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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