Max Steiner | |
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Birth name | Maximilian Raoul Steiner |
Born | Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria) | May 10, 1888
Died | December 28, 1971 Hollywood, California | (aged 83)
Occupation(s) | Composer, arranger, conductor |
Years active | 1907–1965 |
Maximilian Raoul Steiner[1] (May 10, 1888 – December 28, 1971) was an Austrian-born American music composer.
Steiner composed over 300 movie 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).
His best works were King Kong (1933), Little Women (1933), Jezebel (1938), and Casablanca (1942).