- His father wanted him to study chemistry. When it came time for young Miklos to go off to Liepzig, they reached a compromise: if he would study chemistry, he could also study music.
- After using a theremin in The Lost Weekend (1945), Spellbound (1945) (for which he won an Oscar) and The Red House (1947), he abandoned it, fearing it might stereotype him.
- His "Violin Concerto No. 2", written in 1956 for Jascha Heifetz and recorded that year for RCA Victor, was used as source material for The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970).
- In Hollywood he worked under contract at United Artists (for Alexander Korda, 1938-42), Paramount (1943-44), Universal (1946-48) and MGM (1949-57).
- Billy Wilder's first choice as composer for Five Graves to Cairo (1943) was Franz Waxman, but Warner Bros. would not release him. Wilder was happy with Rozsa's score but Paramount Music Department boss Victor Young was not. Wilder ultimately prevailed.
- Miklos Rozsa was nominated for his scores for both "Spellbound" and "The Lost Weekend" the same year. A theremin was used in both scores. "Spellbound"'s producer David O. Selznick threatened legal action against the use of the instrument in "The Lost Weekend" until it was pointed out that the mere use of a particular instrument could not be copyrighted. "Spellbound" won the Oscar although Rozsa considered "Weekend" the stronger score.
- Rozsa was honored on his 80th birthday in 1987 by ASCAP with the Golden Soundtrack Award.
- The "neurotic waltz" theme Rosza composed for "Madame Bovary" (1949) was composed in advance of the film's starting production, an unusual practice in the Hollywood of the late 40s.
- The Dragnet (1951) "dum de dum dum" theme was previously used by Rozsa in his score for The Killers (1946). It can be prominently found in the restaurant shootout scene toward the end of the film.
- A "Miklos Rozsa Day" was declared by Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley on the occasion of the composer's 80th birthday accompanied by a recital of his 'Toccata Capricciosa" (Zwritten in 1977.) Rozsa received congratulatory messages from President and Mrs. Reagan, English PM Margaret Thatcher, Queen Elizabeth, Pope John Paul II, and the Hungarian ambassador.
- Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 532-534. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Graduated Cum Laude from the Leipzig Conservatory in 1929.
- His address in the 1990s was 2936 Montcalm Ave., Los Angeles, CA.
- He was wheelchair bond,.
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