Max Steiner
Known for: Sound
Born: May 10, 1888
Died: December 28, 1971
Place of birth: Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
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.
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Filmography
311 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
7.6
Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music
2019
8.0
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
2008NR
The Howie Rubin Story
1990
4.3
A Strange Love Affair
1985
4.8
Casta Diva
1982
4.7
The Letter
1982
NR
Hollywood's Musical Moods
1976
6.1
Two on a Guillotine
1965
6.5
Those Calloways
1964
6.3
Youngblood Hawke
1964
5.5
A Distant Trumpet
1964
6.8
Spencer's Mountain
1963
5.4
FBI Code 98
1963
5.8
Rome Adventure
1962
6.1
A Majority of One
1961
5.9
Susan Slade
1961
5.0
Parrish
1961
9.0
Portrait of a Mobster
1961
6.4
The Sins of Rachel Cade
1961
6.5
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
1960
6.1
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
1960
6.3
Cash McCall
1960
6.3
Ice Palace
1960
6.6
A Summer Place
1959
6.1
Adventures in Paradise
1959
6.2
The FBI Story
1959
6.0
John Paul Jones
1959
6.7
The Hanging Tree
1959
6.3
Marjorie Morningstar
1958
6.8
Fort Dobbs
1958
6.5
Darby's Rangers
1958
5.7
Escapade in Japan
1957
6.3
All Mine to Give
1957
6.3
Band of Angels
1957
4.8
The Giant Claw
1957
6.2
China Gate
1957
6.0
Death of a Scoundrel
1956
5.7
Bandido!
1956
7.7
The Searchers
1956
5.9
Come Next Spring
1956
6.3
Helen of Troy
1956
5.3
Hell on Frisco Bay
1955
6.5
Illegal
1955
6.8
The McConnell Story
1955
6.7
The Last Command
1955
5.8
Battle Cry
1955
6.5
The Violent Men
1955
6.4
King Richard and the Crusaders
1954
7.2
The Caine Mutiny
1954
5.7
The Boy from Oklahoma
1954
5.5
So Big
1953
4.3
So This Is Love
1953
5.9
The Charge at Feather River
1953
6.8
The Desert Song
1953
6.1
Trouble Along the Way
1953
6.1
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
1953
6.0
The Jazz Singer
1953
5.3
The Iron Mistress
1952
6.4
Springfield Rifle
1952
5.6
This Is Cinerama
1952
5.9
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
1952
5.9
The Lion and the Horse
1952
5.2
Mara Maru
1952
5.9
This Woman Is Dangerous
1952
6.6
Room for One More
1952
6.3
Distant Drums
1951
7.0
Come Fill the Cup
1951
6.6
Close to My Heart
1951
6.5
Jim Thorpe – All-American
1951
6.7
Force of Arms
1951
6.5
On Moonlight Bay
1951
5.6
I Was a Communist for the FBI
1951
5.7
Lightning Strikes Twice
1951
4.9
Raton Pass
1951
5.3
Sugarfoot
1951
6.1
Operation Pacific
1951
6.4
Dallas
1950
5.8
Rocky Mountain
1950
7.1
The Breaking Point
1950
5.7
The Glass Menagerie
1950
6.3
The Flame and the Arrow
1950
7.1
Caged
1950
7.0
The Damned Don't Cry
1950
6.4
Young Man with a Horn
1950
5.9
Backfire
1950
6.0
Mrs. Mike
1949
5.7
The Lady Takes a Sailor
1949
4.7
Without Honor
1949
6.7
Beyond the Forest
1949
7.6
White Heat
1949
6.8
The Fountainhead
1949
7.0
Flamingo Road
1949
5.2
A Kiss in the Dark
1949
5.8
South of St. Louis
1949
6.8
Adventures of Don Juan
1948
3.8
