Steve Rucker (composer)

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Steve Rucker
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Born (1949-06-27) June 27, 1949 (age 73)
NationalityAmerican
Occupation Composer
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Stephen Donald Rucker (born June 27, 1949) is an American composer. Rucker studied piano with M. Mendelsohn of the Paris Conservatory. He has composed and conducted for the London Symphony Orchestra in the animated film, Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland , with Thomas Chase. He has worked on film scores for animated series including Dexter's Laboratory , The Powerpuff Girls , [1] and Jonny Quest . He also composed the score for another Cartoon Network series, Codename: Kids Next Door , with Thomas Chase. Rucker and Chase also provided musical score for Alvin and the Chipmunks .

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He was awarded Best Original Score for the Civil War drama Josephine at the 2016 Richmond International Film Festival. He composed film trailer cues including work for Goldwing (1978) Coco , Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales , Hidden Figures , Jack Reacher: Never Go Back and Designated Survivor (ABC). He also continues to contribute for reality TV including Survivor and The Dog Whisperer .

Filmography

Television

YearTitleNotes
1984 Mister T
1985 Adventures of the Gummi Bears
The Wuzzles
1987 Bionic Six
Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light
1988-1990 Alvin and the Chipmunks
1989 Hard Time on Planet Earth episode: "Stranger in a Strange Land"
Freddy's Nightmares episode: "Photo Finish"
1990-1991 The Real Ghostbusters
Timeless Tales from Hallmark
1991-1993 The Pirates of Dark Water
1993-1996 Captain Planet and the Planeteers
1995-1996 What a Cartoon! Episodes: "Dexter's Laboratory" segments, "Mina and the Count: Interlude with a Vampire", "Gramps"
1996-2003 Dexter's Laboratory
1996-1997 The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest Episodes: "Undersea Urgency" and "The Haunted Sonata"
Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys
1998-2002 Oh Yeah! Cartoons Episodes: "ChalkZone" segments, "Mina and the Count" segments, "Ask Edward: All About Babies", "Olly and Frank", "My Neighbor Was a Teenage Robot", "Baxter and Bananas: Monkey See, Monkey Don't!"
1998Stories from My Childhood
1998-2005 The Powerpuff Girls
1999-2000 Detention
2002-2007 Codename: Kids Next Door

Accolades

DateAwardCategoryWorkShared withResult
1997 Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Music Direction and Composition The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest Bodie Chandler, Gary Lionelli, Thomas Chase, Larry Brown, Guy Moon, Kevin Kiner, Mark KovalNominated
Annie Awards Best Individual Achievement: Music in a TV Production Dexter's Laboratory Thomas ChaseNominated
1998Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music in an Animated Television Production Dexter's Laboratory (for "LABretto")Thomas ChaseNominated
2001Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music Score an Animated Television Production The Powerpuff Girls (for "Meet the Beat-Alls") James L. Venable and Thomas ChaseWon

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References

  1. Levy, David B. (2010). Animation Development: From Pitch to Production. Simon and Schuster. ISBN   978-1-58115-730-7.