Roland Orzabal
演员
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电影
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电视节目
Roland Orzabal (born 22 August 1961) is a British musician, songwriter and record producer. He is known mainly as a co-founding member of Tears for Fears, of which he is the main songwriter and joint vocalist, but he has also achieved success as a producer of other artists. In 2014, Orzabal published his first novel.
Orzabal met Curt Smith while both were in their early teens in Bath, Somerset. In the late-1970s, they formed a mod music group, Graduate, along with three other members. Following the release of their debut album, Acting My Age, the group disbanded and Orzabal and Smith went on to form Tears for Fears, a new wave/synthpop outfit directly inspired by the writings of the American psychologist Arthur Janov.
After a decade of major international success, Orzabal and Smith had an acrimonious split in the early 1990s. Although Orzabal continued to work as Tears for Fears after he and Smith parted ways, the subsequent TFF albums Elemental (1993) and Raoul and the Kings of Spain (1995) are effectively solo works by him in all but name. Elemental was a success being certified as Gold status in the US and Silver in the UK, while Raoul took a more artistic direction but garnered less chart success. In April 2001 he released his first proper solo album, Tomcats Screaming Outside, under his own name.Orzabal and Smith had reconciled by that point and were working on a new Tears for Fears album together (2004's Everybody Loves a Happy Ending). As a songwriter, Orzabal is a two-time Ivor Novello Award winner. His first award was in 1986 for "Songwriter of the Year" following the huge success of Tears For Fears' second album Songs from the Big Chair for which Orzabal wrote or co-wrote all of the tracks. In addition to co-producing most of Tears for Fears' records, Orzabal also co-produced Oleta Adams' successful album Circle of One (1990), following on from Adams' collaboration on the 1989 Tears for Fears album The Seeds of Love. The album reached No. 1 in the UK and No. 20 in the US, and featured her transatlantic top ten hit "Get Here". Orzabal also co-wrote the lead track "Rhythm of Life" for the album, which was originally intended for The Seeds of Love. As well as playing guitar and singing backing vocals on the track, he also appeared in the song's accompanying promo video.
In 1999, Orzabal co-produced the Icelandic singer-songwriter Emiliana Torrini's acclaimed album Love in the Time of Science, along with Tears for Fears associate Alan Griffiths. The pair also wrote two tracks for the album. Orzabal's talents as a songwriter were recognised again after Michael Andrews and Gary Jules recorded the song "Mad World" for the film soundtrack Donnie Darko in 2001.[5] Their version was released as a single in 2003 and became the Christmas number one single in the UK that year, ultimately becoming the year's biggest selling single. The song was originally composed by Orzabal and was Tears for Fears' first hit single in 1982. In 2004, the song won Orzabal his second Ivor Novello Award, as the songwriter of the Best Selling UK Single of 2003.
作为演员/演员
流行音乐之巅
Self - Tears for Fears (uncredited)
吉米·坎摩尔现场直播!
自我音乐嘉宾
2023 年 MTV VMA
自己
相当一个晚上
Self - Tears for Fears
经典专辑
自己
全英音乐奖
自己
肯尼·埃弗雷特电视节目
自己
逍遥音乐之夜精选卷。 6
Tears For Fears - Going To California
Self - Rhythm Guitar / Vocals
Tears for Fears Live (A Tipping Point Film)
自己
Tears For Fears - Scenes from the Big Chair
他自己
复古视频集1975-1999年第3卷
自己
经典专辑:恐惧之泪 - 大椅子上的歌曲
自己
BBC In Concert: Tears for Fears
Tears for Fears: The Seeds of Love
Tears for Fears: In My Mind's Eye
自己
Tears for Fears: Rock in Rio
人声、吉他
Tears For Fears - The Universal - Masters Dvd Collection
SELF
Tears for Fears: Secret World
他自己
Tears for Fears - Live From Santa Barbara
人声
Tears for Fears: Tears Roll Down - Greatest Hits '82-'92
他自己
Tears for Fears: Radio 2 in the Park
自己