--- name: "Laurence Rosenthal" canonical: "https://film.one/person/laurence-rosenthal" roles: ["Composer"] born: "4 November 1926" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-20T04:26:42.006272+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Laurence Rosenthal Composer. Born 4 November 1926 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Composer - **Born:** 4 November 1926, Detroit, Michigan, USA - **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Rosenthal, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q732252, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002304/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52025 ## Streaming the US now - **Pluto TV:** [*Becket*](https://film.one/film/becket.md) (79) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Laurence Rosenthal is an American composer, arranger and conductor for film, television, theatre and the concert hall. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he studied piano and composition at the Eastman School of Music and later with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. He served in the US Air Force during the Korean War as a composer and conductor for its documentary film unit. Rosenthal composed the score for the 1964 film *Becket*, for which he received an Academy Award nomination. Other notable film scores include *A Raisin in the Sun* (1961), *The Miracle Worker* (1962), *Clash of the Titans* (1981) and *The Return of a Man Called Horse* (1976). He has also written extensively for television, winning seven Emmy Awards, including for the miniseries *Peter the Great* (1986) and episodes of *The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles* (1992). His stage work includes incidental music for the original Broadway production of *Becket* and dance arrangements for *The Music Man*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Becket* (1964), Fi1m 79, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/becket.md) ## Complete filmography (114) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Fantasy Island* (2021), series, Main Title Theme Composer - *Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story* (2002), Original Music Composer - *Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story* (2002), series, Original Music Composer - *A Time for Dancing* (2002), Original Music Composer - *Majestic White Horses* (2001), Original Music Composer - *Wild Iris* (2001), Original Music Composer - *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Winds of Change* (2000), Original Music Composer - *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid* (2000), Music - *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Passion for Life* (2000), Original Music Composer - *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades* (2000), Original Music Composer - *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song* (2000), Original Music Composer - *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Journey of Radiance* (2000), Original Music Composer - *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: My First Adventure* (2000), Original Music Composer - *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure* (1999), Original Music Composer - *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert* (1999), Original Music Composer - *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service* (1999), Music - *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Masks of Evil* (1999), Music - *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence* (1999), Music - *Inherit the Wind* (1999), Original Music Composer - *The Echo of Thunder* (1998), Original Music Composer - *The Member of the Wedding* (1997), Original Music Composer - *The Man Who Captured Eichmann* (1996), Original Music Composer - *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father* (1996), Original Music Composer - *Catherine the Great* (1996), Original Music Composer - *The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Hollywood Follies* (1994), Original Music Composer - *Triumph Over Disaster: The Hurricane Andrew Story* (1993), Music - *Young Indy Around the World* (1993), Music - *The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles* (1992), series, Music - *The Strauss Dynasty* (1991), series, Original Music Composer - *Mark Twain and Me* (1991), Music - *Tiny Toon Adventures* (1990), series, Music - *The Kissing Place* (1990), Original Music Composer - *The Incident* (1990), Original Music Composer - *The Plot to Kill Hitler* (1990), Original Music Composer - *My Name Is Bill W.* (1989), Original Music Composer - *The Forgotten* (1989), Original Music Composer - *Brotherhood of the Rose* (1989), series, Original Music Composer - *Twist of Fate* (1989), series, Music - *In the Line of Duty: The F.B.I. Murders* (1988), Original Music Composer - *To Heal a Nation* (1988), Original Music Composer - *The Bourne Identity* (1988), series, Original Music Composer, Conductor, Orchestrator - *My Father, My Son* (1988), Original Music Composer - *Wall of Tyranny* (1988), Music - *Proud Men* (1987), Music - *Fight for Life* (1987), Original Music Composer - *Stranger in My Bed* (1987), Music - *License to Kill* (1986), Original Music Composer - *Anastasia - The Mystery of Anna* (1986), series, Original Music Composer - *Peter the Great* (1986), series, Original Music Composer - *Blackout* (1985), Original Music Composer - *Evergreen* (1985), series, Music - *Consenting Adult* (1985), Original Music Composer - *The Hearst and Davies Affair* (1985), Original Music Composer - *George Washington* (1984), series, Music - *The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck* (1984), Original Music Composer - *Easy Money* (1983), Original Music Composer - *Heart Like a Wheel* (1983), Original Music Composer - *Who Will Love My Children?* (1983), Original Music Composer - *The Patricia Neal Story* (1981), Music - *Clash of the Titans* (1981), Original Music Composer - *Revenge of the Stepford Wives* (1980), Original Music Composer - *Rage!* (1980), Music - *F.D.R.: The Last Year* (1980), Music - *The Day Christ Died* (1980), Music - *Orphan Train* (1979), Music - *Meteor* (1979), Original Music Composer - *Meetings with Remarkable Men* (1979), Original Music Composer - *Brass Target* (1978), Music - *And I Alone Survived* (1978), Music - *Who'll Stop the Rain* (1978), Original Music Composer, Music - *Fantasy Island* (1978), series, Main Title Theme Composer - *Return to Fantasy Island* (1978), Original Music Composer - *The Hunted Lady* (1977), Original Music Composer - *Murder in Peyton Place* (1977), Music - *The Island of Dr. Moreau* (1977), Original Music Composer - *The Amazing Howard Hughes* (1977), Music - *The Amazing Howard Hughes* (1977), series, Original Music Composer - *Fantasy Island* (1977), Original Music Composer - *21 Hours at Munich* (1976), Original Music Composer, Music - *Young Pioneers' Christmas* (1976), Original Music Composer - *Death at Love House* (1976), Original Music Composer - *The Return of a Man Called Horse* (1976), Original Music Composer - *State Fair* (1976), Music - *The Story of David* (1976), Music - *The Story of David* (1976), series, Original Music Composer - *Young Pioneers* (1976), Original Music Composer - *Murder on Flight 502* (1975), Original Music Composer - *Rooster Cogburn* (1975), Original Music Composer - *The Wild Party* (1975), Music - *The Log of the Black Pearl* (1975), Music - *The Missiles of October* (1974), Original Music Composer - *Death Sentence* (1974), Original Music Composer - *Lovin' Molly* (1974), Additional Music - *Satan's School for Girls* (1973), Original Music Composer - *Pueblo* (1973), Music - *Call to Danger* (1973), Original Music Composer - *The Devil's Daughter* (1973), Original Music Composer - *The Last Child* (1971), Original Music Composer - *Sweet, Sweet Rachel* (1971), Music - *The African Elephant* (1971), Music, Conductor - *A Gunfight* (1971), Original Music Composer - *Night Chase* (1970), Original Music Composer - *The House That Would Not Die* (1970), Original Music Composer - *How Awful About Allan* (1970), Original Music Composer - *George M!* (1970), Music Supervisor - *Three* (1969), Original Music Composer - *The Comedians* (1967), Original Music Composer - *Hotel Paradiso* (1966), Original Music Composer - *Becket* (1964), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/becket.md) - *The Power and the Glory* (1963), Original Music Composer - *Requiem for a Heavyweight* (1962), Original Music Composer - *The Miracle Worker* (1962), Original Music Composer, Conductor, Orchestrator - *Dark Odyssey* (1961), Music - *A Raisin in the Sun* (1961), Original Music Composer ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated - 1973: Best Original Song Score (nominated), for *Man of La Mancha* - 1965: Best Original Score (nominated), for *Becket* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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