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Mini Bio. A child prodigy, Miklos Rózsa learned to play the violin at the age of five and read music before he was able to read words. In 1926, he began studying at the Leipzig Conservatory where he was considered a brilliant student. He obtained his doctorate in music in 1930.
- April 18, 1907
- July 27, 1995
Miklós Rózsa. Music Department: Ben-Hur. A child prodigy, Miklos Rózsa learned to play the violin at the age of five and read music before he was able to read words. In 1926, he began studying at the Leipzig Conservatory where he was considered a brilliant student. He obtained his doctorate in music in 1930.
- January 1, 1
- Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
- January 1, 1
- Los Angeles, California, USA
MIKLÓS RÓZSA INTERVIEW – 1982. By FRANÇOIS VALLERAND Originally published in French in 24 Images, No. 12, April 1982. Regarded for more than forty years as one of the absolute masters of music in cinema, Miklós Rózsa is also one of the most outstanding composers of this century. I met him last August in Detroit.
Miklós Rózsa biography. Biography by Christopher Palmer. Miklós Rózsa (often misspelt as Rosza) was born in Budapest on April 18, 1907. His father was a well-to-do land-owning industrialist with a liberal outlook, and the boy grew up in an atmosphere of comfort, culture, and affection.
- Ben-Hur
- The Thief of Bagdad
- The Lost Weekend
- Spellbound
- A Double Life
- El CID
- The Four Feathers
- Recordings
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) AmazonMiklós Rózsa photos. Click the following thumbnail images for larger photographs. To return to this page click the "back" button. Photographs from Double Life (The Autobiography of Miklós Rózsa), courtesy of Nick Rózsa. Images are ©Copyright. These photos courtesy of Janos Sebestyen. More photos at the Janos Sebestyen website.
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Rare in the history of motion pictures, we meet such a successful film on a commercial and artistic level: an absolute triumph! A masterpiece of cinematic splendour awarded with eleven Academy Awards, including the monumental score, composed by Miklós Rózsa.
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Spellbound: Classic Film Scores of Miklos Rozsa
1974
Moonfleet [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
2003
Providence [Original Score]
1977
Miklós Rózsa: The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover; Lydia; Crisis
1998
Ivanhoe [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
2002
King of Kings [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
1992
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