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Morton Stevens

Morton Stevens

Composer · Died November 11, 1991, aged 62 · Newark, New Jersey, USA

Born
January 30, 1929
Died
November 11, 1991 (aged 62)
From
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Works as
Composer
Titles
29 on MovieCove · 63 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 24% in 30 days

What are Morton Stevens' films like?

Across their 22 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 33rd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 27th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 14th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Crime2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 41st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
38%
Bonds
18%
Survival
15%
Self
14%
Power
8%
Society
4%
Ideas
3%
Justice6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth4 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 22 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 12 · Serious 7 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 14 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 4

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 9 · Charged 11 · Intense 2

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 13 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 6

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 12 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 16 · Engaged 6 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 20 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
13
Joyful
7
Warm
6
Absurd
5
Dread
4
Other
13

How their films linger

Fun10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy8
  • Bittersweet8
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Morton Stevens' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 29 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Morton Stevens' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

63 credits, 29 with a MovieCove page.

  • Tiny Toon Adventures(1990)

    Show 4 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows

  • An Evening with Sammy Davis, Jr. & Jerry Lewis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Music Director

  • Act of Piracy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Composer

  • The Ann Jillian Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Composer

  • They Still Call Me Bruce(1987)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Alice in Wonderland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 2 episodes · Composer

  • Cracking Up(1983)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Cocaine and Blue Eyes(1983)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • I Married Wyatt Earp(1983)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Memories Never Die (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Composer

  • Slapstick of Another Kind(1982)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • The Manions of America (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 3 episodes · Composer

  • Masada (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 4 episodes · Composer

  • The Million Dollar Face (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Composer

  • Fugitive Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Composer

  • M Station: Hawaii (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Composer

  • Detour to Terror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Composer

  • Hardly Working (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    Composer

  • Lucy Moves to NBC(1980)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Popeye(1980)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Undercover with the KKK(1979)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Flame Is Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Composer

  • Women in White (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 3 episodes · Composer

  • Backstairs at the White House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Show 4 episodes · Composer

  • Mandrake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Composer

  • Dead on Arrival(1978)

    Composer · Music Arranger

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Peter Lundy and the Medicine Hat Stallion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Composer

  • Code Name: Diamond Head(1977)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Composer

  • Time Travelers(1976)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free(1976)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Matt Helm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

  • The Disappearance of Flight 412(1974)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Kodiak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

  • Police Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

  • Guess Who's Sleeping in My Bed? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Composer

  • Coffee, Tea or Me?(1973)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Poor Devil(1973)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • The Horror at 37,000 Feet(1973)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Strangers in 7A(1972)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Visions... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Composer

  • Deadly Harvest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Composer

  • Man on a String(1972)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • She Waits(1972)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • The Homecoming: A Christmas Story(1971)

    Music Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Christian Licorice Store(1971)

    Music Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Goodbye, Raggedy Ann (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Music Supervisor

  • The Face of Fear(1971)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The African Elephant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Composer

  • Harpy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    Music Supervisor

  • The Brotherhood of the Bell(1970)

    Music Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • A Man Called Horse(1970)

    Music Supervisor

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Sole Survivor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    Music Supervisor

  • Hawaii Five-O(1968)

    Show 1 episode · as Hank

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • Cocoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Composer

  • The Spy with My Face(1965)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Bus Riley's Back in Town(1965)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Wild and Wonderful (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Composer

  • The Solid Gold Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Sound

  • The Raiders(1963)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • The Incredible Doktor Markesan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Composer

  • The Storm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Composer

  • Thriller (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

Career shape

A full career of 58 titles from 1960 to 1990.

Biggest box office

Popeye (1980)

$50M worldwide

Highest rated

Cracking Up (1983)

Midcredits 47th

Most popular right now

Popeye (1980)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 58: 1 only acting, 0 with another roleMusic47 of 58: 47 only music, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score30thOther crew10 of 58: 10 only other crew, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score70th

By decade

1960s9 · 1 acting · 8 crew1970s32 · crew1980s16 · crew1990s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Morton Stevens' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 31st percentile, the median of all 27; across their 22 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 31st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

31stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 22

Approval · how many liked their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 22

Reach · how many have seen their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 22

Midcredits score across 29 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th5
  • 25th to 49th14
  • Below 25th8

Shape of the crowd

16 of their 29 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned2
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Mixed16

Most divisive · composer

Cocaine and Blue Eyes (1983)

83rd percentile spread · 44% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Tiny Toon Adventures (1990)

Midcredits 73rd · 78% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 45/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles; fans 60, detractors 26. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Morton Stevens work with?

People who share at least 2 of Morton Stevens' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bud S. Isaacs shares the most, 3.

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers