Spellbound: Classic Film Scores of Miklos Rozsa [Soundtrack]

Miklos Rozsa (Composer), Charles Gerhardt (Conductor), National Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: Charles Gerhardt
• Composer: Miklos Rozsa
• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000003EMB
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #80,267 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Red House: Prelude

2. The Red House: The Morgan Farm, The New Hired Hand, Swimming Scene

3. The Red House: Meg Finds the Red House

4. The Red House: Teller Shoots At Meg

5. The Red House: Pete's Death And Finale

6. The Thief of Bagdad: The Love of The Princess

7. The Lost Weekend: The Bottle, First Meeting

8. The Lost Weekend: The Mouse and the Bat, Nightmare

9. The Lost Weekend: Love Scene and Finale

10. The Four Feathers: Sunstroke, River Jouney

11. Double Indemnity: Mrs. Dietrichson, The Conspiracy

12. Knights of the Round Table: Sherzo: Hawks In Flight

13. The Jungle Book: Song Of The Jungle

14. Spellbound: The Dream Sequence, The Mountain Lodge

15. Ivanhoe: Overture

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Lacks the grandeur of "Ben Hur" but shows the man's talents... December 2, 2011

By William E. Adams

Format:Audio CD

Back in 1959 I was in ninth grade. Saw the film "Ben Hur." Fell in love with the musical score. Bought the MGM soundtrack. Composed by Miklos Rozsa, about whom I knew nothing. Wore out the records over the next eight years or so. Although I have never been able to afford (or even find offered) a CD version of that original LP (wasn't it a double set?) I have never forgotten the enjoyment it brought. The CD under review here was a recent gift and features Rozsa's scoring excerpts from many classic films before he got the "Ben Hur" assignment. There are lovely themes here, and a few suspense-filled ones. My long experience with film soundtracks, however, is that they are much more enjoyable if you saw and loved the movie. Most of these films I have seen at least once over the decades, all on TV, but I can't say I recall much about their plots. If you like Rozsa's other work, you will like this one. If you love one particular movie listed here, you'll get some of its major moments, but not all. I'm glad I have this. It is good driving music, not distracting, not boring.

9 of 14 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Romanticism March 12, 2005

By Robin Jackson

Format:Audio CD

If you are a lover of minimalist or modernist music, don't buy this. If you are a lover of lush classic films with lush, classic musical scores, this is for you.Rozsa knew how to evoke the exotic. His orchestrations are rich as a raja's treasure and the music is by turns romantic, exciting, and evocative.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay sampling of Rozsa's film scores May 2, 2009

By Steven A. Peterson TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:Audio CD

Miklos Rozsa's film scores include some of the best around. This CD provides a sampling of his scores. Here, we have music from such works as "The Red House," "The Thief of Bagdad," "The Lost Weekend," "The Four Feathers," "Double Indemnity," "Knights of the Roundtable," "The Jungle Book," "Spellbound," and "Ivanhoe."

Rozsa created lots of mood with his music, and he gave elegance as well. This does provide a nice sampling of his work. However, one might well ask the question: What about "Ben-Hur"? And still other of his excellent works?

Despite that, this is an interesting and useful compilation of his works.