Wonderful Music! I bought this cd after watching "El Cid" the dvd and getting hooked on the music. I watched scenes over and over just to listen to the heroic music. The special features on the dvd had a section on Miklos Rozsa. I learned about him and found out that he was a giant and had scored dozens of wonderful movies. I bought this Cd and was not disappointed. There are great tracks from "Ben Hur","El Cid", "King of Kings", and "Quo Vadis". Plus they threw in his piano concerto from his oscar winning soundtrack to "Spellbound". This cd is a keeper!
El Cid's hard to find Love Theme - excellent! Even with the recent DVD release of the restored El Cid, Rosza's excellent score goes wanting for a proper release. Until then, this CD offers a sample of Rosza great works including the moving Love Theme from El Cid. Recommended.
Miklos Rozsa writes heavenly music! Conducting four of the most beautifully scored films in the history of Hollywood, Rozsa never disappoints in conveying the sounds and spirit of the time periods portrayed in these epic films. From the streets of the Holy Land in the three biblical epics to Spain's ancestral music in El Cid, these scores represent the pinnacle of great music during the Hollywood epic period. Personal favorites include the main themes of Ben Hur and King of Kings as well as the love themes in all four films. These scores could easily have been extended in great modern yet classic scores as Rozsa demonstrates in his Spellbound concerto added as a bonus on this CD. Rozsa, Korngold, Newman and Bernstein were incredibly talented composers/musicians and their music should be treated with the utmost respect in the music world. These are the themes of my life, and I am grateful to have been exposed at a young age to this music, so that I could know what the glory of Heaven will sound like.
GREAT EPIC FILM MUSIC ROZSA'S MUSIC THRILLED ME AS A CHILD AND IT STILL DOES NOW. A MUST FOR ANY LOVER OF FILM SCORES.
Rozsa's Best Work Miklos Rozsa composed some impressive scores. These are among his best. These recordings and selections are outstanding. Mother's Love from BEN-HUR is very emotional. The Spellbound: Concerto is also included.
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