Max Steiner
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Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner (Born May 10, 1888 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary; Died December 28, 1971) in Hollywood, California) was an Austrian-American composer of music for films. The grandson of Maximilian Steiner (1839-1880), influential manager of Vienna's Theater an der Wien, he was a child prodigy in composing. He received piano instruction from Johannes Brahms, and later studied under Gustav Mahler. He emigrated to the United States in 1914.
He scored hundreds of Hollywood films, and was the most prominent composer in the music department of Warner Brothers Studios. He received 26 Academy Award nominations for his work, winning 3 Oscars; he did not win for what is perhaps his most familiar score, that of Gone With the Wind.
He is entombed in the Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
In 1995, he was inducted posthumously into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
Steiner has a star on the Walk of Fame, located at 1551 Vine Street, for his contribution to motion pictures.
Selected filmography
- Cimarron (1931)
- Christopher Strong (1933)
- King Kong (1933)
- The Gay Divorcee (Academy Award nomination, 1934)
- The Lost Patrol (Academy Award nomination, 1934)
- The Informer (Academy Award, 1935)
- The Garden of Allah (Academy Award nomination, 1936)
- The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
- A Star Is Born (1937)
- The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
- Jezebel (Academy Award nomination, 1938)
- Dark Victory (Academy Award nomination, 1939)
- Gone with the Wind (Academy Award nomination, 1939)
- The Letter (Academy Award nominatin, 1940)
- Sergeant York (Academy Award nomination, 1941)
- Now, Voyager (Academy Award, 1942)
- Casablanca (Academy Award nomination, 1942)
- Since You Went Away (Academy Award, 1944)
- The Adventures of Mark Twain (Academy Award nomination, 1944)
- Mildred Pierce (1945)
- Rhapsody in Blue (Academy Award nomination, shared with Ray Heindorf, 1945)
- The Big Sleep (1946 film) (1946)
- Night and Day (Academy Award nomination, shared with Ray Heindorf, 1946)
- Life with Father (Academy Award nomination, 1947)
- My Wild Irish Rose (Academy Award nomination, shared with Ray Heindorf, 1947)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
- Johnny Belinda (Academy Award nomination, 1948)
- Beyond the Forest (Academy Award nomination, 1949)
- The Flame and the Arrow (Academy Award nomination, 1950)
- The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (Academy Award nomination, 1952)
- The Jazz Singer (Academy Award nomination, shared with Ray Heindorf, 1953)
- The Caine Mutiny (Academy Award nomination, 1954)
- Battle Cry (Academy Award nomination, 1955)
- The Searchers (1956)
External link
- IMDb filmography (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000070/)ca:Max Esteiner