Miklós Rózsa: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Miklós Rózsa (April 18, 1907 - July 23, 1995) was a major Hungarian-American composer, primarily known for his music for films. He was born in Budapest. The recipient of 17 Academy Award nominations, he won 3 Oscars: for Spellbound, A Double Life, and the score for which he is best remembered, that for the 1959 version of Ben-Hur - a score many believe to be the greatest ever written for a film.

His major scores include:

• 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)
• Julius Caesar (1953)
• Ben-Hur (1959)
• King of Kings (1961)
• El Cid (1961)
• Time After Time (1979)