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Max Steiner (I) (1888–1971)
Austrian composer who achieved legendary status as the creator of hundreds of classic American film scores. As a child he was astonishingly musically gifted, composing complex works as a teenager and completing the course of study at Vienna's Hochschule fuer Musik und Darstellende Kunst in only one year, at the age of sixteen. He studied under ...
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Died:(age 83) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA |
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1988
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
(TV Movie documentary) (conductor: "Gone with the Wind" original music recordings) / (music by: "Gone with the Wind" original music recordings)
1958-1963
77 Sunset Strip
(TV Series) (composer - 111 episodes)
- Never to Have Loved
(1963)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- The Checkmate Caper
(1963)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- Your Fortune for a Penny
(1963)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- Our Man in Switzerland
(1963)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- Lady in the Sun
(1963)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
1957-1962
Maverick
(TV Series) (composer - 117 episodes)
- One of Our Trains Is Missing
(1962)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- Mr. Muldoon's Partner
(1962)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- The Money Machine
(1962)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- The Troubled Heir
(1962)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- Marshal Maverick
(1962)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
1959-1962
Adventures in Paradise
(TV Series) (composer - 62 episodes)
- Blueprint for Paradise
(1962)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- The Baby Sitters
(1962)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- The Dream Merchant
(1962)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- A Bride for the Captain
(1962)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- The Secret Place
(1962)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
1959-1961
The Lawless Years
(TV Series) (composer - 47 episodes)
- Ike, the Novelty King
(1961)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- Romeo and Rose
(1961)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- The Jonathan Wills Story
(1961)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- Triple Cross
(1961)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- Artie Moon
(1961)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
1960-1961
Assignment: Underwater
(TV Series) (composer - 38 episodes)
- The Deadly Game
(1961)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- Partners in Death
(1961)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- No Escape
(1961)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- Ordeal at Forty Fathoms
(1961)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- Rescue at Diamond Shoal
(1961)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
1957-1961
Sugarfoot
(TV Series) (composer - 69 episodes)
- Trouble at Sand Springs
(1961)
... (composer: theme music)
- Stranger in Town
(1961)
... (composer: theme music)
- Angel
(1961)
... (composer: theme music)
- Shepherd with a Gun
(1961)
... (composer: theme music)
- Toothy Thompson
(1961)
... (composer: theme music)
1961
The Roaring 20's
(TV Series) (composer - 3 episodes)
- The Vamp
(1961)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- Pie in the Sky
(1961)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- Two a Day
(1961)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
1959-1960
The Alaskans
(TV Series) (composer - 32 episodes)
- The Devil Made Fire
(1960)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- The Ballad of Whitehorse
(1960)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- Sign of the Kodiak
(1960)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- The Silent Land
(1960)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- Kangaroo Court
(1960)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
1960
Bourbon Street Beat
(TV Series) (composer - 2 episodes)
- Find My Face!
(1960)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
- Kill with Kindness
(1960)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
1955-1956
Kings Row
(TV Series) (composer - 7 episodes)
- Carnival
(1956)
... (composer: end theme)
- Wedding Gift
(1955)
... (composer: end theme)
- Introduction to Erica
(1955)
... (composer: end theme)
- Mail Order Bride
(1955)
... (composer: end theme)
- Ellie
(1955)
... (composer: end theme)
1953
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents
(TV Series) (composer - 1 episode)
- The Red Dress
(1953)
... (composer: stock music - uncredited)
1933
One Man's Journey
(composer: stock music - uncredited) / (musical adaptation - uncredited) / (musical director)
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Stage: Co-Musical Director for "Lady, Be Good", produced on Broadway. Musical comedy. Music by George Gershwin. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin. Based on material by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson. Musical Director Paul Lannin. Music orchestrated by Paul Lannin, Robert Russell Bennett, Charles Grant, Stephen Jones, and William Daly. Musical ... See more »Alternate Names:
Max R. SteinerHeight:
5' 4" (1.63 m)
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I never run out of tunes. Music is always in my mind. Sometimes I wake up at three in the morning and begin tossing. My wife will say, 'Daddy, why don't you write it down?' So I get up, put it on a paper, and go back to sleep.Trivia:
Was posthumously awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1559 Vine St. on December 30, 1975. See more »Star Sign:
Taurus
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