Stephen Rucker
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| Born |
Stephen Anthony Rucker October 7, 1948 Brooklyn, New York |
| Occupation | Composer |
Stephen Anthony Rucker (better known simply as Steve Rucker) (born October 7, 1948) is an American composer.
Personal life
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.
Partnership with Thomas Chase
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 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.
They also wrote the song "Planted Page" for the 1997 movie Family Plan.
They have also written and composed all the songs except "Airport Welcome" and "A House is Not a Home" in the television special Rockin' with Judy Jetson.
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