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Miklós Rózsa

Miklós Rózsa

Composer, also writer · Died July 27, 1995, aged 88 · Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

Miklós Rózsa (18 April 1907 – 27 July 1995) was a Hungarian-born composer trained in Germany (1925 – 1931), and active in France (1931 – 1935), England (1935 – 1940), and the United States (1940 – 1995), with extensive sojourns in Italy from 1953. Famous for his nearly one hundred film scores, he nevertheless maintained a steadfast allegiance to absolute concert music throughout what he called his "double life." Rózsa achieved early success in Europe with his orchestral Theme, Variations, and Finale (Op. 13) of 1933 and became prominent in the film industry from such early scores as The Four Feathers (1939) and The Thief of Bagdad (1940). The latter project brought him to America when production was transferred from wartime Britain, and Rózsa remained in the United States, becoming an American citizen in 1946. His notable Hollywood career earned him considerable fame, including Academy Awards for Spellbound (1945), A Double Life (1947), and Ben-Hur (1959), while his concert works were championed by such major artists as Jascha Heifetz, Gregor Piatigorsky, and János Starker. Description above from the Wikipedia article Miklós Rózsa, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
April 18, 1907
Died
July 27, 1995 (aged 88)
From
Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Works as
Composer, also writer
Titles
94 on MovieCove · 116 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Up 10% in 30 days

What are Miklós Rózsa's films like?

Across their 78 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama30 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 72nd percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 65th percentile
: browse their Adventure movies
Crime12 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 74th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Action6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 75th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Action movies
Biography5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 81st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 71st percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
34%
Bonds
23%
Self
13%
Survival
11%
Power
10%
Society
5%
Ideas
4%
Romantic love23 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty14 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice13 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity13 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival11 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption11 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception11 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal9 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 78 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 13 · Serious 28 · Dark 37

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 24 · Stylized 30 · Heightened 24

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 6 · Charged 39 · Intense 33

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 24 · Shifting 49 · Whiplash 5

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 66 · Some laughs 9 · Funny 3

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 30 · Even-paced 47 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 22 · Engaged 50 · Full focus 6

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 16 · Affecting 31 · Heavy 31

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 59 · Open-ended 16 · Ambiguous 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
62
Melancholic
41
Romantic
28
Dread
20
Thrilling
14
Other
46

How their films linger

Bittersweet38 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful25 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking17 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting20 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 18 with a twist

  • Happy22
  • Bittersweet35
  • Tragic15
  • Ambiguous5
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Miklós Rózsa's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 33 of their 94 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (22).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Miklós Rózsa's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

116 credits, 94 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Charmed Lives: A Family Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2028)

    Composer

  • In Search of the Papin Sisters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Composer

  • The Man Who Saved the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Composer

  • Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid(1982)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Eye of the Needle(1981)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Time After Time(1979)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Last Embrace(1979)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Fedora(1978)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover(1977)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Providence(1977)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Golden Voyage of Sinbad(1973)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes(1970)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Green Berets(1968)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Power(1968)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The V.I.P.s(1963)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Sodom and Gomorrah(1962)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • El Cid(1961)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • King of Kings(1961)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Ben-Hur(1959)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The World, the Flesh and the Devil(1959)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Cairo Station(1958)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • A Time to Love and a Time to Die(1958)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Van Gogh: Darkness into Light (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Composer

  • Tip on a Dead Jockey(1957)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • The Seventh Sin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Composer

  • Something of Value(1957)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Lust for Life(1956)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Somebody Up There Likes Me(1956)

    Music Director

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Bhowani Junction(1956)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Tribute to a Bad Man(1956)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Diane(1956)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Inside Detroit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Composer

  • The King's Thief(1955)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Moonfleet(1955)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops(1955)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Green Fire(1954)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Valley of the Kings(1954)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Crest of the Wave(1954)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Men of the Fighting Lady(1954)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Knights of the Round Table(1953)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • All the Brothers Were Valiant(1953)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Julius Caesar(1953)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • Young Bess(1953)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • The Story of Three Loves(1953)

