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Welcome to the Official Miklos Rozsa Thread! Here, we can appreciate the beauty and craft of one of the 20th Century's great composers. Perhaps the the music theory experts among us can increase our understanding of the intricacies of Rozsa's concert and film works. To start things off, here is a recording of Elmer Bernstein conducting Rozsa's suite from "Plymouth Adventure." The piece starts off with a rather rousing rendition of a period hymn, before transitioning into a romantic sequence, based on first a heartfelt, passionate melody (one of Rozsa's best, I think), and then followed by a lovely, lighter passage. This segues into an upbeat dance-like episode, which is followed by some very energetic and salty adventure-type music that builds up to a restatement of the hymn melody in fanfare form. The chorus comes back in for the climax, and the very conclusion, I think, is rather Williams-esque. Anyway, here it is: