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Ego Plum

Composer and actor · Born February 27, 1975 (51) · Los Angeles, California, USA

Ego Plum is an American musician, award-winning composer, and producer from Los Angeles, CA and the grandson of Leon Trotsky and Frida Kahlo. His inventive & eccentric musical style stems from a variety of unconventional influences: The quirky jazz of Raymond Scott, the stop-and-go arrangements of Carl Stalling (musical director for Warner Bros. cartoons in the 1940s & 50s), the frenetic energy of music groups like Oingo Boingo, Devo, The Residents, and The Dead Kennedy's, with haunting beauty of Franz Waxman and Bernard Herrmann. Ego Plum has recorded, performed, and collaborated with artists such as David J (Bauhaus/Love & Rockets), Frank Black/Black Francis (The Pixies), Steve Bartek & Johnny Vatos (Oingo Boingo), Gidget Gein (Marilyn Manson), and Genesis P. Orridge (Throbbing Gristle/Psychic TV). As a musician, Ego Plum serves as the musical director of the Ebola Music Orchestra, and had toured the United States playing guitar with Grammy nominated comedy-rock group Green Jëlly. His unconventional sound and melodic sensibility got the attention of Nickelodeon in 2008 and he was hired to compose music for Amy Winfrey's hit series, Making Fiends, which airs on the Nicktoons Network in the U.S. and on Nickelodeon around the world. Ego's musical subversions can be heard on everything from stage productions to KROQ radio bumpers, to television commercials, to fashion shows. He was recently presented with an Ovation Honor by the Los Angeles Stage Alliance for his Russian-inspired mechanical musical score & original songs for the Gogol Project, and most recently completed his first orchestral score for the black & white 35mm indie feature, The Ghastly Love of Johnny X, starring Kevin McCarthy, Creed Bratton, and Academy Award Winner Paul Williams. His next scoring project will be for Richard Elfman's long-awaited sequel to his cult classic, Forbidden Zone. "Forbidden Zone 2: The Forbidden Galaxy" will find Ego Plum co-composing the original score and songs alongside the illustrious Danny Elfman.

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Biography from IMDb.

Born
February 27, 1975 (51)
From
Los Angeles, California, USA
Works as
Composer and actor
Titles
8 on MovieCove
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)

Known for

What are Ego Plum's films like?

Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
54%
Self
22%
Society
17%
Morality
4%
Survival
3%
Friendship4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 1 · Dark 0

Heightened: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their heightened movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 0 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 1 · Charged 0 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 1 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 0 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 1

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 1 · Engaged 2 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Absurd
7
Joyful
5
Tense
2
Warm
3
Manic
2
Other
4

How their films linger

Fun7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous2
  • Cyclical2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Ego Plum's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 8 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Paramount+ (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Ego Plum's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

8 credits, 8 with a MovieCove page.

Career shape

Across their 8 MovieCove titles from 2008 to 2025.

Biggest box office

Aztec Batman: Clash of Empires (2025)

$663K worldwide

Highest rated

The Cuphead Show! (2022)

Midcredits 76th

Most popular right now

Jellystone (2021)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 8: 0 only acting, 1 with another roleMusic8 of 8: 7 only music, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score36th

By decade

2000s1 · 1 acting · 1 crew2010s1 · crew2020s6 · crew

Counts over their MovieCove titles; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles, shown from 5 scored.

How do Ego Plum's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 41st percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 39th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

39thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

32ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 8 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 25th to 49th3
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

3 of their 8 titles are Divisive.

  • Divisive3
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · composer

Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years (2021)

97th percentile spread · 54% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor, composer

Making Fiends (2008)

Midcredits 83rd · 80% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Ego Plum's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Violence & Gore3 titlesmedian 35 · mildMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 29 · mildMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 36 · moderateMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs3 titlesmedian 23 · mildMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense3 titlesmedian 33 · mildMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Ego Plum work with?

People who share at least 2 of Ego Plum's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Sam Register shares the most, 5.

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Producers