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Quo Vadis | Soundtrack Suite (Miklós Rózsa) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1951). Composed and Conducted by Miklós Rózsa, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus....
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Adapting Henryk Sienkiewicz's novel QUO VADIS, producer Sam Zimbalist and director Mervyn LeRoy saw an opportunity to create a great spectacle. To bolster th...
Apr 4, 2020 · Estuvo protagonizada por Robert Taylor, Deborah Kerr, Leo Genn, y Peter Ustinov. La banda sonora estuvo a cargo de Miklós Rózsa y la fotografía por Robert Surtees y William V. Skall ...
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Quo Vadis was composer Miklós Rózsa’s first biblical epic film. In 1951, the man whose name would come to be so inextricably associated with togas, swords, crosses and such, had never scored any film set more than 200 years in the past (not counting the Arabian Nights fantasy The Thief of Bagdad ).
- Pre-Recordings
- Pre-Recorded Marches
- Pre-Recorded Fanfares
- Suite of Film Fanfares
- Additional Bonus Tracks
13. Burning of Troy (recorded 4/18/50)
1. The very first music from Quo Vadisto be recorded (on April 18, Rózsa’s birthday!), this version of Nero’s song performed by baritone Robert Brink with harp accompaniment includes Hugh Gray’s complete lyric and reveals a fully developed art song that was never completely heard in the film.
25. Hail Nero (slow tempo)26. Hail Nero (medium tempo)27. Hail Nero (fast tempo)28. Hail Galba (slow version)29. Fanfares to Triumph (close)30. Fanfares to Triumph (distant)31. Fanfare A32. Fanfare D35. First, Second and Third Fanfares for Nero36. Fanfare for Wrestlers (outtake)37. Fourth Fanfare for Nero38. First and Second Arena Fanfare43. Burning of Rome
1. Rózsa recorded these “sweeteners” of the Scottish harp accompaniment to “The Burning of Rome” on August 15, 1951 in Culver City. There are two takes of the first section, then a single of the second.
44. Nero’s Suicide/Galba’s March/Finale
1. This alternate version of the concluding music uses a short insert (the last portion of “Nero’s Suicide,” recorded in Culver City on August 15, 1951) and eliminates the “mystic chords” just prior to the choral entry. — Frank K. DeWald
“Quo Vadis” was MGM’s answer to Paramount’s very successful “Samson and Delilah” (1949). The goal was to make the most epic film up to that time. The music of “Quo Vadis” Rózsa was about to compose, had three different facets: the Romans, the Christians and the slaves. Each one of them had to be attached to its own musical synonym.
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Miklós Rózsa (Hungarian: [ˈmikloːʃ ˈroːʒɒ]; April 18, 1907 – July 27, 1995) was a Hungarian-American composer trained in Germany (1925–1931) and active in France (1931–1935), the United Kingdom (1935–1940), and the United States (1940–1995), with extensive sojourns in Italy from 1953 onward.
