Max Steiner


Max Steiner
Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner (Vienna, 1888 - California, 1971), better known as Max Steiner, was an Austrian composer of film music, who worked, after fleeing Europe due to the outbreak of the First World War, in Hollywood, helping shape the sound of this cinema in the 20th century.

After his training period in Vienna and his first dabbling with music in that city, which was successful, he had to flee Europe, as has already been mentioned, and moved to the United States, first to Broadway, where he quickly stood out in the same way.

Later he is required by Hollywood, to put music to movies; he composed the bulk of the great films of the golden age of Hollywood, namely: the score for King Kong, the score for Gone with the Wind, the music for Casablanca (not the main theme but everything else), and perhaps others not as prominent but just as important musically speaking as A summer place.

In summary, this musician, as we have already said, shaped the music of the golden Hollywood of the mid-20th century, and perhaps for this reason, this mentioned cinema stands out greatly and shines with force today.
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