Max Steiner
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Max Steiner was an Austrian-American composer and conductor renowned as one of the founding fathers of film music, scoring classics such as Gone with the Wind and Casablanca.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Austrian-American
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conductor ⓘ film composer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Academy Award for Best Original Score
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Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
surface form:
Academy Award for Best Scoring
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Austria
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United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1888-05-10 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1971-12-28 ⓘ |
| employer |
RKO Radio Pictures
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Warner Bros. Entertainment ⓘ
surface form:
Warner Bros.
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| ethnicGroup | Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Steiner ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | film score composition ⓘ |
| fullName | Maximilian Raoul Steiner ⓘ |
| genre |
classical music
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film score ⓘ |
| givenName | Maximilian ⓘ |
| influenced | development of the classical Hollywood film score ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Gustav Mahler
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Richard Wagner ⓘ late-Romantic classical music ⓘ |
| instrument | piano ⓘ |
| movement |
Hollywood Golden Age
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surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
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| nominatedFor | Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | Considered one of the founding fathers of film music ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | pioneering use of leitmotifs in film scores ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Score for "A Star Is Born" (1937)
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Casablanca ⓘ
surface form:
Score for "Casablanca"
Score for "Dark Victory" ⓘ Score for "Gone with the Wind" ⓘ film King Kong (1933) ⓘ
surface form:
Score for "King Kong" (1933)
Score for "Mildred Pierce" ⓘ Score for "Now, Voyager" ⓘ Score for "Sergeant York" ⓘ Score for "Since You Went Away" ⓘ Score for "The Big Sleep" ⓘ Score for "The Caine Mutiny" ⓘ Score for "The Searchers" ⓘ The Treasure of the Sierra Madre ⓘ
surface form:
Score for "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"
White Heat ⓘ
surface form:
Score for "White Heat"
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| occupation |
composer
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conductor ⓘ orchestrator ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Vienna
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surface form:
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
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| placeOfDeath |
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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| residence |
Los Angeles
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surface form:
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
King Kong (1933 film)
subject surface form:
Morning Glory (1933 film)
subject surface form:
The Big Sleep (1946 film)
subject surface form:
The Most Dangerous Game (1932 film)