Steve Bartek is best known as the lead guitarist in the band Oingo Boingo and for his orchestration work with composer Danny Elfman.
11 Facts About Steve Bartek
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Between 1979 and 1995, Steve Bartek was the lead guitarist in new wave band Oingo Boingo with Elfman.
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Steve Bartek orchestrated the horn arrangements for the band and co-produced many of their albums.
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Steve Bartek provided the soundtrack for Donovan Cook's indie film Rideshare: The Movie, alongside former Oingo Boingo member Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez.
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Steve Bartek did horn arrangements for Avenged Sevenfold's song "A Little Piece of Heaven" as well as for John Hiatt's "Little Head".
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Steve Bartek produced Raya Yarbrough's eponymous album and arranged strings for the song "Early Autumn".
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Steve Bartek did a string arrangement for Ricky Martin's "Vuelve".
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Steve Bartek played the acoustic guitar on the Bangles cover of "A Hazy Shade of Winter" on the Rick Rubin arranged soundtrack for the 1987 film "Less Than Zero".
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Steve Bartek plays guitar for the TV series Battlestar Galactica, Trauma and Walking Dead.
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Steve Bartek is an admirer of composer Raymond Scott, and in 2012, he worked with Ego Plum in arranging a live tribute show held at the Walt Disney Concert Halls REDCAT entitled "Machine Man: The Musical Mayhem of Raymond Scott".
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Steve Bartek played guitar on Gerald Casale's 2021 single, "I'm Gonna Pay U Back".