John Foreman (musician)
| John Foreman (OAM) | |
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Photographed in January 2012
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | John Gregory Foreman |
| Born |
24 April 1972 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation(s) | musician, television personality |
| Years active | 1992–present |
John Gregory Foreman OAM (born 24 April 1972) is an Australian musician and television personality. In 1992, he joined the Network Ten team for Good Morning Australia with Bert Newton , serving as Music Director until retiring in 2004. During 2003–2008 he was Musical Director of Australian Idol.
Foreman hails from Newcastle, New South Wales, and studied at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
In 2000, Foreman wrote the Olympic Flame song, The Flame, performed by Tina Arena for the 2000 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony.
He wrote Light The Way for the 2006 Opening Ceremony of the Asian Games in Doha, performed by Jose Carreras and Majida El Roumi, and Melbourne Girl, performed by Vanessa Amorosi at the Closing Ceremony of the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, UK.
In 2004 John produced, orchestrated and conducted Anthony Callea's recording of The Prayer, which received an ARIA Award for the highest selling single by an Australia artist.
John has produced albums and/or singles for Marcia Hines, Silvie Paladino, Guy Sebastian, Ricki-Lee Coulter, Carl Riseley and Greta Bradman.
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