Sound
Max Steiner
- Born
- May 10, 1888 · Aged 83
- Died
- Dec 28, 1971
- Place of birth
- Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 2
- TV credits
- 0
Also known as (3)
- Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner
- Maximilian Raoul Steiner
- Max R. Steiner
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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, some of…
