Sandbox:Max Steiner

Max Steiner Born May 10, 1888 Vienna, Austria-Hungary Died December 28, 1971 (aged 83) Los Angeles, California, U.S. First work Rio Rita (1929, uncredited) Notable work King Kong (1933)

“	I never run out of tunes. Music is always in my mind. Sometimes I wake up at three in the morning and begin tossing. My wife will say, 'Daddy, why don't you write it down?' So I get up, put it on a paper, and go back to sleep.	„
	— Max Steiner

Max Steiner, real name Maximilian Raoul Steiner, was a prolific and influential Austrian composer regarded as "the father of film music."

Selected filmography

Composer

• King Kong (1933)
• Son of Kong (1933)

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