Max Steiner

Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner (Born May 10, 1888 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary; Died December 28, 1971 in Hollywood, California) was an Austrian-American composer of music for films. The grandson of Maximilian Steiner (1839-1880), influential manager of Vienna's Theater an der Wien, he was a child prodigy in composing. He received piano instruction from Johannes Brahms, and later studied under Gustav Mahler. He emigrated to the United States in 1914.

Selected filmography

• Cimarron (1931)
• Christopher Strong (1933)
• King Kong (1933)
• The Gay Divorcee (Academy Award nomination, 1934)
• The Lost Patrol (Academy Award nomination, 1934)
• The Informer (Academy Award, 1935)
• The Garden of Allah (Academy Award nomination, 1936)
• The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
• A Star Is Born (1937)
• The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
• Jezebel (Academy Award nomination, 1938)
• Angels With Dirty Faces (1938)
• Dark Victory (Academy Award nomination, 1939)
• Gone with the Wind (Academy Award nomination, 1939)
• The Letter (Academy Award nominatin, 1940)
• Sergeant York (Academy Award nomination, 1941)
• Now, Voyager (Academy Award, 1942)
• Casablanca (Academy Award nomination, 1942)
• Since You Went Away (Academy Award, 1944)
• The Adventures of Mark Twain (Academy Award nomination, 1944)
• Mildred Pierce (1945)
• Rhapsody in Blue (Academy Award nomination, shared with Ray Heindorf, 1945)
• The Big Sleep (1946)
• Night and Day (Academy Award nomination, shared with Ray Heindorf, 1946)
• Life with Father (Academy Award nomination, 1947)
• My Wild Irish Rose (Academy Award nomination, shared with Ray Heindorf, 1947)
• The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
• Johnny Belinda (Academy Award nomination, 1948)
• Beyond the Forest (Academy Award nomination, 1949)
• The Flame and the Arrow (Academy Award nomination, 1950)
• The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (Academy Award nomination, 1952)
• The Jazz Singer (Academy Award nomination, shared with Ray Heindorf, 1953)
• The Caine Mutiny (Academy Award nomination, 1954)
• Battle Cry (Academy Award nomination, 1955)
• The Searchers (1956)
• A Summer Place (1959)