Max Steiner (May 10, 1888 - 1971) was Austrian-American film composer, born Maximillian Raoul Steiner. Composing child prodigy; grandson of Maximilian Steiner (1839-1880), influential manager of Vienna's Theater an der Wien. Emigrated to the United States in 1924. Scored more than 50 Hollywood films.
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