Max Urban (composer)

For the Czech architect and filmmaker, see Max Urban (architect).

Max Urban (1882–1949) was a German-born Mexican composer active in the Mexican Film Industry during its Golden Age. He began his career writing music for radio but his popularity grew when he began composing film scores for films. He was one of a number of foreign-born figures active in Mexican cinema.

Max Urban
Born	1882 German Empire
Died	1949 Mexico
Occupation	Composer
Years active	1933–1949 (film)

Selected filmography

• Sanctuary (1933)
• Gold and Silver (1934)
• Cruz Diablo (1934)
• El fantasma del convento (1934)
• El vuelo de la muerte (1934)
• The Woman of the Port (1934)
• Horse for Horse (1939)
• In the Times of Don Porfirio (1939)
• Every Madman to His Specialty (1939)
• La selva de fuego (1945)
• Gangster's Kingdom (1948)

Bibliography

• Avila, Jacqueline. Cinesonidos: Film Music and National Identity During Mexico's Época de Oro. Oxford University Press, 2019.
• Brill, Olaf (ed.) Expressionism in the Cinema. Edinburgh University Press, 2016.
• Poppe, Nicolas. Alton's Paradox: Foreign Film Workers and the Emergence of Industrial Cinema in Latin America. State University of New York Press, 2021.

External links

• Max Urban at IMDb