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Herman Stein (August 19, 1915 – March 15, 2007) was an American composer who wrote music for many of the 1950s science-fiction and horror films from Universal Studios.
Mar 24, 2007 · Herman Stein, a little-known craftsman who, unseen but very much heard, helped terrify the audiences of a spate of classic horror and science-fiction films, died on March 15 at his home in Los...
May 29, 2020 · Herman Stein: Opening Title & Finale music from Backlash (1956). [U.S.]. Note: Stein's opening title music was later re-adapted for Bullet for a Badman (1964...
Herman Stein. Composer, arranger and pianist, he was a child prodigy who was already a keyboard artist at three and a concert performer at six. A self-taught orchestrator, he learned musical theory in the local public library, and soon was arranging music for popular bandleaders including Count Basie and Fred Waring.
Mar 25, 2007 · Herman Stein, a staff composer at Universal in the 1950s whose best-known credits include horror and science fiction classics such as “Creature From the Black Lagoon” and “The Incredible...
Born in Philadelphia in 1915, Herman Stein was a self-taught musician who became a noted arranger for jazz orchestras and radio programs in New York during the 1930s and 40s. In 1948 he moved to Los Angeles, where he studied formally with Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, joining the music staff at Universal Pictures in 1951, where he remained until 1958.
Herman Stein. Composer. 19 August 1915 to 15 March 2007. A staff composer at Universal, Stein made his name working on a succession of genre movies produced by the studio in the 1950s.