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Who composed the music for the movie 'Gone with the Wind'?
Who composed the music for the movie 'Gone with the Wind'?
Which composer won an award for the movie 'Spellbound'?
Which composer won an award for the movie 'Spellbound'?
Who composed the music for the movie 'The Wizard of Oz'?
Who composed the music for the movie 'The Wizard of Oz'?
Which composer worked on the movie 'Citizen Kane'?
Which composer worked on the movie 'Citizen Kane'?
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Who composed the music for the movie 'Star Wars'?
Who composed the music for the movie 'Star Wars'?
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Which composer worked on the movie 'The Ten Commandments'?
Which composer worked on the movie 'The Ten Commandments'?
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Who composed the music for the movie 'On the Waterfront'?
Who composed the music for the movie 'On the Waterfront'?
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Which composer worked on the movie 'East of Eden'?
Which composer worked on the movie 'East of Eden'?
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Who composed the music for the movie 'The Pink Panther'?
Who composed the music for the movie 'The Pink Panther'?
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Which composer worked on the movie 'Harry Potter'?
Which composer worked on the movie 'Harry Potter'?
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Study Notes
Film Composers and Their Works
- Max Steiner (1888-1971) composed music for films such as Cimarron, King Kong, Gone with the Wind, Casablanca, and Now, Voyager, and won two Academy Awards.
Max Steiner's Notable Works
- Informer (won Academy Award)
- Now, Voyager (won Academy Award)
Alfred Newman (1901-1970)
- Composed music for films such as Street Scene, Arrowsmith, Wuthering Heights, Gunga Din, and The Robe.
- Created the iconic Fox's trademark drumroll.
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
- Composed music for films such as Anthony Adverse (won Academy Award), Robin Hood (won Academy Award), and Escape Me Never.
Dimitri Tiomkin
- Composed music for films such as Resurrection, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, It's a Wonderful Life, and Lost Horizon, and won an Academy Award for Lost Horizon.
Miklos Rozsa (1907-1995)
- Composed music for films such as That Hamilton Woman, A Double Life (won Academy Award), Lydia, A Song to Remember, Spellbound (won Academy Award), and Ben-Hur (won Academy Award).
Other Notable Composers and Their Works
- Aaron Copland (1909-1990): Of Mice and Men, The City, and The Red Pony
- Herbert Stothart: The Wizard of Oz (won Academy Award)
- Richard Hageman (1882-1966): Stagecoach (won Academy Award)
- Hugo Friedhofer (1901-1981): The Best Years of Our Lives (won Academy Award)
- Virgil Thomson (1896-1989): The Plow that Broke the Plains
- Franz Waxman (1906-1967): The Bride of Frankenstein and Rebecca
- Bernard Herrmann: Citizen Kane and The Devil and Daniel Webster (won Academy Award)
- Roy Webb: The Spiral Staircase and Notorious
- Charlie Chaplin: Modern Times ("Smile" tune)
- Frank Churchill & Edward Plumb: Bambi
- Alex North: Spartacus, Cleopatra, and A Streetcar Named Desire
- Elmer Bernstein: The Ten Commandments, The Man With the Golden Arm, and Sweet Smell of Success
- Leonard Bernstein: On the Waterfront
- Leonard Rosenman: East of Eden
- Jerry Fielding: The Planet of the Apes and The Wild Bunch
- Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn: Anatomy of a Murder and Paris Blues
- Charles Mingus: Shadows
- Mark Isham: Quiz Show, Romeo is Bleeding, and The Cooler
- Henry Mancini: Pink Panther
- Lalo Schifrin: Mission Impossible TV series
- John Williams: Star Wars films, Harry Potter 1, 2, 3, Superman, E.T., Jaws, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, and Schindler's List
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Test your knowledge of the iconic film scores composed by Max Steiner, a legendary Austrian-born American composer. Identify the movies and themes that made him famous.
