Biography

Known as “The Cartoon Composer,” Mexican-American Ego Plum is an award-winning composer, musical director, and performer whose distinctive sound and unique self-taught sensibility have made him the musical king of quirky animation. Lending his creative talents to numerous animated series, his recent credits include the highly anticipated Netflix animated series The Cuphead Show based on the beloved video game, the Hanna-Barbara series Jellystone for HBO Max, and two projects set in the Spongebob Squarepants universe – the Paramount+ Original Kamp Koral as well as Nickelodeon’s The Patrick Star Show. Ego first got the attention of Nickelodeon in 2008 with his unabashedly original score for Amy Winfrey’s series Making Fiends, and has since scored other hit animated series including SpongeBob Squarepants, Disney’s Star Vs. The Forces Of Evil, as well as Nickelodeon’s Welcome To The Wayne and Harvey Beaks – for which he assembled Nickelodeon’s first-ever 60-piece orchestra! His inventive musical style stems from unconventional influences such as the “cartoon jazz” of Raymond Scott, French electro pioneer Jean-Jacques Perrey, Looney Tunes musical director Carl Stalling, combined with the the frenetic energy of bands like The Residents, DEVO, Oingo Boingo, XTC, and The Dead Kennedys. Plum has collaborated/recorded with members of XTC, DEVO, Bauhaus, Black Flag, Descendents, The Dickies, Oingo Boingo, and others.