Ronald Stein
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Also Known As
Ronald S. Stein
Birth Place
St Louis, Missouri, USA
Born
April 12, 1930
Died
August 15, 1988
Cause of Death
Pancreatic Cancer
Biography
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Film composer since 1955 who specialized in writing scores for A.I.P. hot-rod teen flicks ("Dragstrip Girl," "Reform School Girl" both 1957, "Hot Rod Gang" 1958) as well as Roger Corman thrillers ("Undead," "Not of This Earth" both 1957, "The Premature Burial" 1962, "The Terror 1963). After composing the score for Francis Ford Coppola's "Dementia 13" 1964 and "The Rain People" 1969, Stei...
Filmography
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Frankenstein's Great-Aunt Tillie
(1985)
Music
Prisoners
(1975)
Music
Getting Straight
(1970)
Music
Getting Straight
(1970)
Composer
The Rain People
(1969)
Music
A Man Called Dagger
(1968)
Adapted & Conductor
Notes
He was president of the US Educational Films.
Biography
Film composer since 1955 who specialized in writing scores for A.I.P. hot-rod teen flicks ("Dragstrip Girl," "Reform School Girl" both 1957, "Hot Rod Gang" 1958) as well as Roger Corman thrillers ("Undead," "Not of This Earth" both 1957, "The Premature Burial" 1962, "The Terror 1963). After composing the score for Francis Ford Coppola's "Dementia 13" 1964 and "The Rain People" 1969, Stein wrote for his most commericial project "Getting Straight" 1970. He was also a TV documentary filmmaker and professor of music.
Filmography
Music (Feature Film)
Frankenstein's Great-Aunt Tillie
(1985)
Music
Prisoners
(1975)
Music
Getting Straight
(1970)
Music
Getting Straight
(1970)
Composer
The Rain People
(1969)
Music
A Man Called Dagger
(1968)
Adapted & Conductor
Spider Baby
(1968)
Music
Psych-Out
(1968)
Original score & Adapted
Psych-Out
(1968)
Composer
Blood Bath
(1966)
Music Supervisor
Requiem for a Gunfighter
(1965)
Music
Rat Fink
(1965)
Music
The Bounty Killer
(1965)
Music
War Is Hell
(1964)
Music
The Terror
(1963)
Music comp & Conductor
The Haunted Palace
(1963)
Music
Dementia 13
(1963)
Music
Dime With a Halo
(1963)
Music
The Young and the Brave
(1963)
Music
Of Love and Desire
(1963)
Composer
Premature Burial
(1962)
Music
The Underwater City
(1962)
Music
The Bashful Elephant
(1962)
Music & lyrics
The Devil's Partner
(1961)
Music
Atlas
(1961)
Music
Dinosaurus!
(1960)
Music
Raymie
(1960)
Music
Too Soon to Love
(1960)
Music
The Threat
(1960)
Music Composition
The Girl in Lovers Lane
(1960)
Music
Raymie
(1960)
Composer
The Threat
(1960)
Composer
Last Woman on Earth
(1960)
Music Composition and Conducting
The Legend of Tom Dooley
(1959)
Music
Paratroop Command
(1959)
Music
Tank Commando
(1959)
Music
The Diary of a High School Bride
(1959)
Music
Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow
(1959)
Music score and Supervisor
Tank Commando
(1959)
Composer
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
(1958)
Music Composition and Conducting
The Bonnie Parker Story
(1958)
Music Composition and Conducting
Hot Rod Gang
(1958)
Music Supervisor
High School Hellcats
(1958)
Music Composition and Conducting
Jet Attack
(1958)
Music Composition and Conducting
The Littlest Hobo
(1958)
Music
She Gods of Shark Reef
(1958)
Music Composition and Conducting
Suicide Battalion
(1958)
Music
The Littlest Hobo
(1958)
Composer
Not of This Earth
(1957)
Music
Naked Paradise
(1957)
Music comp and Supervisor
Dragstrip Girl
(1957)
Music
Attack of the Crab Monsters
(1957)
Music
Invasion of the Saucer Men
(1957)
Music
Reform School Girl
(1957)
Music
Sorority Girl
(1957)
Music
The Undead
(1957)
Music
Naked Paradise
(1957)
Composer
Flesh and the Spur
(1956)
Music score comp, Arrangements and Conductor
Girls in Prison
(1956)
Music
Day the World Ended
(1956)
Music Composition and Conducting
The She-Creature
(1956)
Music
Gunslinger
(1956)
Music comp and Director
It Conquered the World
(1956)
Music
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
(1956)
Music comp and Director
The Oklahoma Woman
(1956)
Music Composition and Conducting
Runaway Daughters
(1956)
Music
Day the World Ended
(1956)
Composer
Girls in Prison
(1956)
Composer
Apache Woman
(1955)
Music Composition and Conducting
Film Production - Main (Feature Film)
The Battle of Neretva
(1971)
Supervisor, Paragon Films
Life Events
1950
Employed as assistant music director, St Louis Municipal Opera
1955
Worked as assistant music director at the Greek Theatre, Los Angeles
1955
Wrote first film score, "Phantom From 10,000 Leagues"
1964
Served as associate music director, Phoenix Star Theatre
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Bibliography
Notes
He was president of the US Educational Films.
