Ghostbusters Musician Ray Parker Jr. Passed on Mel Brooks' Spaceballs
Spaceballs Ray Parker Jr. , fabled vocalist and songwriter of the iconicGhostbusterstheme song , reveals that he turned down working on the Mel Brooks picture show , Spaceballs . TheGhostbustersfranchise began with the 1984 comedy and quickly gained a significant fan pursuit . A sequel come in 1989 , and since then , the enfranchisement has continue with animated cartoon , comics , and video game . In 2016,Ghostbusterreceived a female person - lead reboot , and in 2021 , a newsequel to original films releases withGhostbusters : Afterlife ....