Butterfly in the Synth: Reading Rainbow’s Magical Theme Song

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  You're listening to 20,000 Hertz.

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  The stories behind the world's most iconic and fascinating sounds.

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  I'm Dallas Taylor.

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  As an 80s kid who watched a lot of television,

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  there are certain TV theme songs that instantly take me back to childhood.

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  Stuff like Fraggle Rock.

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  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

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  And The Wonder Years.

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  Then there's Reading Rainbow.

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  As a little kid, that song felt magical.

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  And it still does, which is why I was so excited when, out of the blue, I got an email saying,

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  Hey Dallas, I'm the original composer behind the reading rainbow theme,

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  and I'd love to come on 20,000 Hertz and talk about it.

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  Um, yes please.

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  Hey, I'm Steve Horlick, composer, producer, performer of electronic music.

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  In the late 70s, Steve co-founded an experimental band called the Electronic Art Ensemble.

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  They played wild improvisational music through interconnected synthesizers and effects.

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  This is a track called Cauldron from their album In Quietude.

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  Steve wanted to bring that adventurous spirit into the world of commercial music,

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  and he knew just the people to do it with.

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