Bernstein, Steven (Steve Bernstein, Steven R. Bernstein)

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Bernstein, Steven (Steve Bernstein, Steven R. Bernstein)

PERSONAL

Career:

Composer, conductor, and orchestrator.

Awards, Honors:

Daytime Emmy Award (with others), outstanding music direction and composition, 1997, 1998, 1999, all for Animaniacs; Daytime Emmy Award nominations (with others), outstanding music direction and composition, 1998, 1999, both for Pinky and the Brain; Annie Award nomination (with others), outstanding individual achievement for music in an animated feature production, International Animated Film Society, 2000, for Wakko's Wish; Annie Award nomination (with others), outstanding individual achievement for music in an animated television production, 2000, for Histeria!; Daytime Emmy Award nomination (with Julie Bernstein), outstanding achievement in music direction and composition, 2006, for Baby Looney Tunes; Annie Award nomination (with others), best music in an animated television production, 2008, for The Backyardigans.

CREDITS

Film Orchestrator:

(As Steve R. Bernstein) L.A. Story, TriStar, 1991.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) D2: The Mighty Ducks (also known as The Mighty Ducks 2), Buena Vista, 1994.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Get Shorty, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1995.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Manny & Lo, Sony Pictures Classics, 1996.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Excess Baggage, Sony, 1997.

Clay Pigeons, Gramercy, 1998.

(As Steven R. Bernstein) Supernova, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2000.

(As Steven R. Bernstein) The Perfect Storm (also known as Der Sturm), Warner Bros., 2000.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (also known as The Grinch, Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," and Der Grinch), Universal, 2000.

(As Steven R. Bernstein) Windtalkers, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2002.

(As Steven R. Bernstein) City by the Sea (also known as The Suspect), Warner Bros., 2002.

(As Steve Bernstein) Millions, Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2004.

Film Conductor:

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Get Shorty, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1995.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Manny & Lo, Sony Pictures Classics, 1996.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Excess Baggage, Sony, 1997.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Phantoms (also known as Dean Koontz's "Phantoms"), Dimension Films, 1998.

(As Steven R. Bernstein) Supernova, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2000.

Film Work; Other:

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Trumpet, Joey Breaker, Skouras Pictures, 1993.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Paul Shapiro's Quintet trumpet performer, The Watermelon Woman, First Run Features, 1996.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Music arranger and associate music producer, Kansas City, Fine Line Features, 1996.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Featured musician, Going All the Way, Gramercy Pictures, 1997.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Trumpet, Brother to Brother, Wolfe Video, 2004.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Horns, Reno 911: Miami, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2007.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Music arranger, Meet the Robinsons, Buena Vista, 2007.

Film Appearances:

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Himself, John Lurie and the Lounge Lizards in Berlin, Telecom Japan International, 1991.

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Voice, Wakko's Wish (animated; also known as Steven Spielberg Presents "Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish"), 1999.

Television Work; Series:

Orchestrator and trumpet, Fishing with John, 1998.

Television Work; Movies:

(Uncredited) Conductor, Winchell, HBO, 1998.

(Uncredited) Orchestrator, A Glimpse of Hell, FX Channel, 2001.

(Uncredited) Orchestrator, L.A. Law: The Movie, NBC, 2002.

Television Work; Specials:

Orchestrator (opening ceremony), The 1996 Summer Olympics, NBC, 1996.

Music arranger and associate music producer, Robert Altman's Jazz '34, PBS, 1997.

WRITINGS

Film Scores:

(As Steve R. Bernstein) Before & After, 1984.

(As Steve Bernstein) Wakko's Wish (animated; also known as Steven Spielberg Presents "Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish"), 1999.

Keep the River on Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale, IFC Films, 2000.

Would I Lie to You?, 2002.

Baby Looney Tunes: Eggs-traordinary Adventure (animated), Warner Bros., 2003.

Noddy Saves Christmas (animated short), Kidtoon Films, 2004.

Tom and Jerry Blast Off to Mars! (animated), Warner Bros., 2005.

Noddy and the Island Adventure (animated short), Universal, 2005.

Television Scores; Series:

Taz-Mania, Fox, 1991.

Animaniacs (animated; also known as Steven Spielberg Presents "Animaniacs"), Fox, 1993-94.

Pinky and the Brain (animated; also known as Steven Spielberg Presents "Pinky & the Brain"), The WB, 1995.

Freakazoid! (animated), The WB, 1995.

The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (animated), The WB, 1995.

One Saturday Morning (animated; also known as Disney's "One Saturday Morning"), ABC, 1997.

Warner Bros.' "Histeria!" (animated), The WB, 1998.

Make Way for Noddy, 2001.

Baby Looney Tunes (animated), Cartoon Network, 2002.

Say It with Noddy, 2005.

Television Main Title Music; Series:

Toonsylvania (animated; also known as Steven Spielberg Presents "Toonsylvania"), Fox, 1998.

Television Scores; Movies:

Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights (animated; also known as Arabian Nights and Scooby Doo's "Arabian Nights"), syndicated, 1994.

Television Scores; Specials:

(As Steve Bernstein) Tiny Toon Adventures: Spring Break Special (animated), Fox, 1994.

A Flintstone Christmas Carol (animated), syndicated, 1994.

Tiny Toon Adventures: Night Ghoulery (animated), Fox, 1995.

Television Songs; Specials:

"Piano Boogie," Robert Altman's Jazz '34, PBS, 1997.

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