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Max Steiner

Composer · Died December 28, 1971, aged 83 · Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Maximilian Raoul "Max" Steiner (May 10, 1888 – December 28, 1971) was an Austrian-born American composer of music for theatre and films. He was a child prodigy who conducted his first operetta when he was twelve and became a full-time professional, either composing, arranging or conducting, when he was fifteen. Steiner composed over 300 film scores with RKO and Warner Brothers, and was nominated for 24 Academy Awards, winning three: The Informer (1935), Now, Voyager (1942), and Since You Went Away (1944). Besides his Oscar-winning scores, some of Steiner's popular works include King Kong (1933), Little Women (1933), Jezebel (1938), Casablanca (1942), The Searchers (1956), A Summer Place (1959), and the film score for which he is possibly best known, Gone with the Wind (1939). He was also the first recipient of the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, which he won for his score to Life with Father. Steiner was a frequent collaborator with some of the most famous film directors in history, including Michael Curtiz, John Ford, Howard Hawks, William Dieterle, William Wyler, Raoul Walsh, John Huston, Irving Pichel, King Vidor, and Frank Capra.

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Born
May 10, 1888
Died
December 28, 1971 (aged 83)
From
Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Works as
Composer
Titles
196 on MovieCove · 311 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26

What are Max Steiner's films like?

Across their 160 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama73 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 66th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Crime22 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 80th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Comedy19 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 71st percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action16 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 60th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Adventure15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Biography9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Western3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 85th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Western movies
Documentary2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 75th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
30%
Bonds
26%
Self
18%
Power
8%
Survival
7%
Society
7%
Ideas
3%
Romantic love45 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds39 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice27 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty24 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice21 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition21 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose17 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption17 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 160 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 54 · Serious 47 · Dark 59

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 82 · Stylized 62 · Heightened 16

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 32 · Charged 89 · Intense 39

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 69 · Shifting 83 · Whiplash 8

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 111 · Some laughs 35 · Funny 14

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 72 · Even-paced 82 · Relentless 6

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 86 · Engaged 70 · Full focus 4

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 49 · Affecting 72 · Heavy 39

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 145 · Open-ended 11 · Ambiguous 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
104
Melancholic
73
Romantic
49
Warm
32
Hopeful
37
Other
139

How their films linger

Bittersweet74 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good53 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful48 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing32 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun29 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 14 with a twist

  • Happy54
  • Bittersweet81
  • Tragic14
  • Ambiguous10
  • Other1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Max Steiner's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 49 of their 196 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (33).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Max Steiner's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

311 credits, 196 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • RKO Production 601: The Making of 'Kong, the Eighth Wonder of the World'(2005)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The Howie Rubin Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Songs

  • A Strange Love Affair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Composer

  • Casta Diva (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Composer

  • The Letter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Composer

  • Two on a Guillotine(1965)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Those Calloways(1965)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Youngblood Hawke(1964)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • A Distant Trumpet(1964)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Spencer's Mountain(1963)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • FBI Code 98(1963)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Rome Adventure(1962)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • A Majority of One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Composer

  • Susan Slade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1961)

    Composer

  • Parrish(1961)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Portrait of a Mobster(1961)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • The Sins of Rachel Cade(1961)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • The Dark at the Top of the Stairs(1960)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond(1960)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Cash McCall(1960)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Ice Palace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Composer

  • A Summer Place(1959)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Adventures in Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Show 1 episode · Music Coordinator

  • The FBI Story(1959)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • John Paul Jones(1959)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Hanging Tree(1959)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Marjorie Morningstar(1958)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Fort Dobbs(1958)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Darby's Rangers(1958)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Escapade in Japan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Composer

  • All Mine to Give(1957)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Band of Angels(1957)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • The Giant Claw(1957)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • China Gate(1957)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Death of a Scoundrel(1956)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Bandido! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Composer

  • The Searchers(1956)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Come Next Spring(1956)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Helen of Troy(1956)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Hell on Frisco Bay(1955)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Illegal(1955)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The McConnell Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Composer

