Film Music Reporter

Jon Chau is making his feature scoring debut on Nickelodeon’s upcoming Paramount+ original animated film Baby Shark’s Big Movie! The animated comedy is directed by Alan Foreman and stars Kimiko Glenn, Luke Youngblood, Eric Edelstein, Natasha Rothwell, Debra Wilson & Patrick Warburton (who all reprise their roles from the Baby Shark’s Big Show! animated series), Ashley Tisdale, Ego Nwodim, Aparna Nancherla, Chloe Fineman, Lance Bass, as well as Cardi B, Offset, Kulture as Kulture Sharki and Wave. The movie follows the title character as he is forced to leave the world he loves behind after his family’s move to the big city, where he encounters an evil pop starfish who plans to steal his gift of song in order to dominate all underwater music. Matthew Tishler, Andrew Underberg, Chen Neeman, Doug Rockwell, Tova Litvin and Pinkfong composed and produced the movie’s original songs. Whitney Ralls wrote the screenplay for the project, which is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and The Pinkfong Company. Chau has previously provided additional music to last year’s third season of Apple TV+’s Ghostwriter and has worked as part of Bear McCreary’s team on such titles as The Walking Dead, Outlander, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Black Sails and God of War. Baby Shark’s Big Movie! will premiere on December 8, 2023 exclusively on Paramount+.