Steve Kirk (composer)
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Steve Kirk is a composer, arranger, guitarist, and singer. He owns Steve Kirk Pop Studios in Oakland, California.
Kirk has composed music for video games, including the Zynga
Facebook
game FarmVille
, the Disney game for the The Princess and The Frog feature film, and the full soundtrack of Voodoo Vince
for the Xbox
.
Kirk has composed and played guitar for the Club Foot Orchestra
, which created original soundtracks for classic silent films, including Sherlock, Jr, Nosferatu and Pandora's Box
, as well as the score for the animated series The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat
.
Born in 1957 in San Diego, California, Kirk has resided in the San Francisco Bay Area
for over 26 years. He teaches guitar, bass, and composition at the Blue Bear School of Music
and the Community Music Center, both in San Francisco, California.
Kirk has composed music for video games, including the Zynga
Zynga
Zynga is a social network game developer located in San Francisco, United States. The company develops browser-based games that work both stand-alone and as application widgets on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace....
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
game FarmVille
FarmVille
FarmVille is a farming simulation social network game developed by Zynga in 2009. It is similar to Happy Farm, Farm Town,, and older games such as the Harvest Moon series...
, the Disney game for the The Princess and The Frog feature film, and the full soundtrack of Voodoo Vince
Voodoo Vince
Voodoo Vince is a video game for the Xbox, created by Clayton Kauzlaric, developed by Beep Industries and published by Microsoft Game Studios...
for the Xbox
Xbox
The Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe and is the predecessor to the Xbox 360. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console...
.
Kirk has composed and played guitar for the Club Foot Orchestra
Club Foot Orchestra
The Club Foot Orchestra is a music ensemble founded in 1983 by Richard Marriott. After a brief career playing dramatic, complex music in San Francisco clubs, they became known for their equally dramatic and complex scores for classic silent movies. The ensemble got their name from a performance art...
, which created original soundtracks for classic silent films, including Sherlock, Jr, Nosferatu and Pandora's Box
Pandora's Box (film)
Pandora's Box is a 1929 German silent melodrama film based on Frank Wedekind's plays Erdgeist and Die Büchse der Pandora . Directed by Austrian filmmaker Georg Wilhelm Pabst, the film stars Louise Brooks, Fritz Kortner, and Francis Lederer...
, as well as the score for the animated series The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat
The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat
The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat is an animated series starring the classic 1919 feline character, Felix the Cat produced for television by Film Roman. It aired from September 9, 1995 to November 25, 1997 on CBS.-History:...
.
Born in 1957 in San Diego, California, Kirk has resided in the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
for over 26 years. He teaches guitar, bass, and composition at the Blue Bear School of Music
Blue Bear School of Music
Blue Bear School of Music is a non-profit organization founded in San Francisco, California in 1971. Blue Bear has trained over 20,000 students in voice, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, bass, drums, horns, songwriting, bands and ensembles. The School currently has more than 1,700 members...
and the Community Music Center, both in San Francisco, California.