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Miklos Rozsa (1907-1995)

Trio-serenade, for string trio, op.1 (1927; rev. 1974)                                                                                  Rozsa Links
Quintet in F minor, for piano and strings, op. 2 (1928)                                                                              Film Scores
Rhapsody, for cello and orchestra, op. 3 (1929)                                                                                         Concert Works
Variations on a Hungarian Peasant Song, for violin and piano/orch, op. 4 (1929)
North Hungarian Peasant Songs and Dances, for violin and orch/piano, op. 5 (1929)
Symphony, op. 6 (1930) (unpublished)
Duo, for violin and piano, op. 7 (1931)
Duo, for cello and piano, op. 8 (1931)
Variations, for piano solo, op. 9 (1932)
Serenade, for small orchestra, op. 10 (1932; rev. 1946 as op. 25)
Scherzo, for orchestra, op. 11 (1932) (unpublished)
Six Bagatelles, for piano solo, op. 12 (1932)
Theme, Variations and Finale, for orchestra, op. 13 (1933; rev. 1943 and 1966)
Sonata, for two violins, op. 15 (1933; rev. 1973)
Hungaria, ballet (1935)
Knight Without Armour (1937)
Thunder in the City (1937)
The Squeaker (US: Murder on Diamond Row) (1937)
The Divorce Of Lady X (1938)
Three Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, op. 14 (1938; rev. 1958)
The Four Feathers (1939)
The Spy in Black (US: U-Boat 29) (1939)
Ten Days in Paris (US: Missing Ten Days/Spy In The Pantry) (1939)
On The Night of the Fire (US: The Fugitive) (1939)
Four Dark Hours (US: The Green Cockatoo; reissue: Race Gang) (1940)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Two Songs, for contralto and piano (Lord Vansittart), op. 16 (1940)
That Hamilton Woman (GB: Lady Hamilton) (1941)
Lydia (1941)
New Wine (1941)
Sundown (1941)
Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book (GB: The Jungle Book) (1942)
Jacaré (GB: Jacaré-Killer of the Amazon) (1942)
High Flight - Song, for tenor and piano (John Magee) (1942)
The Jungle Book - Suite, for narrator and orchestra (1942)
Lullaby from The Jungle Book, for 4-part mixed chorus, a cappella (1942)
Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
Sahara (1943)
The Woman of the Town (1943)
Concerto, for string orchestra, op. 17 (1943; rev. 1957)
The Hour Before the Dawn (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Dark Waters (1944)
The Man in Half Moon Street (1944)
Blood on the Sun (1945)
A Song to Remember (after Chopin) (1945)
Lady on a Train (1945)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Spellbound (1945)
Because of Him (1946)
The Killers (1946)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
Lullaby and Madrigal of Spring, for female voices, a cappella (Max Krone), op. 18 (1946)
Kaleidoscope, for piano solo (also for orchestra), op. 19 (1946)
Spellbound Concerto, for piano and orchestra (1946)
To Everything There is a Season, motet, chorus, with organ ad lib., op. 21 (1946)
Hungarian Serenade, for small orchestra, op. 25 (1946)
The Red House (1947)
Song of Scheherazade (after Rimsky-Korakov) (1947)
The Macomber Affair (1947)
Time out of Mind (GB: Illusions) (1947)
(credited to Rozsa and Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, underscore [uncredited] by Daniele Amfitheatrof)
The Other Love (1947)
Desert Fury (1947)
Brute Force (1947)
Secret Beyond the Door (1948)
A Woman's Vengeance (GB reissue: The Gioconda Smile) (1948)
A Double Life (1948)
The Naked City (1948)
Kiss the Blood off My Hands (GB: Blood on My Hands) (1948)
Criss Cross (1948)
Sonata, for piano Solo, op. 20 (1948)
Command Decision (1949)
The Bribe (1949)
Madame Bovary (1949)
East Side, West Side (1949)
The Red Danube (1950)
Adam's Rib (1950)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Crisis (1950)
The Miniver Story (partially based on existing themes by Herbert Stothart) (1950)
Quo Vadis (1950)
Quartet no. 1, for strings, op. 22 (1950)
The Light Touch (1951)
Sonatina, for clarinet solo, op. 27 (1951)
Quo Vadis - Suite, for orchestra (1951)
Ivanhoe (1952)
Plymouth Adventure (1952)
The Vintner's Daughter - Variations, for piano solo (also for orchestra), op. 23 (1952)
Julius Caesar (1953)
The Story Of Three Loves (1953)
Young Bess (1953)
All the Brothers Were Valiant (Gilbert Islands sequences composed by Johnny Green [uncredited]) (1953)
Concerto, for violin and orchestra, op. 24 (1953)
Knights of the Round Table (1954)
Men of the Fighting Lady (GB: Panther Squadron) (1954)
Valley of the Kings (1954)
Seagulls Over Sorrento (US: Crest of the Wave) (1954)
Green Fire (lyrics to prelude by Jack Brooks) (1954)
Beau Brummel (1954)
(credited to Richard Addinsell; Rozsa scored main titles & closing sequences, and according to modern reports, the entire score)
Moonfleet (1955)
The King's Thief (1955)
Diane (1955)
Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)
Bhowani Junction (1956)
Lust for Life (1956)
Something of Value (1957)
The Seventh Sin (1957)
Tip on a Dead Jockey (UK: Time For Action) (1957)
Overture to a Symphony Concert, for orchestra, op. 26 (1957; rev. 1963)
A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
The World, the Flesh, and the Devil (1959)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1959)
Ben-Hur - Suite, for orchestra (1959)
King Of Kings (1961)
El Cid (1961)
Twelve Short Choruses from Ben-flur and King of Kings, chorus (1961)
Sodom and Gomorrah (1962)
The V.I.P.s (1963)
Notturno Ungherese, for orchestra, op. 28 (1964)
Sinfonia Concertante, for violin, cello and orchestra, op. 29 (1966)
Tema con Variazioni (2nd mvt. of op. 29), violin, cello and chamber orchestra, op. 29a (1966)
The Vanities of Life - Motet, for 4-part mixed chorus, with organ ad lib., op. 30 (1967)
Concerto, for piano and orchestra, op. 31 (1967)
The Power (1968)
The Green Berets (1968)
Concerto, for cello and orchestra, op. 32 (1968)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
Tripartita, for orchestra, op. 33 (1972)
Psalm 23, for 4-part mixed chorus, with organ ad lib, op. 34 (1972)
Nostalgia - Two Songs, for soprano or tenor, and piano (Michael Gyarmathy) (1972)
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974)
Festive Flourish, for brass and percussion (1975)
Three Chinese Poems, for mixed chorus, op. 35 (1975)
Providence (1977)
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
Toccata Capricciosa, for cello solo, op. 36 (1977)
Fedora (1978)
Last Embrace (1979)
Concerto, for viola and orchestra, op. 37 (1979)
Time After Time (1980)
Eye of the Needle (1981)
Quartet no. 2, for strings, op. 38 (1981)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
Sonata for Flute solo, op. 39 (1983)
Sonata for Violin solo, op. 40 (1986)
Sonata for Clarinet solo, op. 41 (1986)
Sonata for Guitar, op. 42 (1986)
Sonata for Oboe solo, op. 43 (1987)
Introduction and Allegro for Viola solo (edited by Christopher Palmer), op. 44 (1988)
Sonata for Ondes Martenot, op. 45 (1989)


