The undisputed king of the epic, Rózsa's music exudes endless grandeur. As this collection's title acknowledges, it will always be with Ben Hur that he's most inseparably associated. The sheer scale of the project coupled with his impossibly brilliant fanfares and processionals keep it above the numerous other historical epics in his career. Others spread across the two discs include El ...
Considered by many to be the greatest score ever written, Miklós Rózsa's music for William Wyler's 212-minute epic Ben-Hur (1959) is an awe-inspiring creation of great beauty. Rózsa was given one year to complete his score, and the extra time shows in the score's quality. Of the three Oscars that he won, Rózsa always claimed that Ben-Hur was the most meaningful. Having researched ...