The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948
6.1
Fighter Squadron
1948
6.9
Johnny Belinda
1948
7.5
Key Largo
1948
6.2
Silver River
1948
5.7
The Woman in White
1948
6.6
Winter Meeting
1948
6.5
April Showers
1948
9.0
My Girl Tisa
1948
8.0
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948
6.8
The Voice of the Turtle
1947
6.0
My Wild Irish Rose
1947
6.7
Life with Father
1947
7.3
Dark Passage
1947
5.6
Deep Valley
1947
5.9
The Unfaithful
1947
7.0
Cheyenne
1947
6.7
Love and Learn
1947
6.5
Pursued
1947
6.4
The Beast with Five Fingers
1947
6.1
The Man I Love
1946
6.5
Cloak and Dagger
1946
7.6
The Big Sleep
1946
6.0
Night and Day
1946
5.8
One More Tomorrow
1946
6.4
A Stolen Life
1946
6.3
Tomorrow Is Forever
1946
7.3
My Reputation
1946
6.1
San Antonio
1945
6.1
Saratoga Trunk
1945
7.6
Mildred Pierce
1945
6.6
Rhapsody in Blue
1945
7.2
The Corn Is Green
1945
6.8
Roughly Speaking
1945
6.3
The Conspirators
1944
7.6
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
7.0
The Adventures of Mark Twain
1944
6.6
Since You Went Away
1944
5.7
Up in Arms
1944
6.6
Passage to Marseille
1944
6.1
Northern Pursuit
1943
6.8
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain
1943
6.9
Watch on the Rhine
1943
5.7
Mission to Moscow
1943
8.1
Casablanca
1943
7.4
Now, Voyager
1942
6.1
Desperate Journey
1942
6.6
Busses Roar
1942
6.6
The Gay Sisters
1942
7.0
Spy Ship
1942
6.9
In This Our Life
1942
6.8
Murder in the Big House
1942
5.0
I Was Framed
1942
6.4
Captains of the Clouds
1942
6.7
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
6.9
One Foot in Heaven
1941
7.2
Sergeant York
1941
5.4
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941
6.3
Dive Bomber
1941
7.0
The Bride Came C.O.D.
1941
6.1
Shining Victory
1941
7.0
The Great Lie
1941
5.8
Santa Fe Trail
1940
7.3
The Letter
1940
6.3
A Dispatch from Reuters
1940
6.9
City for Conquest
1940
7.3
All This, and Heaven Too
1940
5.1
Murder in the Air
1940
5.3
An Angel from Texas
1940
5.8
It All Came True
1940
6.3
Virginia City
1940
6.5
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
6.2
Invisible Stripes
1939
5.5
Four Wives
1939
5.8
The Mad Empress
1939
7.9
Gone with the Wind
1939
6.7
Intermezzo: A Love Story
1939
6.5
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
6.8
Each Dawn I Die
1939
7.0
The Old Maid
1939
6.3
Daughters Courageous
1939
6.1
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
6.9
Dark Victory
1939
6.9
Dodge City
1939
6.0
The Oklahoma Kid
1939
6.3
They Made Me a Criminal
1939
6.8
The Dawn Patrol
1938
7.5
Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
6.1
The Sisters
1938
6.6
Four Daughters
1938
7.0
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
6.1
White Banners
1938
6.4
Crime School
1938
7.0
Jezebel
1938
7.3
Condemned Women
1938
7.0
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938
6.6
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1938
6.4
Tovarich
1937
6.6
First Lady
1937
5.0
Submarine D-1
1937
5.9
Breakfast for Two
1937
6.7
The Life of Emile Zola
1937
5.6
