Question

This composer had to contend with creating a score that served a new narrative about characters already well known to the public in an iconic film; at once honoring the nature of the film and creating a contemporary sound:

Answer 1

Max Steiner

Step-by-step explanation:

Max Steiner worked in England, then Broadway, and in 1929 he moved to Hollywood, where he became one of the first composers to write music scores for films.

He was a teacher and a forerunner of the seal of American cinema, the framing music, invisible but capable of significantly enhancing the meaning of the images.