Maximilian Raoul "Max" Steiner (May 10, 1888 – December 28, 1971) was an Austrian-born American composer of music for theatre and films. 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 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). Besides his Oscar-winning scores, Steiner's other works include King Kong (1933), Little Women (1933), Jezebel (1938), Casablanca (1942), The Searchers (1956), A Summer Place (1959), and the film score for which he is possibly best remembered, Gone with the Wind (1939).
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 a frequent collaborator with some of the best known film directors active in the United States, including Michael Curtiz, John Ford, Howard Hawks, William Dieterle, William Wyler, Raoul Walsh, John Huston, Irving Pichel, King Vidor, and Frank Capra.
Filmography edit
(as per AFI's database, unless otherwise noted)[1]
All orchestration notes, additional composition, stock music, and main/end title notes come from the Max Steiner filmography in Film Composers in America.[2]
The following list only comprises those films for which Steiner composed the score, or was credited as providing orchestration for. In addition to the films included in this list, Steiner also contributed to hundreds of other films for which his writing provided the stock music.
1920s and 1930s edit
1940s edit
1950s edit
Cutter orchestrated all of the movie scores that Steiner was the sole author of in the 1950s.
1960s edit
Cutter orchestrated all of the movie scores that Steiner wrote in the 1960s.
References edit
- ^ "Max Steiner". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n McCarty, Clifford (2000). Film composers in America: a filmography, 1911-1970 (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 310–313. ISBN 0195114736.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Max Steiner: Film Scores". Songwriter Hall of Fame. p. 10. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
- ^ "A Little from "Lots"". The Film Daily. December 22, 1930. p. 6. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
- ^ "Cracked Nuts: Article". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Max Steiner: Film Scores". Songwriter Hall of Fame. p. 9. Archived from the original on April 22, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
- ^ a b c McCarty, Clifford (1996). "A Max Steiner Filmography". In D'Arc, James; Gillespie, John N. (eds.). The Max Steiner Collection. Provo, Utah: Special Collections and Manuscripts, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.
- ^ a b "The 7th Academy Awards: 1935". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on January 2, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ "The 8th Academy Awards: 1935". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ a b "Max Steiner: Film Scores". Songwriter Hall of Fame. p. 7. Archived from the original on May 8, 2016. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
- ^ "The 8th Academy Awards: 1935". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Max Steiner: Film Scores". Songwriter Hall of Fame. p. 6. Archived from the original on May 9, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f "Max Steiner: Film Scores". Songwriter Hall of Fame. p. 5. Archived from the original on May 31, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
- ^ "The 11th Academy Awards: 1939". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ D'Arc, James; Gillespie, John N., eds. (1996). The Max Steiner Collection. Provo, Utah: Special Collections and Manuscripts, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.
- ^ a b "The 12h Academy Awards: 1940". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on January 23, 2015. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ "The 13th Academy Awards: 1941". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on November 16, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ "The 14th Academy Awards: 1942". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ "The 16th Academy Awards: 1944". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ "The 15th Academy Awards: 1943". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ a b "The 16th Academy Awards: 1944". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ "Max Steiner: Film Scores". Songwriter Hall of Fame. p. 4. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
- ^ "The 18th Academy Awards: 1946". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ a b "Max Steiner: Film Scores". Songwriter Hall of Fame. p. 3. Archived from the original on June 2, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
- ^ "The 19th Academy Awards: 1947". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ a b "The 20th Academy Awards: 1948". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ "The 21st Academy Awards: 1949". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ "The 22nd Academy Awards: 1950". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on December 19, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Max Steiner: Film Scores". Songwriter Hall of Fame. p. 2. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
- ^ "The 23rd Academy Awards: 1951". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on April 15, 2016. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ a b "The 25th Academy Awards: 1953". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ "The 27th Academy Awards: 1955". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on December 20, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ "The 28th Academy Awards: 1956". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
- ^ "Max Steiner: Film Scores". Songwriter Hall of Fame. p. 1. Archived from the original on June 9, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
- ^ Thomas, Tony (1991). Film Score: The Art & Craft of Movie Music. Burbank, California: Riverwood Press. pp. 72–78.