Nickelodeon composer Guy Moon, 63, killed in horror car crash in LA as family pay tribute to ‘unmistakable legacy’
TRIBUTES have been paid to Nickelodeon composer Guy Moon after he was killed in a horror car crash in Los Angeles.
Moon’s heartbroken family said they are “overcome with grief” after his tragic death on Thursday morning.
The Emmy-nominated composer was traveling in LA when he was involved in a traffic collision and died of traumatic injuries, the LA County Medical Examiner’s report said.
His family said: “We feel singularly blessed to have been able to call him dad and husband.
“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.
“He has left an unmistakable legacy, and will be profoundly missed by us, his family, and countless others whose lives he impacted.”
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Moon’s music featured on beloved shows across the Nickelodeon network – including The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom, Big Time Rush, and SpongeBob SquarePants.
He composed popular songs, including Bartmania!, Shiny Teeth, and the catchy theme song for Danny Phantom.
Moon was nominated for four Emmy awards in the Outstanding Music and Lyrics category from 2002 to 2004 as a composer for the Butch Hartman-created show The Fairly OddParents.
Hartman, who was a co-nominee with Guy at the Emmy Awards, said: “I have no words yet because there are none adequate enough. Guy was my friend. My brother. My family.”
Big Time Rush star Stephen Kramer Glickman paid tribute to the longtime “Nick” composer.
He said: “This is heartbreaking.”
Born in Wisconsin in 1962, Moon attended the University of Arizona School of Music before he moved to California.
He has credits in more than 70 works spanning four decades – across film, television series, animated series, TV movies, and shorts.
He was credited on films including The Brady Bunch Movie, and a producer on The Black Knight and Dr. Dolittle 2.