Jack Feldman (songwriter)

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Jack Feldman
Origin Long Island, New York, U.S.
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Jack Feldman is an American lyricist who has written songs for television, film, and Broadway. He has worked on many Disney movies ranging from Oliver & Company to The Lion King II: Simba's Pride , collaborating with Alan Menken on the songs for Newsies . [1] He wrote the lyrics for Barry Manilow's Grammy Award–winning song "Copacabana" and won a Tony along with Alan Menken for the stage musical version of Newsies. More recently, he collaborated with Benj Pasek and Justin Paul on writing additional lyrics for some of the duo's new songs for Disney's live-action remake of Snow White . [2] [3] Feldman grew up on Long Island.

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Career

Jack Feldman wrote the lyrics in the following works.

Film

Theatre

Television

Awards and nominations

AwardYearCategoryNomineeResult
13th Golden Raspberry Awards 1993 Worst Original Songfor: Newsies (1992)

Shared with: Alan Menken (music)
For the song "High Times, Hard Times"

Won
15th Golden Raspberry Awards 1995 Worst Original Songfor: Thumbelina (1994)

Shared with: Barry Manilow (music) and Bruce Sussman (lyrics)
For the song "Marry The Mole!"

Won
Annie Awards 1999 Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Productionfor: The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (1998)

Shared with: Tom Snow (composer) and Marty Panzer (lyricist)
For the song "We Are One"

Nominated
Tony Awards 2012 Best Original Score (Music And/Or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre Newsies Won

References

  1. ↑ "Jack Feldman Biography" . Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  2. ↑ "Tony 2012 Winners" . Retrieved 28 March 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Snow White Final Production" (PDF). March 7, 2025.
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