Danny Elfman to Write Theme Song for New Series Starring This Iconic Children’s Character

Though he’s amended known for scoring specified spooky fare arsenic The Nightmare Before Christmas and Beetlejuice oregon the taxable opus for The Simpsons, Danny Elfman is turning his sights to a cuddly stuffed carnivore for his adjacent project: The Oscar-nominated composer has been tapped to constitute the taxable opus to Hundred Acre Wood’s Winnie and Friends.

The ambitious Kartoon Studios task volition motorboat with 208 seven-minute episodes and 5 vacation specials done Kartoon’s Toon Media Networks division, airing crossed linear television, AVOD, SVOD, FAST channels and streaming platforms. Though the bid won’t debut until December 2026, a sneak peek volition aerial connected Dec. 24 to commemorate the 100^th day of the archetypal work of the A.A. Milne classical astir the befuddled, honey-loving carnivore and his friends Eeyore, Tigger, Piglet, Rabbit and Owl successful the Hundred Acre Wood.

“The stories of Winnie-the-Pooh clasp a timeless innocence and quiescent magic that I profoundly admire,” said Elfman successful a statement. “My extremity with the taxable is to grant A.A. Milne’s enduring spirit, portion giving Kartoon Studios’ caller mentation a melody that volition consciousness instantly acquainted yet caller for today’s audiences.”

It’s unclear if Elfman volition notation Richard Sherman’s iconic taxable opus written for Disney’s Winnie-the-Pooh movies, though the composer did add, “Richard Sherman’s archetypal Winnie-the-Pooh taxable is simply a existent classic. It acceptable the code for generations and captured thing truly special. I’m honored to beryllium creating caller euphony for this precise peculiar world.”

According to Andy Heyward, chairman/CEO of Kartoon Studios, portions of Elfman’s taxable volition beryllium incorporated into the underscore of the episodes. “It is not conscionable the main title; determination are sub mixes and melodies that travel from the main rubric that are permeated passim the show,” helium says. “His creativity is each implicit the show, and helium volition beryllium a salient portion of it.”

The task reunites Elfman with the series’ enforcement producer, Linda Woolverton, with whom helium worked connected Tim Burton’s Alice successful Wonderland.  “Danny’s euphony brings imaginativeness and affectional extent similar nary 1 other and to person him articulation america successful reimagining Winnie-the-Pooh for a caller procreation is simply a gift,” she said. John Rivoli, who has worked connected user merchandise programs for specified franchises arsenic Harry Potter, Batman, The Lord of the Rings