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“Got Beef” is the story of a young Indian boy’s desire to eat meat in fast food America. Raji faces the dilemma of his desire, while also wanting to please his religious Hindu mother. This is the question we faced: “How do we compose a theme that works over live action footage and clay animation, while evoking themes of temptation and desire ?” Our solution: compose a single piece of music layered with thematic elements from the entire film, rather than score the animated part as a cartoon, and the live action stuff as serious. This music is heard over a thirty-second animated sequence where a clay-animated cow gets pulverized into meat patties and becomes food on the grill. Animation by Chris Partika.