Well, I don't have Bartok's worklist handy, but I've been through it
many, many times, and I know of not a single instance where Bartok scored
directly for film.  This is strange, as Bartok's brother, Berthold (who
preferred the German spelling of the last name, i.e.  "Bartosch") was
a filmmaker who worked in animation in Europe.  However, for his chef
d'ouerve, the 20-minute film "L'Idee'" (1935), Bartosch comissioned an
original score by Honegger, and not his famous brother.  Ernie Kovacs made
a brilliant "streetscape" video in 1960 which was synched to the second
movement of the "Concerto For Orchestra" of Bartok.  This particular piece
was serious in tone and was met with accolades from both critics and the
viewing public; it may have helped popularize Bartok's work at that time,
as in 1960 he was still viewed by many as one of those composers whose
work was "too avant garde" for public consumption.

Uncle Dave Lewis
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