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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.
Filmography
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Movies 293
Director 29
self 2
Producer 1
Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music (2019)
The Letter (1982)
Hollywood's Musical Moods (1976)
Hang Your Hat on the Wind (1969)
Those Calloways (1965)
Two on a Guillotine (1965)
Youngblood Hawke (1964)
A Distant Trumpet (1964)
Spencer's Mountain (1963)
FBI Code 98 (1963)
Rome Adventure (1962)
A Majority of One (1961)
Susan Slade (1961)
Parrish (1961)
Portrait of a Mobster (1961)
The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961)
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)
Cash McCall (1960)
Ice Palace (1960)
A Summer Place (1959)
The FBI Story (1959)
John Paul Jones (1959)
The Hanging Tree (1959)
Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
Fort Dobbs (1958)
Darby's Rangers (1958)
Escapade in Japan (1957)
All Mine to Give (1957)
Band of Angels (1957)
The Giant Claw (1957)
China Gate (1957)
Death of a Scoundrel (1956)
Bandit! (1956)
The Searchers (1956)
Come Next Spring (1956)
Helen of Troy (1956)
Hell on Frisco Bay (1955)
Illegal (1955)
The McConnell Story (1955)
The Last Command (1955)
Battle Cry (1955)
The Violent Men (1955)
King Richard and the Crusaders (1954)
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
The Boy from Oklahoma (1954)
So Big (1953)
So This Is Love (1953)
The Charge at Feather River (1953)
The Desert Song (1953)
Trouble Along the Way (1953)
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953)
The Jazz Singer (1953)
The Iron Mistress (1952)
Springfield Rifle (1952)
This Is Cinerama (1952)
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
The Lion and the Horse (1952)
Mara Maru (1952)
This Woman Is Dangerous (1952)
Room for One More (1952)
Distant Drums (1951)
Come Fill the Cup (1951)
Close to My Heart (1951)
Jim Thorpe – All-American (1951)
Force of Arms (1951)
On Moonlight Bay (1951)
I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951)
Lightning Strikes Twice (1951)
Raton Pass (1951)
Sugarfoot (1951)
Storm Warning (1951)
Operation Pacific (1951)
Dallas (1950)
Rocky Mountain (1950)
The Breaking Point (1950)
The Glass Menagerie (1950)
The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
Caged (1950)
Young Man with a Horn (1950)
Mrs. Mike (1949)
The Lady Takes a Sailor (1949)
Without Honor (1949)
Beyond the Forest (1949)
White Heat (1949)
The Fountainhead (1949)
Flamingo Road (1949)
A Kiss in the Dark (1949)
South of St. Louis (1949)
Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
The Decision of Christopher Blake (1948)
Fighter Squadron (1948)
Johnny Belinda (1948)
Key Largo (1948)
Silver River (1948)
The Woman in White (1948)
Winter Meeting (1948)
April Showers (1948)
My Girl Tisa (1948)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
The Voice of the Turtle (1947)
Life with Father (1947)
Dark Passage (1947)
Deep Valley (1947)
The Unfaithful (1947)
Cheyenne (1947)
Love and Learn (1947)
Pursued (1947)
The Beast with Five Fingers (1947)
Cloak and Dagger (1946)
The Big Sleep (1946)
One More Tomorrow (1946)
A Stolen Life (1946)
Tomorrow Is Forever (1946)
My Reputation (1946)
San Antonio (1945)
Saratoga Trunk (1945)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
The Corn Is Green (1945)
Roughly Speaking (1945)
The Conspirators (1944)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)
Since You Went Away (1944)
Passage to Marseille (1944)
Up in Arms (1944)
Northern Pursuit (1943)
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain (1943)
Watch on the Rhine (1943)
Mission to Moscow (1943)
Casablanca (1943)
Now, Voyager (1942)
Desperate Journey (1942)
Busses Roar (1942)
The Gay Sisters (1942)
Spy Ship (1942)
In This Our Life (1942)
I Was Framed (1942)
Captains of the Clouds (1942)
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
One Foot in Heaven (1941)
Sergeant York (1941)
Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)
Dive Bomber (1941)
The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)
Shining Victory (1941)
The Great Lie (1941)
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
The Letter (1940)
