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Miklós Rózsa (1907-1995) was born in Budapest, Hungary. He began studying violin at age five. After studying in Leipzig, he worked for a while in Paris and then London. Rózsa moved to California in 1940 and naturalized in 1946. His music set the mood in many a film noir and he gave the world the "dum dum dum dum" introduction to the TV show Dragnet. He was often credited in movies and television shows without accent marks as Miklos Rozsa.

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• Miklós Rózsa

  http://www.americancomposers.org/raksin_rozsa.htm
  Insightful biography and reminiscence from the American Composers Orchestra series David Raksin Remembers His Colleagues.

• Miklós Rózsa

  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000067/
  Filmography at IMDb including biography, composer, conductor, musical director, and actor credits, awards and nominations, and links.

• Miklos Rozsa - film composer

  http://www.mfiles.co.uk/Composers/Miklos-Rozsa.htm
  This is the mfiles page for composer Miklos Rozsa, with career overview, soundtrack reviews and links to related composers.

• Miklós Rózsa and The Thief of Bagdad

  http://www.powell-pressburger.org/Reviews/40_Thief/Thief06.html
  Autobiographical account of the development of the score and various back stories, trials, and struggles. Illustrated with portraits, copies of letters, newspaper articles, and scenes from the film.

• Miklós Rózsa at M-G-M

  http://www.filmtracks.com/titles/rozsa_mgm.html
  Review of CD covering highlights of his time with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Notes similarities between his film and non-film work.

• Miklós Rózsa in Toronto and Hamilton

  http://www.mjq.net/rozsa/
  Details of 1977 Ontario Film Institute including several photographs. Notes the composer's thoughts--not all flattering--about a number of contemporaries.

• Miklos Rozsa: He Made Film Noir Sing

  http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/rozsa-miklos-noir.html
  Evaluation of his work in the genre during the 1950s, including Double Indemnity, The Lost Weekend, The Naked City, and The Asphalt Jungle.

• Rózsa: Film Scores

  http://www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/e/emi65993a.html
  Classical Net review of the CD in 1998. Talks about his place among modern composers, his use of the theremin, and evaluates the various works on the disk.

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