Stephen Anthony Rucker (better known as his short name Steve Rucker born in Brooklyn, New York October 7, 1948) is an American composer.
Along with his partner Thomas Chase, he has done music for many TV shows, including Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light, The Wuzzles, The Gummi Bears, Bionic Six, Codename: Kids Next Door, Detention, Pirates of Dark Water, The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, The Mighty Orbots, The New Adventures of Captain Planet, Dexter's Laboratory, ChalkZone, DuckTales, Stories From My Childhood, Oh Yeah! Cartoons, Captain Simian and the Space Monkeys, Dynamo Duck, The Real Ghostbusters, Mr. T, Sweet Sea, Powermasters, Conan the Adventurer and The Powerpuff Girls.
The two also did scores for movies, including Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, The Tale of Tillie's Dragon, Creature, Alien Predator, 976-EVIL, Scared to Death and its sequel Syngenor, Armed Response, Pray for Death, Monster in My Pocket, The Fanatics, Dot and Spot's Magical Christmas Adventure, Bulletproof, among others.
Rucker and Chase have also established their own company Chase/Rucker Productions which is known for composing music for shows and movies such as The Snorks, Salty's Lighthouse, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Galaxy High School, Alien Predator and Timeless Tales from Hallmark.
The music from Larry-Boy! And the Fib from Outer Space! sounds just like Thomas Chase and Steve Rucker music. However, the music was composed by Kurt Heinecke, Phil Vischer.
They also wrote the song Planted Page for the 1997 movie Family Plan.
They have also wrote and composed all the songs except Airport Welcome and A House is Not a Home in the television special Rockin' with Judy Jetson.
Rucker lives in Malibu, California. He is also a former member of a band Chi where he was joined by partner Chase. He grew up in Van Nuys, Los Angeles in California, and attended Grant High School.
He should not be confused with Steve Rucker, drummer for the Bee Gees.