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John Kavanaugh
John William Kavanaugh is an American composer, lyricist and musical director known for his work as a songwriter for Disney Television Animation. He is the recipient of 7 Emmy nominations and was awarded the 2014 Daytime Emmy Award for Sofia The First Main Title theme song with co-lyricist Craig Gerber. While working on Sofia The First, John was tapped to write songs for Disney's First Latina princess, the award-winning Elena of Avalor. John serves as songwriter and music director for the upcoming series Alice's Wonderland Bakery which is in production and set to premiere in 2022.

His songs can also be heard in several hit movies, including Disney's Descendants 3 (My Once Upon a Time), Winnie The Pooh film Springtime with Roo and Nickelodeon's Globehunters.[3][4] He co-wrote the scores to Curious George Live for NBC Universal, Dreams are Universal for Universal Studios Japan, Flintstones: The Musical for Universal Studios Hollywood, as well as numerous songs for Sesame Street Live and Tokyo DisneySea.[5] With lyricist Marcy Heisler, John wrote the song Joseph's Lullaby for Michael Crawford which appears on his album On Eagle's Wings.
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Audrey Wasilewski, Libby Rue, Abigail Estrella, Max Mittelman, Cj Uy, and Jack Stanton in Alice's Wonderland Bakery (2022)
Alice's Wonderland Bakery
6.8
TV Series
  • Music Department
Booboo Stewart, China Anne McClain, Cheyenne Jackson, Cameron Boyce, Dove Cameron, Sarah Jeffery, Sofia Carson, and Jadah Marie in Descendants 3 (2019)
Descendants 3
6.4
TV Movie
  • Soundtrack("My Once Upon A Time")
  • 2019
Sofia the First (2012)
Sofia the First
6.9
TV Series
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Elena of Avalor (2016)
Elena of Avalor
6.5
TV Series
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Music Department

  • Audrey Wasilewski, Libby Rue, Abigail Estrella, Max Mittelman, Cj Uy, and Jack Stanton in Alice's Wonderland Bakery (2022)
    Alice's Wonderland Bakery
  • Sofia the First (2012)
    Sofia the First
    • ...
  • Elena of Avalor (2016)
    Elena of Avalor
    • ...
  • Power of Me (Music Video) (2014)
    Power of Me (Music Video)
  • Sofia & Jake: Be Who You Wanna Be (2013)
    Sofia & Jake: Be Who You Wanna Be
  • Globehunters (2002)
    Globehunters

Composer

  • Dove Cameron in Dove Cameron: My Once Upon a Time (2019)
    Dove Cameron: My Once Upon a Time
  • Power of Me (Music Video) (2014)
    Power of Me (Music Video)
  • Sofia & Jake: Be Who You Wanna Be (2013)
    Sofia & Jake: Be Who You Wanna Be

Soundtrack

  • Audrey Wasilewski, Libby Rue, Abigail Estrella, Max Mittelman, Cj Uy, and Jack Stanton in Alice's Wonderland Bakery (2022)
    Alice's Wonderland Bakery
    • ...
  • The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (2022)
    The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder
    • (uncredited)
  • Elena of Avalor (2016)
    Elena of Avalor
    • ...
  • Booboo Stewart, China Anne McClain, Cheyenne Jackson, Cameron Boyce, Dove Cameron, Sarah Jeffery, Sofia Carson, and Jadah Marie in Descendants 3 (2019)
    Descendants 3
  • Sofia the First (2012)
    Sofia the First
    • ...
  • Power of Me (Music Video) (2014)
    Power of Me (Music Video)
  • Sofia & Jake: Be Who You Wanna Be (2013)
    Sofia & Jake: Be Who You Wanna Be
  • Sea of Dreams
  • Jim Cummings, Ken Sansom, Nicole Ruiz, Jimmy Bennett, and Raleigh Shuck in Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo (2004)
    Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo
  • Globehunters (2002)
    Globehunters

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