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‘My Brother the Minotaur’ Released on Apple TV

By 24th April 2026 Representation

'My Brother the Minotaur' Released on Apple TV

‘My Brother the Minotaur’ from Academy Award-nominated animation studio Cartoon Saloon and the award-winning children’s media company Dog Ears, is released on Apple TV today.

Original Score & Original Songs Co-writer: Christian Henson
Music Supervisor: Maggie Rodford
Assistant Music Supervisor: Lucy Evans

A thrilling mix of folklore, mystery and adventure about a young minotaur – half boy, half bull – found and raised in the human world. With the help of his fiercely loyal human brother, he recruits a bold group of friends to uncover the mystery of his minotaur past and fulfill his destiny, all while battling dark forces determined to see him fail.

The animated series features voice performances from rising stars Ely Solan, Billy Jenkins, Luciana Akpobaro and Billie Boullet, alongside Michael Sheen, Brian Cox, Paul Kaye and T’Nia Miller.

On composing the original score, Christian said, By far my favourite genre to work in is underscoring dramatic stories for younger audiences. The emotional bandwidth is far broader—when something is frightening, I like to push it to its limits; when it’s joyful, it can be expressed with complete openness and sincerity. When I was approached to work on My Brother the Minotaur, I set out not only to create a thematic narrative, but to build an entire world.

Living in Scotland, I have the privilege of collaborating with some of the finest folk musicians in the world, and I pitched to Maurice, the director, an approach I described as “Folk John Williams”: richly melodic, detailed, complex, and orchestral in scope, but grounded in Celtic and Gaelic instrumentation.
The opportunity to collaborate on over 25 songs for the series allowed us to fully immerse ourselves in this sonic world without ever stepping outside it. My Brother the Minotaur is genuinely the most joyful project I’ve worked on; never before have I so completely escaped into a world that I helped to create.
It was a total honour, and it’s a world I’ve missed ever since we finished.