Nick Balaban (born August 7, 1962) is a composer and voice actor. He was one of the primary music composers on the original Blue's Clues, along with Michael Rubin. He was also a main cast member, voicing Mr. Salt throughout the entire series. His daughter, Annalivia, voiced Mr. Salt's son Cinnamon.
Balaban also wrote one episode during season two: "What Does Blue Want to Do with Her Picture?"
After the spin-off of the original series ended, Balaban later went on to record the music for WordWorld at Beatstreet Productions, the same studio that worked on all of the audio for the reboot.
He reprised his role as Mr. Salt in Blue's Big City Adventure and in the fifth season of the reboot.
Songs
Nick Balaban and Michael Rubin wrote almost all of the show's music, including the following songs:
- 100 Days, 100 Shows!
- Animal Sounds
- Another Blue's Clues Day
- As Smart as You
- At the Show
- Blue Skidoo
- Blue's Birthday Song
- Blue's Room Theme Song
- Can You Help Me Today?
- Cause It's My Birthday
- Circle Time Song
- Colors, Colors Everywhere
- Dynamics
- Getting Dressed
- Glasses
- Healthy Snacks
- How Low Can You Go
- I Can Be Anything That I Want to Be
- I Help Song
- I'll Never Forget My Alphabet
- I'm So Happy, You Are Here
- It's Snowing
- I've Got Spots
- Look at My Body
- Mailtime
- Me and You
- My Bed
- My Shoe Is Tied
- Notes
- Open, Close
- Oranges Grow on Trees
- Our Dream
- Outer Space Song
- Pajama Time
- Play Blue's Clues
- Puppyville
- Putting It All Together
- Rain Song
- Rhythm
- Say What I Say
- Scrub! Scrub! Scrub!
- Sidetable's Lament
- Sidetable's Song
- Silly Hat
- Sing (There It Is)
- Steve is Going to College!
- Tempo
- The Bedtime Business Song
- The Birthday Song
- The Breakfast Song
- The Clipboard Shuffle
- The Environment Song
- The Goodbye Song
- The Joe Show
- The Magic of Theater
- The Most Spectacular Place
- The Planet Song
- The So Long Song
- The Something to Do Stew
- The Toilet Song
- Things I Love to Do
- Today's the Big Day
- Toothbrush Tango
- Up A Mountain
- Way Great Playdate
- We Appreciate You
- We Are Looking for Blue's Clues/We Just Figured Out Blue's Clues/We Just Got a Letter
- We're Riding Our Bikes to Magenta's House
- We Sat on Down
- Whose Treasure is This?
- Why Are We Such Good Friends?
- You're A Big Kid Now