10/19/16 Steve Dorff, Songwriter and Composer Streisand, Celine Dion, Kenny Rogers, and many more!

STEVE DORFF
There is no way to capture the diversity Steve displays scoring motion pictures, television, theater, or an array of # 1 hit songs, as well as Arranging and Producing records for many top artists. In addition to winning the NSAI Songwriter of the Year award, Dorff has also been honored with more than 40 BMI, and 11 Billboard #1 awards. His breakthrough came with legendary Clint Eastwood, beginning with “Every Which Way But Loose”. This smash paved the way for compositions reflecting all musical genres, from contemporary sounds to haunting orchestral melodies. Three-time Grammy nominee and a fixture on the nation’s charts, his dossier includes nine #1 film songs and 15 Top 10 hits, including the Kenny Rogers’ classic “Through The Years”, a BMI 3 million performance song, as well as “I Just Fall In Love Again “, the Anne Murray record that captured Billboard’s #1 Song Of The Year honors. His many songs have been sung by Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, George Strait and Vanessa Williams. Emmy Nominee for six television compositions include such standards as “Murphy Brown” and “Murder She Wrote”, “Growing Pains”, “Alien Nation”, “Spenser: for Hire”, “Major Dad”, “Columbo”, “Reba” and  “Rodney”. His TV and cable movie credits include the Emmy nominated  “Elvis”, “Rose Hill”, the animated Christmas classic “Annabelle’s Wish”, “Babe Ruth”, “The Quick and The Dead”, “Moonshine Highway” and “The Defiant Ones”. Dorff’s many movie songs and scores have been featured in “Bronco Billy”, “Blast From The Past”, “Rocky IV”, “Pure Country”, “Tin Cup”, “Michael”, “Dudley Do-Right”, “Dancer, Texas”, “The Last Boy Scout”, “Curly Sue” and “Honky Tonk Man”. Dorff’s has jumped into his first love, musical theater. He has two projects making their way to the stage: “Josephine” (The Josephine Baker Story) and “Pure Country” (The Musical).
He continues to be ever present in today’s recording scene with new songs being released by Barbra Streisand, Blake Shelton, LeeAnn Womack, Bill Medley, Rodney Carrington, and scoring a new Motion Picture.

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