Thor 7,602 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 24 minutes ago, Tom Guernsey said: Hi all Rozsa-files! I was listening to the excellent Hollywood '95 compilation from Varese earlier (probably the best of their Hollywood 94/95/96 albums I think, in terms of content and performance, incidentally the only one without any John Williams on it...) Had that album once, as well as the others, but sold them, alas. 96 had one of the worst soundtrack covers of all time. As for the Rozsa, I'm afraid my exposure is the same as yours. I've heard that cue, but not seen the film or heard the score otherwise. We should have had Rozsaphile here, from the FSM boards. He knows this kind of stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,314 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 1 minute ago, Thor said: Had that album once, as well as the others, but sold them, alas. 96 had one of the worst soundtrack covers of all time. As for the Rozsa, I'm afraid my exposure is the same as yours. I've heard that cue, but not seen the film or heard the score otherwise. We should have had Rozsaphile here, from the FSM boards. He knows this kind of stuff. Agreed about the Hollywood 96 cover. Really cheap and nasty. Especially after the cool 95 Bob Peak (I think) painting. Although the album itself is good. Some nice selections well performed. The selection from Menken’s Hunchback score is particularly superb. Might have to post something to the FSM board but thought I’d try my luck here first. Just surprising that it never gets mentioned and not like he’s an obscure golden age composer! Just gave it another listen. Absolutely lovely. Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 It's just an old British Korda movie and nobody saw it (under the age of 100). Here you find all information FSM provides: https://www.filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=61111&forumID=1&archive=0 Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,195 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Well, it's got both Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier, so it's not like it's some super obscure title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Though the shark is often full of sh..t, he's right here, you even get Spanish subtitles: Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,195 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Better to be full of it than to be one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Lame! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tom Guernsey 2,314 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Thanks for the link and info. The FSM post is interesting, but it seems I'm not the only one who is surprised it's never seen the light of day. As I commented there, I think That Hamilton Woman would have made a fine entry in the Bernstein/RPO series (although I admit there is a lot of competition in that regard!). Yavar Moradi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yavar Moradi 2,638 Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 Yeah only the Love Theme has ever been released from this score, though it's been recorded multiple times (once by Rozsa in his Polydor series still awaiting CD release...and the great Morton Gould did it on an album with no less than the London Symphony in 1978!) I share your desire for a new complete recording of this score...along with a lot of other early Rozsa that's otherwise forgotten, to be honest. His 30s scores for the likes of The Four Feathers and even his very first feature score, Knight Without Armour, are fantastic too. Yavar blondheim and Tom Guernsey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondheim 1,157 Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 I'm bumping this thread because I have been obsessed with Miklos for a bit now and need to gush. I actually started this dive with Sodom and Gomorrah. I haven't watched the movie but it is on Youtube. I did watch to see the Destruction of Sodom and the Pillar of Salt sequence however. Regardless of the rest of the movie, the image of the actual pillar is terrifying. Zapped, melted, still vaguely human-like; it's horrifying. Of course then comes Stewart Granger to ruin it. But Rozsa is there to save the day. Even though the movie gives us barely a reaction from the daughters, Rozsa lets the Ildith theme sweep in again for their gaze as it did for their father's. He was truly brilliant, our Miklos. Yavar Moradi and GerateWohl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 1, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted November 1, 2021 13 hours ago, blondheim said: our Miklos Are you Hungarian? Are we allowed to have two? *consults rules* Holko, blondheim and SteveMc 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondheim 1,157 Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 6 hours ago, Disco Stu said: Are you Hungarian? Are we allowed to have two? *consults rules* *checks blood* Yep Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 1 hour ago, blondheim said: *checks blood* Yep Well if we have two Magyar frequent posters on the board.... SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,500 Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Always too much they are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondheim 1,157 Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 According to my parents 23nme, I am partially Hungarian; that's how Hungarian I am. I'm a European mutt, Pittsburgh born and bred. Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Ahhhh ok. Hungarian in ancestry, I gotcha. My ancestry.com just says I’m 98% Great Britain. And yet, I find cricket utterly mystifying Holko and Bespin 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,500 Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 I'm french, italian, irish, viking and me. Jenkins is the name of my mother. Half Champagne (well Orion for truth) and Jenkins. Desrochers, Champagne, Tremblay, Jenkins that's my ancestry. Many Americans from the USA have french descendance. I love them all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,593 Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 5 hours ago, blondheim said: According to my parents 23nme, I am partially Hungarian; that's how Hungarian I am. Whew. You shall be allowed to live then. blondheim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,448 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Has this been posted Here before? Little interview excerpt from 1970. Funnily enough, John Williams sitting right beside Rózsa, but not speaking in this little snippet. Interesting anyway. Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,195 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 "Every film in the world now you can get scores to." GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,602 Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 22 minutes ago, GerateWohl said: Has this been posted Here before? Little interview excerpt from 1970. Funnily enough, John Williams sitting right beside Rózsa, but not speaking in this little snippet. Interesting anyway. Yes, I believe so. I have this on an ancient CD-R from the 90s. But these days, the old CD-R videos are useless, as everything is on YouTube anyway. Williams doesn't say much throughout the whole interview. GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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