Leslie Bricusse OBE (/ˈbrɪkəs/; 29 January 1931 – 19 October 2021) was a British composer, lyricist, and playwright who worked on theatre musicals and wrote theme music for films. He was best known for writing the music and lyrics for the films Doctor Dolittle; Goodbye, Mr. Chips; Scrooge; Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory; Tom and Jerry: The Movie; the titular James Bond film songs "Goldfinger" and "You Only Live Twice"; "Can You Read My Mind? (Love Theme from Superman)" (with John Williams) from Superman; and "Le Jazz Hot!" (with Henry Mancini) from Victor/Victoria. More about Leslie Bricusse
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Born in Pinner, Middlesex (now in the London Borough of Harrow), Bricusse was educated at University College School in London and then at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he studied Modern and Medieval Languages. While at Cambridge, he was Secretary of Footlights between 1952 and 1953 and Footlights President during the following year. It was during his college drama career that he began working for Beatrice Lillie.In total, we tracked 60 items since 01/09/2012. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Leslie Bricusse (1985*1st Signed* Christmas 1993(Santa’s Last Ride) Leslie Bricusse Illust Errol) was sold in December 2023 for £75.00 while the cheapest item (Leslie Bricusse autographed 10 x 8 photo #62 - Willy Wonka) found a new owner for £0.99 in April 2015. The month with the most items sold (7) was January 2015 with an average selling price of £1.69 for an autographed item of Leslie Bricusse. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2018 with £55.50 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £1.12 was April 2015. In average, an autographed item from Leslie Bricusse is worth £5.97.
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JAMES BOND - Leslie Bricusse Signed Photograph - Lyricist | £16.00 | ||
LESLIE BRICUSSE ( You Only Live Twice) Genuine Handsigned Signature on AlbumPage | £12.99 | ||
LESLIE BRICUSSE - JAMES BOND THEME TUNE COMPOSER - SIGNED WHITE CARD | £25.00 | ||
LESLIE BRICUSSE AUTOGRAPH *JAMES BOND, FOR YOUR EYES ONLY* SIGNED 10X8 PHOTO | £19.99 | ||
Leslie Bricusse Autograph - Willy Wonka - James Bond - Signed 6x4 Page - AFTAL | £4.99 | ||
Leslie Bricusse OBE WILLY WONKA - Genuine Signed Autograph 10x8 COA 28507 | £39.99 | ||
LESLIE BRICUSSE ORIGINAL SIGNED NOTE. COMPOSER. JAMES BOND | £10.49 | ||
Leslie Bricusse signed photo. Goldfinger James Bond autograph | £19.99 | ||
Leslie Bricusse signed photograph You Only Live Twice AFTAL#145 | £10.50 | ||
LESLIE BRICUSSE- - JAMES BOND - 10x8 PHOTO SIGNED - LYRICS -YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE | £24.99 |