That Certain Woman
1937
6.5
Slim
1937
7.1
Kid Galahad
1937
7.2
A Star Is Born
1937
7.3
The Soldier and the Lady
1937
6.7
Green Light
1937
5.2
God's Country and the Woman
1937
6.5
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936
6.0
The Garden of Allah
1936
6.2
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
1936
6.8
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1936
6.9
Follow the Fleet
1936
7.0
Chatterbox
1936
5.4
I Dream Too Much
1935
6.9
The Three Musketeers
1935
7.3
Top Hat
1935
6.7
Alice Adams
1935
5.6
She
1935
5.5
Break of Hearts
1935
6.8
The Informer
1935
5.9
Star of Midnight
1935
7.1
Roberta
1935
5.8
The Little Minister
1934
5.6
Anne of Green Gables
1934
3.8
Wednesday's Child
1934
6.9
The Gay Divorcee
1934
5.2
The Age of Innocence
1934
8.9
The Fountain
1934
4.7
Their Big Moment
1934
6.5
Bachelor Bait
1934
6.5
Of Human Bondage
1934
6.2
We're Rich Again
1934
3.5
Let's Try Again
1934
6.4
Murder on the Blackboard
1934
5.7
The Life of Vergie Winters
1934
6.1
Stingaree
1934
4.4
Where Sinners Meet
1934
6.2
Finishing School
1934
5.9
This Man Is Mine
1934
3.8
The Crime Doctor
1934
5.3
Spitfire
1934
6.5
The Lost Patrol
1934
7.3
Two Alone
1934
5.4
The Son of Kong
1933
6.3
Flying Down to Rio
1933
6.8
Little Women
1933
4.9
The Right To Romance
1933
6.6
After Tonight
1933
5.8
Chance at Heaven
1933
6.8
Rafter Romance
1933
6.2
Morning Glory
1933
6.3
Blind Adventure
1933
5.7
Before Dawn
1933
6.3
Headline Shooter
1933
6.1
Bed of Roses
1933
5.0
Melody Cruise
1933
6.5
Cross Fire
1933
7.3
The Silver Cord
1933
7.5
Diplomaniacs
1933
5.8
Sweepings
1933
7.6
King Kong
1933
5.6
Scarlet River
1933
5.9
Christopher Strong
1933
6.4
Lucky Devils
1933
5.5
The Cheyenne Kid
1933
10.0
The Past of Mary Holmes
1933
6.5
The Monkey's Paw
1933
5.6
The Animal Kingdom
1932
5.1
The Half-Naked Truth
1932
5.9
The Penguin Pool Murder
1932
6.6
Secrets of the French Police
1932
5.6
The Conquerors
1932
6.4
Little Orphan Annie
1932
5.9
The Phantom of Crestwood
1932
6.4
A Bill of Divorcement
1932
6.9
The Most Dangerous Game
1932
6.4
Thirteen Women
1932
5.1
Bird of Paradise
1932
6.5
Roar of the Dragon
1932
6.8
What Price Hollywood?
1932
5.0
Is My Face Red?
1932
6.3
Westward Passage
1932
6.9
State's Attorney
1932
5.7
Symphony of Six Million
1932
5.5
Carnival Boat
1932
6.5
The Lost Squadron
1932
6.3
Lady with a Past
1932
5.6
Girl of the Rio
1932
6.5
Peach-o-Reno
1931
6.4
Consolation Marriage
1931
6.7
Secret Service
1931
6.3
Way Back Home
1931
6.8
Are These Our Children?
1931
7.0
Fanny Foley Herself
1931
4.9
Friends and Lovers
1931
4.8
The Gay Diplomat
1931
8.0
The Runaround
1931
3.8
High Stakes
1931
6.4
The Public Defender
1931
4.3
Transgression
1931
10.0
Young Donovan's Kid
1931
6.0
Everything’s Rosie
1931
8.0
Cracked Nuts
1931
5.9
Bachelor Apartment
1931
5.3
The Lady Refuses
1931
5.3
Kept Husbands
1931
5.5
Cimarron
1931
4.5
Beau Ideal
1931
4.3
The Royal Bed
1931
5.0
Dixiana
1930
9.0
The Delightful Rogue
1929
8.0
Rio Rita
1929
5.9
Side Street
19297.0
The Bondman
1929
NR
The Bondman
1916