Bill Fulton’s Composer Credit on Aqua Teen Hunger Force: A Licensing Mystery
Aqua Teen Hunger Force (also known as Aqua Teen or Aqua) is an American adult animated comedy series that premiered on Adult Swim. The show centers on the surreal, non-sequitur adventures and antics of three anthropomorphic fast-food items who live together as roommates in New Jersey:
Master Shake: A selfish, abrasive, and often unintelligent milkshake.
Frylock: A calm, intelligent box of French fries who is often the “straight man” of the group.
Meatwad: A naive, shapeshifting, childlike ball of ground meat.
While the show initially parodied superhero/detective teams (a premise quickly abandoned to appease executives), the series primarily focuses on the bizarre, nonsensical situations the trio finds themselves in—often involving encounters with outlandish villains or aliens—and their antagonistic relationship with their obnoxious human next-door neighbor, Carl Brutananadilewski. The episodes frequently end with character deaths or property destruction that are completely reset by the next episode.
🎶 Composer Credit Note
It is interesting to note that I am credited as a composer for Aqua Teen Hunger Force on various online databases, such as:
Since I never directly worked on the show, the most plausible explanation for this credit is that the publishing company that holds the rights to the music I composed for previous animated series, such as Cow and Chicken and I Am Weasel, had a blanket agreement allowing the use of my background and incidental music cues in other productions, including Aqua Teen Hunger Force. This is a common practice in the animation industry where music libraries are licensed across multiple productions under the same umbrella studio.
Year(s): 2000-2023
Bill Fulton role: composer
Production: Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Episode: unknown
Media Category: cable
Production Co: Williams Street
Director/Producer: Dave Willis, Matt Maiellaro
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