Shuki Levy

Shuki Levy (Hebrew: שוקי לוי; born June 3, 1947) is an Israeli-American music composer and television producer. Levy's best known work is soundtrack compositions for children's television programs of the 1980s, such as The Real Ghostbusters, Inspector Gadget, The Mysterious Cities of Gold, M.A.S.K., Dinosaucers, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, She-Ra: Princess of Power, and Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors. In the 1990s, he became known chiefly for his work on the Power Rangers franchise, Digimon: Digital Monsters, 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 films, such as Eye of Doom (1987), Perfect Victims (1988) and Blind Vision (1991). He was also part of a musical duo known as Shuky & Aviva (alternatively Shuki & Aviva) with his partner Aviva Paz.
== Biography ==
Levy was born in British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel) in 1947. His father was an Ashkenazi Jew originally from Ukraine, and his mother of Sephardic Jewish origin.
His career began as a singer and music performer, playing in various clubs around Tel Aviv. He also appeared in the musical "Hair."
During the 1970s, Levy performed in France and Germany as a duo known as "Shuki & Aviva" or "Shuky and Aviva" as written on a lot of the duos song releases. Together with his partner Aviva Paz he scored a hit single throughout Europe called "Signorina - Concertina" which sold two million copies. Levy composed "Halayla", the Israeli entry to the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest.
While living in Paris, he met businessman and musician Haim Saban, with the two becoming close friends and frequent collaborators. In an interview, Levy recalled "Haim said, 'We'll be co-composer. You do the composing, I'll do the deals.' I figured, 'Great. Brothers.' That was the last business conversation we had for many years. We were partners. We never had a written agreement. It was all verbal." They eventually moved to Los Angeles and founded Saban Entertainment, a production company responsible for numerous animated shows and English adaptions of Japanese series, such as Digimon, X-Men, Spider-Man and Power Rangers. The company was sold to The Walt Disney Company by the end of 2001.
During the 1980s and 1990s, he was noted for composing a large volume of television music; according to BMI's music publishing database, he has written a combined total of 3,928 themes, background scores and songs. In a 1998 investigation by The Hollywood Reporter, it was revealed that many of these compositions were ghostwritten by other composers, in order for Levy and Haim Saban to gain control of all publishing rights and music royalty revenue.
On October 3, 2013, Shuki Levy started working on a TV show he created called Tribe Of The Wild which was originally set for a 2014 release, but got delayed to 2015 instead. Levy also signed a first-look production deal with Relativity Media to oversee worldwide distribution, finance and production for Levy's content in the children's and family space, Tribe Of The Wild was the first show under the deal.
==Discography==
===Singles===
*"Here Comes Summertime" (1972)
*"L' amour c' est la musique de la vie" (1972)
*"Signorina Concertina" / "I'll Never Let You Go" (1972)
*"Viens que je t'embrasse" / "La separation" (1972)
*"Ca ne suffit pas" / "C'est trop tard" (1973)
*"Lern' Mit Den Augen Der Kinder Zu Sehen" (1973)
*"Listen to the Children" / "Ecoutez les enfants" (1973)
*"Sixteen Brothers" / "On My Own" (1973)
*"When I'm Dreaming" (1973)
*"Did I ever say goodbye" / "Roller Coaster" (1974)
*"Did I Hear You Say Good-Bye" (1974)
*"Wir Glauben An Das Leben" (1974)
*"Bye Bye Ciao My Love" (1975)
*"Du Und Ich Und Zwei Träume" (1975)
*"Je t'aime un peu trop" (1975)
*"Zum Glück Gibt Es Musik" (1975)
*"Ich Liebe Dich Ja Viel Zu Sehr" (1976)
*"Prends ma chemise" (1976)
*"Viens que je t'embrasse" / "La separation"
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