Film Scores
Knight Without Armour (1937)
Thunder in the City (1937)
The Squeaker (US: Murder on Diamond Row) (1937)
The Divorce Of Lady X (1938)
The Four Feathers (1939)
The Spy in Black (US: U-Boat 29) (1939)
Ten Days in Paris (US: Missing Ten Days/Spy In The Pantry) (1939)
On The Night of the Fire (US: The Fugitive) (1939)
Four Dark Hours (US: The Green Cockatoo; reissue: Race Gang) (1940)
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
That Hamilton Woman (GB: Lady Hamilton) (1941)
Lydia (1941)
New Wine (1941)
Sundown (1941)
Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book (GB: The Jungle Book) (1942)
Jacaré (GB: Jacaré-Killer of the Amazon) (1942)
Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
Sahara (1943)
The Woman of the Town (1943)
The Hour Before the Dawn (1944)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Dark Waters (1944)
The Man in Half Moon Street (1944)
Blood on the Sun (1945)
A Song to Remember (after Chopin) (1945)
Lady on a Train (1945)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Spellbound (1945)
Because of Him (1946)
The Killers (1946)
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
The Red House (1947)
Song of Scheherazade (after Rimsky-Korakov) (1947)
The Macomber Affair (1947)
Time out of Mind (GB: Illusions) (1947)
(credited to Rozsa and Castelnuovo-Tedesco, underscore [uncredited] by Daniele Amfitheatrof)
The Other Love (1947)
Desert Fury (1947)
Brute Force (1947)
Secret Beyond the Door (1948)
A Woman's Vengeance (GB reissue: The Gioconda Smile) (1948)
A Double Life (1948)
The Naked City (1948)
Kiss the Blood off My Hands (GB: Blood on My Hands) (1948)
Criss Cross (1948)
Command Decision (1949)
The Bribe (1949)
Madame Bovary (1949)
East Side, West Side (1949)
The Red Danube (1950)
Adam's Rib (1950)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Crisis (1950)
The Miniver Story (partially based on existing themes by Herbert Stothart) (1950)
Quo Vadis (1950)
The Light Touch (1951)
Ivanhoe (1952)
Plymouth Adventure (1952)
Julius Caesar (1953)
The Story Of Three Loves (1953)
Young Bess (1953)
All the Brothers Were Valiant (Gilbert Islands sequences composed by Johnny Green [uncredited]) (1953)
Knights of the Round Table (1954)
Men of the Fighting Lady (GB: Panther Squadron) (1954)
Valley of the Kings (1954)
Seagulls Over Sorrento (US: Crest of the Wave) (1954)
Green Fire (lyrics to prelude by Jack Brooks) (1954)
Beau Brummel (1954)
(credited to Richard Addinsell; Rozsa scored main titles & closing sequences, and according to modern reports, the entire score)
Moonfleet (1955)
The King's Thief (1955)
Diane (1955)
Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)
Bhowani Junction (1956)
Lust for Life (1956)
Something of Value (1957)
The Seventh Sin (1957)
Tip on a Dead Jockey (UK: Time For Action) (1957)
A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)
The World, the Flesh, and the Devil (1959)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1959)
King Of Kings (1961)
El Cid (1961)
Sodom and Gomorrah (1962)
The V.I.P.s (1963)
The Power (1968)
The Green Berets (1968)
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974)
Providence (1977)
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977)
Fedora (1978)
Last Embrace (1979)
Time After Time (1980)
Eye of the Needle (1981)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)


