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Jeffrey "Jeff" Wayne (born July 1, 1943, in Forest Hills, Queens, New York) is an American composer with a penchant for tennis and [[Rock Opera]]s. He wrote several advertising jingles in the 1970s which appeared on television in the United Kingdom, notably a Gordon's Gin commercial which was then covered by
Wayne kept a fairly low profile in the decade after ''The War of the Worlds'', but continued to be active in composing and producing. He produced the music for the movie McVicar, created several TV themes, and composed the overture for Kevin Peek and Rick Wakeman's ''Beyond the Planets'' in 1984.
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In 1992, Wayne released his second [[Rock Opera]], ''Spartacus'', based on the life of [[Spartacus|the gladiator of the same name]]. It is less well known than ''War Of The Worlds''; while it had an [[All-Star Cast]], Gary Osborne writing the lyrics, and a great story, it didn't recapture the [[Ear Worm]] tunes or novel orchestration of ''War of the Worlds''.
Despite ''Spartacus'' being something of a disappointment, Wayne is still getting significant mileage out of his first work: in 1998 Rage Software produced ''[[Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds]]'', a PC game based on Wayne's musical, and Wayne himself was involved in producing the remixed soundtrack for the game. In 2005 the original album was re-released, becoming one of the big hits of the year and occupying 10 consecutive weeks in the Top 10 of the UK Album charts. The new release pushed sales to 3 million albums in the UK, and nearly 14 million worldwide, putting it at the upper end of the "best selling" list since charts began, and among the elite of the longest running albums in chart history. 2006 saw the musical touring the UK as ''War Of The Worlds: Live On Stage'', featuring (among other things) a [[Huge Holographic Head]] of Richard Burton and a 40-foot tall animatronic Martian fighting machine.
The tours are still ongoing, with [[Hey, It's That Guy!|Rhydian from X Factor]] playing Parson Nethanial.
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▲* Now has its own page, [[Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds|here]]
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* [[Affably Evil]]: Isoricus, in a very jazzy [[Villain Song]]
* [[Book Ends]]
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* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Catherine Zeta Jones as Palene, and Anthony Hopkins as Crassus.
* [[Hope Spot]]: ''Two Souls With A Single Dream''
* [[Large Ham]]: Anthony Hopkins as Crassus. And it is
* [[Most Definitely Not a Villain]]: ''Trust Me'' is full of double-edged lines.
* [[Romantic Plot Tumor]]: WOTW included one love song, and it was [[Tear Jerker|poignant]]. ''Spartacus'' has two before the story even really gets going. [[It Gets Better]] after that, but it's still annoying.
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