All Creatures Great and Small theme

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The "All Creatures Great and Small" theme is a gentle, pastoral television theme tune composed by Johnny Pearson for the beloved British series about a Yorkshire veterinarian.

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instanceOf instrumental composition
television theme music
alsoKnownAs All Creatures Great and Small opening theme NERFINISHED
associatedPeriod 20th-century television music
associatedWith Yorkshire Dales NERFINISHED
veterinary drama
basedOn pastoral light-music tradition
composer Johnny Pearson NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
firstBroadcastIn 1970s
genre light music
television score
hasComposerRole Johnny Pearson NERFINISHED
hasCulturalImpact recognizable British TV theme
instrumentation orchestral
language instrumental
linkedTo James Herriot adaptations NERFINISHED
mood gentle
notableFor evoking rural English countryside
partOf All Creatures Great and Small soundtrack NERFINISHED
primaryInstrument strings
woodwinds
productionCompanyContext BBC NERFINISHED
settingEvoked rural Yorkshire
style pastoral
tempo moderate
texture melodic and lyrical
usedAs closing credits music
opening credits music
usedInTVSeries All Creatures Great and Small NERFINISHED

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Johnny Pearson notableWork All Creatures Great and Small theme