what famous hollywood composer wrote the film music to king kong
Underscoring Richard Wagner's influence on film music June 17, 2010 | By Jon Burlingame, Special to the Los Angeles Times. Max Steiner, the pioneering film composer who wrote the music for King Kong and Gone With the Wind, was once complimented as the man who invented modern movie music. Nonsense, he replied. The idea originated with Richard Wagner. Listen to the incidental scoring behind the recitatives in his operas. - [T]he music is required â¦ to explain to the audience what is actually happening on the screen, since the camera is unable to articulate Kongâs instinctive feelingsâ¦. King Kong (1933). Film music was forever changed by Max Steinerâs 1933 score for King Kong. For the first time a sound film was accompanied by an original non-diegetic score that paralleled, supported and enhanced the narrative, pioneering the techniques and principles that have governed film scoring ever since.