Duncan Sheik (born November 18, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and composer. Sheik is known for his 1996 debut single " Barely Breathing", which earned him a

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nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. He has composed music for motion pictures and Broadway musicals, winning the 2006

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for Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations for his work on the musical '' Spring Awakening''.

Early life

Sheik is a native of

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. Following his parents' divorce, he split time between his father's house in New Jersey and his mother's home in South Carolina. He is the half-brother of Broadway actress Kacie Sheik. Sheik's

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-trained grandmother introduced him to the piano, and he later took up the electric guitar. By age 12, he was playing guitar with high school students in a cover band. After graduating from

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in 1988, Sheik studied

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; while at Brown, he played guitar in a band with fellow Brown student

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. Following his graduation from Brown in 1992, he moved to Los Angeles.

Career

Early in his musical career, Sheik played guitar for other artists, including

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(with

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and

). Sheik also played on

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's 1993 album through his connections from a fellow Brown alum,

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Singer-songwriter

In 1996, Sheik released his self-titled debut album, which was certified gold. The album featured the hit single " Barely Breathing", which peaked at number 16 and remained on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for 55 consecutive weeks. "Barely Breathing" also enjoyed Top 20 success on Adult Contemporary radio, reached No. 2 on the Adult Top 40 charts, and garnered Sheik a

nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. In 1998, Sheik recorded "Embraceable You" for ''

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'', a

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tribute to increase AIDS awareness, and also recorded "Songbird" for another tribute, ''Legacy: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac's Rumours''. Also in 1998, Sheik released ''

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'', an experimental follow-up with string arrangements. Sheik sang a duet with singer Howard Jones on Jones' 2000 single entitled ''Someone You Need''. Sheik released ''

Phantom Moon ''Phantom Moon'' is the third album by American singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik. It was released on Nonesuch Records in 2001. Recording The album was a collaboration between Sheik and poet/playwright Steven Sater, who wrote the lyrics for the al ...

'', a Nick Drake-influenced album on which he collaborated with poet and writer

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, in 2001. The following year, Sheik released ''

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'', a brighter, more modern-sounding album which included the singles, " On A High" and "Half-Life". After a four-year recording break, Sheik released '' White Limousine'' (2006), an album which included companion software on a

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to remix individual tracks. In 2008, Sheik was a judge at the 7th annual Independent Music Awards. In 2009 he released ''

Whisper House ''Whisper House'' is the sixth studio album and second musical by American singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik. It was released on RCA Victor in 2009. Details The album, Sheik's first in the wake of success from composing music for the Tony Award-wi ...

'', a concept album which provided the score for the musical of the same name. The stage musical premiered at

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in San Diego in January 2010, after a workshop at

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, produced by

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in 2009.Rothstein, Mervyn (January 20, 2010)
"A Ghostly Awakening: Duncan Sheik's ''Whisper House''"
''Playbill''. In 2011, Sheik released '' Covers 80's'', an album including covers of popular 1980s songs. Concert dates in support of the album were later canceled due to Sheik seeking treatment for alcohol addiction. A remixed version of the album was released the following year. Sheik released a new studio album entitled ''Legerdemain'' in October 2015.

Composer

In addition to being a singer-songwriter, Sheik has also composed music for plays, musicals, and movie soundtracks. He composed original music for the 2002

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production of ''

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''. In 2004, he composed the score for the film '' A Home at the End of the World''. The ''AllMusic'' reviewer wrote: "...takes the sensitivity and tension of the film's plot and crafts incidental music and new songs that complement the movie well." He composed the score for the 2005 film '' Through the Fire'' with Pete Miser. Sheik wrote the music for '' Spring Awakening'' (2006) in collaboration with

. Written over a period of eight years, the musical, which premiered off-Broadway during the summer, opened on Broadway to critical acclaim later in the fall. The musical was based on the controversial German

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play '' The Awakening of Spring'', written by

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. Sheik won the 2006

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for his work on ''Spring Awakening'', and he and Sater won a

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. In addition, ''Spring Awakening'' won the

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and a

for Best Musical Show Album. The guitar that Sheik used to compose songs for ''Spring Awakening'' was displayed at the

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for the Performing Arts at

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. As of 2012, Sheik was composing music for a feature-film adaptation of ''Spring Awakening'', an adaptation almost a decade in the making. In 2012, Sheik wrote ''

Alice By Heart ''Alice by Heart'' is a musical theatre, musical with music by Duncan Sheik, lyrics by Steven Sater, and a book by Sater with Jessie Nelson (filmmaker), Jessie Nelson. The musical is inspired by Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel ''Alice's Adventures in Wo ...

