Steve Bartek

Steve Bartek (born 30 January 1952, in Garfield Heights, Ohio) is an American guitarist, film composer, conductor and orchestrator.

Career

Early career

Bartek's career started while in high school, writing songs and playing flute with the psychedelic rock band Strawberry Alarm Clock.

After college he worked at the Baked Potato with Leon Gaer under the leadership of Don Randi until joining the theatrical ensemble The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo in 1975.

Between 1979 and 1995, Bartek played lead guitar in new wave band Oingo Boingo, led by Danny Elfman.

He graduated from UCLA with a degree in Composition.

Film and television

Bartek has composed music for television series including The Tick, Tales from the Crypt, Nightmare Ned and Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories, and movies including An Extremely Goofy Movie, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, Snow Day, Novocaine and The Art of Travel. In 1992 he was nominated for a Saturn Award for his soundtrack to Guilty as Charged. In 2005, together with Danny Elfman and Stewart Copeland, he was awarded an BMI Film & TV Award for his work on Desperate Housewives.