Andrew McCrorie-Shand
Andrew William John McCrorie-Shand is a British composer. He is mostly known for having composed musical scores for children’s television programmes, including the original theme tune for Teletubbies, and also the chart topping hit that followed it, Teletubbies say "Eh-oh!". Andrew has also composed the music for Rosie and Jim, Brum and Tots TV.Biography
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 on EMI Records. He later worked with other performers of the era such as Curved Air, Leo Sayer, Sally Oldfield, Billy Ocean and Sarah Brightman.
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.
McCrorie-Shand appeared in the Rosie and Jim episode "Recording Studio" with Neil Brewer.
He has not returned for the remake of Teletubbies, although the new show features orchestral versions of his original theme.
