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FSM: El Cid (Miklós Rózsa) El Cid (1961) remains one of Miklós Rózsa’s most revered scores, written in the glorious orchestral style he employed on other historical epics like Knights of the Round Table and Ben-Hur. Rózsa’s music for the legend of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar is endlessly thematic: the score’s closely knit ideas are ...
El Cid/Ben Hur/King of Kings by Miklós Rózsa released in 1986. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
El Cid - The Legend and Epilogue. 5:04. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1986 CD release of "El Cid • Ben Hur • King Of Kings" on Discogs.
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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) AmazonHungarian-born Miklós Rózsa (1907-1995) is a titan of film music. Responsible for such classic scores as Spellbound , Ben-Hur , King of Kings , El Cid and many others—from biblical epics to 1940s films noir to historical dramas—his signature style is one of the most pleasing and dramatic in film.
Ben-Hur. El Cid. King of Kings. The Red House (mono) Quo Vadis (mono) Spellbound (mono) Uncredited orchestra/Miklós Rózsa. EMI 65993. Summary for the Busy Executive: Opulent.
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1979 Vinyl release of "King Of Kings. Ben Hur. El Cid" on Discogs.
