Max Steiner filmography
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
He was also the first recipient of the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, which he won for his score to Life with Father. Steiner was a frequent collaborator with some of the best known film directors active in the United States, including Michael Curtiz, John Ford, Howard Hawks, William Dieterle, William Wyler, Raoul Walsh, John Huston, Irving Pichel, King Vidor, and Frank Capra.
Filmography
(as per AFI's database, unless otherwise noted)[1]
All orchestration notes, additional composition, stock music, and main/end title notes come from the Max Steiner filmography in Film Composers in America.[2]
The following list only comprises those films for which Steiner composed the score, or was credited as providing orchestration for. In addition to the films included in this list, Steiner also contributed to hundreds of other films for which his writing provided the stock music.
1920s and 1930s
Year | Film | Director | Role | Production Company | Awards | Notes | Orchestrator |
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1929 | Rio Rita | Luther Reed | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Uncredited[3] | ||
1930 | The Delightful Rogue | Lynn Shores | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Uncredited;[3] score for a foreign version of the 1929 film; co-written with Roy Webb[2] | ||
1930 | Side Street | Malcolm St. Clair | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Uncredited;[3] score for a foreign version of the 1929 film; co-written with Roy Webb[2] | ||
1930 | The Case of Sergeant Grischa | Herbert Brenon | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Uncredited;[3] Steiner composed only the main title | ||
1930 | Dixiana | Luther Reed | Orchestration | RKO Radio Pictures
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First screen credit | ||
1931 | Are These Our Children?
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Wesley Ruggles | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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1931 | Bachelor Apartment | Lowell Sherman | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Uncredited;[3] stock music also used | ||
1931 | Beau Ideal | Herbert Brenon | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Uncredited;[3][4] composed new main and end titles only (other music was stock) | ||
1931 | Cimarron | Wesley Ruggles | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Uncredited[3] | ||
1931 | Consolation Marriage | Paul Sloane
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Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Gerstenberger | ||
1931 | Cracked Nuts | Edward F. Cline | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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[5] | Marquardt | |
1931 | Fanny Foley Herself | Melville W. Brown | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Uncredited[6] | ||
1931 | Friends and Lovers | Victor Schertzinger | Film score (co-written) | RKO Radio Pictures
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screen credit states the score was co-written with Victor Schertzinger, but score and cue sheet show no signs of Steiner's work.[7] | ||
1931 | The Gay Diplomat | Richard Boleslawski | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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1931 | High Stakes | Lowell Sherman | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Uncredited;[6] stock music also used | ||
1931 | Kept Husbands | Lloyd Bacon | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Uncredited;[3] composed new main and end titles only | ||
1931 | Peach O'Reno | William A. Seiter | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Uncredited[6] | R. Heindorf | |
1931 | The Public Defender | J. Walter Ruben | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Uncredited[6] | E. Ross | |
1931 | The Runaround | William James Craft | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Uncredited[6] | ||
1931 | Secret Service | J. Walter Ruben | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Uncredited[6] | ||
1931 | Transgression | Herbert Brenon | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Uncredited[3] | ||
1931 | Young Donovan's Kid | Fred Niblo | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Uncredited;[3] composed new main title only | ||
1931 | Way Back Home | William A. Seiter | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Uncredited[6] | Gerstenberger | |
1932 | The Animal Kingdom | Edward H. Griffith | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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1932 | A Bill of Divorcement | George Cukor | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Main title by Harling | Kaun | |
1932 | Bird of Paradise | King Vidor | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Kaun and R. Bassett | ||
1932 | The Conquerors | William Wellman
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Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Kaun | ||
1932 | Girl Crazy | William A. Seiter | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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additional composition | ||
1932 | Girl of the Rio | Herbert Brenon | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Uncredited[6] | Gerstenberger | |
1932 | The Half-Naked Truth | Gregory LaCava
