Max Bergunker

{{Short description|American film score composer}}

Max Bergunker (March 3, 1885, in Mykolaiv, Russian Empire - July 8, 1969, in Brooklyn) was a Russian-born American film score composer, known for his score on films such as The Patriot (1928), Chinatown Nights (1929), and Fighting Caravans (1931). He emigrated to the United States in 1924, and was naturalised as an American citizen in 1929.{{cite book |last1=Wierzbicki |first1=James Eugene |title=Music, Sound and Filmmakers: Sonic Style in Cinema |date=2012 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-415-89893-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NAiB35WxARcC&dq=Max+Bergunker&pg=PA135 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Max Bergunker |url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/734734%7C110047/Max-Bergunker#overview |publisher=TCM |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Soundtracks by Max Bergunker at cines.com |url=https://cines.com/en/music/max-bergunker |website=cines.com |access-date=3 January 2022 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Bergunker, Max Bergunker |url=http://composers-classical-music.com/b/BergunkerMax.htm |website=composers-classical-music.com |access-date=3 January 2022}}