Peter Lurye

American songwriter

Peter Lurye (born July 25, 1957) is an American composer and lyricist from New York City.^[1]

Credits

Lurye is credited for theme music and/or songs in

Animal Jam
Bear in the Big Blue House (Season 1, Season 2 & Season 3)^[2]
Cyberchase ("The Poddleville Case")
Dinosaur King (4Kids dub)
Dora the Explorer - "Dora's Christmas Carol Adventure" and revised theme music in later installments
Dora and Friends: Into the City! - Voices the Frogs, Mice, and Horses
Eureeka's Castle
Gullah Gullah Island - Theme song composer
GoGoRiki
Jungle Junction
The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove ("Be True To Your Groove")
The Magic School Bus: The show's theme song "Ride on the Magic School Bus", written by Lurye, was performed by Little Richard.^[2]^[3]^[4]
My Life as a Teenage Robot: Lurye and James L. Venable received the 2004 BMI Cable Award.
Peter Rabbit
Octonauts (Creature Report Song)
Out of the Box
Random! Cartoons
Stanley - performed by the Baha Men
Sunny Day^[5]
Teacher's Pet
Viva Piñata
A Little Game^[6]
MacGyver The Musical^[2]
What A Cartoon!

^ Maher, John (21 April 2020). "How Peter Lurye Made 'The Magic School Bus' Sing". The Dot and Line. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c Press, Houston (2020-02-24). "Stages Announces its 2020-2021 Season and Can You Spell E-C-L-E-C-T-I-C?". Houston Press. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
^ Blistein, Jon (2017-09-05). "Hear Lin-Manuel Miranda's Boisterous 'Magic School Bus' Theme Song". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
^ "Arthur & 9 Other PBS Shows 90s Kids Still Love (& Where To Stream Them)". ScreenRant. 2020-12-24. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
^ Clement, Olivia (2019-09-11). "See Cynthia Erivo As a Singing Vet on Nickelodeon's Sunny Day". Playbill. Retrieved 2021-03-16.
^ "'A Little Game': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 2014-12-11. Retrieved 2021-03-16.