"Max Steiner: Maestro of Movie Music" is a loving tribute to a great composer and orchestrator of movie music from the late 1920s to the early 1960s. Many of the greatest movies of this time were scored by Steiner (over 300!) and the film features a lot of his music, countless interviews (some by people who knew him) and lots of film clips.
What I like about this documentary is that it gets you to appreciate something you often don't even notice as you watch movies...the music, and not just the themes but the incidental music. What I would have also liked was to hear about other artists like Steiner...but perhaps that's best for another film. Very well made and well worth seeing...particularly if, like me, you adore classic films.
By the way, for some odd reason the closed captioning for this film is terrible by modern standards. This might make watching the film difficult if you are severely hearing impaired.
What I like about this documentary is that it gets you to appreciate something you often don't even notice as you watch movies...the music, and not just the themes but the incidental music. What I would have also liked was to hear about other artists like Steiner...but perhaps that's best for another film. Very well made and well worth seeing...particularly if, like me, you adore classic films.
By the way, for some odd reason the closed captioning for this film is terrible by modern standards. This might make watching the film difficult if you are severely hearing impaired.