The King's Thief | Soundtrack Suite (Miklós Rózsa)
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2024
- Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1955). Composed and Conducted by Mikós Rózsa, performed by the MGM Studio Orchestra.
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Playlist:
00:00 Prelude / Foreword
01:48 Bad News / Holdup
02:41 Robbery
03:27 Secrets
05:02 Escape / Camouflage
05:28 Pursuit
07:04 Gaming Room
08:58 Mission / Frameup / Prison / Chimney / Breakthrough / Belltower / Descent
11:42 Ransom / Discovered
12:27 Duel / Finale
Source:
Film Score Monthly FSMCD Vol. 6 No. 7
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Miklos Rozsa had one of the greatest careers in the history of Hollywood, and thankfully, most of all of his work has been preserved on many splendid recordings!
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Hello, Fred! At this time Rozsa was exactly in the middle of his contract with MGM, where he was taken in 1949 by John Green. Here Rozsa uses brass not only to represent epic atmosphere of the adventure ( marked with cymbals ), but also to give the beautiful melodies the consistence of the strings. He can also use woodwinds for this. Rozsa was a dedicated historical researcher of instruments. He certainly knew that the woodwind was the first instrument in the history of humanity ( 60 thousand years b.C., made from the tíbia bones of birds or humans ), in the same way that he knew that at the time of real action in which the film takes place, 1675 in England, the horn ( a brass instrument ) appeared in France. Perhaps it is no coincidence that the first person to suggest that Rozsa to write for cinema ( composer Arthur Honegger ) and the first to give him a chance in 1937 ( director Jacques Feyder ) were both French... Thanks and bye!!
Mikós Rózsa was a workhorse for the various studios, earning 17 Oscar nominations and winning for Ben-Hur and Hitchcock's Spellbound. I especially love the strings in 'Mission/Frame-up" really sublime moving from romantic to foreboding and back again. It is going to be a fun weekend re-listening to this! Thanks Fred.
Also won another Oscar for the Ronald Coleman film, "A Double Life," between the other two....very prolific!!
Make that COLMAN...no "e."
Thanks for the correction. @@j3dmuzik
One of Rozsa's best. I've been relistening to it repeatedly these last few days.
This is so wonderful! I’ve never seen this movie or heard this soundtrack by Mr. Rozsa! How exciting to get to hear this new soundtrack! You have made my day! Thank you! ❤
Thanks for posting this excellent Rozsa score. I too have the FSM release paired with Knights Of The Round Table, but I haven't listened to it in awhile. Your posts always make me want to revisit my own collection. Thanks for reminding us soundtrack nuts!
“The King’s Thief” (1955) is your colorful 1950’s swashbuckling adventure, with costumes, action and love, starring Edmund Purdon, Ann Blyth, David Niven and a young Roger Moore.
While the plot is not really flawless (a cause, why the movie did not really stand the test of time), the music is certainly not!
Written by MGM’s Miklós Rózsa - the composer put out an exciting (swashbuckling) score, as he would always do, for better or lesser good movies… Enjoy!
IMHO Mr. Rozsa's spellbound is just second to Mr. Silvestri's Predator 2.
I always felt that Mr. Rozsa was a composer who does not compose music but actually thinks what's the film is about and composes it with that in mind.
Thank you for releasing this suite, "The King's Thief" is one of my favourite films!
Yes, it has flaws, but there's so much to enjoy, e.g. the witty dialogue during the sword fight in the cabin, having David Niven playing the villain, etc.
If there is a film ripe for a remake, it is this one.
What a fun score! A little conventional, but catchy and thrilling.
Lunes 27 de julio de 2020: Se cumple un Cuarto de Siglo del fallecimiento del Maestro Miklos Rozsa, veinticinco años. El Mejor Compositor del Cine. Para mi. Vivira inmortal en su Música. Sus Mejores Score-Rozsa: Ben Hur. Quo Vadis. El Cid. King Of Kings. Julius Caesar. Ivanhoe. Knights Of The Round Table. Sodom And Gomorrah. The Thief Of Bagdad. Double Indemnity. Spellbound. Fedora. Providence. Y Muchos Scores más.
Mon favory super merci
Grazie Fred for the new version❤👍🏻
Miklós Rózsa is among my favorite composers of all time!👏🏻😍
It's been a few years since they broadcast it here in Italy, but I haven't seen it yet.
For critics, it is a mediocre swashbuckling film, which sadly wastes a good cast (there is also a young Roger Moore). It was the last film directed for MGM by the modest Robert Z. Leonard.
The film was also directed, uncredited, by Hugo Fregonese. Fregonese was replaced by Leonard after an attack of flu which initially made him unfit for the role. When he was ready to return to direct the filming, he definitively gave up due to disagreements with the production.
According to Leonard Maltin the film is "sumptuous" and features a great performance from David Niven.
PS: Today, November 28th, is my birthday!🎂🍕🍔🍟🍻🎉🎁🎈🤟🏻🥳
I'm not well these days, due to total flu.
When there is more time, I will tell you about myself.❤🙏🏼
Happy birthday, Milton!
Hope you having a great time, though your little sickness. Enjoy your birthday as good as possible!
Fred
Thanks so much Fred!💖🙏🏼
I'm 37 years old and I really hope to make up time to celebrate properly.
I love Rozsa, but so many of his scores seem to contain variations on the same handful of themes. But then you can say this about most of the best-known film composers, who have their own style and voice. Think: Maurice Jarre, John Barry, Bernard Herrmann, for example
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