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Jun 24, 2007 · Q: Usually a composer does not have the final say on a film, the director does… BERNARD HERRMANN: I have the final say, or I don’t do the music. The reason for insisting on this is simply, compared to Orson Welles, a man of great musical culture, most other directors are just babes in the woods.
Bernard Herrmann(born Maximillian Herman; June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975) was an American composerand conductor[1]best known for his work in composing for films. As a conductor, he championed the music of lesser-known composers. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest film composers.[2]
Budget. $839,727 [2] Box office. $1.8 million (re-release) [3] [4] Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film directed by, produced by, and starring Orson Welles. Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz wrote the screenplay. The picture was Welles's first feature film . Citizen Kane is frequently cited as the greatest film ever made. [5]
Apr 12, 2009 · Bonham’s auction house in London recently sold items from the estate of Bernard Herrmann which included some truly fascinating items from Orson Welles, including this letter, which sold for 360£. ***** Dearest Maestro: Your letter brought me more pleasure than I can say. Not the tone of it, which was a trifle severe, but the fact of it.
With Joan Sutherland singing the arias. She wants to do it. I’m trying to get Orson [Welles]. I spoke to him on the phone. He said he’d introduce the record. He’d say a text, a few words, before the music. * R.S.B.: Is there a possibility of your ever scoring a new Welles film? B.H.: I doubt it. Well, I can’t worry about that.
- Royal S. Brown
An Interview with Bernard Herrmann. Royal S. Brown, 1976 rev. 1994. In a Hollywood studio where Bernard Herrmann had been supervising the recording of his score for Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver , it had been suggested that the session be finished the following day. Herrmann insisted, however, that it be completed. Interview.
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The War of the Worlds (1938 radio drama) " The War of the Worlds " was a Halloween episode of the radio series The Mercury Theatre on the Air directed and narrated by Orson Welles as an adaptation of H. G. Wells 's novel The War of the Worlds (1898) that was performed and broadcast live at 8 pm ET on October 30, 1938, over the CBS Radio Network.
