Steve Rucker (composer)
# Steve Rucker (composer)

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, 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.

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

| Year | Title | Notes |
| - | - | - |
| 1984 | Mister T | |
| 1985 | Adventures of the Gummi Bears | |
| 1985 | The Wuzzles | |
| 1987 | Bionic Six | |
| 1987 | Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light | |
| 1988-1990 | Alvin and the Chipmunks | |
| 1989 | Hard Time on Planet Earth | episode: "Stranger in a Strange Land" |
| 1989 | Freddy's Nightmares | episode: "Photo Finish" |
| 1990-1991 | The Real Ghostbusters | |
| 1990-1991 | 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" |
| 1996-1997 | 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!" |
| 1998 | Stories from My Childhood | |
| 1998-2005 | The Powerpuff Girls | |
| 1999-2000 | Detention | |
| 2002-2007 | Codename: Kids Next Door | |

## Accolades

| Date | Award | Category | Work | Shared with | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 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 Koval | Nominated |
| 1997 | Annie Awards | Best Individual Achievement: Music in a TV Production | Dexter's Laboratory | Thomas Chase | Nominated |
| 1998 | Annie Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music in an Animated Television Production | Dexter's Laboratory (for "LABretto") | Thomas Chase | Nominated |
| 2001 | Annie Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music Score an Animated Television Production | The Powerpuff Girls (for "Meet the Beat-Alls") | James L. Venable and Thomas Chase | Won |
