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Nov 14, 2020 · Music. Max Steiner: The Father of Film Music. November 14, 2020. —. Noël de Souza. Max Steiner, composed the 1933 score for King Kong and was one of the true pioneers of the genre known as movie music. Steiner was awarded the very first Oscar ever given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for his score for Life with Father.
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Max Steiner. Maximilian Raoul Walter ”Max” Steiner ( 10. toukokuuta 1888 Wien, Itävalta – 28. joulukuuta 1971 Hollywood, Kalifornia, Yhdysvallat) oli itävaltalaissyntyinen elokuvasäveltäjä. Steiner muutti Britanniaan vuonna 1905 ja sieltä Yhdysvaltoihin ensimmäisen maailmansodan alkaessa. Hän työskenteli Broadwaylla ja siirtyi ...
Aug 10, 2023 · Max Steiner was a composer and conductor who worked on over 300 films during his career. He is best known for his work on classics such as “Gone with the Wind,” “King Kong,” and “Casablanca.”. Steiner was a pioneer of film music, and his use of the leitmotif has influenced countless film composers. His work has also been sampled in ...
During a seven-decade career that spanned from 19th century Vienna to 1920s Broadway to the golden age of Hollywood, three-time Academy Award winner Max Steiner did more than any other composer to establish the language of film music, while writing many of cinema’s most memorable scores.
Max Steiner is one of the greatest—not to mention most prolific—composers of the Golden Age of Hollywood. The winner of three Academy Awards, Steiner’s credits include King Kong, The Informer, Gone with the Wind, Now, Voyager, Since You Went Away, Johnny Belinda, and The Caine Mutiny. Though known for timeless melodies that symbolize the ...
Mar 14, 2022 · Max Steiner wrote some of the iconic scores of the Golden Age of Hollywood, and his biographer and author of Music By Max Steiner: The Epic Life of Hollywood’s Most Influential Composer, Steven C. Smith says the “theatrical dynasty” he was born into in Vienna in 1888 launched him in that direction.
