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Composer
Max Steiner
- Born May 10, 1888 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
- Died December 28, 1971
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Maximilian Raoul "Max" Steiner (May 10, 1888 – December 28, 1971) was an Austrian-born American composer of music for theatre and films. He was a child prodigy who conducted his first operetta when he was twelve and became a full-time professional, either composing, arranging or conducting, when he was fifteen.
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Steiner composed over 300 film scores with RKO and Warner Brothers, and was nominated for 24 Academy Awards, winning three: The Informer (1935), Now, Voyager (1942), and Since You Went Away (1944). Besides his Oscar-winning scores, some of Steiner's popular works include King Kong (1933), Little Women (1933), Jezebel (1938), Casablanca (1942), The Searchers (1956), A Summer Place (1959), and the film score for which he is possibly best known, Gone with the Wind (1939). He was also the first recipient of the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, which he won for his score to Life with Father. Steiner was a frequent collaborator with some of the most famous film directors in history, including Michael Curtiz, John Ford, Howard Hawks, William Dieterle, William Wyler, Raoul Walsh, John Huston, Irving Pichel, King Vidor, and Frank Capra.
Known for
Casablanca1943
Gone with the Wind1939
King Kong1933
The Searchers1956
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre1948
The Big Sleep1946
Arsenic and Old Lace1944
Key Largo1948
Filmography
- 2019Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie MusicFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2008RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”FilmMusic
- 1990The Howie Rubin StoryFilmSongs
- 1985A Strange Love AffairFilmMusic
- 1982Casta DivaFilmMusic
- 1982The LetterFilmMusic
- 1976Hollywood's Musical MoodsFilmSelf
- 1965Two on a GuillotineFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1964A Distant TrumpetFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1964Those CallowaysFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1964Youngblood HawkeFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1963Spencer's MountainFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1963FBI Code 98FilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1962Rome AdventureFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1961A Majority of OneFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1961Susan SladeFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1961ParrishFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1961The Sins of Rachel CadeFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1961Portrait of a MobsterFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1960The Rise and Fall of Legs DiamondFilmAdditional Music
- 1960Cash McCallFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1960The Dark at the Top of the StairsFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1960Ice PalaceFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1959The Hanging TreeFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1959A Summer PlaceFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1959The FBI StoryFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1959John Paul JonesFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1959Adventures in ParadiseSeriesMusic Coordinator
- 1958Fort DobbsFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1958Marjorie MorningstarFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1958Darby's RangersFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1957The Giant ClawFilmMusic
- 1957Band of AngelsFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1957China GateFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1957All Mine to GiveFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1957Escapade in JapanFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1956The SearchersFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1956Helen of TroyFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1956Death of a ScoundrelFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1956Bandido!FilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1956Come Next SpringFilmOriginal Music Composer, Songs
- 1955The Violent MenFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1955IllegalFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1955Battle CryFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1955Hell on Frisco BayFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1955The Last CommandFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1955The McConnell StoryFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1954The Caine MutinyFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1954King Richard and the CrusadersFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1954The Boy from OklahomaFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1953Trouble Along the WayFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1953By the Light of the Silvery MoonFilmMusic
- 1953So BigFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1953The Charge at Feather RiverFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1953The Jazz SingerFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1953So This Is LoveFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1953The Desert SongFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1952Room for One MoreFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1952Springfield RifleFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1952The Miracle of Our Lady of FatimaFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1952This Woman Is DangerousFilmAdditional Music
- 1952Mara MaruFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1952This Is CineramaFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1952The Iron MistressFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1952The Lion and the HorseFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1951Distant DrumsFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1951Operation PacificFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1951On Moonlight BayFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1951Lightning Strikes TwiceFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1951Jim Thorpe – All-AmericanFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1951I Was a Communist for the FBIFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1951Raton PassFilmMusic
- 1951Force of ArmsFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1951Come Fill the CupFilmAdditional Music
- 1951SugarfootFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1951Close to My HeartFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1950The Breaking PointFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1950CagedFilmOriginal Music Composer
- 1950The Flame and the ArrowFilmOriginal Music Composer, Conductor
- 1950The Damned Don't CryFilmAdditional Music