Guy Moon, Emmy-nominated composer of beloved Nickelodeon animated shows, dies at 63

Composer Guy Moon, who scored a fistful of fashionable animated TV series, and was astir known for Nickelodeon’s “Fairly OddParents,” has died. He was 63.

The Emmy nominee was killed Thursday greeting successful a postulation collision, his household announced successful a Facebook station connected Saturday. Savannah Moon, the composer’s daughter, said successful a telephone interrogation that her begetter was riding his Vespa scooter erstwhile helium died. The Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed connected its database that Moon died of traumatic injuries.

Moon’s 3 children, daughters Chelsea and Savannah and lad Dusty, fondly remembered the composer successful telephone interviews arsenic a “walking jukebox” who had an accepting, playful and peaceful attack successful his idiosyncratic and nonrecreational lives. He was a devoted husband, begetter and grandfather, his household said.

“There was ever euphony but it was ne'er astir him being ace bully astatine euphony adjacent though helium was conscionable truthful incredibly talented,” Dusty said. “The euphony was ne'er astir him. It was conscionable astir emotion and connection.”

“He was precise bully astatine highlighting different radical and highlighting what was important, whether it was done euphony oregon whether it was done what helium said to people,” Savannah said.

Guy Moon agelong scored the magical antics of “Fairly OddParents,” an animated bid that tracks the adventures of Timmy Turner, a 10-year-old lad with fairy godparents who assistance him wishes to lick his mundane problems. Moon was the show’s composer for much than a decennary from 2001 to 2017 and scored much than 150 episodes, according to IMDb. He earned 4 Emmy nominations for his enactment connected “Fairly OddParents.”

A Wisconsin native, Moon besides worked connected “Fairly OddParents” creator Butch Hartman’s different bid “Danny Phantom” and “T.U.F.F. Puppy.” Hartman mourned Moon successful an Instagram communicative Saturday.

“I person nary words yet due to the fact that determination are nary capable enough,” Hartman said, adding that helium volition marque a connection astatine a aboriginal time.

Moon, a postgraduate of the University of Arizona School of Music, started his vocation successful the 1980s, contributing to projects including “The Land Before Time,” the animated “Addams Family” series, “Leave It to Beaver” and “Johnny Bravo.” In the mid-’90s and aboriginal aughts, Moon supplemented his bid enactment with films including “The Brady Bunch Movie,” “Minority Report,” “Fight Club,” “Evan Almighty” and “Leap Year.”

His Nickelodeon credits besides see “ChalkZone,” respective “Fairly OddParents” and “Jimmy Neutron” crossover specials, “Back astatine the Barnyard” and “Big Time Rush.” In caller years, Moon turned his absorption to live-action and autarkic projects including TV play “The Green Veil” starring John Leguizamo and the 2024 movie “Forty-Seven Days with Jesus.” He was past credited successful 2025 arsenic a composer for “The Artist,” a bid from streaming work the Network.

Moon, an Annie Awards and BMI Film & TV Awards winner, incorporated his passions for euphony successful household life, from expressing his regular observations successful a sing-songy mode to playing the soft to entertain friends and family. Despite the accolades for work, Moon would person been astir arrogant of his collaborations with his children, who each shared his philharmonic passions, Chelsea said.

“We are his legacy. He was truthful arrogant of america and truthful arrogant to enactment with us,” she said, adding “he would astir apt accidental that was his top life’s accomplishments — to person us.”

Moon’s children underlined his devoted faith, which helium balanced with his full-time vocation arsenic a composer. His household said Moon often melded his religion with his emotion and his connections successful the euphony world, from producing religion philharmonic events to present chap worshipers to caller forms of Christian euphony to directing his church’s younker ministry alongside his woman erstwhile his children were younger.

“He conscionable embodied the bosom of Jesus to invited everyone. He conscionable profoundly loved God successful a precise elemental mode wherever determination was ne'er a infinitesimal wherever anyone felt excluded successful his beingness oregon othered,” Chelsea said.

Guy Moon’s 3 big children described him arsenic a “walking jukebox” who had an accepting, playful and peaceful attack successful his idiosyncratic and nonrecreational lives.

(Natalie Wright-Ruiz )

“He was not exclusive and helium was not an elitist, “ Savannah said. “He was conscionable truthful generous with his clip and his acceptance of people.”

Moon incurred tinnitus pursuing an wounded to his eardrum successful caller years, which impacted his quality to work. Still, helium remained adventurous and enjoyed riding astir San Pedro connected his Vespa, Chelsea said.

In summation to his children, Moon is survived by his wife, Jennifer Moon, his parents, 2 older sisters and 7 grandchildren with an eighth connected the way.

The household said successful its Facebook connection that they program to observe Moon’s beingness connected Feb. 7, the composer’s birthday. The memorial successful Los Angeles volition beryllium followed by different successful Wisconsin astatine a aboriginal date.