Max Steiner

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Max Steiner

Sound May 10, 1888

Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

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…

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Casablanca

Casablanca

8.1 1943 Movie
Gone with the Wind

Gone with the Wind

7.9 1939 Movie
King Kong

King Kong

7.6 1933 Movie
The Searchers

The Searchers

7.7 1956 Movie
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

7.9 1948 Movie
The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

7.6 1946 Movie
Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace

7.6 1944 Movie
Key Largo

Key Largo

7.5 1948 Movie
White Heat

White Heat

7.6 1949 Movie
Mildred Pierce

Mildred Pierce

7.6 1945 Movie
The Caine Mutiny

The Caine Mutiny

7.2 1954 Movie
Dark Passage

Dark Passage

7.3 1947 Movie

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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. 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.

Filmography

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  1. 2019
    Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2008
    RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”

    Movie Music

  3. 1990
    The Howie Rubin Story

    Movie Songs

  4. 1985
    A Strange Love Affair

    Movie Music

  5. 1982
    Casta Diva

    Movie Music

  6. 1982
    The Letter

    Movie Music

  7. 1976
    Hollywood's Musical Moods

    Movie Self

  8. 1965
    Two on a Guillotine

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 1964
    Those Calloways

    Movie Original Music Composer

  10. 1964
    Youngblood Hawke

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 1964
    A Distant Trumpet

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 1963
    Spencer's Mountain

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 1963
    FBI Code 98

    Movie Original Music Composer

  14. 1962
    Rome Adventure

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 1961
    A Majority of One

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 1961
    Susan Slade

    Movie Original Music Composer

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  1. 1961
    Parrish

    Movie Original Music Composer

  2. 1961
    Portrait of a Mobster

    Movie Original Music Composer

  3. 1961
    The Sins of Rachel Cade

    Movie Original Music Composer

  4. 1960
    The Dark at the Top of the Stairs

    Movie Original Music Composer

  5. 1960
    The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond

    Movie Additional Music

  6. 1960
    Cash McCall

    Movie Original Music Composer

  7. 1960
    Ice Palace

    Movie Original Music Composer

  8. 1959
    A Summer Place

    Movie Original Music Composer

  9. 1959
    Adventures in Paradise

    TV show Music Coordinator

  10. 1959
    The FBI Story

    Movie Original Music Composer

  11. 1959
    John Paul Jones

    Movie Original Music Composer

  12. 1959
    The Hanging Tree

    Movie Original Music Composer

  13. 1958
    Marjorie Morningstar

    Movie Original Music Composer

  14. 1958
    Fort Dobbs

    Movie Original Music Composer

  15. 1958
    Darby's Rangers

    Movie Original Music Composer

  16. 1957
    Escapade in Japan

    Movie Original Music Composer

  17. 1957
    All Mine to Give

    Movie Original Music Composer

  18. 1957
    Band of Angels

    Movie Original Music Composer

  19. 1957
    The Giant Claw

    Movie Music

  20. 1957
    China Gate

    Movie Original Music Composer

  21. 1956
    Death of a Scoundrel

    Movie Original Music Composer

  22. 1956
    Bandido!

    Movie Original Music Composer

  23. 1956
    The Searchers

    Movie Original Music Composer

  24. 1956
    Come Next Spring

    Movie Original Music Composer