Eban Schletter

Eban Schletter
General Information
Birth:	Eban Immanuel Schletter March 16, 1975 (age 49) New York City, New York, U.S.
Gender:	Male
Series Information
Credits:	Composer Songwriter
Years:	2000 - present

Eban Immanuel Schletter (born March 16, 1975; age 49) is a composer/songwriter for SpongeBob SquarePants. He is responsible for creating most of the musical numbers for certain episodes, especially the specials, including "The Sponge Who Could Fly," "Pest of the West," and "Atlantis SquarePantis." Schletter also composed and performed "Twinkle, Twinkle, Patrick Star" from "Sing a Song of Patrick," plus contributed to the intro for Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years.

Outside of SpongeBob, Schletter contributed music to a variety of television shows such as Mr. Show with Bob and David (which starred Tom Kenny and his wife, Jill Talley), Cousin Skeeter, The Osborne Family Christmas Special, the NBC/DreamWorks animated comedy Father of the Pride, writing the musical numbers for The Ellen DeGeneres Show episode "Ellen The Musical" and musical numbers for certain episodes of Drawn Together. He also composed for films such as Run Ronnie Run and Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd.

He has been married to Kris McGaha since October 5, 2002. They have two children.

Songs

• The arrangement of the theme song and "Santa's Coming Tonight, Tonight" from "Christmas Who?"
• The instrumental string tune playing in perfume department from "Shanghaied."
• "This Grill Is Not a Home" from "Welcome to the Chum Bucket."
• "Hey All You People" from "Jellyfish Hunter"
• "Sweater Song" from "As Seen on TV."
• "You're Old" from "Mid-Life Crustacean."
• "If I Could Fly," "He's Flying," and "All You Need Is Friends to Fly" from "The Sponge Who Could Fly."
• "Goofy Goober Song" from the first movie.
• "I Can't Keep My Eyes Off of You" from "To Love a Patty"
• "If I Could Talk to Money" from "Money Talks."
• "Twinkle, Twinkle, Patrick Star" and "Cookie, Wookie, Teddy Bear" from "Sing a Song of Patrick."
• "Bubble Song" and all other musical numbers from "Atlantis SquarePantis."
• "Sun Fun Island" and "Together" from "The Inmates of Summer."
• "Dead Eye" and "Idiot Friends" from "Pest of the West."
• "I Love Krabby Patties" from "Banned in Bikini Bottom"
• The instrumental theme for the show "House Fancy" from the episode with the same name.
• "Oh, My Karen" from "Single Cell Anniversary."
• "The Scurvy Song" and "Rubber Hose Rag" from "Truth or Square"
• "Jellyfishing" and "Give Jellyfish Fields a Chance" from "SpongeBob's Last Stand"
• "Mermaidman and Barnacle Boy TV Theme" from "The Bad Guy Club for Villains"
• "That's a Rodeo" from "Rodeo Daze"
• "Gratitude" from "Sponge-Cano!"
• "The Legend of SpongeBob" from the short with the same name
• "Musical Doodle" and "Life on the Prairie" from "Earworm"
• "Neat Clarinet" and sounds of Squidward's clarinet from "Sweet and Sour Squid"
• "The Road Song" from "A SquarePants Family Vacation"
• "Ghouls O The Briny Deep" and a number of original tracks ("Ghostly Scoundrel," "Deep Shadows," "Retro Horror Sting," etc.) from "Ghoul Fools"
• "Santa Has His Eye on Me," "Hot Fruitcake," and most of the original music from "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!"
• "High Tide Time" and "Never Give Up" from "Hello Bikini Bottom!"
• "Two Thumbs Down" from "Two Thumbs Down"
• "Kung Fu Rock" and the music for the dance-off between The Sharks, The Pods, I.A. and the cops from "Sharks vs. Pods"
• "Krabby Patty Jingle" from the short with the same name
• "Who Am I?" from "Mimic Madness"
• "Ahhhh" from "The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom"
• "My Leg Is In Love!" from "My Leg!"
• "He's Our Mermaid Man" from "Appointment TV"
• "Filthy Muck" from "The Ballad of Filthy Muck"
• "La La Song" from "King Plankton"
• "Chum Day" from "Plankton's Old Chum"
• "Elder Song" from "Senior Discount"
• The birthday arrangement of the theme song from "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout"
• "Gal Pal Song" from "A Cabin in the Kelp"
• "Gloves Song" from "Escape from Beneath Glove World"
• "Pets Are People Too" from "A Place for Pets"
• "Everything Juice" from "There Will Be Grease"
• "The Patrick Song" from "Late for Breakfast"
• "Chum Bucket Jingle" from "Late for Breakfast"
• "World of Friendship" from "Chum Bucket List"

His material from his album The Witching Hour ("Some Things to Know About Monsters," "The Haunted Carnival," "Happy Haunting Hosts," "I've Created a Monster") is frequently used in the show since the episode "Ghoul Fools."

Awards and nominations for SpongeBob SquarePants V • E Miscellaneous British Academy Children's Awards International Category Recipients: Stephen Hillenburg and Alan Smart (2007) • Paul Tibbitt, Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas (2012) • Marc Ceccarelli, Luke Brookshier and Vincent Waller (2014) Annecy International Animated Film Festival Special Award Episodes: "Fear of a Krabby Patty" (2005) Special Award for a TV Series Episodes: "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" (2013) Artios Awards Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Animation TV Programming Nominees: Sarah Noonan (2010) Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Animation Nominees: Sarah Noonan (2011; 2013) ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Top Television Series Nominees: Steve Belfer, Nicolas Carr, Derek Drymon, Mark Harrison, Stephen Hillenburg, Pat Irwin, Stephen Marston, Blaise Smith, Barry Anthony Trop and Ron Wasserman (2011-2013) BMI Film & TV Awards BMI Cable Award Nominees: Michael Bolger, Sage Guyton, Eban Schletter and Jeremy Wakefield (2013) Satellite Awards Best Youth DVD DVDs: The Complete 2nd Season (2005) THEA Awards Outstanding Achivement - Attraction Rides: SpongeBob SubPants Adventure (2016) Promax Awards I Need a Hero, WhoBob WhatPants promo, Truth or Square promo