Biography
Ronald Stein (April 12, 1930 – August 15, 1988) was an American film composer. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Stein wrote scores for many low budget horror and exploitation films during the 1950s and 1960s, most of which were released by American International Pictures. These included It Conquered the World, Attack of the Crab Monsters, Invasion of the Saucer Men, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, Hot Rod Gang, The Premature Burial and The Haunted Palace. He also provided scores for major studio productions such as Francis Ford Coppola's The Rain People, and Richard Rush's Getting Straight.
Stein taught composition at California State University, Northridge. Stein also taught composition, arranging, orchestration and theory at the University of Colorado Denver in the mid to late 1980s.
His song "Pigs Go Home" was sampled by rapper Eminem for his 1999 song "Guilty Conscience".Some of Stein's papers and scores, especially for the films Not of This Earth and Of Love and Desire can be found in the archives of the Music Library at Washington University in St. Louis.
Stein died from pancreatic cancer in Los Angeles, California, in 1988. His son, Victor Warren (birth name, Victor Warren Stein), is an actor, writer, director, and producer with his own production company Glydascope inc in Los Angeles, California
Filmography
all 75
Movies 75
The Crawling Brain (2016)
The Naked Monster (2005)
Vincent Price: My Life and Crimes (1994)
Frankenstein's Great Aunt Tillie (1984)
Ghosts That Still Walk (1977)
Prisoners (1975)
Black Mama, White Mama (1973)
Getting Straight (1970)
The Rain People (1969)
Mars Needs Women (1968)
Targets (1968)
Psych-Out (1968)
Curse of the Swamp Creature (1968)
Spider Baby (1967)
The Eye Creatures (1967)
Creature of Destruction (1967)
Blood Bath (1966)
Queen of Blood (1966)
Rat Fink (1965)
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)
The Bounty Killer (1965)
Requiem for a Gunfighter (1965)
Portrait in Terror (1965)
The Parisienne and the Prudes (1964)
Dementia 13 (1963)
Of Love and Desire (1963)
The Haunted Palace (1963)
The Young and the Brave (1963)
The Terror (1963)
Dime with a Halo (1963)
Stakeout! (1962)
The Underwater City (1962)
Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962)
The Premature Burial (1962)
War Is Hell (1961)
Devil's Partner (1961)
Atlas (1961)
Dinosaurus! (1960)
Last Woman on Earth (1960)
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
Raymie (1960)
The Girl in Lovers Lane (1960)
The Threat (1960)
Too Soon to Love (1960)
The Legend of Tom Dooley (1959)
The Diary of a High School Bride (1959)
Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow (1959)
Tank Commandos (1959)
Paratroop Command (1959)
She Gods of Shark Reef (1958)
Hot Rod Gang (1958)
The Littlest Hobo (1958)
High School Hellcats (1958)
The Bonnie Parker Story (1958)
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman (1958)
Suicide Battalion (1958)
Jet Attack (1958)
Sorority Girl (1957)
Reform School Girl (1957)
Invasion of the Saucer-Men (1957)
Dragstrip Girl (1957)
The Undead (1957)
Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)
Not of This Earth (1957)
Naked Paradise (1957)
Flesh and the Spur (1956)
The She-Creature (1956)
It Conquered the World (1956)
Girls in Prison (1956)
The Oklahoma Woman (1956)
Gunslinger (1956)
Runaway Daughters (1956)
Day the World Ended (1955)
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955)
Apache Woman (1955)
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GenderMale
Birthday1930-04-12
Deathday1988-08-15 (58 years old)
Birth PlaceSt. Louis, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsLeonard Morand, Ronald S. Stein
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