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Steiner! The Informer: A suite of his first Oscar-winning score, for the Ford movie about the Irish troubles (corrected)

The Informer | Soundtrack Suite (Max Steiner)
Soundtrack Fred

Re-posted by N.S.

@SoundtrackFred
8 years ago (edited)
Re-edited by N.S. [Fred is a German speaker.]

"On May the 10th the great Max Steiner would have had his 129th birthday and I immediately thought of a special treat. So here it is, Max Steiner's first Academy Award win, The Informer, directed by John Ford.

"Back in the day it was common that the head of the music department recive the prize instead of the composer. Luckily in this case, Steiner was his own boss as head of the RKO music department and could recive the prize on his own.

"This strange rule changed after the case of acclaimed European composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold, whose statue for Anthony Adverse was given to the head of the Warner Bros. music department instead of him, which started a general discontent, just one year after Steiner's Informer."

12,563 views May 12, 2017
"Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1935). Composed and Conducted by Max Steiner.

"Get the Soundtrack:
http://amzn.to/2q8BQIt
"Get the Movie:
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"Music Awards:

"Academy Award - Best Original Score"

"Playlist:

00:00 Main Title
01:47 Kate of the Streets
03:03 Gypo's Decision / The Blind Man / Gypo in the Tavern
03:29 The Wake
04:03 Mary and Gallagher
04:52 Money for Katie / Before the Trial
06:14 Gypo Escapes / Katie's Flat
07:13 The Plea to Gallagher / Messengers of Death
08:36 Gypo Shot / Forgiveness

"Music Source:
"BYU Film Music Archives FMAMS10"





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