'', an adaptation of

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's ''

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'', along with collaborator Sater. Directed by Jessie Nelson with musical direction by Lance Horne, the musical was workshopped at the

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and commissioned by the National Theatre Connections. Sheik wrote the music and lyrics to the 2013 musical adaptation of '' American Psycho'', which opened at the

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in London, and was later staged on Broadway in 2016. In 2013, Sheik wrote the music for the musical adaptation of the novel ''

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'', which premiered at the

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. ''Dixie'' was a collaboration with then-director

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and

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, who wrote the book and lyrics. The musical ran at the

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, East Haddam, Connecticut from July 2019 to September 2019, directed by

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. In 2015, Sheik wrote the musical thriller ''Noir'' with

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. It premiered as part of New York Stage and Film's season in July to August 2015 at the Powerhouse Theater at Vassar College. Inspired by live radio plays and classic film noir, the musical was directed by Rachel Chavkin. In 2016 he prepared the music for the

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(Washington, D.C.) production of ''

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'', described in ''The Washington Post'' as "an assortment of preexisting songs by singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik".Marks, Peter (May 25, 2016)
"Shakespeare Theatre Company’s ‘Shrew’: An all-male muddle"
''Washington Post''.

Other work

Sheik produced singer-songwriter Micah Green's 2000 debut album as well as his 2012 follow-up. In 2000, Sheik wrote the foreword to ''The Way of Youth: Buddhist Common Sense for Handling Life's Questions'', by

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leader

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. In 2006, Sheik recorded the song "A Purple Trail" for ''Other Songs and Dances, Vol. 1''. In 2008, Sheik participated in '' Songs for Tibet: The Art of Peace'', an initiative to support

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, and

Tenzin Gyatso The 14th Dalai Lama (spiritual name Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, known as Tenzin Gyatso (Tibetan: བསྟན་འཛིན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་, Wylie: ''bsTan-'dzin rgya-mtsho''); né Lhamo Thondup), known as ...

Personal life

Concert dates in support of Sheik's 2011 album ''Covers 80's'' were canceled when Sheik sought treatment for alcohol addiction. In a message to fans on his

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blog, Sheik noted that he had entered a treatment center on the same day his latest album was released and had told his staff, "My record is coming ''out'' and I’m checking ''in''." Sheik has a daughter, Ines, with his long-time girlfriend, model Nora Ariffin. Sheik practices

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and is a member of the US branch of the worldwide Buddhist association

Awards and nominations

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, Best Musical Show Album , , - , 2016 , Outer Critics Circle Awards , '' American Psycho'' , Outstanding New Score ,

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

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'' * Release date: May 20, 1996 * Label:

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* Formats: CD,

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'' * Release date: February 27, 2001 * Label:

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'' * Release date: January 27, 2009 * Label:

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Live albums

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Remix albums

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Compilation albums

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Extended plays

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Singles

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Stage credits

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''Playbill''. *'' Spring Awakening'' – 2006 *''The Nightingale'' – 2003, 2005 (workshop) 2006 (based on '' The Nightingale'') *''Whisper House'' – 2010 (

Old Globe Theatre The Old Globe is a professional theatre company located in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. It produces about 15 plays and musicals annually in summer and winter seasons. Plays are performed in three separate theatres in the complex, which i ...

, San Diego) *''Carson McCullers Talks About Love'' (with

Suzanne Vega Suzanne Nadine Vega ( Peck; born July 11, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter best known for her folk-inspired music. Vega's music career spans almost 40 years. She came to prominence in the mid-1980s, releasing four singles that entered the ...

) — 2011 (Off-Broadway) *''

Alice by Heart ''Alice by Heart'' is a musical theatre, musical with music by Duncan Sheik, lyrics by Steven Sater, and a book by Sater with Jessie Nelson (filmmaker), Jessie Nelson. The musical is inspired by Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel ''Alice's Adventures in Wo ...

