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The late Max Steiner was one of the true pioneers of the genre known as movie music. In fact, Steiner was awarded the very first Oscar citation ever given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his score for The Informer in 1935. Born Maximilian Raoul Steiner in Vienna, Austria on May 10, 1888, Max grew up surrounded by music.
Apr 18, 2021 · Music by Max Steiner: The Epic Life of Hollywood’s Most Influential Composer.By Steven C. Smith. Oxford University Press, 480 pages. BOOK REVIEW – Steven C. Smith’s A Heart at Fire’s Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann, is one of the best biographies I’ve ever read of an American composer.
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 a...
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Jun 5, 2020 · Film Score Pioneer Max Steiner Is Ripe for Rediscovery, with the Help of a New Biography. Composer Max Steiner, whose scores for “King Kong,” “Gone With the Wind” and “Casablanca ...
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 ...
Max Steiner. Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner (n. 10 mai, 1888 în Viena, Austro-Ungaria - d. 28 decembrie, 1971 în Hollywood, California) a fost un compozitor austro - american de muzică de film și teatru. El rămâne cunoscut ca fiind creatorul a peste 300 de coloane sonore, dintre care cele mai cunoscute rămân muzica din filmele Gone ...
Max's father, Gabor Steiner, was an entrepreneur who, in 1894, saw Imre Kirhaly's extravagant exhibition "Venice in London" at the Olympic Hall in London. After returning to Vienna, Gabor bought the Imperial Garden in the Vienna Wurstel Prater from an English real estate speculator.
