The story involves neglected child Olivia, whose only friends are Charlie the Horse and Barnaby the Stablehand.
He has also composed music for other Canadian TV series such as Babar, Rupert, The Busy World of Richard Scarry, The Legend of White Fang, The Adventures of Paddington Bear, the 1997 version of Lassie, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Night Hood and The Neverending Story.
The film was first broadcast on CTV Television Network and then on Family Channel and Showcase in Canada and later on HBO in the USA.
It has also been airing on Cartoon Network and the BBC in the UK, RTB in Brunei, ABC TV in Australia, ATV World in Hong Kong, M-Net and SABC1 in South Africa, RTÉ in the Republic of Ireland, Prime 12, Premiere 12 and Channel 5 in Singapore, TPI in Indonesia, TV1 in Malaysia, BFBS and SSVC Television in Germany, Arutz HaYeladim in Israel and Channel 2 in New Zealand.
All twenty channels have aired it along with all the other animated short films in The Real Story of... / Favorite Songs series.