Name	Steiner, Max
Alternative Names
ID	2689
Gender	male
Lifespan	1888-05-10 - 1971-12-28
Professions	conductor (Q228422), musician (Q639669), classical composer (Q21680663), composer

Collection(s)	Default import collection manually created entity Österreicher in Hollywood webclient
Uri(s)	https://ica.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/entity/2688/ https://ica.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/entity/2689/ https://d-nb.info/gnd/119548895
Notes	Born in Vienna in 1888, as the grandson of the owner of Theater an der Wien and the son of Gabor Steiner, also a theater director, Max Steiner began to work at the Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) in Hollywood in 1929. Steiner successfully paved the way for dramaturgical film scores. He used the leitmotif-technique and in his work characters, locations and things were connected to musical pendants. In 1936, he joined Warner Brothers and together with Erich Wolfgang Korngold he established the musical style of the studios. In his 35 years in Hollywood, Steiner composed, orchestrated and directed nearly 300 film scores. He received 3 Academy Awards, 22 Oscar nominations and a Golden Globe Award.
References	See pgs. 291-293 in Ulrich, Rudolf, "Österreicher in Hollywood", Edition S, 1993.