    Composer · as Conductor

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Plymouth Adventure(1952)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Horizons West(1952)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Duel at Silver Creek(1952)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Ivanhoe(1952)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Turning Point(1952)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • One Who Came Back (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    Composer

  • The Light Touch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Composer

  • Quo Vadis(1951)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Strange Door(1951)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Detective Story(1951)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Iron Man(1951)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man(1951)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Shakedown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Composer

  • Crisis(1950)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Asphalt Jungle(1950)

    Composer · Conductor

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Woman in Hiding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Additional Music

  • East Side, West Side(1949)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Adam's Rib(1949)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Border Incident(1949)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Abandoned (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Composer

  • The Red Danube(1949)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Madame Bovary(1949)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Great Gatsby(1949)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Johnny Stool Pigeon(1949)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Criss Cross(1949)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • The Bribe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Composer

  • Command Decision(1948)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Kiss the Blood Off My Hands(1948)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • The Naked City(1948)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • A Woman's Vengeance(1948)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • A Double Life(1947)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Secret Beyond the Door...(1947)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Desert Fury(1947)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Brute Force(1947)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • The Other Love(1947)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Time Out of Mind(1947)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Macomber Affair(1947)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Song of Scheherazade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Composer

  • The Red House(1947)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Killers(1946)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Strange Love of Martha Ivers(1946)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • Because of Him (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Composer

  • The Lost Weekend(1945)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Spellbound(1945)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Lady on a Train(1945)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Blood on the Sun(1945)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • The Man in Half Moon Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Composer

  • Dark Waters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Composer · Music Director

  • Double Indemnity(1944)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Ministry of Fear(1944)

    Additional Music

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Hour Before the Dawn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Composer

  • The Woman of the Town(1943)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Sahara(1943)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • So Proudly We Hail!(1943)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • Five Graves to Cairo(1943)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Jacaré(1942)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Jungle Book(1942)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Sundown(1941)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Lydia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Composer

  • New Wine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Composer

  • The Saint's Vacation(1941)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • That Hamilton Woman(1941)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Ten Days in Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Composer

  • The Thief of Bagdad(1940)

    Composer · Songs · Story

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Fugitive(1939)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • U-Boat 29(1939)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • The Four Feathers(1939)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • The Divorce of Lady X(1938)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • The Green Cockatoo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Composer

  • Murder on Diamond Row(1937)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Knight Without Armor(1937)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Thunder in the City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Composer

Career shape

A full career of 116 titles, 115 of them dated from 1937 to 2000.

Biggest box office

Ben-Hur (1959)

$74M worldwide

Highest rated

Double Indemnity (1944)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting1 of 116: 0 only acting, 1 with another roleWriting1 of 116: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleMusic115 of 116: 109 only music, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score70thOther crew6 of 116: 1 only other crew, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score90th

116 titles, 6 with more than one role — music and other crew overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

1930s8 · crew1940s48 · crew1950s42 · 1 acting · 42 crew1960s6 · crew1970s7 · crew1980s3 · crew2000s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Miklós Rózsa's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 71st percentile, the median of all 94; across their 78 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 71st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

71stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 78

Approval · how many liked their films

72ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 78

Reach · how many have seen their films

67thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 78

Midcredits score across 94 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up39
  • 50th to 74th30
  • 25th to 49th23
  • Below 25th2

Shape of the crowd

53 of their 94 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved18
  • Crowd Pleaser53
  • Broadly Agreed16
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · composer

The Green Berets (1968)

66th percentile spread · 25% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Double Indemnity (1944)

Midcredits 99th · 89% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 72/100 in their films, across 73 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 56. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Miklós Rózsa's work okay for kids?

Across up to 18 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity runs lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore16 titles26–63 · median 48 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity18 titles9–37 · median 22 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity12 titles0–33 · median 5 · minimallighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs12 titles14–58 · median 35 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense10 titles13–58 · median 41 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Miklós Rózsa work with?

People who share at least 2 of Miklós Rózsa's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; William Hornbeck shares the most, 7.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Editors

Producers

Mixed roles