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.

Known For

Casablanca
Gone with the Wind
King Kong
The Searchers
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Big Sleep
Birth Location Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Born 1888-05-10
Died 1971-12-28

Movies

Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music as Self (archive footage)
2019

Movies

The Letter Original Music Composer
1982
Those Calloways Original Music Composer
1965
Two on a Guillotine Original Music Composer
1965
Youngblood Hawke Original Music Composer
1964
A Distant Trumpet Original Music Composer
1964
Spencer's Mountain Original Music Composer
1963
FBI Code 98 Original Music Composer
1963
Rome Adventure Original Music Composer
1962
A Majority of One Original Music Composer
1961
Susan Slade Original Music Composer
1961
Parrish Original Music Composer
1961
Portrait of a Mobster Original Music Composer
1961
The Sins of Rachel Cade Original Music Composer
1961
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs Original Music Composer
1960
Cash McCall Original Music Composer
1960
Ice Palace Original Music Composer
1960
A Summer Place Original Music Composer
1959
The FBI Story Original Music Composer
1959
John Paul Jones Original Music Composer
1959
The Hanging Tree Original Music Composer
1959
Marjorie Morningstar Original Music Composer
1958
Fort Dobbs Original Music Composer
1958
Darby's Rangers Original Music Composer
1958
Escapade in Japan Original Music Composer
1957
All Mine to Give Original Music Composer
1957
Band of Angels Original Music Composer
1957
1957
China Gate Original Music Composer
1957
Death of a Scoundrel Original Music Composer
1956
Bandit! Original Music Composer
1956
The Searchers Original Music Composer
1956
Come Next Spring Original Music Composer
1956
Helen of Troy Original Music Composer
1956
Hell on Frisco Bay Original Music Composer
1955
Illegal Original Music Composer
1955
The McConnell Story Original Music Composer
1955
The Last Command Original Music Composer
1955
Battle Cry Original Music Composer
1955
The Violent Men Original Music Composer
1955
King Richard and the Crusaders Original Music Composer
1954
The Caine Mutiny Original Music Composer
1954
The Boy from Oklahoma Original Music Composer
1954
So Big Original Music Composer
1953
So This Is Love Original Music Composer
1953
The Charge at Feather River Original Music Composer
1953
The Desert Song Original Music Composer
1953
Trouble Along the Way Original Music Composer
1953
The Jazz Singer Original Music Composer
1953
The Iron Mistress Original Music Composer
1952
Springfield Rifle Original Music Composer
1952
This Is Cinerama Original Music Composer
1952
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima Original Music Composer
1952
The Lion and the Horse Original Music Composer
1952
Mara Maru Original Music Composer
1952
This Woman Is Dangerous Additional Music
1952
Room for One More Original Music Composer
1952
Distant Drums Original Music Composer
1951
Come Fill the Cup Additional Music
1951
Close to My Heart Original Music Composer
1951
Jim Thorpe – All-American Original Music Composer
1951
Force of Arms Original Music Composer
1951
On Moonlight Bay Original Music Composer
1951
I Was a Communist for the FBI Original Music Composer
1951
Lightning Strikes Twice Original Music Composer
1951
Raton Pass Music
1951
Sugarfoot Original Music Composer
1951
Storm Warning Additional Music
1951
Operation Pacific Original Music Composer
1951
Dallas Original Music Composer
1950
Rocky Mountain Original Music Composer
1950
The Breaking Point Original Music Composer
1950
The Glass Menagerie Original Music Composer
1950
The Flame and the Arrow Original Music Composer
1950
Caged Original Music Composer
1950
Mrs. Mike Music
1949
Mrs. Mike Original Music Composer
1949
The Lady Takes a Sailor Original Music Composer
1949
Without Honor Original Music Composer
1949
Beyond the Forest Original Music Composer
1949
White Heat Original Music Composer
1949
The Fountainhead Original Music Composer
1949
Flamingo Road Original Music Composer
1949
A Kiss in the Dark Original Music Composer
1949
South of St. Louis Original Music Composer
1949
The Decision of Christopher Blake Original Music Composer
