Steve Gernes wins Daytime Emmy

Hamline graduates can be found all over, but one of the more unique places to find alumni is on Netflix’s top trending page. That’s where Steve Gernes’ work was last fall, as cocomposer of the four-part docuseries “Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones,” which debuted Aug. 30, 2023.
Fast-forward 10 months and Gernes, along with co-composers Duncan Thum and Tyler Sabbag, were awarded with the Outstanding Music Direction and Composition Emmy for their work on “Live to 100” at the the Creative Arts and Lifestyle Emmy Award ceremony held on June 8.
“It felt like a culmination of all the work we’ve done together,” Gernes, who graduated with a degree in music theory and composition in 2010, said of the Emmy win with Thum and Sabbag. “It was really special, considering we’ve made so much music together all these years.”
Gernes, who recently moved back to St. Paul, now collaborates virtually on projects – including “Live to 100,” which, in addition to the Emmy recognition, is also Gernes’ most heard work.
In addition to more Netflix work, Gernes is currently finishing up an 10-track soundtrack album for a Dungeons and Dragons campaign, Obojima Tales From The Tall Grass.
“It’s a Studio Ghibli, Legend of Zelda-style orchestral album,” Gernes said. “That’s some of my favorite styles of music, so it’s been sort of a dream pursuit. It’s been super fun.”