Background
Rozsa, Miklos was born on April 18, 1907 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Gyula and Regina Rozsa.
Rozsa, Miklos was born on April 18, 1907 in Budapest, Hungary. Son of Gyula and Regina Rozsa.
Diploma, Leipzig Conservatory, 1929. Student, New York Conservatory of Music, 1941. Student, College of Wooster, 1982.
Student, University Southern California, 1988.
Jungle Book, Thief of Baghdad, The Killers, Madame Bovary, The Lost Weekend, Spellbound, Asphalt Jungle, Quo Vadis, Ivanhoe, Julius Caesar, Story of Three Loves, Young Bess, Knights of the Round Table, A Time to Live and a Time to Die, Ben Hur, Lust for Life, King of Kings, El Cid, Sodom and Gomorrah, The VIPs, The Green Berets, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Providence, Secret Files of J. Edgar Hoover, Fedora, Last Embrace, Time after Time, Eye of the Needle, Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid; Academy Composer London Films, London, 1936-1942, Universal Studios, Los Angeles, 1942-1946, Paramount Studios, Los Angeles, 1946-1947, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Los Angeles, 1948-1962. Teacher University Southern California School Music, Los Angeles, 1945-1965.
Composer numerous musical pieces for 100 movies including Spellbound, 1946 (Academy award), Double Life, 1948 (Academy award), Ben-Hur, 1959 (Academy award). Composer 46 orchestral works.
Member Screen Composer's Guild (president for 10 years).
Married Margaret Finlason, August 30, 1943. Children: Juliet Valerie Alexandra, Nicholas John Reginald.