1948
Fighter Squadron Original Music Composer
1948
Johnny Belinda Original Music Composer
1948
Key Largo Original Music Composer
1948
Silver River Original Music Composer
1948
The Woman in White Original Music Composer
1948
Winter Meeting Original Music Composer
1948
April Showers Original Music Composer
1948
My Girl Tisa Music
1948
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Original Music Composer
1948
The Voice of the Turtle Original Music Composer
1947
Life with Father Original Music Composer
1947
Dark Passage Additional Music
1947
Deep Valley Original Music Composer
1947
The Unfaithful Original Music Composer
1947
Cheyenne Original Music Composer
1947
Love and Learn Original Music Composer
1947
Pursued Original Music Composer
1947
The Beast with Five Fingers Original Music Composer
1947
Cloak and Dagger Original Music Composer
1946
The Big Sleep Original Music Composer
1946
One More Tomorrow Original Music Composer
1946
A Stolen Life Original Music Composer
1946
Tomorrow Is Forever Original Music Composer
1946
My Reputation Original Music Composer
1946
San Antonio Original Music Composer
1945
Saratoga Trunk Original Music Composer
1945
Mildred Pierce Original Music Composer
1945
Rhapsody in Blue Original Music Composer
1945
The Corn Is Green Original Music Composer
1945
Roughly Speaking Original Music Composer
1945
The Conspirators Original Music Composer
1944
Arsenic and Old Lace Original Music Composer
1944
The Adventures of Mark Twain Original Music Composer
1944
Since You Went Away Original Music Composer
1944
Passage to Marseille Original Music Composer
1944
Up in Arms Original Music Composer
1944
1943
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain Original Music Composer
1943
Watch on the Rhine Original Music Composer
1943
Mission to Moscow Original Music Composer
1943
Casablanca Original Music Composer
1943
Now, Voyager Original Music Composer
1942
Desperate Journey Original Music Composer
1942
Busses Roar Music
1942
The Gay Sisters Original Music Composer
1942
Spy Ship Additional Music
1942
In This Our Life Original Music Composer
1942
I Was Framed Additional Music
1942
Captains of the Clouds Original Music Composer
1942
They Died with Their Boots On Original Music Composer
1941
1941
Sergeant York Original Music Composer
1941
Nine Lives Are Not Enough Music Score Producer
1941
Dive Bomber Original Music Composer
1941
The Bride Came C.O.D. Original Music Composer
1941
Shining Victory Original Music Composer
1941
The Great Lie Original Music Composer
1941
Santa Fe Trail Original Music Composer
1940
The Letter Original Music Composer
1940
A Dispatch from Reuters Original Music Composer
1940
City for Conquest Original Music Composer
1940
All This, and Heaven Too Original Music Composer
1940
1940
An Angel from Texas Additional Music
1940
1940
Virginia City Original Music Composer
1940
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet Original Music Composer
1940
Four Wives Original Music Composer
1939
1939
Gone with the Wind Original Music Composer
1939
Intermezzo: A Love Story Original Music Composer
1939
Dust Be My Destiny Original Music Composer
1939
Each Dawn I Die Original Music Composer
1939
The Old Maid Original Music Composer
1939
Dark Victory Original Music Composer
1939
Dodge City Original Music Composer
1939
The Oklahoma Kid Original Music Composer
1939
They Made Me a Criminal Original Music Composer
1939
The Dawn Patrol Original Music Composer
1938
Angels with Dirty Faces Original Music Composer
1938
The Sisters Original Music Composer
1938
1938
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse Original Music Composer
1938
Crime School Music
1938
Jezebel Original Music Composer
1938
1938
Gold Is Where You Find It Original Music Composer
1938
Tovarich Original Music Composer
1937
First Lady Music
1937
Submarine D-1 Original Music Composer
1937
Breakfast for Two Additional Music
1937
That Certain Woman Original Music Composer
1937
Slim Original Music Composer
1937
Kid Galahad Original Music Composer
1937
A Star Is Born Original Music Composer
1937
Green Light Original Music Composer
1937
God's Country and the Woman Original Music Composer
1937
The Charge of the Light Brigade Original Music Composer
