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As well as recording his own film music in Phase 4 Stereo, he made LPs of movie scores by others, such as Great Shakespearean Films (music by Shostakovich for Hamlet, Walton for Richard III and Rózsa for Julius Caesar), and Great British Film Music (movie scores by Lambert, Bax, Benjamin, Walton, Vaughan Williams, and Bliss).
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- 1934–1975
- Bernard Maximillian Herrmann
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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.”
May 1, 2024 · Bernard Herrmann (born June 29, 1911, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died Dec. 24, 1975, Los Angeles, Calif.) was an American composer and conductor, widely recognized for his film scores. His music for Psycho (1960) has remained a paragon of suspense-film sound tracks.
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May 21, 2021 · Hitchcock's Psycho & 9 Other Best Bernard Herrmann Scores. By Shaurya Thapa. Published May 21, 2021. Although Bernard Herrmann might not get as much recognition as other composers, he did create some iconic scores for movies, such as Vertigo. Bernard Herrmann was a path-breaking composer for much of 20th-century American cinema, boasting a body ...
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When Bernard Herrmann died in the early hours of Christmas Eve 1975, he left behind a body of work that would go on to transcend the medium for which it was originally written. Unusually for a film composer of his generation, almost all his scores are available on CD – many of them newly recorded – and a few have achieved the status of ...
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May 14, 2021 · May 14, 2021. By. Sharon Kelly. To celebrate the 110th anniversary of the birth of Bernard Herrmann, one of the most original and distinctive composers to work in film, a 7 CD box set of his...
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