I once performed two pieces of Miklos Rozsa on the piano and uploaded the videos in youtube. Later his daughter Juliet Rozsa contacted me, thanking me for honoring her fathers work. I thought I was losing my mind, it was such an overwhelming honour since I admire her father's music since my early childhood. I'm overjoyed to see her in this documentary!

I so love the score for BEN HUR to this day, April 18, 2022!

Simply,the most sensuous,gifted and accomplished composer of all time. Rest in peace.

Wow! I don't even remember doing the interview for this and I am so grateful that it is out and available. Those of us fortunate enough to have known him thank you for posting this. John

I shall always treasure the times I spent with Dr Rozsa, whether it was during a recording session, a visit to his beautiful home, dining in a restaurant in such diverse locations as Seattle, Los Angeles or London. He was a great raconteur, a man with a pithy, dry humour, and someone who never found fault in others.

Esther’s theme one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever

My favourite film music composer, the great 'Miklos Rozsa' !

I became a fan of Rozsa seeing Ivanhoe when I was 13; the music made an impression on me for it's grandeur and impact; I always like Classical/film music. His score for Ben Hur was the most emotion packed score I ever saw in the Movies.

Thank you so much for this documentary! Doing my masters thesis on Rozsa.

Superb documentary on composer Miklos Rozsa 's great . One of the most important pillars of the twentieth century in the soundtrack for the film . Thank you very much.

he was a musical genius. the music of el cid is magnificent.

Lovely to see this again. What an honor to have known him and record his music with him in the room!

Every time you hear his music it makes you feel good 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Truly a man of fascinating ears!!!!..........and eyes for marriying the beauteous Gina Lollobrigida.!!!!!

I love the music of this man---------I can hear it immediately ---------the man was a class act, all the way. ----------------------------MJL, 75 y/o

that's touching to see Rozsa's daughter and son.....

I first learned of Miklós Rózsa through an interview Jerry Goldsmith did. Out of curiosity, since Goldsmith was one of two of my all-time favorite film composers, I began collecting Rózsa scores and I came away very impressed. Hard to find since I collect CDs primarily but I eventually was able to collect seventeen individual scores ranging from The Thief of Bagdad (1940) to Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (early 1980s), including such in-between epics such as Quo Vadis, Ben-Hur, King of Kings, etc. A gorgeous work of musical art. If you are a fan of film music or even just composition style, I highly recommend this

Thanks for uploading this. I' m Spanish and the OST you speak here of the most, El Cid, brings tears to my eyes. He captured the essence of my country back in that century. Apart from other soundtracks King of Kings is also magnificent with the mother theme_oboe and Christ_violin and really heartbreaking tunes.

Beautiful documentary. Interesting point that Rozsa blossomed within an era of film music where the soundtrack was 90% of the length of the movie. My favourite film composer.

Brilliant composer. His music brought you into the story.

One of my favorite all time music composers for film! My favorites are Ben Hur and El Cid!

Wonderful documentary! Bravo to maestro Rózsa and friends who had the privilege to know him!!

Maravilloso compositor de bandas sonoras. Para mi el mejor del mundo.

I cry.

Beautiful documentary.

Thank you for this documentary! I remember Miklos Rozsa as a music composer, period. Recordings of his film scores have clarified that these works are symphonic poems. Today, his film music can be heard in concert halls.

Dr. Rozsa and Maestro Alfred Newman inspired me as a young person to study composition. Truly they were the greats, the giants of film and symphonic composition. My only regret is that I never studied with them. I hope that someday pocket editions of their film score music will be published so that students may profit from heir great example.

The man who wrote Ben Hur - divinely inspired work if ever there is one ! Look forward to meet the man one day.

This is the feature produced for the "Miriam Collection" DVD of "El Cid" in 2008. Some acknowledgment would be appropriate.

I would like to know why give somebody dislike for this documentary. I'm just curious why. Don't be shy light me up.

What a wonderful tribute! Thank you!

What a great and lovley documentry!!! Thank's a lot for sharing!!! In case fo EL CID we are lucky to have the great rerecording James Fitzpatrick's Tadlow did under the batton of Nic Raine and with the fine performance of The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus! Again: great documentry, nice to see!!!

Miklos -- a genius above so many.....

Thank you so much for posting this. There aren’t many videos about Rozsa, one of my all time favourite composers.

This is tremendous! Thank you SO MUCH For posting this documentary. What a valuable educational experience about an unsung master.

Thanks for uploading this! :)

Thanks for this wonderful piece !!!

Fascinating documentary, very nicely put together, not too sycophantic (as can sometimes be the case) and quite moving ! Love the dissection of the El Cid score which is probably my favourite of his historical epics.

S14052016: My respects for this channel and also Mr John Maureci.

Nice

He's my favorite, ever since "The Killers".

"spellbound" is one of my favorite movies. i always wondered if rozsa actually played the violin in the library scene with ingrid bergman.

nice!

S14052016: My respects for this channel and also for Mr John Maureci. excellent documentary and post. Very thanks.

Quite interesting the points about parts of Rosza's score being cut out. At the 17:48-18:05 mark it is explained that his score is replaced by a rhythmic drum piece. I heard that drum piece before! It was in the "spaghetti western" film by Italian director Sergio Leone, "The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly. Near the very end of the film when Clint Eastwood is leaving a cemetery with bags of gold on horseback riding off into the sunset, and leaving fellow mercenary Tuco in the cemetery (with a rope around his neck) this same drum piece is clearly scoring the scene. I thought everything musical in that film was composed by Italian Ennio Morricone. So, I'm thinking maybe Morricone "sampled" Rosza from "El Cid," BUT if Rosza's music wasn't there in the first place (then they aren't HIS drum beats) then maybe Morricone is indeed using his own stuff. I concluded then that the Italian who was sharing undeserved credit for the score written by Rozsa was Morricone. The simple drum beat "score" anybody could have written, but technically speaking it could be said he (Morricone) made a token contribution to the score to avoid outright fraud. Of course I'm just speculating, but was quite surprised when I heard what I thought was an "original" sound piece from a Clint Eastwood flick. I've never seen the movie "El Cid," I've heard only the main theme. Then I noticed that a poster to this site, jslasher1 said the Italian composer was Mario Nascinbene.

what a face. what a man.

A Master.

El Cid was really good. Of course Ben-Hur is Ben-Hur, but El Cid wow, it's amazing.

The Italian composer in question was Mario Nascimbene.

S14052016: Miklos Rozsa DEFINITIVAMENTE EL MEJOR INMORTALIZADOR DE LA VIDA DE LA GLORIOSA ROMA, SOBRE TODO CON BEN-HUR, LUEGO QUO VADIS, LUEGO REY DE REYES Y JULIO CESAR. PARA DESTACAR : PRELUDE DE QUO VADIS ES PURAMENTE TEMA DE ROMA : A BEN HUR Y REY DE REYES PRELUDES ROZSA :ROMA-CRISTO. El mejor compositor del cine :ayer, hoy, por siempre : MIKLOS ROZSA, SOBRE TODO POR EL MEJOR SOUNDTRACK DEL CINE : PRELUDE BEN HUR ROZSA : SOBRE TODO, LA VERSION MAIN TITLE : LA VERSIÓN OFICIAL Y SUS OTRAS DOS VERSIONES : LAS EXTENDIDAS : FANFARRIA PARA PRELUDE Y LA DE CARLO SAVINA, PRELUDE BEN- HUR-ROZSA. TAMBIÉN EL MEJOR OVERTURE DEL CINE ES EL OVERTURE BEN HUR-ROZSA. EL MEJOR OVERTURE ACT TWO O INTERMISSION-ENTREACTE MUSIC : OVERTURE ACT TWO BEN HUR- ROZSA, QUE ES TAMBIÉN EL SEGUNDO MEJOR OVERTURE DEL CINE.

Next most beautiful Lygia from Quo Vadis

28:31 big homie moment

Can I still comment here? With no KZfaq account?

Rozsa could make a movie into a classic by the score he created for it...even war movies. Witness 'Sahara' with Bogart. A movie that still holds it place among the greatest of that genre. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ocp6pa5-xNmrfnU.html

He wrote the theme song for the Son of God.

He doe snot need this "Dr.", this lower his status

Give me King of Kings please

this is a big yikes

S14052016: Miklos Rozsa DEFINITIVAMENTE EL MEJOR INMORTALIZADOR DE LA VIDA DE LA GLORIOSA ROMA, SOBRE TODO CON BEN-HUR, LUEGO QUO VADIS, LUEGO REY DE REYES Y JULIO CESAR. PARA DESTACAR : PRELUDE DE QUO VADIS ES PURAMENTE TEMA DE ROMA : A BEN HUR Y REY DE REYES PRELUDES ROZSA :ROMA-CRISTO. El mejor compositor del cine :ayer, hoy, por siempre : MIKLOS ROZSA, SOBRE TODO POR EL MEJOR SOUNDTRACK DEL CINE : PRELUDE BEN HUR ROZSA : SOBRE TODO, LA VERSION MAIN TITLE : LA VERSIÓN OFICIAL Y SUS OTRAS DOS VERSIONES : LAS EXTENDIDAS : FANFARRIA PARA PRELUDE Y LA DE CARLO SAVINA, PRELUDE BEN- HUR-ROZSA. TAMBIÉN EL MEJOR OVERTURE DEL CINE ES EL OVERTURE BEN HUR-ROZSA. EL MEJOR OVERTURE ACT TWO O INTERMISSION-ENTREACTE MUSIC : OVERTURE ACT TWO BEN HUR- ROZSA, QUE ES TAMBIÉN EL SEGUNDO MEJOR OVERTURE DEL CINE.