This discography lists recordings on compact disc (CD) that have been issued in North America or Europe. Important discs outside these territories are included if no alternative disc has been issued. Discs issued in another territory containing duplicate contents, such as European versions of US discs have not generally been included; Colosseum for example, issue many Varese Sarabande discs on their own label for distribution throughout Europe.

To avoid excessive repetition of CD titles, the foundation of the discography is given to the individual CD issues as listed in Part 1. A chronological list of film titles is provided in Part 2. To see what recordings have been issued from a particular film, first consult Part 2 which lists (by number) all of the relevant CD(s) in Part 1.

Every legitimate all-Rózsa disc is included. There are, of course, many compilation discs which include tracks by Rózsa along with works by other composers. The most important of these compilations have been included in the discography but no attempt has been made to include every single version of oft-recorded cues of, for example, the Parade of the Charioteers or the Spellbound Concerto. Neither does the discography include easy listening rearrangements of Rózsa’s music.

The discs are listed in year of release (as indicated on the CD) and alphabetically in each year. Details of the first issue of any relevant corresponding LP are included, but listing all the different LPs issued in each territory is outside the scope of this discography. Anyone requiring such information is advised to consult the detailed LP discography compiled by Ronald L Bohn in Pro Musica Sana (PMS), issues 45 and 46 (1986 - 1987), and the Suppplement by Villu Viksten in PMS 48 (1990) and my own discography in Soundtrack! Vol. 13 No. 50 (June 1994). Longplaying (LP) records which were released concurrently with the CD, as often happened when CDs first came onto the market in the early 1980’s, are not included.

The listing of the title of each CD can be problematical because often, and especially with anthology discs, a CD will contain different titles on the cover, the spine, and the disc itself. Therefore it has sometimes been difficult to determine what the “official” title is supposed to be! The cover graphics of the CDs and the disc content should avoid any doubt as to which CD the title refers to.