As per our current Database, Max Steiner has been died on Dec 28, 1971 (age 83).
When Max Steiner die, Max Steiner was 83 years old.
| Popular As | Max Steiner |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Age | 83 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
| Born | May 10, 1888 (Austria) |
| Birthday | May 10 |
| Town/City | Austria |
| Nationality | Austria |
Max Steiner’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Max Steiner was born in the Year of the Rat. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rat are quick-witted, clever, charming, sharp and funny. They have excellent taste, are a good friend and are generous and loyal to others considered part of its pack. Motivated by money, can be greedy, is ever curious, seeks knowledge and welcomes challenges. Compatible with Dragon or Monkey.
One of cinema's greatest composers. He wrote the scores for 'King Kong' from 1933 and 'Gone with the Wind' from 1939. He was part of a select group of composers that included Alfred Newman and Erich Wolfgang Korngold who pioneered the art of film scores.
He studied under Johannes Brahms. He was privately taught by Robert Fuchs and Gustav Mahler.
His film compositions were nominated for Academy Awards 24 times, and he won three: for 1935's "The Informer," 1942's "Now, Voyager," and "Since You Went Away" from 1944.
He grew up an only child in a prosperous, theatrical Jewish family residing in Austria-Hungary. He married twice, to Louise Klos, then to Aubrey in 1924. He was the Godson of Composer Richard Strauss.
He also composed the score to 1942's "Casablanca" starring Humphrey Bogart.
