Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957) Composer.

Erich Wolfgang Korngold was one of the most influential composers in Hollywood history. Along with Alfred Newman and Max Steiner, he is considered to be a founder of film music. Korngold moved to the United States in 1934 and began composing for Hollywood films. He won Academy Awards for Best Original Music Score for Anthony Adverse (1936) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938). Born on May 29, 1897 in Brünn (Brno), Austria-Hungary, he became a child prodigy in Vienna, where Gustav Mahler called him a “musical genius.”