Miklós Rózsa

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Miklós Rózsa (Hungarian pronunciation: ˈmikloːʃ ˈroːʒɒ) or Miklos Rozsa (18 April 1907 – 27 July 1995) was a Hungarian-born composer and conductor, best known for his numerous film scores. Along with such composers as Bernard Herrmann, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Alfred Newman, Max Steiner and Franz Waxman, Rózsa is considered to be one of the "founding fathers of film music. Miklós Rózsa studied the violin from the age of five. In 1926, he began studying at the Leipzig Conservatory. In 1929, his violin concerto was performed there. While living in Paris from 1931, Rózsa had his 'Variations on a Hungarian Peasant Song' and his 'Symphony and Serenade for Small Orchestra' performed. After settling in London in 1935, he composed the ballet, 'Hungaria'. Luckily he met fellow Hungarian, Alexander Korda, who commissioned him to write an opulent score for Knight Without Armour (1937). While composing the score for The Thief of Bagdad (1940), Rózsa moved to California, where he remained. His film music, though often in the foreground, was seldom intrusive, most often amplifying the image. During the 40s, his eerie mood music enhanced many a film noir. The Dragnet "dum de dum dum" theme was previously used by Rózsa in his score for "The Killers" (1946). It can be prominently found in the resturant shootout scene toward the end of the film. His Violin Concerto No. 2, written in 1956 for Jascha Heifetz and recorded that year for RCA Victor, was used as source material for the 1970 film

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Ben-Hur

El Cid

Ben Hur (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Version]

Ben Hur

Forbidden Planets - Music From the Pioneers of Electronic Sound

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Escape To Paradise - The Hollywood Album

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Rózsa: Violin Concerto, Op. 24: III. Allegro vivace

Spellbound

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Greatest Movie Themes, Vol. 3

Classic Soundtracks: El Cid (1961 Film Score)

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Ben Hur, King of Kings and El Cid-Epic Film Scores of Miklos Rozsa (Original Film Scores)

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Warsaw Concerto And Other Film Themes

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