — , — , — , — , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3" , - , 2020 ! scope="row", "Barely Breathing 2020 'Dear 45'" , — , — , — , — , — , — , - , 2021 ! scope="row", "Better Things For Better Living"
, — , — , — , — , — , — , - , rowspan="5", 2022 ! scope="row", "Experience" , — , — , — , — , — , — , rowspan="5", ''Claptrap , - ! scope="row", "Maybe" , — , — , — , — , — , — , - ! scope="row", "Something Happening Here" , — , — , — , — , — , — , - ! scope="row", "Chimera II"
, — , — , — , — , — , — , - ! scope="row", "There's No Telling" , — , — , — , — , — , — , - , colspan="10" style="font-size:8pt", "—" denotes releases that did not chart

Stage credits

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'' – 2002 *''Nero (Another Golden Rome)'' – 2006 (San Francisco)Hetrick, Adam (November 15, 2007)
's Tam"">"Sater and Sheik's ''The Nightingale'' Tries Its Wings in NYC with ''Chorus Line'''s Tam"
''Playbill''. *'' Spring Awakening'' – 2006 *''The Nightingale'' – 2003, 2005 (workshop) 2006 (based on '' The Nightingale'') *''Whisper House'' – 2010 (

Old Globe Theatre The Old Globe is a professional theatre company in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. It produces about 15 plays and musicals annually in summer and winter seasons. Plays are performed in three separate theatres in the complex, which is collec ...

, San Diego) *''Carson McCullers Talks About Love'' (with

Suzanne Vega Suzanne Nadine Vega ( Peck; born July 11, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter of Folk music, folk-inspired music. Vega's music career spans 40 years. In the mid-1980s and 1990s she released four singles that entered the Top 40 charts in the ...

) — 2011 (Off-Broadway) *''

Alice by Heart ''Alice by Heart'' is a musical theatre, musical with music by Duncan Sheik, lyrics by Steven Sater, and a book by Sater with Jessie Nelson (filmmaker), Jessie Nelson. The musical is inspired by Lewis Carroll, Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel ''Alice's ...

'' – 2012 *''

— 2013'' *''

'' — 2016 (Washington, DC) * '' The Secret Life of Bees'' — 2019 (Atlantic Theater Company, New York), 2023 (Almeida Theatre, London)

Film and television credits

{, class="wikitable" , - ! 1996 , * "Barely Breathing", ''

Party of Five ''Party of Five'' is an American teen and family drama television series created by Christopher Keyser and Amy Lippman that originally aired on Fox from September 12, 1994, to May 3, 2000, with a total of six seasons consisting of 142 epis ...

'' * "Reasons for Living", '' ER'' , - ! 1997 , * "In the Absence of Sun", ''

The Saint The Saint may refer to: Fiction * Simon Templar, also known as "The Saint", the protagonist of a book series by Leslie Charteris and subsequent adaptations: ** ''The Saint'' (film series) (1938–1943), starring Louis Hayward, George Sanders ...

'' * "Serena", ''

Fall Autumn, also known as fall (especially in US & Canada), is one of the four temperate seasons on Earth. Outside the tropics, autumn marks the transition from summer to winter, in September (Northern Hemisphere) or March ( Southern Hemispher ...

'' , - ! 1998 , * ''

Beverly Hills 90210 ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' (often referred to as ''90210'') is an American teen drama television series created by Darren Star and produced by Aaron Spelling via his production company Spelling Television. The series ran for 10 seasons on Fo ...

'', onscreen, uncredited, episode " The Morning After" * "Wishful Thinking", ''

Great Expectations ''Great Expectations'' is the thirteenth novel by English author Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel. The novel is a bildungsroman and depicts the education of an orphan nicknamed Pip. It is Dickens' second novel, after ''Dav ...

'' , - ! 1999 , * "Alibi", ''

Teaching Mrs. Tingle ''Teaching Mrs. Tingle'' is a 1999 American teen black comedy thriller film written and directed by Kevin Williamson in his directorial debut, and starring Helen Mirren, Katie Holmes, Marisa Coughlan, Barry Watson, and Jeffrey Tambor. It fo ...

'' * "That Says It All", ''

Three to Tango ''Three to Tango'' is a 1999 romantic comedy film directed by Damon Santostefano, written by Rodney Patrick Vaccaro and Aline Brosh McKenna, and starring Matthew Perry, Neve Campbell, Dylan McDermott and Oliver Platt. Plot Architects Oscar N ...

'' , - ! 2000 , * "View from the Other Side", ''

Friends ''Friends'' is an American television sitcom created by David Crane (producer), David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting List of Friends episodes, ten seasons. With an ensemble cast ...

'' * "A Body Goes Down", ''Jeff Buckley: Goodbye and Hello'' * "Now or Never", '' Boys and Girls'' , - ! 2002 , * "On a High", ''

Birds of Prey Birds of prey or predatory birds, also known as (although not the same as) raptors, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively predation, hunt and feed on other vertebrates (mainly mammals, reptiles and smaller birds). In addition to speed ...

'' , - ! 2003 , * "Half Life", '' What a Girl Wants'' * " Beyond the Sea" (performed as

Bobby Darin Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor who performed Pop music, pop, Swing music, swing, Folk music, folk, rock and roll, and country music. Darin started ...

), ''

American Dreams ''American Dreams'' is an American drama television series that ran on NBC for three seasons and 61 episodes, from September 29, 2002, to March 30, 2005. The show tells the story of the Pryor family of Philadelphia during the mid-1960s, with m ...

'' , - ! 2004 , * "Something Somewhere"/"There's a Home", '' A Home at the End of the World'' , - ! 2005 , * "I Am a Pilgrim", '' Transamerica'' , - ! 2007 , * "Barely Breathing", ''

Cold Case ''Cold Case'' is an American police procedural crime drama television series. It ran on CBS from September 28, 2003, to May 2, 2010. The series revolved around a fictionalized Philadelphia Police Department division that specializes in invest ...

'' * "I Wouldn't Mind"/"As Shadows Do", ''

The Cake Eaters ''The Cake Eaters'' is a 2007 American independent drama film about two small-town families who must confront old issues with the return of one family's son. The film was directed by Mary Stuart Masterson (in her feature film directorial debut), ...

'' , - ! 2010 , * "Mama Who Bore Me", '' 90210'' , - ! 2012 , * "Barely Breathing", ''

Glee Glee may refer to: * Glee (music), a type of English choral music * ''Glee'' (TV series), an American musical comedy-drama TV series, and related media created by Ryan Murphy * ''Glee'' (Bran Van 3000 album) * ''Glee'' (Logan Lynn album) * Gle ...

'' * "Barely Breathing", ''

Girls A girl is a young female human, usually a child or an adolescent. While the term ''girl'' has other meanings, including ''young woman'',Dictionary.com, "Girl"'' Retrieved January 2, 2008. ''daughter'' or ''girlfriend'' regardless of age, ...

References

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Rounder Records Rounder Records is an independent record label founded in 1970 in Somerville, Massachusetts, by Marian Leighton Levy, Ken Irwin, and Bill Nowlin. Focused on American roots music, Rounder's catalogue of more than 3000 titles includes records by A ...

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