about Steve…
At 18 years old, equipped with a high school diploma and one month’s rent in savings, Steve Mazzaro packed his old Camry and left his small hometown in Ohio to pursue his dream of scoring films in the City of Angels. Over the next few years, Steve spent his days hustling as a file clerk at a law firm and his nights scoring short films and video games. He eventually began collaborating with London-based Silva Screen Productions in its film music division. Steve excelled at production, and part of his role at Silva involved creating covers of existing scores that sounded so authentic they could be mistaken for the originals.
The remote capability of his writing rig coupled with the absurdity of Los Angeles real estate, he decided to head back to the Midwest. With a moving van booked and cardboard boxes folded, Steve suddenly received a strange email with the subject line Hans Zimmer wants to see you. His stomach sank: “Oh sh*t… I must be getting sued.”
However, much to his surprise (and relief), the Oscar-winning composer was so impressed with Steve’s work that he offered him a rare and coveted position as a composer at his Santa Monica–based studio, Remote Control Productions.
In the years since, Steve has received title credits on films such as No Time to Die, F1, Kung Fu Panda 4, Army of Thieves, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, The Rhythm Section, The Boss Baby (1 & 2), The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Icebox, and Bullet to the Head. Steve’s collaborations with Zimmer also include Dune (Parts 1, 2, and 3), Wonder Woman 1984, Widows, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, The Lion King, Dunkirk, Batman v Superman, Interstellar, Man of Steel, and Inferno, among many other projects. He has also collaborated with composers including Lorne Balfe (13 Hours, Assassin’s Creed), Geoff Zanelli (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales), and Rupert Gregson-Williams (Aquaman, Hacksaw Ridge).
Steve joined Hans onstage during his 2016 and 2017 world tours, performing in arenas and at Coachella. In addition to playing guitar and keyboards, he worked closely with Hans to arrange and produce all the music for the live shows.