Bill Weisbach

Bill Weisbach was the musican who performed and arranged the music for most of the Baby Einstein series.

## About

### Born

William S. WeisbachAugust 15, 1957 (age 62)

## In Baby Einstein

### Worked on

Language NurseryVideo Tutorials

Baby Mozart

Baby Bach

Baby Shakespeare/World of Words

Baby Van Gogh/World of Colors

Baby Santa's Music Box

Baby Dolittle - Neighborhood Animals/Animals Around Me

Baby Dolittle - World Animals/Wild Animal Safari

Baby Newton/Baby Monet

Baby Beethoven

Baby Neptune

Baby Galileo

Numbers Nursery

Baby MacDonald

Baby Noah

On the Go

Meet the Orchestra

Baby's Favorite Places

My First Signs

Discovering Shapes

Lullaby Time

Baby's First Sounds

World Music

World Animal Adventure

Baby Lullaby

Neptune's Oceans

World of Rhythm

## Original Music

* Baby Einstein Theme (Language Nursery, Language Nursery CD, Baby Einstein CD Sampler, Playdate Fun, Baby's First Sounds, Baby Einstein Discovery Kit DVD Menu)
* Abenlied [background] (Language Nursery, Language Nursery CD)
* Aiueo [background] (Language Nursery, Language Nursery CD)
* Jack and Jill [background] (Language Nursery, Language Nursery CD, Playtime Music Box)
* Numi Numi [background] (Language Nursery, Language Nursery CD)
* J'avais/French Counting [background} (Language Nursery, Language Nursery CD, Baby's First Sounds)
* Nen Nen [background] (Language Nursery)
* Oye Mira [background] (Language Nursery, Language Nursery CD)
* Brilla Brilla/German Counting [background] (Language Nursery, Language Nursery CD)
* Twinkle Twinkle/Hush Baby [background] (Language Nursery, Language Nursery CD)
* Humpty Dumpty [background] (Language Nursery, Language Nursery CD, Playtime Music Box)
* Grandma's Merry Geese [background] (Language Nursery, Language Nursery CD)
* Kinderpredigt/Spanish Alphabet [background] (Language Nursery, Language Nursery CD)
* Bo Peep/Kulam [background] (Language Nursery, Language Nursery CD, Baby's First Sounds)
* Russian Lullaby [background] (Language Nursery, Language Nursery CD)
* Matterhorn Jig (Language Nursery, Language Nursery CD)
* Niji [background] (Language Nursery, Language Nursery CD)
* Baby Einstein Lullaby (Language Nursery, Language Nursery CD, Traveling Melodies)
* Baby Shakespeare Theme (Baby Shakespeare, World of Words)
* Cactus Cha Cha (Baby Van Gogh, World of Colors)
* Baby Einstein Logo (every BE video, Discovery Kits)
* Video Tutorial [background] (2000-2002 DVD video tutorials)
* My Neighborhood (Baby's Favorite Places, Lullaby Classics Volume 2)
* Bonnie (World Music, World Music CD, Naptime Melodies)
* Rainstick Joey (World Music, World Music CD)
* Golden Trompong (World Music CD)
* This World, Our World (World Music CD)
* Ho Watanay (World Music CD)
* African Savannah Morning (World Music CD, Wild Animal Safari)
* Bard, The Piper (World Music, World Music CD)
* Africa (World Animal Adventure)
* South America (World Animal Adventure)
* Asia (World Animal Adventure)
* Arctic Romp (World Animal Adventure, Neptune's Oceans)
* Europe, variation on Furiant (World Animal Adventure)
* North America (World Animal Adventure)
* Australia, Variation on Contradance No. 2 (World Animal Adventure)

## Appearances from The Baby Einstein Music Box Orchestra

#### Videos & DVDs

* Language Nursery (1997)
* Baby Mozart: Music Festival (1998)
* Baby Bach: Musical Adventure (1998)
* Baby Shakespeare: World of Poetry (1999)
* Baby Van Gogh: World of Colors (2000)
* Baby Santa's: Music Box (2000)
* Neighborhood Animals (2001)
* World Animals (2001)
* Baby Newton: All About Shapes (2002)
* Baby Beethoven: Symphony of Fun (2002)
* Baby Neptune: Discovering Water (2003)
* Baby Galileo: Discovering the Sky (2003)
* Numbers Nursery (2003)
* Baby MacDonald: A Day on the Farm (2004)
* Baby Noah: Animal Expedition (2004)
* Baby Monet: Discovering the Seasons (2005)
* On the Go: Riding, Sailing and Soaring (2005)
* Meet The Orchestra: First Instruments (2006)
* Baby's Favorite Places: First Words-Around Town (2006)
* My First Signs: See and Sign with Baby (2007)
* Discovering Shapes: Circles, Squares and More! (2007)
* Lullaby Time: Soothing Sounds for Baby (2007)
* Baby's First Sounds: Discovering for Little Ears (2008)
* World Music (2009)
* World Animal Adventure (2009)

