Miklós Rózsa

Sound

Born: 1907-04-18

Died: 1995-07-27

From: Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

Gender: Male

Popularity: 0.2

Also Known As

Miklos Rozsa

Biography

Miklós Rózsa (18 April 1907 – 27 July 1995) was a Hungarian-born composer trained in Germany (1925 – 1931), and active in France (1931 – 1935), England (1935 – 1940), and the United States (1940 – 1995), with extensive sojourns in Italy from 1953. Famous for his nearly one hundred film scores, he nevertheless maintained a steadfast allegiance to absolute concert music throughout what he called his "double life." Rózsa achieved early success in Europe with his orchestral Theme, Variations, and Finale (Op. 13) of 1933 and became prominent in the film industry from such early scores as The Four Feathers (1939) and The Thief of Bagdad (1940). The latter project brought him to America when production was transferred from wartime Britain, and Rózsa remained in the United States, becoming an American citizen in 1946. His notable Hollywood career earned him considerable fame, including Academy Awards for Spellbound (1945), A Double Life (1947), and Ben-Hur (1959), while his concert works were championed by such major artists as Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, and János Starker. Description above from the Wikipedia article Miklós Rózsa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & Nominations4 won · 17 nominated

🏆 Won

César Award for Best Music Written for a Film

Providence

1978

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Song

Love Theme from El Cid (The Falcon and the Dove)

1962

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

El Cid

1962

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Original Score

Ben-Hur

1960

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

Ben-Hur

1960

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

Julius Caesar

1954

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

Ivanhoe

1953

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

Quo Vadis

1952

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Original Score

A Double Life

1948

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

A Double Life

1948

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

The Killers

1947

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Original Score

Spellbound

1946

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

Spellbound

1946

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

The Lost Weekend

1946

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

A Song to Remember

1946

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

The Woman of the Town

1945

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

Double Indemnity

1945

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic or Comedy Score

Jungle Book

1943

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score

Lydia

1942

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score

Sundown

1942

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Score

The Thief of Bagdad

1941

Acting4 titles

8.0

Series

Previn and the Pittsburgh

1977-1982Documentary

8.0

Series

Miklós Rózsa

Also Known As

Biography

Awards & Nominations4 won · 17 nominated

Acting4 titles

Previn and the Pittsburgh

Discorama

The Story of Three Loves

Hollywood's Musical Moods

Writing1 title

The Thief of Bagdad

Sound106 titles

New Wine

In Search of the Papin Sisters

Double Indemnity

Ben-Hur

Ten Days in Paris

The Lost Weekend

The Asphalt Jungle

Spellbound

The Killers

Brute Force

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

The Naked City

Lust for Life

Somebody Up There Likes Me

Sahara

Quo Vadis

Adam's Rib

The Thief of Bagdad

That Hamilton Woman

King of Kings

East Side, West Side

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers

Criss Cross

The Four Feathers

Julius Caesar

Five Graves to Cairo

Tribute to a Bad Man

Detective Story

The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

Time After Time

Ivanhoe

El Cid

Madame Bovary

Eye of the Needle

Lady on a Train

The Red Danube

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

Fedora

The Macomber Affair

Crisis

Providence

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Song of Scheherazade

Tip on a Dead Jockey

Command Decision

Secret Beyond the Door

Inside Detroit

The Spy in Black

Lydia

Jacaré

Men of the Fighting Lady

Moonfleet

Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

The World, the Flesh and the Devil

A Double Life

One Who Came Back

Shakedown

Jungle Book

The Hour Before the Dawn

The Woman of the Town

The King's Thief

Because of Him

A Woman's Vengeance

Green Fire

The Squeaker

Johnny Stool Pigeon

The Red House

The Bribe