Blinky Bills White Christmas Music Credits
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Music Composed by Guy Gross "Christmas In Australia" Performed by Christine Anu Composed by Guy Gross. Lyrics by John Palmer Published by Mushroom Music. "Christmas in Australia" Recorded & Mixed By Simon Leadley & Tim Ryan String Arrangement by James Lee Strings: Click Track Music Ensemble Piano: Michael Bartolomei Guitar: Rex Goh Produced by Guy Gross Lyrics of the song performed by Christine Anu that runs over the opening sequence and the tail credits and also appears within the movie: It's Christmas in Australia A time of peace and love It's Christmas in Australia With southern skies above From busy towns and cities To the outback far away We come together to rejoice Because it's Christmas Day The summer nights, the fairy lights And laughter everywhere The church bells ring, the bellbirds sing And joy is in the air With family and friends at home Around the Christmas tree That's what Christmas in Australia Will always mean to me … Down under when it's Christmas time There's lots for kids to do Like making cards and making cakes And making mischief too And Santa Claus is not surprised To hear the children say: "I want it to be Christmas Every single day" The summer days, the Christmas plays And laughter everywhere The church bells ring, the bellbirds sing And joy is in the air With family and friends at home Around the Christmas tree That's what Christmas in Australia Will always mean to me … At around the 44 minute mark (in the off-air version used by this site), Johnny the Rabbit adds a couple of verses … … a time to share, a time to care A time when dreams come true A time to think about the worth Of everything we do For on this little world of ours We're all one family So come and join us as we sing Around a Christmas tree Singer Christine Anu is too well known to dwell on here. She has a reasonably detailed wiki here, and at time of writing, her eponymous website here. (Below: Christine Anu). Composer Guy Gross: At time of writing, composer Guy Gross - and in this case, also producer, director and co-writer - had his own website here. It contained this CV and these credits: Guy Gross is one of Australia's leading film and television composers and recipient of the APRA/AGSC International Achievement Award. In 2012 he was elected president of the Australian Guild of Screen Composers. From his British Academy Award (BAFTA) nominated score to the international hit "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert to the US SCI-FI series "Farscape", his film scores cover a huge variety of styles. Testament to this diversity, Guy has received numerous peer awards including Best Music for a Documentary, Children's Series, Short film, Animation, Promotional Video, Advertisement, TV Theme and twice for Best Music for a TV Series. Over his 30 year career, Guy has composed music for hundreds of hours of television, including dramatic mini series, children's animation, documentaries, commercials and also a number of Australian feature films. His film music has underscored the acting performances of Toni Collette, Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Garry McDonald, Molly Ringwald, Kylie Minogue, Phil Collins, Guy Pearce and Olivia Newton John and his scores have been performed in concert by the Sydney, Melbourne and Queensland Symphony Orchestras. Guy began film scoring while still studying composition at the Conservatorium High School in Sydney, Australia. Son of film producers Yoram and Sandra Gross, he began scoring many of the family companies' feature and television projects. Following in his father's footsteps, Guy directed and scored the animated TV series "Old Tom and wrote, scored, produced, and directed the animated television special "Blinky Bill's White Christmas". At the age of 26, Guy scored his first feature film, "Frauds" directed by Stephan Elliott and went on to score four features with Stephan including the 1994 international hit "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" and more recently, "A Few Best Men". In '95, Guy composed his award winning score to the ABC TV series "Bordertown" for Knapman Wyld Television for whom he has also scored all three seasons of the internationally award winning TV Series "East West 101". In 1999 Guy received the (shared) award for Best Music at the Tropicana Film Festival (Tropfest) for his score to that year's winning short film "Uno Amore". That year Guy also composed the score to the horror feature film "Cut" for Mushroom Pictures and soon after that began scoring the hit Sci-Fi series "Farscape" produced by The Jim Henson Company. "Farscape" has been a monumental project for Guy keeping him busy for over three years culminating in a big budget, 2 part television mini series "Farscape - Peacekeeper Wars" which enabled him to enlist the services