Concert Works
Trio-serenade, for string trio, op.1 (1927; rev. 1974)
Quintet in F minor, for piano and strings, op. 2 (1928)
Rhapsody, for cello and orchestra, op. 3 (1929)
Variations on a Hungarian Peasant Song, for violin and piano/orch, op. 4 (1929)
North Hungarian Peasant Songs and Dances, for violin and orch/piano, op. 5 (1929)
Symphony, op. 6 (1930) (unpublished)
Duo, for violin and piano, op. 7 (1931)
Duo, for cello and piano, op. 8 (1931)
Variations, for piano solo, op. 9 (1932)
Serenade, for small orchestra, op. 10 (1932; rev. 1946 as op. 25)
Scherzo, for orchestra, op. 11 (1932) (unpublished)
Six Bagatelles, for piano solo, op. 12 (1932)
Theme, Variations and Finale, for orchestra, op. 13 (1933; rev. 1943 and 1966)
Sonata, for two violins, op. 15 (1933; rev. 1973)
Hungaria, ballet (1935)
Three Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, op. 14 (1938; rev. 1958)
Two Songs, for contralto and piano (Lord Vansittart), op. 16 (1940)
High Flight - Song, for tenor and piano (John Magee) (1942)
The Jungle Book - Suite, for narrator and orchestra (1942)
Lullaby from The Jungle Book, for 4-part mixed chorus, a cappella (1942)
Concerto, for string orchestra, op. 17 (1943; rev. 1957)
Lullaby and Madrigal of Spring, for female voices, a cappella (Max Krone), op. 18 (1946)
Kaleidoscope, for piano solo (also for orchestra), op. 19 (1946)
Spellbound Concerto, for piano and orchestra (1946)
To Everything There is a Season, motet, chorus, with organ ad lib., op. 21 (1946)
Hungarian Serenade, for small orchestra, op. 25 (1946)
Sonata, for piano Solo, op. 20 (1948)
Quartet no. 1, for strings, op. 22 (1950)
Sonatina, for clarinet solo, op. 27 (1951)
Quo Vadis - Suite, for orchestra (1951)
The Vintner's Daughter - Variations, for piano solo (also for orchestra), op. 23 (1952)
Concerto, for violin and orchestra, op. 24 (1953)
Overture to a Symphony Concert, for orchestra, op. 26 (1957; rev. 1963)
Ben-Hur - Suite, for orchestra (1959)
Twelve Short Choruses from Ben-flur and King of Kings, chorus (1961)
Notturno Ungherese, for orchestra, op. 28 (1964)
Sinfonia Concertante, for violin, cello and orchestra, op. 29 (1966)
Tema con Variazioni (2nd mvt. of op. 29), violin, cello and chamber orchestra, op. 29a (1966)
The Vanities of Life - Motet, for 4-part mixed chorus, with organ ad lib., op. 30 (1967)
Concerto, for piano and orchestra, op. 31 (1967)
Concerto, for cello and orchestra, op. 32 (1968)
Tripartita, for orchestra, op. 33 (1972)
Psalm 23, for 4-part mixed chorus, with organ ad lib, op. 34 (1972)
Nostalgia - Two Songs, for soprano or tenor, and piano (Michael Gyarmathy) (1972)
Festive Flourish, for brass and percussion (1975)
Three Chinese Poems, for mixed chorus, op. 35 (1975)
Toccata Capricciosa, for cello solo, op. 36 (1977)
Concerto, for viola and orchestra, op. 37 (1979)
Quartet no. 2, for strings, op. 38 (1981)
Sonata for Flute solo, op. 39 (1983)
Sonata for Violin solo, op. 40 (1986)
Sonata for Clarinet solo, op. 41 (1986)
Sonata for Guitar, op. 42 (1986)
Sonata for Oboe solo, op. 43 (1987)
Introduction and Allegro for Viola solo (edited by Christopher Palmer), op. 44 (1988)
Sonata for Ondes Martenot, op. 45 (1989)


