Herman Stein (August 19, 1915 – March 15, 2007) was an American composer who wrote music for many of the 1950s science-fiction and horror films from Universal Studios. Herman Stein was one of the architects of the sound of 1950s science-fiction movies. Stein retired in the 1970s and died of congestive heart failure in his home in Los Angeles at the age of 91. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.