Max Steiner
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 (36)
A Summer Place
The Giant Claw
The Searchers
Helen of Troy
The Caine Mutiny
Operation Pacific
White Heat
The Fountainhead
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Key Largo
Dark Passage
Cloak and Dagger
The Big Sleep
Mildred Pierce
Arsenic and Old Lace
Since You Went Away
Casablanca
Now, Voyager
They Died with Their Boots On
Sergeant York
All This, and Heaven Too
The Letter
Gone with the Wind
Dark Victory
Intermezzo: A Love Story
The Old Maid
Dodge City
Angels with Dirty Faces
The Life of Emile Zola
A Star Is Born
Alice Adams
Top Hat
King Kong
Little Women
The Most Dangerous Game
