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David Rose

David Rose

Composer, also actor · Died August 23, 1990, aged 80 · London, England, UK

David Rose (June 15, 1910 - August 23, 1990) was a British music composer for film and television productions who worked in Hollywood. He was married to actress Judy Garland from 1941 to 1944.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 15, 1910
Died
August 23, 1990 (aged 80)
From
London, England, UK
Works as
Composer, also actor
Titles
26 on MovieCove · 44 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 13% in 30 days

What are David Rose's films like?

Across their 20 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Comedy8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 33rd percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 75th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 53rd percentile
: browse their Adventure movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
35%
Morality
26%
Society
19%
Self
8%
Survival
6%
Power
5%
Ideas
1%
Community4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeMarriage2 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty3 titles, browse their movies with this themeParenthood2 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 19 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 12 · Serious 3 · Dark 4

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 11 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 1

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 10 · Charged 5 · Intense 4

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 15 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 8 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 7

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 14 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 2

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 17 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 1

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Joyful
8
Warm
8
Tense
7
Melancholic
5
Romantic
5
Other
16

How their films linger

Feel-good11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCozy2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy12
  • Bittersweet4
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous1
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch David Rose's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 26 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for David Rose's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

44 credits, 26 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Highway to Heaven(1984)

    Show 111 episodes · Composer · Main Title Theme Composer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • Little House: The Last Farewell(1984)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Little House: Bless All the Dear Children(1984)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Little House: Look Back to Yesterday(1983)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Father Murphy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Show 35 episodes · Composer

  • Suddenly, Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Composer

  • Killing Stone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)

    Composer

  • Ransom for Alice! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Composer

  • Mosquito the Defiler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Composer

  • The Loneliest Runner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Composer

  • Little House on the Prairie(1974)

    Show 200 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Little House on the Prairie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Composer

  • A Dream for Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Composer

  • You and Me and Him (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Producer

  • Banacek(1972)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • The Devil and Miss Sarah(1971)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Along Came a Spider(1970)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Bracken's World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    Show 41 episodes · Composer · Main Title Theme Composer

  • The High Chaparral (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Show 1 episode · Composer

  • Hombre(1967)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Never Too Late (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Composer

  • Quick, Before It Melts(1964)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • The Case of the Dangerous Robin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Show 5 episodes · Composer

  • Astaire Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    Music Director · as Self

  • Please Don't Eat the Daisies(1960)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Operation Petticoat(1959)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Another Evening with Fred Astaire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Music Director · as Self

  • Bonanza(1959)

    Show 431 episodes · Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows

  • An Evening with Fred Astaire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    Music Director · as Self

  • Public Pigeon No. 1(1957)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Jupiter's Darling(1955)

    Composer · Conductor · Music Arranger

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Bright Road(1953)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Confidentially Connie(1953)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Everything I Have Is Yours(1952)

    Composer · Music Director

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Young Man with Ideas(1952)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Texas Carnival(1951)

    Composer · Music Director

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Rich, Young and Pretty(1951)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Red Skelton Hour(1951)

    Show as Orchestrator

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows

  • The Underworld Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    Composer

  • Wonder Man(1945)

    Songs

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Winged Victory (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Composer

  • The Princess and the Pirate(1944)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Resisting Enemy Interrogation(1944)

    Composer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • The Farmer's Daughter(1940)

    Songs

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

Career shape

A full career of 41 titles from 1940 to 1984.

Highest rated

Little House: The Last Farewell (1984)

Midcredits 92nd

Most popular right now

The Red Skelton Hour (1951)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing1 of 41: 1 only producing, 0 with another roleMusic33 of 41: 32 only music, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score69thOther crew8 of 41: 7 only other crew, 1 with another role · typical Midcredits score34th

By decade

1940s5 · crew1950s12 · crew1960s7 · crew1970s12 · crew1980s5 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do David Rose's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 60th percentile, the median of all 21; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 43rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

43rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Approval · how many liked their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Reach · how many have seen their films

37thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Midcredits score across 26 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

15 of their 26 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Crowd Pleaser15
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · composer

Little House: Bless All the Dear Children (1984)

55th percentile spread · 10% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · composer

Little House: The Last Farewell (1984)

Midcredits 92nd · 82% liked

Reviewers score the sound and music 51/100 in their films, across 11 reviewed titles; fans 60, detractors 36. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does David Rose work with?

People who share at least 2 of David Rose's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Victor French shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers