Miklós Rózsa (April 18, 1907 - July 23, 1995) was a Hungarian-American composer, best known for his film scores. He was born in Budapest. The recipient of 17 Academy Award nominations, he won 3 Oscars: for Spellbound, A Double Life, and Ben-Hur (1959).

Notable film scores

• The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
• Jungle Book (1942)
• Double Indemnity (1944)
• Spellbound (1945)
• The Lost Weekend (1945)
• The Killers (1946)
• A Double Life (1947)
• The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
• Quo Vadis? (1951)
• Ivanhoe (1952)
• Julius Caesar (1953)
• Ben-Hur (1959)
• King of Kings (1961)
• El Cid (1961)
• The Power (1968)
• Time After Time (1979)

Concert works

His best known concert work is the orchestral Theme, Variations and Finale. There is also an early string trio, a piano quintet, two string quartets, concertos for violin, viola, cello and for violin and cello, and other works.

External link

• IMDb filmography