Music
Original music for The Aquabats! Super Show! is primarily composed and performed by The Aquabats themselves, with additional scoring on most episodes provided by Matthew Gorney, Warren Fitzgerald or individual credits for Aquabats members James R. Briggs, Jr. and Richard Falomir. Fitzgerald, the guitarist for punk rock band The Vandals and formerly of New Wave group Oingo Boingo, serves as the series' music supervisor. The Super Show! theme song was co-written by The Aquabats and Fitzgerald.
Whereas most musically oriented shows like The Monkees typically break the narrative of an episode for a music video performance of a standalone song, each episode of Super Show! usually features one or two unique songs that tie directly into the plot, usually about and performed during the events of a particular scene. Most of these songs are rather brief, averaging a running time of just under a minute; Jacobs has stated that many of the show's original songs are recorded as full-length pieces but trimmed down for inclusion in an episode, simply due to the show "trying to pack so much into 22 minutes".
In recent interviews, Jacobs has expressed a desire to eventually compile the series' original full-length songs with the goal of releasing a new Aquabats album and/or a soundtrack accompaniment to Super Show! by the end of the year. Several songs from the series have already become staples of The Aquabats live shows, in particular the Super Show! theme song and the series premiere song "Burger Rain!".
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