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Jul 9, 2011 · Steve Bartek. Steve: ‘I was asked to join the band. My mom said no.’. I grew up next to George Bunnell, the Strawberry Alarm Clock’s bass player. Began flute lessons at 8 and then took up guitar at the ripe old age of 11 — because of schoolyard humiliation and the inspiration of the Beatles, Yardbirds, Gerry and the Pacemakers and so on.
Official Website. Long sought after for his orchestrating chops (most notably by Danny Elfman), Steve Bartek has written original scores for a spectrum of films since the 1980s, including: Carolina, Novocaine, Get Over It, The Crew, Snow Day, An Extremely Goofy Movie, Meet the Deedles, and Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion.
May 31, 2023 · A Composer in Conversation: Steve Bartek. May 31, 2023. Interview conducted by Brandon Drake, Bradley Fowler, and Dillon Selph on February 26, 2023. Where do you want to start? I remember at five wetting my pants in the snow and not ever wanting to go out into the snow ever again.
Steve Bartek is an Orchestrator, a Composer, a floutist, AND he played guitar for Oingo Boingo! For years he has collaborated with Composer Danny Elfman on d...
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Steve Bartek is an American guitarist, film composer, conductor, and orchestrator. He is best known as the lead guitarist in the band Oingo Boingo and for his orchestration work with composer Danny Elfman.
Steve Bartek. Steve Bartek missed an early entrée to the rock music world. At age 16, the Ohio-born/Glendale, CA-raised music student found himself sitting in on the first album recording sessions for Strawberry Alarm…. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY:
Just ask former Oingo Boingo six-stringer Steve Bartek. Throughout the Eighties, Bartek played sideman to Boingo’s founder, vocalist and primary songwriter, Danny Elfman. And if the duo’s exploits had stopped there, to be sure, their legend as champions of all things quirky and alternative would be set in stone.
