#63 - EGO PLUM [CUPHEAD, SPONGEBOB, MAKING FIENDS]

<p>Known as “The Cartoon Composer,” Mexican American Ego Plum is an award-winning composer, musician, and music producer whose distinctive sound and unique self-taught sensibility have made him the musical king of quirky animation.</p> <p>Lending his creative talents to numerous animated series, his recent credits include the highly anticipated Netflix animated series&nbsp;The Cuphead&nbsp;Show&nbsp;based on the beloved video game, the Hanna-Barbara series&nbsp;Jellystone&nbsp;for HBO Max, and two projects set in the Spongebob Squarepants universe – the Paramount+ Original&nbsp;Kamp Koral&nbsp;as well as Nickelodeon’s&nbsp;The Patrick Star Show.</p> <p>Ego first got the attention of Nickelodeon in 2008 with his unabashedly original score for Amy Winfrey’s series&nbsp;Making Fiends, and has since scored other hit animated&nbsp;series including&nbsp;SpongeBob Squarepants, Disney’s&nbsp;Star Vs. The Forces Of Evil, as well as Nickelodeon’s&nbsp;Welcome To The Wayne&nbsp;and&nbsp;Harvey Beaks&nbsp;– for&nbsp;which&nbsp;he assembled Nickelodeon’s first-ever 60-piece orchestra!</p> <p>His next scoring projects are pair of Richard Elfman movies. The first is a sci-fi comedy titled Hipsters, Gangsters, Aliens, &amp; Geeks, and features Rebecca Forsythe, George Wendt, and Verne Troyer in his final role. The second is the long-awaited sequel to the cult classic, Forbidden Zone. Plum is co-composing the original scores and songs for both movies with Danny Elfman.</p> <p>In an effort to bring his eclectic influences into his cartoon world, Plum has collaborated/recorded with members of XTC, DEVO, Bauhaus, Black Flag, Descendents, The Dickies, Oingo Boingo, and others. In addition, Ego Plum serves as the musical director of the Raymond Scott Electronic Ensemble and has toured the United States and Europe playing guitar with Grammy-nominated comedy-rock group Green Jellÿ, and he may or may not be a founding member of the parody heavy metal tribute band Mac Sabbath.</p> <p>Ego was born in East Los Angeles where he was raised by