Andrew McCrorie-Shand

Andrew McCrorie-Shand
Birth name Andrew William John McCrorie
Also known as Andrew McCrorie
Born (1955-05-14) 14 May 1955
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Origin Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Genres Television score
Occupation(s) Television composer
Years active 1978–present
Associated acts Teletubbies

Andrew William John McCrorie-Shand (born 14 May 1955) is a British composer. He is mostly known for having composed the original theme tune for Teletubbies, and also the chart topping hit that followed it, Teletubbies say "Eh-oh!".

He was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire into a musical family and taught to play piano from age 5. McCrorie-Shand joined the mid-1970s progressive rock band Druid as the keyboardist for the band's two studio albums. Then he was signed to EMI Records where he worked with major performers of the era such as Leo Sayer, Sally Oldfield, Billy Ocean and Sarah Brightman.[1]

McCrorie-Shand was later looked upon by the children's production company Ragdoll Productions and chosen to work on TV shows such as Teletubbies, Brum, Tots TV, Boohbah, Rosie and Jim, The Adventures of Abney & Teal and Twirlywoos.

He has not returned for the remake of Teletubbies, though he arranged the new orchestral version of the original theme .

  1. http://basca.org.uk/directory/244/

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