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Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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1932 | Is My Face Red? | William A. Seiter | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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R. Heindorf and Kaun | ||
1932 | Ladies of the Jury | Lowell Sherman | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Uncredited;[6] composed main title and stock music | R. Heindorf | |
1932 | The Lost Squadron | George Archainbaud | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Uncredited[6] | ||
1932 | Men of Chance | George Archainbaud | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Uncredited[6] | Gerstenberger | |
1932 | The Most Dangerous Game
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Richard Connell | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Kaun and Gerstenberger | ||
1932 | The Penguin Pool Murder | George Archainbaud | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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composed main title | ||
1932 | Roar of the Dragon | Wesley Ruggles | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Kaun and Gerstenberger | ||
1932 | State's Attorney | George Archainbaud | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Uncredited[6] | R. Heindorf | |
1932 | Symphony of Six Million | Gregory La Cava | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Kaun | ||
1932 | Thirteen Women | George Archainbaud | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Kaun and Gerstenberger | ||
1932 | What Price Hollywood? | George Cukor | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Kaun | ||
1933 | The Cheyenne Kid | Robert F. Hill | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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1933 | Christopher Strong | Dorothy Arzner | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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additional composition by Webb and orchestrated by Sharpe | Kaun | |
1933 | Diplomaniacs | William A. Seiter | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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with Webb | Kaune and Sharpe | |
1933 | King Kong | Merian C. Cooper | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Kaun | ||
1933 | Little Women | George Cukor | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Kaun | ||
1933 | Lucky Devils | Ralph Ince | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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1933 | Melody Cruise | Mark Sandrich | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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1933 | The Monkey's Paw | Ernest B. Schoedsack | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Kaun | ||
1933 | Morning Glory | Lowell Sherman | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Kaun | ||
1933 | The Right to Romance | Alfred Santell | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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additional composition for Webb's score[7] | ||
1933 | Scarlet River | Otto Brower | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Uncredited[6] | ||
1933 | The Silver Cord | John Cromwell | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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1933 | Son of Kong | Ernest B. Schoedsack | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Kaun | ||
1933 | Sweepings | John Cromwell | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Kaun | ||
1934 | The Age of Innocence | Philip Moeller | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Kaun | ||
1934 | The Fountain | John Cromwell | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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1934 | The Gay Divorcee | Mark Sandrich | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score[8] | ||
1934 | The Life of Vergie Winters | Alfred Santell | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Kaun | ||
1934 | The Little Minister | Richard Wallace | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Kaun | ||
1934 | The Lost Patrol | John Ford | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Nominated for Academy Award for Best Original Score[8] | Kaun | |
1934 | Murder on the Blackboard | George Archainbaud | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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composed with Kaun | ||
1934 | Of Human Bondage | John Cromwell | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Kaun | ||
1934 | Stingaree | William A. Seiter | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Kaun | ||
1935 | Break of Hearts | Philip Moeller | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Kaun | ||
1935 | I Dream Too Much | John Cromwell | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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1935 | The Informer | John Ford | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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Won the Academy Award for Best Original Score[9] | Kaun and de Packh | |
1935 | Roberta | William A. Seiter | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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1935 | She | Irving Pichel Lansing C. Holden |
Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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[10] | Kaun, de Packh, and E. Powell | |
