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Max Steiner

1888–1971 · 35 titles in the catalogue

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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.

Their work

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  1. Casablanca1943Music Arranger · Original Music Composer
  2. Gone with the Wind1939Original Music Composer
  3. King Kong1933Original Music Composer
  4. The Searchers1956Original Music Composer
  5. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre1948Original Music Composer
  6. The Big Sleep1946Original Music Composer
  7. Arsenic and Old Lace1944Original Music Composer
  8. Key Largo1948Original Music Composer
  9. White Heat1949Original Music Composer
  10. Mildred Pierce1945Original Music Composer
  11. The Caine Mutiny1954Original Music Composer
  12. Angels with Dirty Faces1938Original Music Composer
  13. Dark Passage1947Additional Music
  14. Top Hat1935Music Director
  15. The Most Dangerous Game1932Original Music Composer
  16. The Letter1940Original Music Composer
  17. A Star Is Born1937Original Music Composer
  18. Sergeant York1941Original Music Composer
  19. Now, Voyager1942Original Music Composer
  20. Jezebel1938Original Music Composer
  21. Dark Victory1939Original Music Composer
  22. The Fountainhead1949Original Music Composer
  23. The Life of Emile Zola1937Original Music Composer
  24. Little Women1933Original Music Composer
  25. Cimarron1931Original Music Composer
  26. The Gay Divorcee1934Music Director
  27. The Son of Kong1933Original Music Composer
  28. Of Human Bondage1934Original Music Composer
  29. The Hanging Tree1959Original Music Composer
  30. The Informer1935Music Arranger · Original Music Composer
  31. They Died with Their Boots On1941Original Music Composer
  32. Dodge City1939Original Music Composer
  33. Pursued1947Original Music Composer
  34. The Giant Claw1957Music
  35. The Breaking Point1950Original Music Composer