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Great films with music by Miklos Rozsa
The Four Feathers [1939]The Four Feathers [1939]
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From Rozsa's London days (before his move to Hollywood), a stirring score for a romantic drama of the British Empire.
Double IndemnityDouble Indemnity
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Half the depth, suspense and ambiguity of Billy Wilder's famous film noir comes from Rozsa's wonderfully rich and silvery strings.
The Lost WeekendThe Lost Weekend
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Another Billy Wilder urban drama: Rozsa uses the theramin (electronic instrument) to underline the hero's alcoholism, then rescues him with a love theme to die for.
Spellbound [1945] (Alfred Hitchcock)Spellbound [1945] (Alfred Hitchcock)
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Rozsa and Hitchcock were both Oscar-nominated for this Freudian thriller, but Rozsa won: he uses the theramin to represent insanity, and later made the love theme into a piano concerto.
Sahara [1943]Sahara [1943]
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Gripping desert war drama with Humphrey Bogart and just a few bursts from Rozsa, swirling and dramatic.
Ben Hur (4 Disc Special Edition) [1959]Ben Hur (4 Disc Special Edition) [1959]
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Rozsa became famous for his music for widesecreen epics: this is arguably the best - a huge, grave score for which he won his third Oscar.
El Cid [1961]El Cid [1961]
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Another historical epic that Rozsa takes incredibly seriously: he lived in Madrid during the production, and the score bursts with Spanish rhythms and passion.
The Green Berets [1968]The Green Berets [1968]
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John Wayne's pro-Vietnam War adventure is made almost watchable by Rozsa's sheer musical professionalism.
The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes [1970]The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes [1970]
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Rozsa adapted his Violin Concerto to make the exquisite score for this great Billy Wilder film: Holmes plays the main tune on his fiddle, and Rozsa appears on screen conducting a ballet.
The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad [1973]The Golden Voyage Of Sinbad [1973]
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Enjoyable flying-carpet movie with an amazingly inventive score from Rozsa: God knows why he lavished such creativity on it.
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid [1982]Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid [1982]
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Steve Martin's spoof of 1940s film noir was Rozsa' last film: partly adapting some of his own music from 40 years earlier, Rozsa plays it brilliantly dead-pan.