  • The Last Command(1955)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Battle Cry(1955)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • The Violent Men(1955)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • King Richard and the Crusaders(1954)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Caine Mutiny(1954)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Boy from Oklahoma(1954)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • So Big (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Composer

  • So This Is Love(1953)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Charge at Feather River(1953)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Desert Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Composer

  • Trouble Along the Way(1953)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • By the Light of the Silvery Moon(1953)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Jazz Singer(1952)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The Iron Mistress(1952)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Springfield Rifle(1952)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • This Is Cinerama(1952)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima(1952)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • The Lion and the Horse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Composer

  • Mara Maru (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Composer

  • This Woman Is Dangerous(1952)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Room for One More(1952)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Distant Drums(1951)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Come Fill the Cup(1951)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Close to My Heart(1951)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Jim Thorpe -- All-American(1951)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Force of Arms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Composer

  • On Moonlight Bay(1951)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • I Was a Communist for the F.B.I.(1951)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Lightning Strikes Twice(1951)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Raton Pass(1951)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Sugarfoot(1951)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Operation Pacific(1951)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Dallas(1950)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Rocky Mountain(1950)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Breaking Point(1950)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Glass Menagerie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Composer

  • The Flame and the Arrow(1950)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Caged(1950)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Damned Don't Cry(1950)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • Young Man with a Horn(1950)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Backfire(1950)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Mrs. Mike (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Composer

  • The Lady Takes a Sailor(1949)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Without Honor(1949)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Beyond the Forest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Composer

  • White Heat(1949)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The Fountainhead(1949)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Flamingo Road(1949)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • A Kiss in the Dark(1949)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • South of St. Louis(1949)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Adventures of Don Juan(1948)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Decision of Christopher Blake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Composer

  • Fighter Squadron (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Composer

  • Johnny Belinda(1948)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Key Largo(1948)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Silver River(1948)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Woman in White (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Composer

  • Winter Meeting(1948)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • April Showers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Composer

  • My Girl Tisa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Composer

  • The Treasure of the Sierra Madre(1948)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Voice of the Turtle(1947)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • My Wild Irish Rose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Composer

  • Life with Father(1947)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Dark Passage(1947)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Deep Valley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Composer

  • The Unfaithful(1947)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Cheyenne(1947)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Love and Learn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Composer

  • Pursued(1947)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Beast with Five Fingers(1946)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Man I Love(1946)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Cloak and Dagger(1946)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Big Sleep(1946)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Night and Day(1946)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • One More Tomorrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Composer

  • A Stolen Life(1946)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Tomorrow Is Forever(1946)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • My Reputation(1946)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • San Antonio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Composer

  • Saratoga Trunk(1945)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Mildred Pierce(1945)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Rhapsody in Blue(1945)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Corn Is Green(1945)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Roughly Speaking (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Composer

  • The Conspirators(1944)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Arsenic and Old Lace(1944)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Adventures of Mark Twain(1944)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Since You Went Away(1944)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Up in Arms(1944)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Passage to Marseille(1944)

    Composer · Music Arranger

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Northern Pursuit(1943)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • The Battle of Britain(1943)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Watch on the Rhine(1943)

    Composer · Music Arranger

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Mission to Moscow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Composer

  • Casablanca(1942)

    Composer · Music Arranger

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Now, Voyager(1942)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Desperate Journey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Composer

  • Busses Roar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Composer

  • The Gay Sisters(1942)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Spy Ship (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Additional Music

  • In This Our Life(1942)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Murder in the Big House(1942)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • I Was Framed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Additional Music

  • Captains of the Clouds(1942)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • They Died with Their Boots On(1941)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • One Foot in Heaven(1941)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Sergeant York(1941)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Nine Lives Are Not Enough (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Music Score Producer

  • Dive Bomber(1941)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • The Bride Came C.O.D.(1941)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Shining Victory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Composer

  • The Great Lie(1941)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Santa Fe Trail(1940)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • The Letter(1940)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • A Dispatch from Reuters(1940)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • City for Conquest(1940)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • All This, and Heaven Too(1940)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Murder in the Air (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Composer

