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Learn about the life and career of Max Steiner, one of Hollywood's greatest musical composers and the "father of film music". He composed over 300 film scores, won three Oscars, and collaborated with many famous directors and actors.
Austrian composer Max Steiner achieved legendary status as the creator of hundreds of classic American film scores. He was born Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner in Vienna, Austria, the son of Marie Mizzi (Hasiba) and Gabor Steiner, an impresario, and the grandson of actor and theater director and manager Maximilian Steiner.
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- Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
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- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
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).
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Learn about Max Steiner, an Austrian-born U.S. composer and conductor who wrote music for hundreds of films, including King Kong, Gone with the Wind, and Jezebel. Find out his life story, achievements, and legacy in this article from Britannica.
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Learn about the life and career of Max Steiner, the Austrian composer who created hundreds of classic American film scores. Find out his achievements, awards, family, trivia, and quotes on IMDb.
Max Steiner, perhaps more so than any other iconic Hollywood film composer, is a difficult sell for contemporary audiences. On the one hand, in Hollywood he was and remains universally acknowledged as the “father of film music.”