A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
City for Conquest (1940)
All This, and Heaven Too (1940)
Murder in the Air (1940)
An Angel from Texas (1940)
It All Came True (1940)
Virginia City (1940)
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)
Four Wives (1939)
The Mad Empress (1939)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
We Are Not Alone (1939)
Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)
Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
Each Dawn I Die (1939)
The Old Maid (1939)
Daughters Courageous (1939)
Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
Dark Victory (1939)
Dodge City (1939)
The Oklahoma Kid (1939)
They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
The Sisters (1938)
Four Daughters (1938)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
White Banners (1938)
Crime School (1938)
Jezebel (1938)
Condemned Women (1938)
Gold Is Where You Find It (1938)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Tovarich (1937)
First Lady (1937)
Submarine D-1 (1937)
Breakfast for Two (1937)
The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
That Certain Woman (1937)
Slim (1937)
Kid Galahad (1937)
A Star Is Born (1937)
The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
Green Light (1937)
God's Country and the Woman (1937)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
The Garden of Allah (1936)
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)
Follow the Fleet (1936)
Chatterbox (1936)
I Dream Too Much (1935)
The Three Musketeers (1935)
Top Hat (1935)
Alice Adams (1935)
She (1935)
Break of Hearts (1935)
The Informer (1935)
Star of Midnight (1935)
Roberta (1935)
The Little Minister (1934)
Anne of Green Gables (1934)
Wednesday's Child (1934)
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
The Age of Innocence (1934)
The Fountain (1934)
Their Big Moment (1934)
Bachelor Bait (1934)
Of Human Bondage (1934)
Murder on the Blackboard (1934)
The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)
Stingaree (1934)
Where Sinners Meet (1934)
Finishing School (1934)
This Man Is Mine (1934)
The Crime Doctor (1934)
Spitfire (1934)
The Lost Patrol (1934)
Two Alone (1934)
The Son of Kong (1933)
Little Women (1933)
The Right To Romance (1933)
After Tonight (1933)
Chance at Heaven (1933)
Morning Glory (1933)
Blind Adventure (1933)
Before Dawn (1933)
Bed of Roses (1933)
Melody Cruise (1933)
Cross Fire (1933)
The Silver Cord (1933)
Diplomaniacs (1933)
Sweepings (1933)
King Kong (1933)
Scarlet River (1933)
Christopher Strong (1933)
Lucky Devils (1933)
The Past of Mary Holmes (1933)
The Cheyenne Kid (1933)
The Monkey's Paw (1933)
The Animal Kingdom (1932)
The Half-Naked Truth (1932)
Penguin Pool Murder (1932)
The Conquerors (1932)
The Phantom of Crestwood (1932)
A Bill of Divorcement (1932)
Thirteen Women (1932)
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Bird of Paradise (1932)
Roar of the Dragon (1932)
What Price Hollywood? (1932)
Is My Face Red? (1932)
Westward Passage (1932)
State's Attorney (1932)
Symphony of Six Million (1932)
The Lost Squadron (1932)
Lady with a Past (1932)
Girl of the Rio (1932)
Peach-o-Reno (1931)
Consolation Marriage (1931)
Secret Service (1931)
Are These Our Children? (1931)
Way Back Home (1931)
Fanny Foley Herself (1931)
Friends and Lovers (1931)
The Gay Diplomat (1931)
The Runaround (1931)
High Stakes (1931)
The Public Defender (1931)
Transgression (1931)
Young Donovan's Kid (1931)
Everything’s Rosie (1931)
Cracked Nuts (1931)
Bachelor Apartment (1931)
Kept Husbands (1931)
Cimarron (1931)
Beau Ideal (1931)
The Royal Bed (1931)
Dixiana (1930)
The Delightful Rogue (1929)
Rio Rita (1929)
Side Street (1929)
The Bondman (1929)
The Bondman (1916)
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Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1888-05-10
Deathday1971-12-28 (83 years old)
Birth PlaceVienna, Austria
FatherGabor Steiner
CitizenshipsAustria-Hungary, United States of America
Also Known AsMaximilian Raoul Walter Steiner, Maximilian Raoul Steiner, Max R. Steiner
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score, Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
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