Score for "Dark Victory"

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The score for "Dark Victory" is a classic Hollywood film soundtrack composed by Max Steiner for the 1939 Bette Davis drama, noted for its lush, emotionally expressive orchestral writing.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film score
orchestral soundtrack
associatedWithStudio Warner Bros. Entertainment
surface form: Warner Bros.
composer Max Steiner
composerNationality Austrian-American
composerRole music director at Warner Bros.
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
era Hollywood Golden Age
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
filmDirector Edmund Goulding
filmGenre drama
filmProductionCompany Warner Bros. Pictures
filmReleaseYear 1939
filmStarring Bette Davis
forWork Dark Victory
genre Hollywood film score
dramatic film score
historicalPeriod late 1930s Hollywood
languageOfFilm English
medium motion picture
musicFunction heightening dramatic tension
underscoring character emotions
musicType orchestral
notableFor expressive string writing
romantic orchestral style
thematic leitmotifs
orchestrationStyle emotionally expressive
lush
primaryInstrumentation symphony orchestra
relatedWork Casablanca
surface form: Casablanca (score by Max Steiner)

Now, Voyager (score by Max Steiner)
usedInGenre melodrama

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Max Steiner notableWork Score for "Dark Victory"