'' – 2012 *'' American Psycho — 2013'' *''

'' — 2016 (Washington, DC) * ''The Secret Life of Bees'' — 2019 (Atlantic Theater Company, New York)

Film and television credits

{, class="wikitable" , - ! 1996 , * "Barely Breathing", ''

Party of Five ''Party of Five'' is an American television teen and family drama created by Christopher Keyser and Amy Lippman that originally aired on Fox for six seasons from September 12, 1994, to May 3, 2000. The series featured an ensemble cast led by ...

'' * "Reasons for Living", '' ER'' , - ! 1997 , * "In the Absence of Sun", ''

The Saint The Saint may refer to: Fiction * Simon Templar, also known as "The Saint", the protagonist of a book series by Leslie Charteris and subsequent adaptations: ** ''The Saint'' (film series) (1938–43), starring Louis Hayward, George Sanders an ...

'' * "Serena", ''

Fall Autumn, also known as fall in American English and Canadian English, is one of the four temperate seasons on Earth. Outside the tropics, autumn marks the transition from summer to winter, in September (Northern Hemisphere) or March ( Southe ...

'' , - ! 1998 , * ''

Beverly Hills 90210 ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' (often referred to by its short title, ''90210'') is an American teen drama television series created by Darren Star and produced by Aaron Spelling under his production company Spelling Television. The series ran fo ...

'', onscreen, uncredited, episode " The Morning After" * "Wishful Thinking", '' Great Expectations'' , - ! 1999 , * "Alibi", ''

Teaching Mrs. Tingle ''Teaching Mrs. Tingle'' is a 1999 American teen black comedy thriller film written and directed by Kevin Williamson, in his directorial debut, and starring Helen Mirren, Katie Holmes, Marisa Coughlan, Barry Watson, and Jeffrey Tambor. It fol ...

'' * "That Says It All", '' Three to Tango'' , - ! 2000 , * "View from the Other Side", ''

Friends ''Friends'' is an American television sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons. With an ensemble cast starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa ...

'' * "A Body Goes Down", ''Jeff Buckley: Goodbye and Hello'' * "Now or Never", '' Boys and Girls'' , - ! 2002 , * "On a High", ''

Birds of Prey Birds of prey or predatory birds, also known as raptors, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively hunt and feed on other vertebrates (mainly mammals, reptiles and other smaller birds). In addition to speed and strength, these predat ...

'' , - ! 2003 , * "Half Life", '' What a Girl Wants'' * "Beyond the Sea" (performed as

Bobby Darin Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) was an American musician and actor. He performed jazz, Pop music, pop, rock and roll, Folk music, folk, Swing music, swing, and country music. He started his car ...

), ''

American Dreams ''American Dreams'' is an American drama television series that ran on NBC for three seasons & 61 episodes, from September 29, 2002, to March 30, 2005. The show tells the story of the Pryor family of Philadelphia during the mid-1960s, with many ...

'' , - ! 2004 , * "Something Somewhere"/"There's a Home", '' A Home at the End of the World'' , - ! 2005 , * "I Am a Pilgrim", '' Transamerica'' , - ! 2007 , * "Barely Breathing", ''

Cold Case A cold case is a crime, or a suspected crime, that has not yet been fully resolved and is not the subject of a current criminal investigation, but for which new information could emerge from new witness testimony, re-examined archives, new or re ...

'' * "I Wouldn't Mind"/"As Shadows Do", ''

The Cake Eaters ''The Cake Eaters'' is a 2007 American independent drama film about two small town families who must confront old issues with the return of one family's son. The film was directed by Mary Stuart Masterson (in her feature film directorial debut) ...

'' , - ! 2010 , * "Mama Who Bore Me", '' 90210'' , - ! 2012 , * "Barely Breathing", ''

Glee Glee means delight, a form of happiness. Glee may also refer to: * Glee (music), a type of English choral music * ''Glee'' (TV series), an American musical comedy-drama TV series, and related media created by Ryan Murphy * ''Glee'' (Bran Van 30 ...

'' * "Barely Breathing", ''

Girls A girl is a young female human, usually a child or an adolescent. When a girl becomes an adult, she is accurately described as a ''woman''. However, the term ''girl'' is also used for other meanings, including ''young woman'',Dictionary.c ...

References

External links

Duncan Sheik official website
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