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.
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Academy Awards
Best Original Score
Known For
Ben-Hur
(1959)
Original Music Composer
El Cid
(1961)
Original Music Composer
Double Indemnity
(1944)
Original Music Composer
Quo Vadis
(1951)
Original Music Composer
The Thief of Bagdad
(1940)
Original Music Composer and Songs
Spellbound
(1945)
Original Music Composer
King of Kings
(1961)
Original Music Composer
Criss Cross
(1949)
Original Music Composer
Ivanhoe
(1952)
Original Music Composer
Julius Caesar
(1953)
Music
Sahara
(1943)
Original Music Composer
The Green Berets
(1968)
Original Music Composer
The Asphalt Jungle
(1950)
Original Music Composer
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
(1970)
Original Music Composer
Eye of the Needle
(1981)
Original Music Composer
Somebody Up There Likes Me
(1956)
Music Director
Full Filmography
Sound
Thunder in the City
(1937)
Original Music Composer
Knight Without Armour
(1937)
Original Music Composer
The Green Cockatoo
(1937)
Original Music Composer
The Squeaker
(1937)
Original Music Composer
The Divorce of Lady X
(1938)
Original Music Composer
The Spy in Black
(1939)
Original Music Composer
On The Night Of The Fire
(1939)
Original Music Composer
The Four Feathers
(1939)
Original Music Composer
The Thief of Bagdad
(1940)
Original Music Composer and Songs
Ten Days in Paris
(1940)
Original Music Composer
That Hamilton Woman
(1941)
Original Music Composer
Sundown
(1941)
Original Music Composer
New Wine
(1941)
Original Music Composer
Lydia
(1941)
Original Music Composer
The Saint's Vacation
(1941)
Original Music Composer
Jungle Book
(1942)
Original Music Composer
Jacaré
(1942)
Original Music Composer
Five Graves to Cairo
(1943)
Original Music Composer
So Proudly We Hail
(1943)
Original Music Composer
The Woman of the Town
(1943)
Original Music Composer
Sahara
(1943)
Original Music Composer
Double Indemnity
(1944)
Original Music Composer
Dark Waters
(1944)
Original Music Composer
The Hour Before the Dawn
(1944)
Original Music Composer
Spellbound
(1945)
Original Music Composer
Lady on a Train
(1945)
Original Music Composer
The Lost Weekend
(1945)
Original Music Composer
The Man in Half Moon Street
(1945)
Original Music Composer
Blood on the Sun
(1945)
Original Music Composer
The Killers
(1946)
Original Music Composer
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
(1946)
Original Music Composer
Because of Him
(1946)
Original Music Composer
Secret Beyond the Door...
(1947)
Original Music Composer
Brute Force
(1947)
Original Music Composer
A Double Life
(1947)
Original Music Composer
The Other Love
(1947)
Original Music Composer
Time Out of Mind
(1947)
Original Music Composer
The Red House
(1947)
Original Music Composer
Song of Scheherazade
(1947)
Original Music Composer
The Macomber Affair
(1947)
Original Music Composer
Desert Fury
(1947)
Original Music Composer
The Naked City
(1948)
Original Music Composer
A Woman's Vengeance
(1948)
Original Music Composer
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
(1948)
Original Music Composer
Command Decision
(1948)
Original Music Composer
Adam's Rib
(1949)
Original Music Composer
The Red Danube
(1949)
Original Music Composer
The Bribe
(1949)
Original Music Composer
East Side, West Side
(1949)
Original Music Composer
Madame Bovary
(1949)
Original Music Composer
Criss Cross
(1949)
Original Music Composer
Abandoned
(1949)
Music
Johnny Stool Pigeon
(1949)
Music
The Asphalt Jungle
(1950)
Original Music Composer
Crisis
(1950)
Original Music Composer
Shakedown
(1950)
Music
Quo Vadis
(1951)
Original Music Composer
The Light Touch
(1951)
Original Music Composer
Detective Story
(1951)
Music
The Strange Door
(1951)
Music
One Who Came Back
(1951)
Music
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
(1951)
Music
Iron Man
(1951)
Music
Ivanhoe
(1952)
Original Music Composer
Plymouth Adventure
(1952)
Original Music Composer
The Duel at Silver Creek
(1952)
Music
The Story of Three Loves
(1953)
Original Music Composer
Knights of the Round Table
(1953)
Original Music Composer
Young Bess
(1953)
Original Music Composer
All the Brothers Were Valiant
(1953)
Original Music Composer
Julius Caesar
(1953)
Music
Green Fire
(1954)
Original Music Composer
Seagulls Over Sorrento
(1954)
Original Music Composer
Men of the Fighting Lady
(1954)
Original Music Composer
Valley of the Kings
(1954)
Original Music Composer
The King's Thief
(1955)
Original Music Composer and Conductor
Moonfleet
(1955)
Original Music Composer
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
(1955)
Music
Lust for Life
(1956)
Original Music Composer
Somebody Up There Likes Me
(1956)
Music Director
Tribute to a Bad Man
(1956)
Original Music Composer
Bhowani Junction
(1956)
Original Music Composer
Diane
(1956)
Original Music Composer
Inside Detroit
(1956)
Music
Something of Value
(1957)
Original Music Composer
Tip on a Dead Jockey
(1957)
Original Music Composer
The Seventh Sin
(1957)
Original Music Composer
Van Gogh: Darkness into Light
(1957)
Music
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
(1958)
Original Music Composer
Ben-Hur
(1959)
Original Music Composer
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
(1959)
Original Music Composer
El Cid
(1961)
Original Music Composer
King of Kings
(1961)
Original Music Composer
Sodom and Gomorrah
(1962)
Original Music Composer
The V.I.P.s
(1963)
Original Music Composer
The Power
(1968)
Original Music Composer
The Green Berets
(1968)
Original Music Composer
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
(1970)
Original Music Composer
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
(1973)
Original Music Composer
Providence
(1977)
Original Music Composer
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
(1977)
Original Music Composer
Fedora
(1978)
Original Music Composer
Time After Time
(1979)
Original Music Composer
Last Embrace
(1979)
Original Music Composer
Eye of the Needle
(1981)
Original Music Composer
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
(1982)
Original Music Composer
Acting
Writing
Crew