Rozsa Links
Miklos Rozsa Society
Miklos Rozsa
Mikos Rozsa (Italian website)
The Rozsa Forum
Miklos Rozsa Centennial @ Film Music Review
He Made Film Noir Sing (by Andrew Mangravite)
The Miklos Rozsa Project
Miklos Rozsa: A Singular Life (by Chris Matthew Sciabarra)
Remembering Miklos Rozsa (by Jeffery Dane)
The Concert Music of Miklos Rozsa @ MusicWeb (by Rob Barnett)
Mikos Rozsa: Passion and Discipline (by Chris Blackford)
La doble vida de Miklos Rozsa @ Coral Carmina (detailed works list in English; rest of site in Spanish)

Rozsa @ Wikipedia
Rozsa @ Classical Cat
Rozsa @ IMDb (Internet Movie Database)
Rozsa @ Karadar Classical Music
Rozsa @ mfiles.com
Rozsa @ The New York Times

Streaming Audio
Rozsa @ The Fishko Files (WNYC, New York)
Rozsa @ last.fm
Rozsa @ NPRmusic -  Spellbound Concerto
Rozsa @ Reel Classics
Rozsa @ Rhapsody

Rozsa @ YouTube

Recordings
Miklos Rozsa: The Film Music (discography)
Miklos Rozsa Audio Links
@ Soundtrack Collector