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Herman Stein. Herman Stein (August 19, 1915 – March 15, 2007) was an American composer who wrote music for many of the 1950s science-fiction and horror films from Universal Studios. "Herman Stein was one of the architects of the sound of 1950s science-fiction movies." [1] Stein retired in the 1970s and died of congestive heart failure in his ...
Herman Stein (1915-2007) Herman Stein. Composer, arranger and pianist, he was a child prodigy who was already a keyboard artist at three and a concert performer at six. A self-taught orchestrator, he learned musical theory in the local public library, and soon was arranging music for popular bandleaders including Count Basie and Fred Waring.
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Mar 24, 2007 · Herman Stein was born in Philadelphia on Aug. 19, 1915. A child prodigy, he took up the piano at 3, playing his first public concerts at 6. As a teenager, he taught himself orchestration by ...
Herman Stein was born August 19, 1915, in Philadelphia, began playing piano at the age of 3 and gave his first public recital at 6. He taught himself orchestration and was arranging professionally by the age of 15.
A staff composer at Universal, Stein made his name working on a succession of genre movies produced by the studio in the 1950s. He contributed music to films such as Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954), This Island Earth (1955), Tarantula (1955), Istanbul (1957) and The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957).
Mar 25, 2007 · Herman Stein, a staff composer at Universal in the 1950s whose best-known credits include horror and science fiction classics such as "Creature From the Black Lagoon" and "The Incredible Shrinking ...
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Mar 23, 2007 · Herman Stein, who composed music for many of Universal's 1950s science-fiction and horror films, died of congestive heart failure March 15 in Los Angeles. He was 91.