1936
The Garden of Allah Original Music Composer
1936
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford Original Music Composer
1936
Little Lord Fauntleroy Original Music Composer
1936
Follow the Fleet Original Music Composer
1936
Chatterbox Original Music Composer
1936
I Dream Too Much Original Music Composer
1935
The Three Musketeers Original Music Composer
1935
Top Hat Music Director
1935
Top Hat Music
1935
Alice Adams Music
1935
She Original Music Composer
1935
Break of Hearts Music Director
1935
The Informer Original Music Composer
1935
Star of Midnight Original Music Composer
1935
Roberta Music Director
1935
The Little Minister Original Music Composer
1934
Anne of Green Gables Music Director
1934
Wednesday's Child Music Director
1934
The Gay Divorcee Music Director
1934
The Age of Innocence Original Music Composer
1934
The Fountain Original Music Composer
1934
Their Big Moment Music Director
1934
Bachelor Bait Music Director
1934
Of Human Bondage Conductor
1934
Of Human Bondage Original Music Composer
1934
Murder on the Blackboard Original Music Composer
1934
The Life of Vergie Winters Original Music Composer
1934
Stingaree Original Music Composer
1934
Where Sinners Meet Music Director
1934
Finishing School Music Director
1934
This Man Is Mine Music Director
1934
1934
Spitfire Music Director
1934
The Lost Patrol Original Music Composer
1934
Two Alone Music Director
1934
The Son of Kong Original Music Composer
1933
Little Women Original Music Composer
1933
The Right To Romance Original Music Composer
1933
After Tonight Music Director
1933
Chance at Heaven Music Director
1933
Blind Adventure Music Director
1933
Morning Glory Original Music Composer
1933
Before Dawn Music Director
1933
Headline Shooter Music Director
1933
Bed of Roses Music Director
1933
Melody Cruise Original Music Composer
1933
Cross Fire Sound
1933
The Silver Cord Original Music Composer
1933
Diplomaniacs Original Music Composer
1933
Sweepings Original Music Composer
1933
King Kong Original Music Composer
1933
Scarlet River Music Director
1933
Christopher Strong Original Music Composer
1933
Lucky Devils Original Music Composer
1933
The Past of Mary Holmes Music Director
1933
The Cheyenne Kid Original Music Composer
1933
The Monkey's Paw Original Music Composer
1933
The Animal Kingdom Original Music Composer
1932
The Half-Naked Truth Original Music Composer
1932
Penguin Pool Murder Music Director
1932
The Conquerors Original Music Composer
1932
The Phantom of Crestwood Music Director
1932
A Bill of Divorcement Original Music Composer
1932
A Bill of Divorcement Music Director
1932
Thirteen Women Original Music Composer
1932
The Most Dangerous Game Original Music Composer
1932
Bird of Paradise Original Music Composer
1932
Roar of the Dragon Music Director
1932
What Price Hollywood? Original Music Composer
1932
Is My Face Red? Original Music Composer
1932
Westward Passage Music Director
1932
State's Attorney Original Music Composer
1932
Symphony of Six Million Original Music Composer
1932
The Lost Squadron Original Music Composer
1932
Lady with a Past Music Director
1932
Girl of the Rio Original Music Composer
1932
Peach-o-Reno Original Music Composer
1931
Consolation Marriage Original Music Composer
1931
Secret Service Original Music Composer
1931
Are These Our Children? Original Music Composer
1931
Way Back Home Original Music Composer
1931
Fanny Foley Herself Original Music Composer
1931
Friends and Lovers Original Music Composer
1931
The Gay Diplomat Music Director
1931
The Gay Diplomat Original Music Composer
1931
The Runaround Original Music Composer
1931
High Stakes Original Music Composer
1931
The Public Defender Original Music Composer
1931
Transgression Original Music Composer
1931
1931
Everything’s Rosie Music Director
1931
Cracked Nuts Original Music Composer
1931
Bachelor Apartment Original Music Composer
1931
Kept Husbands Original Music Composer
1931
Cimarron Original Music Composer
1931
Beau Ideal Original Music Composer
1931
The Royal Bed Music Director
1931
Dixiana Original Music Composer
1930
The Delightful Rogue Original Music Composer
1929
Rio Rita Orchestrator
1929
Side Street Original Music Composer
1929
The Bondman Music
1929
The Bondman Music
1916