Kirby,
I share your love for Rozsa's music. The re-recordings are great, both in quality and the fact that the music can find itself independent of the demands of synchronization. Often times composers would compose something only to find when they arrived on the scoring stage that a re-edit was done and the music had to be re-synched or recomposed right on the spot because of a last minute picture edit. I also enjoy hearing those recordings (even if sonically primitive by current standards) which were conducted by Rozsa himself. A trove of great music for his films can be found here. http://www.miklosrozsa.org/ Best Regards From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Kirby McDaniel Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 6:56 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: [MOPO] FROM SCREEN ARCHIVES ENTERTAINMENT VIDEO OF ROZSA'S MAIN TITLE TO QUO VADIS In 1959, when I saw BEN-HUR in Camera 65 for the first time, I was not only in awe of the great spectacle married to great direction, but I was also swept up in love for the great music by Miklos Rozsa. So as soon as I could get the coin together, I went to the record store and bought the soundtrack in the big MGM box. That led to curiosity about the other Rozsa scores, and that led to exposure to the Great Father to the score of BEN-HUR, QUO VADIS. I soon discovered I loved it as well. I was delighted to see this video on the website of Screen Archives Entertainment of the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra playing the main title. They have just released a two-CD set of the score. http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm/ID/22193/QUO-VADIS-2CD/ Kirby McDaniel MovieArt Original Film Posters P.O. Box 4419 Austin TX 78765-4419 512 479 6680 www.movieart.com <http://www.movieart.com> https://www.facebook.com/movieart.austin.texas mobile 512 589 5112 Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com <http://www.filmfan.com> ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu <mailto:lists...@listserv.american.edu> In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
