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Maximilian Raoul Steiner [a] (May 10, 1888 – December 28, 1971) was an Austrian composer and conductor who emigrated to America and became one of Hollywood 's greatest musical composers.
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, Steiner's other works include King Kong (1933), Little Women (1933), Jezebel (1938), Casablanca (1942), The ...
Austrian composer Max Steiner achieved legendary status as the creator of hundreds of classic American film scores. He was born Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner in Vienna, Austria, the son of Marie Mizzi (Hasiba) and Gabor Steiner, an impresario, and the grandson of actor and theater director and manager Maximilian Steiner.
May 9, 2024 · Max Steiner (born May 10, 1888, Vienna, Austria—died Dec. 28, 1971, Hollywood, Calif., U.S.) was an Austrian-born U.S. composer and conductor. A prodigy, he wrote an operetta at age 14 that ran in Vienna for a year.
Austrian composer Max Steiner achieved legendary status as the creator of hundreds of classic American film scores. He was born Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner in Vienna, Austria, the son of Marie Mizzi (Hasiba) and Gabor Steiner, an impresario, and the grandson of actor and theater director and manager Maximilian Steiner.
Jun 4, 2020 · Max Steiner Biographer Breaks Down How the ‘King Kong’ Composer ‘Established the Grammar of Film Music’. By Chris Willman. L. Tom Perry Special Collections/Brigham Young University Library.
In a career spanning 19th-century Vienna to 1920s Broadway to the golden age of Hollywood, Max Steiner did more than any other composer to create the sound and style of film music.
Max Steiner, perhaps more so than any other iconic Hollywood film composer, is a difficult sell for contemporary audiences. On the one hand, in Hollywood he was and remains universally acknowledged as the “father of film music.”
Nov 14, 2020 · Max Steiner, composed the 1933 score for King Kong and was one of the true pioneers of the genre known as movie music. Steiner was awarded the very first Oscar ever given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his score for Life with Father.
Oct 23, 2009 · Max Steiner was one of the pioneers of Hollywood film scoring, and also one of the most prolific, writing music for more than 250 movies over nearly four decades. His landmark 1933 music for KING KONG marked the first time that a dramatic underscore played a vital role in the filmmaking process, helping to define characters and create ...
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