THE PRIVATE FILES OF J. EDGAR HOOVER / BACKGROUND TO VIOLENCE (REISSUE)

Press Release from BSX:
Citadel Records, a division of BSX Records, presents music from the original score to THE PRIVATE FILES OF J. EDGAR HOOVER, composed by the legendary Miklós Rózsa (BEN-HUR, KING OF KINGS, EL CID) for the 1977 biography directed and written by Larry Cohen (IT’S ALIVE, Q, THE WINGED SERPENT, PHONE BOOTH), starring Broderic Crawford as Hoover, along with Michael Parks, Jose Ferrer, Celeste Holm, Rip Torn, Dan Dailey, Ronee Blakley, Howard Da Silva, John Marley, Michael Sacks, Raymond St. Jacques, Lloyd Nolan and James Wainwright. THE PRIVATE FILES OF J. EDGAR HOOVER tells the story of the late J. Edgar Hoover, who was the head of the FBI from 1924-1972 and follows Hoover from his racket-busting days through his reign under eight U.S. Presidents. Also included on the album is the composer’s BACKGROUND TO VIOLENCE suite. Assembled by the composer, the suite is consists of selections from THE KILLERS, BRUTE FORCE and THE NAKED CITY, powerful scores for film noir films from early in the composer’s career and featuring a classic style that he would return to later in his career both with THE PRIVATE FILES OF J. EDGAR HOOVER and DEAD MEN DON’T WEAR PLAID, among others. Born in Budapest, Hungary in 1907, composer Miklós Rózsa studied the violin from the age of 5. While living in London in 1935, Rózsa was hired by legendary producer Alexander Korda to score his film, KNIGHT WITHOUT ARMOR. Later, while composing the music for another Korda production, THE THIEF OF BAGDAD, Rózsa moved to California, where he remained for the rest of his life. Throughout his film career, he worked in many genres but distinguished himself writing music for the film noirs of the 1940’s and the great costume epics of the 1950’s and 1960’s. A classically trained composer, Rózsa was well known for his dedication to researching the musical history of the time periods of the films he worked on. His filmography includes music composed for films such as THE THIEF OF BAGDAD, THE JUNGLE BOOK, DOUBLE INDEMNITY, SPELLBOUND, THE LOST WEEKEND, QUO VADIS, IVANHOE, JULIUS CAESAR, KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE, BEN-HUR, KING OF KINGS, EL CID, THE PRIVATE LIFE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD and TIME AFTER TIME, among others. Citadel Records, a division of BSX Records, presents this new release of THE PRIVATE FILES OF J. EDGAR HOOVER, newly remastered by James Nelson at Digital Outland and retaining the original album liner notes by Alain Silver and Tony Thomas, along with the composer’s notes for the BACKGROUND TO VIOLENCE suite.