STEVEN RADER
COMPOSER & ORCHESTRATOR
MUSIC FOR FILM, TELEVISION, AND VIDEO GAMES
FEATURED CREDITS
ORCHESTRATOR
ASSISTANT
ORCHESTRATOR
CONDUCTOR &
ORCHESTRATOR
ORCHESTRATOR
ORCHESTRATOR
ASSISTANT
ORCHESTRATOR
FEATURED MUSIC
ABOUT
Welcome! I’m Steven Rader, a musician based in Los Angeles, CA.
As an orchestrator, I’ve worked on dozens of feature films (Wicked, Moana 2, Superman), hundreds of television episodes (Bridgerton, Outlander, Foundation), and several AAA video game titles (God of War: Ragnarök, Spider-Man 2), collaborating with composers such as John Powell, Bear McCreary, Pinar Toprak, Christopher Willis, Kris Bowers, and Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie XL).
As a composer and arranger, I’ve contributed to the games Fozzy Football and Retronomicon, Fever’s Candlelight Concert program, and assorted show choir performances for live concert. My writing emphasizes natural, idiomatic lines, even when the piece stays “in the box”.
I’m an alum of Azusa Pacific University where I graduated (B.M., 2016, M.M., 2018) with honors. Since then, I’ve taught at California School of the Arts and lectured for Game Sound Con to pay it forward.
Outside of music, I enjoy hiking, gaming, practicing Spanish, and creating free resources to share.
NOW
Currently open for new commissions
WORK:
• Unannounced Candlelight Concert program (Arranger)
• Season 4 of a TV Series (Assistant Orchestrator)
• Unannounced promotional short (Assistant Orchestrator)
HOME:
• Preparing resources for my talk on musical phrasing in Baldur’s Gate 3 for Game Sound Con 2026
• Overhauling my DAW template to support faster articulation switching and new orchestral libraries
LEARNING:
• Studying mastering.com’s course on types of audio compression plug-ins
PLAYING:
• Earthborne Rangers by Earthborne Games
• Hollow Knight: Silksong by Team Cherry
Updated September 1, 2026
CONTACT
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