of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and conduct the 140 strong orchestra and choir to create one of his largest film scores to- date. Farscape has spun off five Soundtrack Albums. In recent years Guy has scored the tele-movies: "Dangerous Remedy", "A Model Daughter - The Killing of Caroline Byrne", "Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback", "Scorched", documentaries: "The Howard Years", "The Prime Minister is Missing" and "Who Killed Dr Bogle and Mrs Chandler?". Guy owns a recording studio complex in Camperdown, Sydney which houses a number of studios and composing suites. CHILDRENS' - ANIMATED FEATURES 2005 Blinky Billʼs White Christmas Telemovie Composer of Original Score and Theme (performed by Christine Anu) Production Company: Yoram Gross–EM.TV 2003 Tabaluga and Leo: A Christmas Adventure Production Company: Yoram Gross–EM.TV 1993 Blinky Bill Production Company: Yoram Gross Film Studios 1990 The Magic Riddle Production Company: Yoram Gross Film Studios 1986 Dot and the Whale Production Company: Yoram Gross Film Studios 1986 Dot Goes to Hollywood Production Company: Yoram Gross Film Studios 1984 Dot and Keeto Production Company: Yoram Gross Film Studios 1984 Dot and the Smugglers Production Company: Yoram Gross Film Studios 1980 Sarah Production Company: Yoram Gross Film Studios CHILDRENS' - ANIMATED TV 2008 Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist 26 x 1/2 hour episodes Production Company: March Entertainment + SLR Productions 2005 Flipper & Lopaka Series 3 26 x 1/2 hour episodes Production Company: Yoram Gross – EM.TV. 2004 Blinky Billʼs Around the World Adventures 26 x 1/2 hour episodes Production Company: Yoram Gross – EM.TV. 2003 Art Alive 79 x 4 minute episodes Production Company: Yoram Gross – EM.TV. 2001 Old Tom 52 x 1/4 hour episodes Production Company: Yoram Gross – EM.TV. / Millimages 1999 Flipper and Lopaka 26 x 1/2 hour episodes Production Company: Yoram Gross Film Studios 1998 Dumb Bunnies 26 x 1/2 hour episodes Production Company: Nelvana / Yoram Gross Film Studios 1998 Skippy 26 x 1/2 hour episodes Production Company: Yoram Gross Film Studios 1995 Samuel & Nina 13 x 15 min episodes Production Company: Children's Television Workshop / Yoram Gross Film Studios 1993 The Adventures of Blinky Bill 52 x 1/2 hour episodes Production Company: Yoram Gross Film Studios 1987 Candy Claus 1 hour TV Special Production Company: Yoram Gross Film Studios FEATURES 2011 A Few Best Men Production Company: Arclight Film Producer: Antonia Barnard, Share Stallings Director: Stephan Elliott 2010 A Heart Beat Away Production Company: Pictures in Paradise Producer: Chris Fitchett, Chris Brown Director: Gale Edwards 2007 Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger Production Company: Tama Films & EB Productions Producer: Miriam Stein Director: Cathy Randall 1999 Cut Production Company: Mushroom Pictures Dist: Beyond International Producer: Martin Fabini 1998 Forever Fever (aka That's the way I lIke it) Production Company: Tiger Tiger Productions Dist: Miramax Producer/Director: Glen Goei 1997 Welcome to Woop Woop Production Company: Scala Productions Dist: Village Roadshow Producers: Finola Dwyer (UK) Antonia Barnard (Aust) 1994 The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert Production Company: Latent Image Director: Stephan Elliott Starring: Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce (Official selection in Directors fortnight Cannes '94 - Winner Priz du Public) 1992 Frauds Production Company: Latent Image Director: Stephan Elliott Starring: Phil Collins, Hugo Weaving, Josephine Byrnes (Official selection in Main Competition Cannes '93) DOCUMENTARIES 2014 Village Vets Theme for Foxtel Series Production Company: Screentime Producer: Simon Steel Executive Producer: Bob Campbell 2013 Shark Girl 1 hr TV Documentary Production Company: Kaufman Productions Producer ∓ Director: Gisela Kaufmann Associate Producer: Carsten Orlt 2013 Taking on the Chocolate Frog 3 x 1 hr series- Foxtel Production Company: Screentime Producer: Simon Steel Executive Producer: Bob Campbell 2013 Once upon a time in Redfern 1 hr TV Documentary - Foxtel Production Company: Samson Productions Producer: Sue Millican Director: Darlene Johnson 2013 Outback Coroner 8 x 1 hr series Production Company: Evershine / Screentime Producer: Helen Barrow Director: Hugh Piper 2012 Raising the Curtain 3 x 1 hr series Production Company: Essential Media Series Producer: Aline Jacques Executive Producer: Julia Peters 2012 Larrikin Lad Production Company: Rebelstudio Producer/Director: Rebel Penfold Russell & Pat Fiske Executive Producer: Rebel Penfold-Russell & Adam Bayliss 2012 First Fagin 1 hour TV Documentary Production Company: Fury Production Producer: Veronica Fury Directors: Helen Gaynor and Alan Rosenthal 2011 Dancing Down Under 10 Part TV Doco Series - ABC Production Company: Fury Production Director: Susan Lambert 2011