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Max Steiner

Career

Active from 1929 to 1965, busiest in 1931 with 17 main titles.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Casablanca
Casablanca
GoodWatch score93/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 207 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.0 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Max Steiner Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.7, average 5.4
  • Uncanny
    1.3, average 2.5
  • Pop Culture
    1.0, average 2.2
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.9, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Hollywood 32
  • Historical Drama 21
  • Social Commentary 20
  • Character-Driven 15
  • Character Study 14
  • Historical Setting 13
  • Tragic Romance 13
  • Romantic Drama 12
  • Coming-of-Age 11
  • Moral Ambiguity 11
  • Forbidden Love 10
  • Classic Western 10

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

309
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title · average score 82
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World”
RKO Production 601: The Making of “Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World” (2008)
GoodWatch score 82

Music

1990s

1 title
The Howie Rubin Story
The Howie Rubin Story (1990)

Songs

1980s

3 titles
A Strange Love Affair
A Strange Love Affair (1985)

Music

Casta Diva
Casta Diva (1982)

Music

The Letter
The Letter (1982)

Music

1960s

16 titles · average score 58
Two on a Guillotine
Two on a Guillotine (1965)
GoodWatch score 28

Original Music Composer

A Distant Trumpet
A Distant Trumpet (1964)
GoodWatch score 51

Original Music Composer

Those Calloways
Those Calloways (1964)
GoodWatch score 60

Original Music Composer

Spencer's Mountain
Spencer's Mountain (1963)
GoodWatch score 73

Original Music Composer

Rome Adventure
Rome Adventure (1962)
GoodWatch score 54

Original Music Composer

A Majority of One
A Majority of One (1961)
GoodWatch score 65

Original Music Composer

Parrish
Parrish (1961)
GoodWatch score 57

Original Music Composer

Portrait of a Mobster
Portrait of a Mobster (1961)

Original Music Composer

The Sins of Rachel Cade
The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961)
GoodWatch score 45

Original Music Composer

Susan Slade
Susan Slade (1961)
GoodWatch score 59

Original Music Composer

Cash McCall
Cash McCall (1960)
GoodWatch score 58

Original Music Composer

The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs (1960)
GoodWatch score 77

Original Music Composer

1950s

61 titles · average score 60
A Summer Place
A Summer Place (1959)
GoodWatch score 76

Original Music Composer

The Hanging Tree
The Hanging Tree (1959)
GoodWatch score 79

Original Music Composer

The Searchers
The Searchers (1956)
GoodWatch score 85

Original Music Composer

Helen of Troy
Helen of Troy (1956)
GoodWatch score 60

Original Music Composer

Battle Cry
Battle Cry (1955)
GoodWatch score 58

Original Music Composer

The Caine Mutiny
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
GoodWatch score 77

Original Music Composer

Distant Drums
Distant Drums (1951)
GoodWatch score 58

Original Music Composer

Sugarfoot
Sugarfoot (1951)
GoodWatch score 57

Original Music Composer

Jim Thorpe – All-American
Jim Thorpe – All-American (1951)
GoodWatch score 64

Original Music Composer

Dallas
Dallas (1950)
GoodWatch score 60

Original Music Composer

The Flame and the Arrow
The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
GoodWatch score 81

Conductor, Original Music Composer

Caged
Caged (1950)
GoodWatch score 63

Original Music Composer

1940s

82 titles · average score 66
White Heat
White Heat (1949)
GoodWatch score 87

Original Music Composer

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
GoodWatch score 91

Original Music Composer

Key Largo
Key Largo (1948)
GoodWatch score 81

Original Music Composer

The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep (1946)
GoodWatch score 85

Original Music Composer

My Reputation
My Reputation (1946)
GoodWatch score 66

Original Music Composer

Mildred Pierce
Mildred Pierce (1945)
GoodWatch score 84

Original Music Composer

Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
GoodWatch score 83

Original Music Composer

Casablanca
Casablanca (1943)
GoodWatch score 93

Original Music Composer, Music Arranger

Now, Voyager
Now, Voyager (1942)
GoodWatch score 78

Original Music Composer

In This Our Life
In This Our Life (1942)
GoodWatch score 72

Original Music Composer

Sergeant York
Sergeant York (1941)
GoodWatch score 79

Original Music Composer

They Died with Their Boots On
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
GoodWatch score 64

Original Music Composer

1930s

140 titles · average score 62
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind (1939)
GoodWatch score 87

Original Music Composer

Dark Victory
Dark Victory (1939)
GoodWatch score 78

Original Music Composer

Angels with Dirty Faces
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
GoodWatch score 90

Original Music Composer

Jezebel
Jezebel (1938)
GoodWatch score 83

Original Music Composer

A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born (1937)
GoodWatch score 81

Original Music Composer

Slim
Slim (1937)
GoodWatch score 59

Original Music Composer

The Life of Emile Zola
The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
GoodWatch score 81

Original Music Composer

The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)
GoodWatch score 65

Original Music Composer

King Kong
King Kong (1933)
GoodWatch score 86

Original Music Composer

Little Women
Little Women (1933)
GoodWatch score 80

Original Music Composer

The Son of Kong
The Son of Kong (1933)
GoodWatch score 45

Original Music Composer

The Most Dangerous Game
The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
GoodWatch score 69

Original Music Composer

1920s

4 titles · average score 60
Side Street
Side Street (1929)

Original Music Composer

The Delightful Rogue
The Delightful Rogue (1929)

Original Music Composer

Rio Rita
Rio Rita (1929)
GoodWatch score 60

Orchestrator

The Bondman
The Bondman (1929)

Music

1910s

1 title
The Bondman
The Bondman (1916)

Music