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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Michael Hogan

‘It might be one of the most unpopular tunes ever written!’: kids’ TV composers tell all

The Heeler family in Bluey.
Dog whistle … Bluey is one of the biggest kids’ shows in the world today. Photograph: Disney

How do you write TV theme music for children? Does it make you mega-rich? And does the tune itself eventually drive you (and parents everywhere) nuts?

We tracked down the creators of half-a-dozen of TV’s greatest children’s show themes in order to find out. As Bluey’s Joff Bush told us: “The key lesson is that if you’re going to write a theme tune, make sure you really like it because you’re going to hear it a helluva lot!”

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