  • An Angel from Texas(1940)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • It All Came True(1940)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Virginia City(1940)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet(1940)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Invisible Stripes(1939)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Four Wives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Composer

  • The Mad Empress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Composer

  • Gone with the Wind(1939)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Intermezzo: A Love Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Composer

  • Dust Be My Destiny(1939)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Each Dawn I Die(1939)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Old Maid(1939)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Daughters Courageous(1939)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Confessions of a Nazi Spy(1939)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Dark Victory(1939)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Dodge City(1939)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Oklahoma Kid(1939)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • They Made Me a Criminal(1938)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • We Are Not Alone(1939)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Dawn Patrol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Composer

  • Angels with Dirty Faces(1938)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Sisters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Composer

  • Four Daughters(1938)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse(1938)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • White Banners (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Composer

  • Crime School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Composer

  • Jezebel(1938)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Condemned Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Composer

  • Gold Is Where You Find It(1938)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer(1938)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Tovarich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Composer

  • First Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Composer

  • Submarine D-1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Composer

  • Breakfast for Two(1937)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Life of Emile Zola(1937)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • That Certain Woman(1937)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Slim(1937)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Kid Galahad(1937)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • A Star Is Born(1937)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Soldier and the Lady(1937)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Green Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Composer

  • God's Country and the Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Composer

  • The Charge of the Light Brigade(1936)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Garden of Allah(1936)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • The Ex-Mrs. Bradford(1936)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Little Lord Fauntleroy(1936)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Follow the Fleet(1936)

    Composer · Music Director

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Chatterbox (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Composer

  • I Dream Too Much (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Composer

  • The Three Musketeers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Composer

  • Top Hat(1935)

    Music Director

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • Alice Adams(1935)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • She(1935)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • Break of Hearts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Music Director

  • The Informer(1935)

    Composer · Music Arranger

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Star of Midnight(1935)

    Composer · Music Director

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Roberta(1935)

    Music Director

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • The Little Minister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Composer

  • Anne of Green Gables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Music Director

  • Wednesday's Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Music Director

  • The Gay Divorcee(1934)

    Composer · Music Director

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Age of Innocence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Composer

  • The Fountain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Composer

  • Their Big Moment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Music Director

  • Bachelor Bait(1934)

    Music Director

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Of Human Bondage(1934)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • We're Rich Again(1934)

    Music Director

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Let's Try Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Music Director

  • Murder on the Blackboard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Composer · Music Director

  • The Life of Vergie Winters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Composer

  • Stingaree (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Composer

  • Where Sinners Meet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Music Director

  • Finishing School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Music Director

  • This Man Is Mine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Music Director

  • The Crime Doctor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Composer

  • Spitfire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Music Director

  • The Lost Patrol(1934)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Two Alone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Music Director

  • Flying Down to Rio(1933)

    Music Director

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Son of Kong(1933)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Little Women(1933)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • The Right To Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Composer

  • After Tonight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Music Director

  • Chance at Heaven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Music Director

  • Rafter Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Music Director

  • Blind Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Music Director

  • Morning Glory(1933)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Before Dawn(1933)

    Music Director

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Headline Shooter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Music Director

  • Bed of Roses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Additional Music · Music Director

  • Melody Cruise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Composer

  • Cross Fire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Sound

  • The Silver Cord (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Composer

  • Diplomaniacs(1933)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Sweepings(1933)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • King Kong(1933)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Scarlet River (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Music Director

  • Christopher Strong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Composer

  • Lucky Devils(1933)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • The Cheyenne Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Composer

  • The Past of Mary Holmes(1933)

    Music Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Monkey's Paw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Composer

  • The Animal Kingdom(1932)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • The Half-Naked Truth(1932)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • The Penguin Pool Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Composer · Music Director

  • Secrets of the French Police(1932)

    Music Director

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Conquerors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Composer

  • Little Orphan Annie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Composer

  • The Phantom of Crestwood(1932)

    Music Director

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • A Bill of Divorcement(1932)

