Maximilian Raoul Steiner

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Maximilian Raoul Steiner was an influential Austrian-American composer and conductor, best known as a pioneering figure of Hollywood film music who scored classics such as "King Kong," "Gone with the Wind," and "Casablanca."

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instanceOf Austrian-American person
conductor
film composer
human
alsoKnownAs Max Steiner
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Score
Academy Honorary Award
birthDate 1888-05-10
birthPlace Austria-Hungary
Vienna
citizenship Austria
United States
countryOfOrigin Austria-Hungary
deathDate 1971-12-28
deathPlace California
Los Angeles
United States
educatedAt Imperial Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna
employer RKO Radio Pictures
Warner Bros.
familyName Steiner
fieldOfWork classical music
film music
genre film score
orchestral music
givenName Maximilian
influenced Hollywood film music
symphonic film score tradition
influencedBy Gustav Mahler
Richard Strauss
Richard Wagner
movement Golden Age of Hollywood
name Maximilian Raoul Steiner
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Score
notableFor helping define the classical Hollywood film score style
pioneering use of leitmotifs in film
notableWork Casablanca
Gone with the Wind
King Kong
Mildred Pierce
Now, Voyager
The Big Sleep
The Informer
occupation composer
conductor
orchestrator
relative Godeli "Gitti" Steiner
Maximilian Steiner (theatrical impresario)
residence Los Angeles

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Maximilian Raoul Steiner name Maximilian Raoul Steiner