Editing Max Steiner (section)

===Click tracks===
Although some scholars cite Steiner as the inventor of the [[click track]] technique as such, he, possibly alongside [[Roy Webb]], was the first to use the technique in film scoring.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://on.orf.at/video/14225524/hollywoods-filmkomponisten-vienna-in-hollywood-pioniere-der-filmmusik |title=Hollywoods Filmkomponisten: Vienna in Hollywood - Pioniere der Filmmusik |language=de |access-date=2024-08-27 |via=on.orf.at}}</ref> [[Carl W. Stalling]] and [[Scott Bradley (composer)|Scott Bradley]] used the technique first in cartoon music. The click-track allows the composer to sync music and film together more precisely. The technique involves punching holes into the soundtrack film based on the mathematics of metronome speed. As the holes pass through a projector, the orchestra and conductor can hear the clicking sound through headphones, allowing them to record the music along the exact timing of the film.<ref name="soundtrack" />{{rp|30}} This technique allowed conductors and orchestras to match the music with perfection to the timing of the film, eliminating the previous necessity to cut off or stop music in the middle of recording as had been done previously. Popularized by Steiner in film music, this technique allowed Steiner to "catch the action", creating sounds for small details on screen.<ref name="soundtrack" />{{rp|32}} In fact, Steiner reportedly spent more of his time matching the action to the music than composing the melodies and motifs, as creating and composing came easy to him.<ref name="american">{{cite book |last1=Darby |first1=William |last2=Du Bois |first2=Jack |title=American Film Music: Major Composers, Techniques, Trends, 1915–1990 |date=1990 |publisher=McFarland & Company |location=Jefferson, North Carolina |isbn=089950468X}}</ref>{{rp|18}}