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Max Steiner

Profession
Sound
Born
May 10, 1888 · Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Died
December 28, 1971

Biography

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.

Known for

Casablanca poster
Casablanca
Film · 1943 · ★ 8.1
Gone with the Wind poster
Gone with the Wind
Film · 1939 · ★ 7.9
King Kong poster
King Kong
Film · 1933 · ★ 7.6
The Searchers poster
The Searchers
Film · 1956 · ★ 7.7
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre poster
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Film · 1948 · ★ 8.0
The Big Sleep poster
The Big Sleep
Film · 1946 · ★ 7.6
Arsenic and Old Lace poster
Arsenic and Old Lace
Film · 1944 · ★ 7.6
Key Largo poster
Key Largo
Film · 1948 · ★ 7.5
White Heat poster
White Heat
Film · 1949 · ★ 7.7
Mildred Pierce poster
Mildred Pierce
Film · 1945 · ★ 7.6
The Caine Mutiny poster
The Caine Mutiny
Film · 1954 · ★ 7.3
Angels with Dirty Faces poster
Angels with Dirty Faces
Film · 1938 · ★ 7.5

Filmography