# Any drummers in residence? Music in The Croods

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies, music\
**Created:** [June 25, 2025, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-drummers-in-residence-music-in-the-croods/1020122 "2025-06-25T15:06:01Z")\
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In the 2013 movie _The Croods_ Alan Silvestri was the composer and [here](https://youtu.be/oxBNd1sxVgY?t=160) in the credits is a bit that was also used in a travel montage in the movie. I am wondering what sort of drum was used for the incessant beat. There’s no resonance so toms or tympani would be ruled out. Muffled snare, perhaps? I’m not enough of a drum expert to know.

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**Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-drummers-in-residence-music-in-the-croods/1020122/2 "2025-06-25T17:41:57Z")

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Could be a snare played with “broomsticks” (a bit like brushes, but made of wood  
like a witches broom) :-

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ajEwAlvRkq0/maxresdefault.jpg "Pro-Mark Small Broom Stick") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajEwAlvRkq0&t=139)

I’d say it’s definitely a snare drum.

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**Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-drummers-in-residence-music-in-the-croods/1020122/3 "2025-06-25T18:04:44Z")

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Maybe but the initial impact in Silvestri’s composition sounds sharper that Shirai(?) but not as sharp as a drumstick. It could be a matter of how closely the mic was placed, I suppose.

By the way, a witches’ broom is properly called a besom, a piece of ancient trivia I rarely get to show off with.

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**Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-drummers-in-residence-music-in-the-croods/1020122/4 "2025-06-27T00:51:02Z")

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I would say that is what is being used. They are also referred to as [“rods” or “bundled sticks”](https://www.sweetwater.com/c1028--Rods_Drumsticks __and__ Brushes). There is a small chance you could be hearing brushes played hard, but it seems like there is more attack than there would be with brushes.