King Of Kings Theme-Prelude/The Holy Of Holies/Pontius Pilate’s Arrival Into Jerusalem/The Virgin Mary/ Nativity/The Temptation Of Christ/John The Baptist/The Miracles Of Christ/Salome’s Dance/Mount Galilee & The Sermon On The Mount/The Prayer Of Our Lord/Christ’s Entry Into Jerusalem & Tempest In Judea/The Way Of The Cross/The Scourging Of Christ/Mary At The Sepulchre/Resurrection-Finale
The biblical epic King Of Kings about the life of Jesus starred Jeffrey Hunter, Siobhan McKenna and Rip Torn. The stirring soundtrack was scored by Miklos Rozsa. (US:10)
“Miklos Rozsa was the last of the master composers from Hollywood's 'Golden Age'. This score was written just two years after his masterpiece, Ben-Hur. It was an amazing achievement to come up with such original music considering he was revisiting the same genre with similar material so soon. The textures Miklos wrote are lush and exhilarating, the melodies gorgeous and the harmonies have his typical stirring dominant bass line.”
“Boasts a suitably grandiose, often pompous, flavour. It was a style of movie-making, and film scoring, that was coming to the end of its heyday: portentous orchestral strings, swells of volume and march-like tempos indicating danger and crisis, sudden drops in orchestral density marking gentle interludes in which there remained an uneasy sense that the story wasn't over yet. Also on board are plenty of pious massed choral vocals, which are actually the most moving segments, particularly when they vocalize the film's theme. If you go for this sort of thing, King Of Kings has it in spades.”
“Rozsa is one of those composers who could define a film with his score instead of the other way around, and this music does just that. There are themes abound, plenty of great brass writing, lovely wordless choir, and certainly lots of fast-paces action music to be found.”
“King Of Kings boasts one of the most magnificent scores ever composed - too glorious for words. It's astonishing that Rozsa could revisit this same cultural/musical ground so soon after Ben-Hur and produce a work so different, and of such power and beauty.”
“This is a true treasure for anyone who loves great film music, but the 1960s LP only contained a fraction of the score.”
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