John Ewbank (born 6 December 1968) is a British-born Dutch composer, lyricist and

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. He was born in Eastleigh,

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; he and his family moved with the latter to the Netherlands when he was one year old. He wrote/produced a record number of twenty #1 Dutch

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s, of which fourteen were for Marco Borsato, for whom he has been producing and writing since 1994. They sold over four million

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s together in the

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. Other artists Ewbank worked with include Ferry Corsten, Trijntje Oosterhuis,

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, Gordon, Paul de Leeuw,

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, Nikki Kerkhof,

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, and Tim Immers. The first #1 in 1991 with Gordon, "Kon ik maar even bij je zijn" ("If only I could be with you for a short while"), a song which reached the #1 position for the second time in October 2009, when

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by Thomas Berge. In 1996, Ewbank composed the anthem for the opening of the Amsterdam Arena. His music is featured in

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's '' True Romance''. He composed scores for the films ' with Charlotte Rampling and for '' Floris''. In 2002, Ewbank worked with Ferry Corsten on Corsten's latest production under his 'Gouryella' alias, "Ligaya". He also wrote and produced the #1 hit for the Dutch Idols winner Nikki in 2008 ("Hello World"). He also musically directed the 'Symfonica in Rosso' spectacle in September 2009 featuring

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, for which he wrote the duet "Face in the Crowd" for Richie and Trijntje Oosterhuis, which went to #3 in the charts and was musical director for the sequel in 2010 with

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. In April 2013 he was commissioned to compose the official song for the investiture of king Willem-Alexander. The song was released on 19 April, causing much controversy and Ewbank decided to withdraw it due to threats and allegations in the social media. A couple of days later, however, the committee plead against the withdrawal of the song. http://www.telegraaf.nl/troonsafstand-beatrix/21502355/__Comite__Koningslied_blijft__.html The song went to #1 in all the charts. He has worked on two musicals, the musical version of ''

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'' under direction of Cirque de Soleil's Franco Dragone, workshopped in La Jolla Playhouse,

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, in June 2007 and a new musical @16, scheduled for presentation in May 2013 in NY, both written with Sarah Miles and AnnMarie Milazzo, produced by Robin Delevita. Among his latest work is a remix of This Is What It Feels Like by Armin van Buuren - featuring Trevor Guthrie, entering the British charts at #6 in May 2013.

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