Max Steiner
Born: 10th May 1888, Vienna, Austria
Died: 28th December 1971, Hollywood, California, USA
Nationality: Austrian, American
Maximilian Raoul Steiner was an Austrian composer and conductor who emigrated to America and became one of Hollywood's greatest musical composers.
Steiner was a child prodigy who conducted his first operetta when he was twelve and became a full-time professional, proficient at composing, arranging, and conducting, by the time he was fifteen. Threatened with internment in England during World War I, he fled to Broadway; and in 1929 he moved to Hollywood, where he became one of the first composers to write music scores for films. He is often referred to as "the father of film music", as Steiner played a major part in creating the tradition of writing music for films, along with composers Dimitri Tiomkin, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Franz Waxman, Alfred Newman, Bernard Herrmann, and Miklós Rózsa.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Steiner
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Episode 30: Music from the Golden Age of Hollywood with John Wilson
15th Sep 2022
James is joined by conductor John Wilson for a look back at some of his recordings with Sinfonia of London, followed by an in-depth chat about their latest album of Golden Age film music, Hollywood Soundstage.
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John Wilson conducts music from Hollywood's Golden Age
9th Sep 2022
Sinfonia of London and conductor John Wilson present a dazzling selection of music from classic movies including Rebecca, The Wizard of Oz, Laura, How to Marry a Millionaire, My Fair Lady, and Now, Voyager.
All Genres: Steiner
Film & TV Music
All Works: Steiner
- ‘A Stolen Life’ (1946) (2)
- A Summer Place (7)
- Adventures of Don Juan: Suite (1)
- An Jesum dencken oft und vil (1)
- Casablanca (6)
- Casablanca Suite (1)
- Dodge City: Suite (1)
- Gone With The Wind (11)
- Gone With The Wind Suite (2)
- Gone With The Wind: theme (2)
- Jesu! deine Liebesflamme (1)
- King Kong (9)
- Lucy's Theme (from Parrish) (1)
- Mein Herz soll den Herren loben (1)
- Music for the Bette Davis films ‘All This, and Heaven Too’ (1940) (2)
- My own true love (from Gone with the Wind) (8)
- Now, Voyager (4)
- Now, Voyager: Suite (1)
- Someday I'll Meet You Again (1)
- Stagecoach: Theme (2)
- Symphonie Moderne (2)
- Tara's Theme (from Gone With The Wind) (10)
- The Adventures of Mark Twain (1)
- The Beast with Five Fingers (1)
- The Charge of the Light Brigade suite (2)
- The Lost Patrol (1)
- The Most Dangerous Game 1932 (3)
- The Son of Kong 1933 (3)
- The Three Musketeers (2)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) (2)
- Theme from "Now, Voyager" (1)
- They Died with Their Boots On (5)
- Treasure of Siera Madre suite (1)
- Virginia City (1)
