Max Steiner (Composer)
Born: 10th May 1888, Vienna, Austria
Died: 28th December 1971, Hollywood, California, USA
Nationality: Austrian, American
Maximilian Raoul Steiner was an Austrian-born American music composer for theatre and films, as well as a conductor. He was a child prodigy who conducted his first operetta when he was twelve and became a full-time professional, either composing, arranging, or conducting, when he was fifteen.
Steiner worked in England, then Broadway, and in 1929, he moved to Hollywood, where he became one of the first composers to write music scores for films. He is referred to as "the father of film music", as Steiner played a major part in creating the tradition of writing music for films, along with composers Dimitri Tiomkin, Franz Waxman, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Alfred Newman, Bernard Herrmann, and Miklós Rózsa.
Steiner composed over 300 film scores with RKO Pictures and Warner Bros., 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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Presto Music Classical Podcast,
Episode 30: Music from the Golden Age of Hollywood with John Wilson
James is joined by conductor John Wilson for a look back at some of his recordings with Sinfonia of London, followed by an in-depth chat about their latest album of Golden Age film music, Hollywood Soundstage.
Recording of the Week,
John Wilson conducts music from Hollywood's Golden Age
Sinfonia of London and conductor John Wilson present a dazzling selection of music from classic movies including Rebecca, The Wizard of Oz, Laura, How to Marry a Millionaire, My Fair Lady, and Now, Voyager.
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Film & TV Music
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- ‘A Stolen Life’ (1946) (2)
- A Summer Place (6)
- Adventures of Don Juan: Suite (1)
- An Jesum dencken oft und vil (1)
- Casablanca (6)
- Casablanca Suite (1)
- Dodge City: Suite (1)
- Gone With The Wind (7)
- Gone With The Wind Suite (2)
- Gone With The Wind: theme (2)
- Jesu! deine Liebesflamme (1)
- King Kong (9)
- Lucy's Theme (from Parrish) (1)
- Mein Herz soll den Herren loben (1)
- Music for the Bette Davis films ‘All This, and Heaven Too’ (1940) (2)
- My own true love (from Gone with the Wind) (8)
- Now, Voyager (4)
- Now, Voyager: Suite (1)
- Someday I'll Meet You Again (1)
- Stagecoach: Theme (2)
- Symphonie Moderne (2)
- Tara's Theme (from Gone With The Wind) (11)
- The Adventures of Mark Twain (1)
- The Beast with Five Fingers (1)
- The Charge of the Light Brigade suite (2)
- The Lost Patrol (1)
- The Most Dangerous Game 1932 (3)
- The Son of Kong 1933 (3)
- The Three Musketeers (2)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) (2)
- Theme from "Now, Voyager" (2)
- They Died with Their Boots On (5)
- Treasure of Siera Madre suite (1)
- Virginia City (1)
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