#dayinhistory Gone With the Wind, Casablanca, King Kong — we'r | Unlock Art

#dayinhistory
Gone With the Wind, Casablanca, King Kong — we're not just listing classic Hollywood movies here. All scopes for these pictures were written by composer Max Steiner. And it's his birthday today (1888).

He wrote his first opera at the age of 12 and started a career at 15.

Steiner gained the name "the father of film music," creating ~300 scores for movies.

He was the first to win Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (for Life with father).

Today let's listen to one of his signature compositions