The Backyardigans ( Pilot) Theme Song (partial Audio) - Free Archive Audio

On November 10th, 2001, at 10:31am EST, the Nick Jr. block made an unintentional broadcast of an low-budget draft animation that would resemble a series debuting nearly 4 years later, The Backyardigans. The broadcast aired following the rerun of Franklin. The partial intro has been among the few resources salvaged from this transmission, as sent in by AustinoTheNostalgiaVHSFan1990. The low-budget animation featured a small ensemble of a few adult voice actresses, voicing the main four characters. The voice cast featured have credited to be specially commissioned from the award-winning Drew's Entertainment Inc., as scouted by New York-based talent executives Melissa Chusid and Michelle Levitt. The lyrical work and composition have been credited respectively to McPaul Smith and Evan Lurie, who, in conjunction with the Manhattan-based Dubway Studios, have produced the tune in 2001. In 2003, as the production of the fully-realized hit Nick Jr. series kicked off, there were noteworthy modifications to this version that were put into effect in the finalized plan. The original final draft of the 2001 audio was reused in near entirety; however, it was slightly modified and reworked to include precisely one measure of instrumental to accomodate an additional line of dialogue to the existing character introduction, later revealed to be "And my name's Joey" - which can be caused by the addition of the aforementioned newly-conceived character. This character was later renamed "Austin". The concept of a child voice cast ensemble for the characters has become a key factor in the series production, in lieu of casting adult voice actresses to perform with a childish characteristic, as stated by the crew to be "not authentic and failing to convey the most natural, truest recognition of a child."