Kurt Heinecke

**Kurt Henry Heinecke** (born January 10, 1963 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American composer, musician, songwriter, photographer, and voice actor for VeggieTales and 3-2-1 Penguins!.

Prior to his work at Big Idea, Kurt was a band director for high school and a music director at a church where Phil Vischer goes. He first started working at Big Idea when Phil needed a music composer for his first show.

He worked full-time at Big Idea until being laid off in December 2008. Despite this, he still composes for Big Idea through freelance work.

He is currently married to his wife Judy and three children.

## Fun Facts

* Kurt used a borrowed sousaphone from the high school band that he used to work for the theme song from VeggieTales.
* He is the only crew member who gets confused on who is Jimmy and Jerry.
* He also works as a photographer.
* He was a schoolteacher in Commonwealth of the Bahamas, before settling in Chicago, where Phil would hire him as the music composer for VeggieTales.
* He used his sample CD, Peter Siedlaczek’s Complete Orchestral Collection.

## Works with Big Idea

* Where's God When I'm S-Scared?
* God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?!
* Are You My Neighbor?
* Rack, Shack, and Benny
* Dave and the Giant Pickle
* The Toy That Saved Christmas
* Very Silly Songs!
* Larry-Boy! and the Fib from Outer Space!
* Josh and the Big Wall!
* Madame Blueberry
* The End of Silliness?
* Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed
* King George and the Ducky
* Esther... The Girl Who Became Queen
* Trouble on Planet Wait-Your-Turn
* Lyle the Kindly Viking
* The Cheating Scales of Bullamanka
* The Ultimate Silly Song Countdown
* The Amazing Carnival of Complaining
* Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie
* The Star of Christmas
* The Wonderful World of Auto-Tainment!
* The Ballad of Little Joe
* An Easter Carol
* A Snoodle's Tale
* Sumo of the Opera
* Duke and the Great Pie War
* Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Samson's Hairbrush
* Lord of the Beans
* Sheerluck Holmes and the Golden Ruler
* LarryBoy and the Bad Apple
* Gideon: Tuba Warrior
* Moe and the Big Exit
* The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's
* The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything
* Tomato Sawyer and Huckleberry Larry's Big River Rescue
* Abe and the Amazing Promise
* Minnesota Cuke and the Search for Noah's Umbrella
* Saint Nicholas: A Story of Joyful Giving
* Pistachio - The Little Boy That Woodn't
* Sweetpea Beauty: A Girl After God's Own Heart
* It's a Meaningful Life
* Twas The Night Before Easter
* Princess and the Popstar
* The Little Drummer Boy
* Robin Good and His Not-So-Merry Men
* The Penniless Princess
* The League of Incredible Vegetables
* The Little House That Stood
* MacLarry and the Stinky Cheese Battle
* Merry Larry and the True Light of Christmas
* Veggies in Space: The Fennel Frontier
* Beauty and the Beet
* Noah's Ark
* God Wants Us to Make Peace
* The Best Christmas Gift
* A Lifetime Supply of Joy
* The Power of Love
* It's Cool to Be Kind
* A ShakeSparagus Play
* When Being Good Means Giving Up
* Little Things Matter
* Patience Takes Practice
* Being Gentle Makes You Great
* The Wonderfulness of Wisdom
* Forgiveness Brings the Fixing
* A Tale of True Courage
* Samson's Bad Hair Day
* The Giving-est Day
* The Good Shepherd
* The One and Only You!
* Don't Give Up on Doing Good
* Don't Stop Believing
* Naaman Takes a Bath
* The Grumble Cure (final Big Idea production to involve him as music composer.)