Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music (2019)

7.6/10 120 min Documentary

Overview

A look at the life and work of the Austrian composer who pioneered the musical scoring of films - hundreds of them - from King Kong, to Gone with the Wind, to Casablanca and beyond.

Cast

Max Steiner

Self (archive footage)

Leonard Maltin

Self

Ray Faiola

Max Steiner (voice)

Steven C. Smith

Self

Daniel Selznick

Self

Hugo Friedhofer

Self (archive footage)

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