    Composer · Music Director

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • The Most Dangerous Game(1932)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Thirteen Women(1932)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Bird of Paradise(1932)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Roar of the Dragon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Music Director

  • What Price Hollywood? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Composer · Music Director

  • Is My Face Red?(1932)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Westward Passage(1932)

    Music Director

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • State's Attorney(1932)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Symphony of Six Million (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Composer

  • Carnival Boat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Music Director

  • The Lost Squadron (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Composer

  • Lady with a Past(1932)

    Music Director

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Girl of the Rio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Composer

  • Peach-o-Reno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Composer

  • Consolation Marriage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Composer

  • Secret Service (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Composer

  • Are These Our Children? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Composer

  • Way Back Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Composer

  • Fanny Foley Herself (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Composer

  • Friends and Lovers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Composer

  • The Gay Diplomat (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Composer · Music Director

  • The Runaround (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Composer

  • High Stakes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Composer

  • The Public Defender (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Composer

  • Transgression (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Composer

  • Young Donovan's Kid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Composer

  • Everything’s Rosie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Music Director

  • Cracked Nuts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Composer

  • Bachelor Apartment(1931)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Lady Refuses(1931)

    Music Director

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Kept Husbands(1931)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Cimarron(1931)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Beau Ideal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Composer

  • The Royal Bed(1931)

    Music Director

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Dixiana(1930)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • The Delightful Rogue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Composer

  • Rio Rita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Orchestrator

  • Side Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Composer

  • The Bondman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    Composer

  • The Bondman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Composer

Career shape

A full career of 310 titles from 1916 to 2008.

Biggest box office

Gone with the Wind (1939)

$402M worldwide

Highest rated

Casablanca (1942)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Gone with the Wind (1939)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Music271 of 310: 260 only music, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score70thOther crew50 of 310: 39 only other crew, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score66th

310 titles, 11 with more than one role — music and other crew overlap on 11 of them.

By decade

1910s1 · crew1920s4 · crew1930s140 · crew1940s82 · crew1950s62 · crew1960s16 · crew1980s3 · crew1990s1 · crew2000s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Max Steiner's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 196; across their 160 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 67th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 160

Approval · how many liked their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 160

Reach · how many have seen their films

57thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 160

Midcredits score across 196 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up80
  • 50th to 74th74
  • 25th to 49th34
  • Below 25th8

Shape of the crowd

123 of their 196 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved28
  • Crowd Pleaser123
  • Broadly Agreed22
  • Mixed23

Most divisive · composer

The Giant Claw (1957)

64th percentile spread · 48% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Casablanca (1942)

Midcredits 99th · 90% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 67/100 in their films, across 147 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 50. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Max Steiner's work okay for kids?

Across up to 15 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore14 titles16–56 · median 40 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity15 titles6–28 · median 11 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity15 titles0–21 · median 6 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs13 titles29–49 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense13 titles24–55 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Max Steiner work with?

People who share at least 2 of Max Steiner's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hal B. Wallis shares the most, 36.

Directors

Writers

Actors

  • Bette Davis17 titles    See newest 12 of 17 shared titles with Bette Davis
  • Donald Crisp13 titles    See newest 12 of 13 shared titles with Donald Crisp
  • Humphrey Bogart11 titles    See all 11 shared titles with Humphrey Bogart
  • Alan Hale11 titles    See all 11 shared titles with Alan Hale

Cinematographers and editors

  • Ernest Haller18 titles    See newest 12 of 18 shared titles with Ernest Haller
  • Sol Polito18 titles    See newest 12 of 18 shared titles with Sol Polito
  • Owen Marks17 titles    See newest 12 of 17 shared titles with Owen Marks
  • Warren Low12 titles    See all 12 shared titles with Warren Low

Producers

  • Hal B. Wallis36 titles    See newest 12 of 36 shared titles with Hal B. Wallis
  • Jack L. Warner23 titles    See newest 12 of 23 shared titles with Jack L. Warner
  • Henry Blanke19 titles    See newest 12 of 19 shared titles with Henry Blanke
  • Jerry Wald8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Jerry Wald

Mixed roles