blender example

test.py

import bpy
import random

bpy.ops.object.select_all(action='SELECT')
bpy.ops.object.delete()
from math import sin, pi

bpy.ops.object.empty_add()
cameraPath = bpy.context.active_object
cameraPath.keyframe_insert("location", frame=1)
cameraPath.location.y = 25
cameraPath.location.x = 25
cameraPath.keyframe_insert("location", frame=100)
cameraPath.location.y = 10
cameraPath.location.x = 25
cameraPath.keyframe_insert("location", frame=200)

bpy.ops.object.camera_add()
camera = bpy.context.active_object
camera.location.z = 4
camera.location.x = -24
camera.location.y = 12
camera.keyframe_insert("location", frame=100)
camera.location.z = 8
camera.location.x = -64
camera.location.y = 12
camera.keyframe_insert("location", frame=200)

bpy.ops.object.constraint_add(type='TRACK_TO')
bpy.context.object.constraints["Track To"].target = bpy.data.objects["Empty"]

def setAnimation(o,o_x,o_y, o_z_scale):
    frame_number = 0

    for i in range(100):
        
        # Set the current frame
        bpy.context.scene.frame_set(frame_number)  
        
        z = sin(i+o_y+o_x*0.2)
        
        o.location = (o_x+sin(i), o_y+sin(i), z)
        o.scale = (1,1, +o_z_scale+sin(i+o_y*0.1))
        

        o.keyframe_insert(data_path='location', index=-1)
        o.keyframe_insert(data_path='scale', index=-1)
        
        # why 15 frames? just cause - increasing this number will slow down the animation
        # because it takes more frames to pass through the same checkpoints
        frame_number += 15
        
spaceX = 2
spaceY = 2
for x in range(12):
    for y in range(12):
        z_size = 1*random.random()
        specialCube = random.random() < 0.1
        if specialCube:
            subdivCount = 1
        else:
            subdivCount = 6
         
        bpy.ops.mesh.primitive_ico_sphere_add(
            subdivisions=subdivCount,
            radius=1,
            enter_editmode=False, 
            align='WORLD', 
            location=(x*spaceX, y*spaceY, 0), 
            scale=(1, 1, z_size))
    
        item = bpy.context.object
        setAnimation(item, x*spaceX, y*spaceY, z_size)
        if specialCube:
            item.data.materials.append(bpy.data.materials["Material.002"])
        else:
            item.data.materials.append(bpy.data.materials["Material.001"])

bpy.context.scene.frame_end = 500

https://youtu.be/OtH400ZYQX0

you need to manually create two materials ("Material.001" and "Material.002") before running the script. might be nice to automate this as well