PORCARO, Steve 1957–

(Steve Parcaro)

PERSONAL

Born September 2, 1957, in Hartford, CT; son of Joe Pocaro (a percussionist).

Addresses:

Agent—The Gorfaine/Schwartz Agency, 13245 Riverside Dr, Suite 450, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423.

Career:

Composer and musician. Toured with musician Gary Wright, c. 1975, then Boz Scaggs; Toto (a rock band), keyboardist and synthesizer player, 1978–88; also performed with other music groups and worked as a session player.

Awards, Honors:

(All with Toto) Grammy Awards, record of the year, best pop vocal performance, and best instrumental arrangement with vocal, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, 1982, for "Rosanna"; Grammy Awards, album of the year and best producer, 1982, for Toto IV.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Programmer, Bad (short film), Sony Music, 1987.

Musician, Waterworld, MCA/Universal, 1995.

Orchestrator, From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money, Dimension Home Video, 1999.

(As Steve Parcaro) Score coproducer, Woman Wanted, 2000.

Additional orchestrator, My First Mister, Paramount Classics, 2001.

Score producer, Emmett's Mark (also known as Killing Emmett Young), Emmett's Mark Productions LLC, 2002.

Orchestrator, The Medallion, Screen Gems, 2003.

Television Work; Movies:

Musician, Last Light, Showtime, 1993.

RECORDINGS

Albums; with Toto:

Toto, Columbia, 1978.

Hydra, Columbia, 1979.

Turn Back, Columbia, 1981.

Toto IV, Columbia, 1982.

Isolation, Columbia, 1984.

Fahrenheit, Columbia, 1986.

Solo Albums:

The Sentinel: Original Soundtrack, Sonic Images, 1998.

Videos:

Performed in Master Sessions: Steve Porcaro, Starlicks Publications.

WRITINGS

Film Scores:

(With Toto) Dune, Universal, 1984.

Save the Sea, Rad Films, 1984.

Metro, Buena Vista, 1997.

A Murder of Crows, New City Releasing, 1999.

Wayward Son, 1999.

Leaving Peoria (short film), 2000.

My First Mister, Paramount Classics, 2001.

Head over Heels, MCA/Universal, 2001.

Holiday in the Sun, Warner Home Video, 2001.

Federal Protection, Promark Entertainment Group, 2002.

Getting There (also known as Getting There: Sweet 16 and Licensed to Drive), Warner Home Video, 2002.

Emmett's Mark (also known as Killing Emmett Young), Emmett's Mark Productions LLC, 2002.

Film Additional Music:

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money, Dimension Home Video, 1999.

The Skulls (also known as Le clan des Skulls), MCA/Universal, 2000.

The Medallion, Screen Gems, 2003.

Television Scores; Series:

The Sentinel, UPN, 1996.

Gideon's Crossing, ABC, 2000.

North Shore, Fox, 2004—.

Television Scores; Movies:

Hope, TNT, 1997.

A Season on the Brink, ESPN and ESPN2, 2002.

Television Scores; Pilots:

The Sentinel, UPN, 1996.