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Jay Rifkin is an American record and film producer. Rifkin co-founded the company Media Ventures with Hans Zimmer, a childhood friend. As CEO of the company from 1988, [1] Rifkin partnered with Zimmer to produce and to compose.
Jay Rifkin was born on 6 July 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Jay is a producer and composer, known for The Lion King (1994), 2012 (2009) and Black Rain (1989).
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Following the success of The Lion King, Jay conceived and produced the gold-selling follow-up album Rhythm of the Pride Lands. He is also chairman of Media Revolution and a founder of the film production company Media Ventures Pictures.
"He Lives in You" is a song written and performed by Lebo M and his South African Choir and co-written by Mark Mancina and Jay Rifkin, originally for Rhythm of the Pride Lands, a 1995 album inspired by the 1994 film The Lion King.
Jay Rifkin’s writing and producing work on Disney’s “The Lion King” drove soundtrack sales to more than 30 million copies worldwide and earned him a Grammy Award, two American Music Awards and an Ivor Novello.
Jay Rifkin has been nominated for the Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre (Tony Awards) for The Lion King.
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Jay Rifkin. Music Department: The Lion King. Jay Rifkin was born on 6 July 1955 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Jay is a producer and composer, known for The Lion King (1994), 2012 (2009) and Speed (1994).
