Born in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary). Symphonic and chamber composer who began scoring films for Alexander Korda in England in the 1930s (KNIGHT WITHOUT ARMOUR and THE SQUEAKER, both 1937; THE DRUM and THE DIVORCE OF LADY X, both 1938; and THE FOUR FEATHERS, 1939) and went with him to Hollywood to make THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1940), 1941: LYDIA and THAT HAMILTON WOMAN (both 1941) and JUNGLE BOOK and TO BE OR NOT TO BE (both 1942). A prolific and versatile figure with over 150 credited film scores, Rózsa's work ranges from the intimate, disturbing accompaniment for SPELLBOUND (1945) -- which Rosza considered to be one of his best, despite the fact that Alfred Hitchcock didn't like it -- to the epic, sweeping scores of BEN-HUR (1959) and EL CID (1961). Rózsa never spoke an ungrateful word about the climate for composing in Hollywood, but he "never went near the studio except when it was absolutely necessary." Some of Rózsa's other notable non-nominated scores include MINISTRY OF FEAR (1944), LADY ON A TRAIN (1945), THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS (1946), SONG OF SCHEHERAZADE (1947), THE NAKED CITY (1948), MADAME BOVARY, THE RED DANUBE and ADAM'S RIB (all 1949), THE ASPHALT JUNGLE and CRISIS (both 1950), "Dragnet" (1951, TV series, theme), YOUNG BESS, KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE and ALL THE BROTHERS WERE VALIANT (all 1953), VALLEY OF THE KINGS and DRAGNET (both 1954), TRIBUTE TO A BAD MAN and LUST FOR LIFE (both 1956), THE SEVENTH SIN (1957), THE WORLD, THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL (1959), KING OF KINGS (1961), SODOM AND GOMORRAH (1962), THE V.I.P.s (1963), THE GREEN BERETS (1968), THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES (1970), THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1974), FEDORA (1978), TIME AFTER TIME (1979), EYE OF THE NEEDLE (1981) and DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID and THE ATOMIC CAFE (both 1982).  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Original Score) 1940: THE THIEF OF BAGDAD  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Dramatic Picture) 1941: SUNDOWN  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Dramatic Picture) 1941: LYDIA  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) 1942: JUNGLE BOOK  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) 1944: THE WOMAN OF THE TOWN  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) 1944: DOUBLE INDEMNITY  Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) 1945: SPELLBOUND  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) 1945: A SONG TO REMEMBER (w. Morris Stoloff)  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) 1945: THE LOST WEEKEND  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) 1946: THE KILLERS  Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) 1947: A DOUBLE LIFE  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) 1951: QUO VADIS?  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) 1952: IVANHOE  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) 1953: JULIUS CAESAR  Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) 1959: BEN-HUR  Nominated for Music Best Song 1961: EL CID "Love Theme from El Cid ('The Falcon and the Dove')" - Music  Nominated for Music Scoring Awards (Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) 1961: EL CID 17 nominations, 3 Awards