I've had this basic tune in my head for at least 20 years. Never did anything with it... until now.
Not a whole lot to say about it. I always imagined this as an instrumental with a tuba somewhere in it. I suppose if I learn more about scoring instrumentals, I may add more "substance" to this. Otherwise, I'm happy to get this out of my head and into the world.
None
(unless you want to sing along with the words, "I am a happy, happy hippo")
@headfirstonly Mar 2022
You really can't go wrong with a song built around a riff played on the tuba. This is a delight. And I agree with the comments below: this one doesn't need anything else.
@timfatchen Feb 2022
The orchestration is fine. More would kill this bright and amusing waterhorse tuba setting.
@dock Feb 2022
The tuba is so delicate! It goes with that dancing riff so well. I can appreciate the need to get a tune out so it can move on. I think your "scoring" works well.