Hi everyone,

The latest review in Craig Lysy's Greatest Scores of the Twentieth Century series is of the score for the 1946 romantic film noir THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS with music by Miklós Rózsa.

https://moviemusicuk.us/2025/08/04/the-strange-love-of-martha-ivers-miklos-rozsa/

Enjoy

Jon

I’d say it’s among his more underrated scores, but it’s more fair perhaps to say it’s under-heard.

For those who missed the Kritzerland album and Intrada’s recent suite, Elmer Bernstein recorded a good presentation in the 1980s as part of this terrific album:
https://open.spotify.com/album/5rD3xdcRqNlCQTkYpCPoFM?si=6bbLKjJoRASSk340-t8NOQ

Part of my affection for that program comes from its focus on several of MR’s lesser-known scores, not just this but also Plymouth Adventure, Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid, and the middle segment of The Story of Three Loves, the latter a rare excursion for the composer into the realm of fantasy.