#### Discovery Kits

* Baby Mozart (2010)
* Baby Beethoven (2010)
* Animals Around Me (2010)
* Wild Animal Safari (2010)
* World of Words (2010)
* World of Colors (2010)
* Baby Lullaby (2011)
* Neptune's Oceans (2011)
* World of Rhythm (2011)

#### CDs

* Baby Bach\*
* Baby Beethoven\*
* Baby Galileo
* Baby Mozart\*
* Baby Neptune\*
* Baby Noah\*
* Baby Santa\*
* Baby Vivaldi\*
* Language Nursery
* Bedtime Classics
* Playtime Classics
* Classical Collection
* Art Time Classics
* Holiday Classics
* Classical Animals
* Lullaby Classics\*
* Lullaby Classics Volume 2\*
* Meet the Orchestra\*
* Music Box Orchestra, Highlights from the B. E. Orchestra
* Naptime Melodies\*
* Playdate Fun\*
* Playtime Music Box\*
* Sing and Play\*
* Traveling Melodies\*
* Wake Up and Goodnight\*
* World Music\*
* Baby's Holiday Symphony

## Synthesizers Used (List Updated as of 9/27/20)

* **Korg DW-8000 (1997-2000)**
* **Korg T2 or T3 (1997-2011)Alesis Quadrasynth Plus Piano (1997-2011)**

* **Alesis Classical Instruments Plus Q Card (1998-2011)E-MU Proteus 1, 2, and 3 (1998; 2000-2011)Korg X3 or N364 (1997-2011)Roland JV1080 (1998-2011)E-MU Proteus FX (1998-2011)Akai S1000 or S1100 or even the S3000XL (1998-2011)Roland SR-JV80-02 and SR-JV80-16 Orchestral Cards (1998; 1999-2011)**
* **Roland SR-JV80-09 Session (2000)E-MU Proteus 2000 (2001-2011)E-MU Virtuoso 2000 (2001-2011)E-MU Planet Earth (2001-2011)**
* **ILIO Synclavier Percussion+ Vol. 2 World and Orchestral (1998-2011)**
* **Prosonus - The Orchestra Collection; Sound Library for the AKAI S1000???? (1998-2011)Unknown Spectrasonics Sample Library (2000)**
* **Korg Triton (Original) (2001-2011)**
* **Waldorf Microwave Xt (CONFIRMED!) (2000-2011)**

## Unconfirmed Synth / Sample Library findings

* Ensoniq MR-Rack with Urban Dance Expansion and World Expansion (DEBUNKED)

* KORG DSS-1 and Sample Library (not the synthesis one) (Has similar Baby Bach woodblock percussion sound)
* Korg XSC-802 Orchestra PCM Card (Waveforms can lead to a few missing sounds)
* Yamaha ??????? (virtual acoustic sound module / keyboard ROMpler) (Für Elise pan flute)
* Roland or Yamaha 12-bit PCM sampled drum machine (FM-sounding rhythmic synth at the end of the ruins of athens)

## Trivia

* Bill made the music for every Baby Einstein Video & DVD except for Baby da Vinci, Baby Wordsworth, and Baby’s First Moves.
* He has also made the music for every Baby Einstein CD except for Baby Mozart 2, Animal Friends, and Holiday Melodies.
* However, all of the music by him in Baby Monet was pre-made and the new music, like the conga, were made by Kip Kueper and Scott Roche.
* His son, Trevor Weisbach, narrated in a few of the Baby Einstein videos & DVDs, such as Neighborhood Animals, World Animals and Baby Newton. He also sang some of the songs on the CDs.

## References

1. ↑ Most likely used for the E Piano used for the Beginning theme in the first BE video. Was said by a few interviews that it was "A modified Korg Wavetable patch" so it's most likely the DW-8000 since it's a wavetable predecessor to the M1 which had the E. Piano 3 patch we thought was it.
2. ↑ Most likely instead of the MPS or the E-MU EIII Vol. 7 CD, because it is rumored that it might have the E. Piano from Baby Bach (During Goldberg Variations 30, 14 Canons BWV 1087, and Brandenburg 2 Movement III.)
3. ↑ No longer to be considered the Roland S770 because the Prosonus Orchestra Collection was only for Akai and Kurzweil Sampler/Sample playback gear.
4. ↑ Roland L.A Composer was the bootleg sample cd that had the celesta, this one has it and it's much less compressed.
5. ↑ \*Bass drum roll in the Mountain King piece from Art Time Classics and World Animals