Ronald Stein(1930-1988)
- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Composer, conductor, pianist and author Ronald Stein was educated at
Washington University (BA), the Yale School of Music and the University
of Southern California. In college he wrote musical shows. He was named
the assistant musical director for the St. Louis Municipal Opera in
1950, 1951 and 1954. He served in the US Army Special Services at Fort
Dix, NJ, from 1952-1954. Reurning home, he became the piano soloist for
the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra in 1955. From that year to 1959 he was
the music director of American-International Pictures, and in 1964
became the associate musical director for Phoenix Star. He joined ASCAP
in 1956 and his popular compositions include "Raymie"; "Mexico City";
"Romantic Idyll"; and "The Garden", plus the film themes for
Dime with a Halo (1963),
The Littlest Hobo (1958) and
Of Love and Desire (1963).