Ever wonder who came up with the 'dum, dum, dum, dum' intro tune to Dragnet?
Did you guess the Hungarian born composer Miklos Rozsa? Well you're right!
Miklos Rozsa born in April of 1904 in the capital city of Hungary called Budapest. He began studying violin at the age of 5 and through out his youth played with a heavy interest in the folk music of Hungary. His parents were pushing for serious a education in Chemistry for him at the University of Leipzig but instead he got side tracked and began studying music at the Leipzig Conservatory which was the beginning of his long successful career in music.
Rozsa bounced around in several countries for a while including: France, England and finally California. From 1945-1965 he was a professor of classical music at University of Southern California and he also continuted composing various works. Rozsa passed on in July of 1995.
Rozsa played in several movies but also has stock music in several others which some are not creditted to him. His work in composing in films is a very large number over 100 and follows: caution long list ahead
- "Dragnet" (2003) TV Series (theme)
- En quête des soeurs Papin (2000)
- Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1993)
- Gesucht: Monika Ertl (1989)
- Dragnet (1987) (theme from "Danger Ahead")
- Atomic Cafe, The (1982)
- Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
- Eye of the Needle (1981)
- Time After Time (1979)
- Last Embrace (1979)
- Fedora (1978)
- Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover, The (1977)
- Providence (1977)
- Golden Voyage of Sinbad, The (1974)
- Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The (1970)
- Green Berets, The (1968)
- Power, The (1968)
- "Dragnet 1967" (1967) TV Series (theme)
- V.I.P.s, The (1963)
- Sodom and Gomorrah (1962)
- El Cid (1961)
- King of Kings (1961)
- Ben-Hur (1959)
- World, the Flesh and the Devil, The (1959)
- Bab el hadid (1958)
- 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
- Something of Value (1957)
- Seventh Sin, The (1957)
- Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm, The (1957)
- Phantom Stagecoach, The (1957)
- Zombies of Mora Tau (1957)
- Van Gogh: Darkness Into Light (1956)
- Miami Expose (1956)
- Lust for Life (1956)
- Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
- Bhowani Junction (1956)
- Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)
- Inside Detroit (1956)
- Diane (1956)
- Devil Goddess (1955)
- King's Thief, The (1955)
- Moonfleet (1955)
- Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
- Men of the Fighting Lady (1954)
- Green Fire (1954)
- Crest of the Wave (1954)
- Cannibal Attack (1954)
- Beau Brummell (1954)
- Dragnet (1954) (theme)
- Valley of the Kings (1954)
- Drums of Tahiti (1954)
- Knights of the Round Table (1953)
- El Alaméin (1953)
- All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953)
- Mission Over Korea (1953)
- Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde(1953)
- All I Desire (1953)
- Francis Covers the Big Town (1953)
- Julius Caesar (1953)
- Young Bess (1953)
- Serpent of the Nile (1953)
- Story of Three Loves, The (1953)
- Desperate Search (1952)
- Pathfinder, The (1952)
- Turning Point, The (1952)
- Plymouth Adventure (1952)
- Horizons West (1952)
- Ivanhoe (1952)
- Scarlet Angel (1952)
- Steel Town (1952)
- Treasure of Lost Canyon, The (1952)
- Reunion in Reno (1951)
- Strange Door, The (1951)
"Dragnet" (1951) TV Series (theme)
- Purple Heart Diary (1951)
- Detective Story (1951) (from "Double Indemnity (1944)")
- Cattle Drive (1951)
- Little Egypt (1951)
- Iron Man (1951)
- Up Front (1951)
- Target Unknown (1951)
- Fury of the Congo (1951)
- Quo Vadis? (1951)
- Mystery Submarine (1950)
- Under the Gun (1950)
- Miniver Story, The (1950)
- Wyoming Mail (1950)
- On the Isle of Samoa (1950)
- Atom Man Vs. Superman (1950)
- Crisis (1950)
- Asphalt Jungle, The (1950)
- I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
- Kid from Texas, The (1950)
- East Side, West Side (1949)
- Adam's Rib (1949) (as Miklos Rozsa)
- Abandoned (1949)
- Red Danube, The (1949)
- Madame Bovary (1949)
- Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949)
- Bribe, The (1949)
- Criss Cross (1949)
- Command Decision (1948)
- Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948)
- Thunderhoof (1948) (stock music) (uncredited)
- Naked City, The (1948)
- Black Bart (1948)
- Superman (1948)
- Secret Beyond the Door (1948)
- Other Love, The (1947)
- Woman's Vengeance, A (1947)
- Double Life, A (1947)
- Devil Ship (1947)
- Desert Fury (1947)
- Brute Force (1947)
- Time Out of Mind (1947)
- Macomber Affair, The (1947)
- Red House, The (1947)
- Song of Scheherazade (1947)
- Killers, The (1946)
- Strange Love of Martha Ivers, The (1946)
- Because of Him (1946)
- Lost Weekend, The (1945)
- Spellbound (1945)
- Lady on a Train (1945)
- Blood on the Sun (1945)
- Song to Remember, A (1945)
- Dark Waters (1944)
- Man in Half Moon Street, The (1944)
- Ministry of Fear (1944)
- Double Indemnity (1944)
- Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944)
- Hour Before the Dawn, The (1944)
- Woman of the Town, The (1943)
- Sahara (1943)
- So Proudly We Hail! (1943)
- Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
- Jacare (1942)
- Jungle Book (1942)
- To Be or Not to Be (1942)
- Sundown (1941)
- Lydia (1941)
- New Wine (1941)
- That Hamilton Woman (1941)
- Thief of Bagdad, The (1940)
- On the Night of the Fire (1939)
- Ten Days in Paris (1939)
- Spy in Black, The (1939)
- Four Feathers, The (1939)
- Drum, The (1938)
- Divorce of Lady X, The (1938)
- Green Cockatoo, The (1937)
- Squeaker, The (1937)
- Knight Without Armour (1937)
- Thunder in the City (1937)
http://hipcat.hungary.org/users/hipcat/filmartsandmedia.htm
http://www.hollywood.com/celebs/detail/celeb/190874
http://www.bsc.net/rtorre/rozsa_page.html