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- The headliner is Miklós Rózsa's Oscar-winning score to Double Indemnity, in near complete form. Rózsa composed three principal motifs for the film. A restless “conspiracy” theme dominates his score, but it is the powerful murder theme that opens the film and the composer returns to this theme repeatedly with an almost tragic quality.
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A sweeping score for a film of epic proportions, this music is filled with Roman, Greek, and Jewish elements. Rózsa conducted the 100-piece MGM Symphony Orchestra during twelve recording sessions which stretched over 72 hours. The biblical drama unfolds with a myriad of themes and the reinforcement of a mighty pipe organ underscoring the appearance...
This magical Technicolor Arabian fantasy film vaulted Rózsa to prominence as a composer. Filled with leitmotifs, the score has been described as “foreground rather than background music.” Here is the beautiful and expansive love theme:
Miklós Rózsa’s concert music is filled with Hungarian folk elements. At moments, these sounds emerge in the score for this psychological drama, directed by Billy Wilder and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman. (4:08 in the clip below may remind you of Bartók’s hellish The Miraculous Mandarin). When the film was previewed with a temporary soundtrack...
Rózsa’s distinctive film noir style is equally evident in the music for this psychological mystery thriller, directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Rózsa once said, “Alfred Hitchcock didn’t like the music—said it got in the way of his direction. I haven’t seen him since.” (Interestingly, Hitchcock also resisted the use of music in the shower scene of Psycho...
This dark film noir drama, starring Ronald Colman, tells the story of an actor’s descent into insanity. His “double life” is a blur between reality and the imaginary roles he plays on stage. This duality is evident throughout Rózsa’s Academy Award-winning score. The bustling forward motion in this excerpt seems to anticipate the quirkiness of some ...
The lamenting beauty and far-off, exotic mystery of medieval Spain can be heard in this haunting love theme. In preparation for the score, Rózsa researched Spanish folk music and made use of the guitar and tambourine. It would be the composer’s final film score to be created under MGM contract.
This British Technicolor adventure film, directed by Zoltan Korda, is one of Rózsa’s earliest scores. Chronicling British military adventures in Africa during the reign of Queen Victoria, the story revolves around a man who is accused of cowardice after resigning on the eve of his regiment’s departure. This excerpt (Sunstroke and River Journey) beg...
Ben-Hur (complete film score), Nic Raine, The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus AmazonMiklós Rózsa: A Centenary Celebration AmazonMiklós Rózsa Conducts His Epic Film Scores AmazonA Double Life (Suite from the Film) AmazonNov 28, 2020 · In this entry, we’re listening to the music of film noir and specifically sticking our ears out for Miklós Rózsa’s Double Indemnity score. For a Mount Rushmore of classic movie score ...
Sep 5, 2016 · There is tension, distrust and conflict and Rózsa offers three minutes of exceptional music, which speaks to the intersecting emotions and motivations. Dark woodwinds open and the Murder Theme growls in the low register with string counters.
Jun 1, 2022 · Rózsa’s score, along with so many elements in Double Indemnity, became an archetype of film noir. The orchestral doom and gloom, the incisive psychoanalysis, and the churning machinations all became fundamentals of cinema’s exploration of the dark side of the American dream.
The score for “Spellbound” is one of the most recognized of all popular film soundtracks. Alfred Hitchcock had recently seen “Double Indemnity” when he recommended to producer David O. Selznick that Rózsa should score their new psychological-romantic melodrama. They both wanted a new sound to accompany the paranoia element in the film.
Dec 8, 2015 · This set featuring seven different composers writing for film noir classics. The headliner is Miklós Rózsa's Oscar-winning score to Double Indemnity, in near complete form. Rózsa composed three principal motifs for the film.
