 This article is about a/an singer/song writer in the Power Rangers franchise.
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Ronald Aaron Wasserman, also known as Aaron Waters and The Mighty RAW is an American musician who composed the music for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, with his most recent work being for the franchise's 30th anniversary special Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always.
History[]
Early career[]
Wasserman has fascinated with music since he was three years old. He started a rock band in the mid 1980s with present day actress E.G. Daily. Shortly after the band disbanded, he started working for Saban Entertainment in 1989, filling-in one afternoon and eventually staying there for six and a half years.
Time with Saban[]
While at Saban, Wasserman developed scores and co-wrote themes for several of their smaller series as well as the animated X-Men series, before he composed some of his most recognizable work, which was for the show Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. One day he was presented with the first footage of the show, was told to use the word "Go", and to have it finished by the next day. After two and a half hours, the song that resulted was the show's theme song, "Go Go Power Rangers".[1]
Several of his most popular songs and scores were eventually released on a successful concept album entitled Mighty Morphin Power Rangers the Album: A Rock Adventure, which linked his music around a variation on the opening episodes of season two of the television series.
While working on the show, Saban asked Wasserman to come up with an artist name, as they did not want it to appear as though one person was doing all of the music. He came up with the name "Aaron Waters" because his middle name was Aaron and the nameWasserman means "water carrier" in German. Saban later attached the additional alias "The Mighty RAW" to Wasserman for an unknown reason.[1]
Post 90s Saban[]
His success with the Power Rangers soundtrack led to his work on bigger projects, and he contributed music for Sweet Valley High and VR Troopers. Wasserman left Saban in 1995, citing exhaustion.
Wasserman returned to Power Rangers franchise in 2005. He composed the theme song for the thirteenth Power Rangers season, Power Rangers: S.P.D.. News of his involvement reached the fanbase and demo versions of the theme were leaked, upsetting Disney executives.
He submitted a demo rock theme for the 2006 season Power Rangers: Mystic Force, which Disney loved, and then told him that the crew was looking for something in the 'hip-hop' genre which, according to him, didn't fit a show about magic and Power Rangers. Nevertheless, he submitted a rap demo, which he admitted was terrible. After he announced to the fanbase that his themes weren't chosen, he posted them online. Disney was not happy with him and contacted him stating that he wasn't allowed to do that. He played devil's advocate and that he could since they weren't being used anyway and suspects it had to do with the backlash that the official theme song received. Following this, he cut ties with Disney all together.
On October 22, 2012, Ron Wasserman released "Power Rangers Redux", a downloadable album comprised of music from the first 2 seasons of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The album can be purchased and downloaded from Bandcamp.com
In 2018, he composed the score for the prelude trailer for Shattered Grid. In July 2022, Wasserman was contacted by Hasbro to compose the score for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always, the series' 30th Anniversary special, which was released in 2023.
Personal life[]
- Wasserman was married to Kathleen Fisher (now divorced). They have one son, Aron.
Discography[]
Studio albums[]
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers the Album: A Rock Adventure (1994) (as The Mighty RAW)
- Power Rangers Redux (2012)
Singles[]
- "Go Go Power Rangers" (1994)
- "Power Rangers S.P.D." (2005)