1935 | Star of Midnight | Stephen Roberts | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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includes stock music | ||
1935 | The Three Musketeers | Irving Pichel Lansing C. Holden |
Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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[10] | Kaun | |
1935 | Alice Adams | George Stevens | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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with Webb | ||
1936 | The Charge of the Light Brigade | Michael Curtiz | Film score | Warner Bros. | Hugo Friedhofer, Parrish, de Packh, and R. Bassett | ||
1936 | Follow the Fleet | Mark Sandrich | Film score | RKO Radio Pictures
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1936 | The Garden of Allah | Richard Boleslawski | Film score | Selznick International Pictures | Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score[11] | [12] | Kaun, E. Powell, R. Bassett, Parrish, and Friedhofer |
1936 | Little Lord Fauntleroy | John Cromwell | Film score | Selznick International Pictures | Kaun | ||
1937 | First Lady | Stanley Logan | Film score | Warner Bros. | Friedhofer | ||
1937 | God's Country and the Woman | William Keighley | Film score | Warner Bros. | Friedhofer | ||
1937 | Green Light | Frank Borzage | Film score | Warner Bros. | Friedhofer | ||
1937 | Kid Galahad | Michael Curtiz | Film score | Warner Bros. | [12] with Heinz Roemheld[2] | ||
1937 | The Life of Emile Zola | William Dieterle | Film score | Warner Bros. | Friedhofer | ||
1937 | Slim | Ray Enright | Film score | Warner Bros. | [12] with Roemheld | Friedhofer | |
1937 | A Star Is Born | William A. Wellman | Film score | Selznick International Pictures | Kaun, Parrish, and Friedhofer | ||
1937 | Submarine D-1 | Lloyd Bacon | Film score | Cosmopolitan Productions | Friedhofer | ||
1937 | That Certain Woman | Edmund Goulding | Film score | Warner Bros. | [12] | Friedhofer | |
1937 | Tovarich | Anatole Litvak | Film score | Warner Bros. | First use of Steiner's well-known fanfare for the "Warner Bros. Presents" screen[2] | Friedhofer | |
1938 | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Norman Taurog | Film score | Selznick International Pictures | [13] | Parrish and Kaun | |
1938 | The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | Anatole Litvak | Film score | Warner Bros. | [13] | Parrish | |
1938 | Angels with Dirty Faces | Michael Curtiz | Film score | Warner Bros. | Friedhofer | ||
1938 | Crime School | Lewis Seiler | Film score | Warner Bros. | Friedhofer and Parrish | ||
1938 | The Dawn Patrol | Edmund Goulding | Film score | Warner Bros. | [13] | Friedhofer | |
1938 | Four Daughters | Michael Curtiz | Film score | Warner Bros. | Friedhofer | ||
1938 | Gold Is Where You Find It | Michael Curtiz | Film score | Warner Bros. | [13] | Friedhofer and Kaun | |
1938 | Jezebel | William Wyler | Film score | Warner Bros. | Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score[14] | Friedhofer | |
1938 | The Sisters | Anatole Litvak | Film score | Warner Bros. | Friedhofer | ||
1938 | White Banners | Edmund Goulding | Film score | Warner Bros. | |||
1939 | Confessions of a Nazi Spy | Anatole Litvak | Film score | Warner Bros. | [13] uncredited at Steiner's request[15] | ||
1939 | Dark Victory | Edmund Goulding | Film score | Warner Bros. | Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score[16] | Friedhofer | |
1939 | Daughters Courageous | Michael Curtiz | Film score | Warner Bros. | R. Heindorf | ||
1939 | Dodge City | Michael Curtiz | Film score | Warner Bros. | additional composition by A. Deutsch | Friedhofer | |
1939 | Dust Be My Destiny | Lewis Seiler | Film score | Warner Bros. | Friedhofer | ||
1939 | Each Dawn I Die | William Keighley | Film score | Warner Bros. | Friedhofer | ||
1939 | Four Wives | Michael Curtiz | Film score | Warner Bros. | Friedhofer and R. Heindorf | ||
1939 | Gone with the Wind | Victor Fleming | Film score | Selznick International Pictures Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score[16] | additional composition by Friedhofer, A. Deutsch, Roemheld | Friedhofer, Kaun, R. Bassett, Deutsch, and others |
1939 | Intermezzo: A Love Story | Gregory Ratoff | Film score | Selznick International Pictures | additional composition by R. Bennett | R. Bennett, Friedhofer, Raab, de Packh, R. Bassett, and Salinger | |
1939 | The Oklahoma Kid | Lloyd Bacon | Film score | Warner Bros. | additional composition by A. Deutsch and Friedhofer | Friedhofer, A. Deutsch, Parrish, and Cutter | |
1939 | The Old Maid | Edmund Goulding | Film score | Warner Bros. | Friedhofer | ||
1939 | They Made Me a Criminal | Busby Berkeley | Film score | Warner Bros. | Friedhofer | ||
1939 | We Are Not Alone | Edmund Goulding | Film score | First National Pictures | [13] | Friedhofer |
1940s
1950s
Cutter orchestrated all of the movie scores that Steiner was the sole author of in the 1950s.
1960s
Cutter orchestrated all of the movie scores that Steiner wrote in the 1960s.
References
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- ^ ISBN 0195114736.
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- ^ "A Little from "Lots"". The Film Daily. December 22, 1930. p. 6. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
- ^ "Cracked Nuts: Article". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
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