Shuki Levy
Shuki Levy | |
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Born | Israel |
June 3, 1947
Nationality | American / Israeli |
Shuki Levy (Hebrew: שוקי לוי; born June 3, 1947) is an Israeli-American music composer, television writer, director, and executive producer. Levy's best known work is soundtrack compositions for children's television programs of the 1980s, such as Inspector Gadget, The Mysterious Cities of Gold, M.A.S.K., Dinosaucers, Dragon Quest, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Eagle Riders (the third Western adaptation of Science Ninja Team Gatchaman), She-Ra, and Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors. In the 1990s, he became known chiefly for his work on the Power Rangers franchise, Masked Rider, VR Troopers, and Big Bad Beetleborgs. He has also written and directed numerous episodes for some these television shows, and directed a few movies, such as "Eye of Doom" (1987), "Perfect Victims" (1988), and "Blind Vision" (1991).
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Biography
Born in Mandatory Palestine, Levy began his career as a singer and music performer in various clubs around Tel Aviv. He also appeared in the musical Hair. During the 1970s, Levy performed in France and Germany for a duet known as "Shuki & Aviva". Together with his partner Aviva Paz he scored a hit single throughout Europe called "Signorina - Concertina" which sold two million copies.
Levy and then-partner Haim Saban founded Saban Entertainment, a production company responsible for 1990s-era series Masked Rider, VR Troopers, Big Bad Beetleborgs, and the Power Rangers franchise. The company was sold to The Walt Disney Company by the end of 2001.
Levy is noted for his prolific career in composing music; he has a total of 14 Gold- and Platinum-certified records and has composed theme tunes for more than 130 TV shows, which makes him the world-record holder in this regard.[citation needed]
Levy composed Halayla, the Israeli entry to the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest.
As of October 3, 2013 Levy is currently working on a new show he created called Tribe Of The Wild set for a 2014 release, Levy also signed a first-look production deal with Relativity TV to oversee worldwide distribution, finance and production for Levy’s content in the children’s and family space, Tribe Of The Wild will be the first show under the deal.[1]
Personal life
Levy was married to television actress Deborah Shelton (Dallas) and was also previously engaged to television actress Sarah Brown (General Hospital). He has a son and two daughters from these relationships.
Selected musical compositions
Musicals
- 2007. Imagine This
TV series
- 2014. Tribe Of The Wild
- 2000. Shinzo
- 2000. NASCAR Racers
- 1999. The Avengers: United They Stand
- 1999. Digimon
- 1999. Spider-Man Unlimited
- 1998. The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs
- 1998. The Silver Surfer
- 1997. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- 1997. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- 1997. Saban's Adventures of Oliver Twist
- 1997. Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation
- 1996. Little Mouse on the Prairie
- 1996. The Incredible Hulk
- 1996. Bureau of Alien Detectors
- 1996. The Mouse and the Monster
- 1996. Eagle Riders (Dubbed version of Gatchaman II and Gatchaman Fighter)
- 1996. Dragon Ball Z
- 1995. Tenko and the Guardians of the Magic
- 1995. Space Strikers
- 1995. Super Pig
- 1995. Iznogoud
- 1995. Masked Rider
- 1995. Space Strikers
- 1994. Megaman
- 1994. VR Troopers
- 1994. Spider-Man
- 1994. Sweet Valley High
- 1994. Creepy Crawlers
- 1994. Teknoman (Dubbed version of Tekkaman Blade)
- 1994. Honeybee Hutch
- 1993. Walter Melon
- 1993. Mad Scientist Toon Club
- 1993. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
- 1993. Hello Kitty
- 1993. Journey to the Heart of the World
- 1992. The Adventures of Pinocchio
- 1992. Jin Jin and the Panda Patrol
- 1992. King Arthur & the Knights of Justice
- 1992. X-Men
- 1991. Rock 'n Cop (German and Swedish dubbed versions of Future Police Urashiman — no English version was released)
- 1991. Samurai Pizza Cats
- 1991. Little Shop
- 1991. Maya the Bee
- 1991. Space Cats
- 1990. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
- 1990. Lucky Luke
- 1990. Adventures of the Little Mermaid
- 1989. The New Adventures of He-Man
- 1989. The Legend of Zelda
- 1989. Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics
- 1989. The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
- 1989. Camp Candy
- 1989. Karate Kid
- 1989. Ring Raiders
- 1989. Captain N: The Game Master
- 1989. Dragon Warrior
- 1988. AlfTales
- 1988. Noozles
- 1988. C.O.P.S.
- 1988. RoboCop: The Animated Series
- 1988. Hey Vern, It's Ernest!
- 1987. ALF: The Animated Series
- 1987. Beverly Hills Teens
- 1987. Sylvanian Families
- 1987. Maxie's World
- 1987. The New Archies
- 1987. Dinosaucers
- 1987. Maple Town
- 1987. Diplodo
- 1987. Lady Lovelylocks And The Pixietails
- 1987. Starcom: The U.S. Space Force
- 1986. Dennis The Menace
- 1986. Zoobilee Zoo
- 1986. The Real Ghostbusters
- 1986. Rambo and the Forces of Freedom
- 1986. Popples
- 1985. M.A.S.K.
- 1985. She-Ra: Princess Of Power
- 1985. Rainbow Brite
- 1985. Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
- 1985. It's Punky Brewster
- 1985. Kissyfur
- 1984. Punky Brewster
- 1984. Going Bananas
- 1984. Pole Position
- 1984. Kidd Video
- 1984. Heathcliff" & "The Catillac Cats
- 1984. Photon
- 1983. Mister T
- 1983. Inspector Gadget
- 1983. The Littles
- 1983. He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
- 1983. Saturday Supercade
- 1982. Bomber X (additional music, French Dub only)
- 1982. The Mysterious Cities of Gold
- 1981. Ulysses 31
- 1980. Heathcliff
- 1975. Steel Jeeg
- 1975. Time Bokan
- 1970. The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee
TV
- 2000. Final Ascent
- 1994. Blindfold: Acts of Obsession
- 1994. Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders
- 1994. Guns Of Honor
- 1993. Under Investigation
- 1992. Revenge on the Highway
- 1987. Bay Coven
- 1985. He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special
Videos
- 2003. Itty Bitty Heartbeats
- 1996. Spider-Man: Sins of the Fathers
- 1991. Sugar & Spice: The Wizard of Oz
- 1991. Sugar & Spice: Alice in Wonderland
- 1991. Sugar & Spice: Cinderella
- 1991. Sugar & Spice: Heidi
- 1991. Sugar & Spice: Snow White
- 1989. Little Golden Book Land
- 1986. My Favorite Fairy Tales
- 1985. Punky Brewster: More For Your Punky
- 1980. Goldwing
Movies
- 1998. Rusty: The Great Rescue
- 1995. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie
- 1992. Round Trip to Heaven
- 1992. Blind Vision
- 1992. Prey Of The Chameleon
- 1989. Trapper Country War
- 1988. Perfect Victims
- 1986. Heathcliff: The Movie
- 1985. Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer
- 1985. He-Man And She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword
- 1985. Here Come the Littles
- 1984. Fatal Games
- 1983. Les Dalton En Cavale
- 1982. Blood Tide
- 1981. Dawn of the Mummy
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