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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. 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.
Mar 24, 2007 · Herman Stein, a little-known craftsman who, unseen but very much heard, helped terrify the audiences of a spate of classic horror and science-fiction films, died on March 15 at his home in Los...
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.
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...
Herman Stein, one of the architects of the sound of 1950s science-fiction films, died March 15 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 91. The cause of death, a family spokesman said, was congestive heart failure.
Herman Stein. Composer. 19 August 1915 to 15 March 2007. A staff composer at Universal, Stein made his name working on a succession of genre movies produced by the studio in the 1950s.