Film Music - The MGM Years (1949-1961)
All films produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, except where noted.
Command Decision
(1949)
Dir. Sam Wood
The Bribe
(1949)
Dir. Robert Z. Leonard
Madame Bovary
(1949)
Dir. Vincente Minelli
East Side, West Side
(1949)
Dir. Mervyn Le Roy
The Red Danube
(1950)
Dir. George Sidney
Adam's Rib
(1950)
Dir. George Cukor
The Asphalt Jungle
(1950) Dir. John Huston
Score location,United States Library of
Congress ‘Music for Motion Pictures–
Music 3449. items 777–784’.
Crisis
(1950)
Dir. Richard Brooks
The Miniver Story
(partially based on existing themes by Herbert Stothart)
(1950)
Dir. H. C. Potter
Quo Vadis
(1950)
Dir. Mervyn LeRoy.
The score was reconstructed for recording in 2012 by Tadlow Music for Prometheus Records.
The Light Touch
(1951)
Dir. Richard Brooks
Ivanhoe
(1952)
Dir. Richard Thorpe
The score was reconstructed for recording in 1994 by Intrada records.
Plymouth Adventure
(1952)
Dir. Clarence Brown
Julius Caesar
(1953)
Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz
The score was reconstructed for recording in 1995 by Intrada records.
The Story Of Three Loves
(1953)
Dir. Gottfried Reinhardt, Vincente Minnelli
Young Bess
(1953)
Dir. George Sidney
All the Brothers Were Valiant
(Gilbert Islands sequences composed by Johnny Green [uncredited])
(1953)
Dir. Richard Thorpe
Knights of the Round Table
(1954)
Dir. Richard Thorpe
Men of the Fighting Lady
(GB: Panther Squadron)
(1954)
Dir. Andrew Marton
Valley of the Kings
(1954)
Dir. Robert Pirosh
Seagulls Over Sorrento
(US: Crest of the Wave)
(1954)
Dir. John and Roy Boulting
Green Fire
(lyrics to prelude by Jack Brooks)
(1954)
Dir. Andrew Marton
Beau Brummel
(credited to Richard Addinsell; Rozsa scored the main titles and
closing sequences, and according to modern reports, the entire score)
(1954)
Dir. Curtis Bernhardt
Moonfleet
(1955)
Dir. Fritz Lang
The King's Thief
(1955)
Dir. Robert Z. Leonard
Diane
(1955)
Dir. David Miller
Tribute to a Bad Man
(1956)
Dir. Robert Wise
Bhowani Junction
(1956)
Dir. George Cukor
Lust for Life
(1956)
Dir. Vincente Minnelli
Something of Value
(1957)
Dir. Richard Brooks
The Seventh Sin
(1957)
Dir. Ronald Neame replacing Vincente Minnelli
Tip on a Dead Jockey
(UK: Time For Action)
(1957)
Dir. Richard Thorpe
A Time to Love and a Time to Die
(Universal; 1958)
Dir. Douglas Sirk
The World, the Flesh, and the Devil
(1959)
Dir. Ranald MacDougall
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
(1959) Dir. William Wyler
Score location,United States Library of
Congress ‘Music for Motion Pictures–
Music 3449. items 777–784’.
Ref Ralph Erkelenz score analysis in Pro Music Sana.
King Of Kings
(1961)
Dir. Nicholas Ray
At the University of Southern California, Bill Wrobel discovered partial orchestral score materials from both El Cid and King of Kings. Most MGM scores were discarded by the studio in 1969. These materials, used in preparation of the record albums, had been thought-fully donated by MGM Records
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