105 Days: Countdown to the An Unlikely Fandom Premiere

 A lot of fantastic and interesting people work on any TV series, and Thomas & Friends is no exception - there have been several amazing music composers over the years (I'm an especially big fan of the original ones in the earlier years of the show) but today I'm going to talk about Robert Hartshorne. 

Hartshorne composed the music (and some of the songs) on the show from 2003 until 2017. He has a number of other television credits but I think the most interesting credit he has outside of Thomas is composing a song for Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee (60th anniversary of her reign). 

Pretty crazy being tasked with composing for an iconic British character and the queen herself. I had the opportunity to ask Robert some questions about his work on Thomas & Friends some years ago. You can read that here. 

Just 105 days until the premiere of An Unlikely Fandom: The Impact of Thomas the Tank Engine. 90% of the tickets are sold - we're almost at capacity! Get tickets here! 

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