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Bernard Herrmann: the iconic film composer who formed a dream team with Alfred Hitchcock - Classical Music. Complex and irascible, Bernard Herrmann was plagued by career frustrations, but remains one of cinema’s most iconic musical voices.
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- Psycho’ This 1960 Hitchcock film is widely considered to be Bernard Herrmann’s most influential and impactful work. Whereas many mid-century movies featured jazz-inspired scores, Herrmann opted for traditional orchestral sounds, including quiet moments using odd rhythms to build tension and suspense.
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir’ Of all of the Bernard Herrmann movies created, this score was reportedly his favorite. For this 1947 film, Herrmann created a moody and romantic score that included several leitmotifs, which are recurring themes in music.
- Vertigo’ 1958’s Vertigo stands as one of Alfred Hitchcock’s most significant films and that’s partially due to Bernard Herrmann’s score. In this film, a retired detective afflicted with vertigo is hired to guard a woman who seems to be possessed by a spirit.
- Citizen Kane’ This 1941 film marked the first time that Herrmann and director Orson Welles worked together on the big screen. In this movie, the titular character dies uttering the enigmatic final word “rosebud.”
Bernard Herrmann: The Film Scores - Classical Music
Jan 5, 2024 · Surprisingly, Bernard Herrmann’s complete score for Alfred Hitchcock’s The Man Who Knew Too Much has never been recorded before. The Main Title sequence is a powerful, drum-driven, full orchestral showpiece ending with a cymbal crash that foreshadows the climax of the film, when Herrmann conducts onscreen Arthur Benjamin’s Storm Clouds ...
Oct 30, 2000 · Herrmann's orchestral scoring of Hitchcock's film "Torn Curtain" struck the studio as antiquated. It was rejected and replaced. But Herrmann's work gained greater recognition years later.
Oct 31, 2020 · On October 31, 2020, we took a look at one of Bernard Herrmann’s most iconic scores, the 1960 film Psycho. In the sixty intervening years, Alfred Hitchcock forever changed the fabric and DNA of the cinema’s thriller, suspense, and horror genre.
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Oct 28, 2016 · As Halloween approaches, let’s listen to five of Bernard Herrmann’s most spine-chilling scores: Vertigo. The score for the 1958 film, Vertigo is filled with short, obsessively repeating motives. The film features long periods without dialogue. “We’ll just have the camera and you.”
