Max Steiner Score
Max Steiner's score for the 1933 RKO film King Kong.
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Max Steiner composed the musical score for the 1933 RKO film King Kong. Steiner was one of the first composers to write music scores for films, and his work on King Kong is among his popular works.
Quick Facts
- Composer
- Max Steiner
- Film year
- 1933
- Studio
- RKO Pictures
- Instrumentation
- Full Symphony Orchestra
- Legacy status
- Influential Classic
Lore & Background
Within the history of cinema, Steiner's score serves as the emotional backbone of the original adventure.
Did You Know?
- Steiner composed over 300 film scores for RKO Pictures and Warner Bros.
- He was nominated for 24 Academy Awards, winning three: The Informer (1935), Now, Voyager (1942), and Since You Went Away (1944).
- Steiner was a child prodigy who conducted his first operetta at age twelve and became a full-time professional by fifteen.
- He was the first recipient of the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, for Life with Father.
- Steiner's score for Gone with the Wind (1939) ranked second on the AFI's list of best American film scores.
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