Guy Moon, a composer for various Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network shows, passed away earlier in the week. He was 63.
Per his family, Moon was died in a car accident on Thursday and later succumed to his injuries. “We feel singularly blessed to have been able to call him dad and husband,” their statement reads. “As we stand together at the base of what seems to be an insurmountable grief, we are emboldened to grieve him with honor and courage with the tools that he equipped us with in his beautiful life.”
Born February 7, 1962, Moon’s credits also include 2 Stupid Dogs, the 1992 Addams Family series, and the Brady Bunch movies. For those growing up in the 90s and 2000s, his music was all over Nickelodeon in particular: he did the theme song and episode music for Fairly Oddparents and Danny Phantom (including their various movies), and did additional work on Jimmy Neutron and Spongebob Squarepants. His work on Oddparents landed him an Emmy nomination in 2004 for Abra-Catastrophe, that show’s first special. Per IMDB, his last credited work was for the 2025 murder mystery series The Artist.
After news of Moon’s passing, Oddparents director John F. Fountain remembered the composer as “our Carl Stalling. His compositions were an integral part of the show’s character. It’s a testament to Guy’s talent that I almost never saw him in my time as a director. I never once felt the need to direct him, because I knew he would hit it out of the park every single time. And he did, without fail. May his legacy provide us with his signature jazzy, upbeat rhythm in our hearts forever.”
Moon’s family said they have “tentative” plans to celebrate his life on Saturday, February 7, what would’ve been his 64th birthday in Los Angeles and his hometown in Wisconsin. For now, they want fans of his work to remember his “unmistakable legacy. [He] will be profoundly missed by us, his family, and countless others whose lives he impacted.”
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