Max Steiner
Maximilian Raoul "Max" Steiner (May 10, 1888 – December 28, 1971) was an Austrian composer of music for theater productions and films. He later became a naturalized citizen of the United States. Trained by the great classical music composers Brahms and Mahler, he was one of the first composers who primarily wrote music for motion pictures, and as such is often referred to as "the father of film music". Along with such composers as Franz Waxman, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Alfred Newman and Miklós Rózsa, Steiner played a major part in creating the tradition of writing music for films.
Steiner composed hundreds of film scores, including The Informer (1935), Now, Voyager (1942), and Since You Went Away (1944), which won him Academy Awards. He was nominated for the Academy Award a total of twenty-four times. He was also the first recipient of the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, which he won for his score to Life with Father.
Steiner was one of the best-known composers in Hollywood, and is widely regarded today as one of the greatest film score composers in the history of cinema. He was a frequent collaborator with some of the most famous film directors in history, including John Ford and William Wyler. Besides his Oscar-winning scores, some of Steiner's popular works include King Kong (1933), Little Women (1933), Jezebel (1938), Casablanca (1942), and the film score for which he is possibly best known, Gone with the Wind (1939).
Max Steiner’s music is featured in the following John Wayne films:
The Searchers
Trouble Along the Way
Operation Pacific
Big Jim McLain
Back to Bataan
Steiner composed hundreds of film scores, including The Informer (1935), Now, Voyager (1942), and Since You Went Away (1944), which won him Academy Awards. He was nominated for the Academy Award a total of twenty-four times. He was also the first recipient of the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, which he won for his score to Life with Father.
Steiner was one of the best-known composers in Hollywood, and is widely regarded today as one of the greatest film score composers in the history of cinema. He was a frequent collaborator with some of the most famous film directors in history, including John Ford and William Wyler. Besides his Oscar-winning scores, some of Steiner's popular works include King Kong (1933), Little Women (1933), Jezebel (1938), Casablanca (1942), and the film score for which he is possibly best known, Gone with the Wind (1939).
Max Steiner’s music is featured in the following John Wayne films:
The Searchers
Trouble Along the Way
Operation Pacific
Big Jim McLain
Back to Bataan
Music for the film Operation Pacific (1951) Composed and conducted by Max Steiner. Composer's original studio acetates as compiled on the album "Max Steiner Revisited" (Citadel CT MS 7) but with audio restoration for this video. Re-edited footage from the trailer includes a slow-motion sequence.
Max Steiner biographical information from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Steiner
Max Steiner biographical information from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Steiner