The Heelers’ intrafamily love overflows to bless others-including viewers like us, who are uplifted by the way the family consistently uplifts and serves one another. Each relationship configuration (husband to wife, mother to daughter, siblings to one another, etc.) is unique and creates a glorious web of multidirectional, mutually serving, mutually delighting, sacrificial love. To watch an episode of Bluey is to bask in the loveliness of what God made when he created family: a husband and a wife, who become a father and a mother, together bearing and raising children in an environment where loving, stable bonds enable all involved to thrive. According to Bush, 'It’s a very emotional experience watching it.Bluey doesn’t see family as a plot device, setting, or means by which it can make important points about this or that current issue. As Bingo tries to make the 'big girl' move to sleeping on her own, 'Jupiter' supports the narrative of growth and wonder in a new step in growing up. In it, Holst's 'Jupiter' adds a magical soundscape to youngest child Bingo's dream of travelling into space with her stuffed toy. 'Sleepytime' was named by the New York Times as one of the Best Television Episodes of 2020. 'Jupiter' from Holst's The Planets in 'Sleepytime' As the kids prepare a 'fancy' meal to the joyful sounds of 'Spring', Bluey's mum and dad confess to some of the difficulties of being a parent, with a totally contrasting soundtrack. Vivaldi's exuberant 'Spring' underpins an episode where Bluey and Bingo try to help their parents to be more romantic. 'Spring' from Vivaldi's Four Seasons in 'Fancy Restaurant' There’s also something magical about that music that fit in with the episode, something very Harry Potter!' 4. For Hall of the Mountain King in 'Featherwand': 'there’s something about that episode that is such a game for Bingo, it just reminded me of that theme. The whimsy and playfulness of Hall of the Mountain King underpins the episode 'Featherwand', where a magical feather wand makes things incredibly heavy.īush explained that many of his music choices linked back to his days as a piano teacher. Grieg’s Hall of the Mountain King in 'Featherwand' They dance around each other in circles to the sounds of Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the Flowers, not realising their ice creams are melting in the Australian heat.

Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the Flowers in 'Ice Cream'īluey and Bingo quarrel about sharing an ice cream treat, making sure no one takes the bigger bite. 'From that episode, I got a message from someone saying, ‘My three year old just asked Alexa to play some Mozart!' 2. According to the show's lead composer, Joff Bush: 'That might be one of the first times when we realised that using these classical tunes in the show really works, that you can have a lot of fun with it.' In an interview with ABC Classic's Russell Torrance, Bush also revealed that Bluey was building a new generation of classical music lovers.

In this episode, the two children, Bluey and Bingo, use a magic xylophone to freeze their dad in space and time, putting him in comical poses, to the joyful soundtrack of Mozart's Rondo à la turca. Mozart's Rondo à la turca in 'The Magic Xylophone' Here are five exceptional uses of classical music in the show. The music of composers like Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart play an important role in the Australian animated series, Bluey.

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