Bernard Herrmann

Herrmann in 1970 Bernard Herrmann (born Maximillian Herman; June 29, 1911December 24, 1975) was an American composer and conductor best known for his work in film scoring. As a conductor, he championed the music of lesser-known composers. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest film composers. Alex Ross writes that "Over four decades, he revolutionized movie scoring by abandoning the illustrative musical techniques that dominated Hollywood in the 1930s and imposing his own peculiar harmonic and rhythmic vocabulary."

An Academy Award-winner for ''The Devil and Daniel Webster'' (1941), Herrmann worked in radio drama, composing for Orson Welles's ''The Mercury Theater on the Air'', and his first film score was for Welles's film debut, ''Citizen Kane'' (1941). He is known for his collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock, notably ''The Man Who Knew Too Much'' (1956) (where he makes a cameo as the conductor at Royal Albert Hall), ''Vertigo'' (1958), ''North by Northwest'' (1959), ''Psycho'' (1960), ''The Birds'' (1963) (as "sound consultant") and ''Marnie'' (1964) . His other credits include ''Jane Eyre'' (1943), ''Anna and the King of Siam'' (1946), ''The Ghost and Mrs. Muir'' (1947), ''The Day the Earth Stood Still'' (1951), ''Cape Fear'' (1962), ''Fahrenheit 451'' (1966) and ''Twisted Nerve'' (1968). Herrmann scored films that were inspired by Hitchcock, like François Truffaut's ''The Bride Wore Black'' (1968) and Brian De Palma's ''Sisters'' (1972) and ''Obsession'' (1976). He composed the scores for several fantasy films by Ray Harryhausen, and composed for television, including ''Have Gun – Will Travel'' and Rod Serling's ''The Twilight Zone''. His last score, recorded shortly before his death, was for Martin Scorsese's ''Taxi Driver'' (1976). Provided by Wikipedia
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    Taxi driver by Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975

    Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2007
    Collector's ed, widescreen.
    Format: DVD


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    Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest by Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975

    Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2010
    Format: DVD


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    Citizen Kane : the classic film scores of Bernard Herrmann. by Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975

    New York, N.Y. : RCA Victor : Manufactured and distributed by BMG Music, 1989
    Other Authors:
    Format: Audio


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    Taxi Driver by Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975

    Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 2007
    Collector's ed, widescreen.
    Format: DVD


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    Alfred Hitchcock's vertigo by Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975

    Universal City, CA : Universal Studios, 2005
    Format: DVD


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    North by northwest original motion picture soundtrack by Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975

    [S.l.] : Turner Entertainment, 1995
    Format: Audio


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    Vertigo original motion picture soundtrack by Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975

    Studio City, CA : Universal City, CA : Varèse Sarabande ; Distributed by UNI Distribution Corp., 1996
    Format: Audio


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    For the fallen by Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975

    New York : Broude Bros., 1955
    Format: Musical Score Book


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    The Devil and Daniel Webster by Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975

    [United States] : Criterion Collection, 2003
    Format: DVD


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    North by Northwest by Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975

    Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2004
    Format: DVD


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    Sisters by Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975

    [New York] : Criterion Collection, 2000
    Special edition.
    Format: DVD


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    Symphony : The fantasticks by Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975

    England : Unicorn-Kanchana, 1993
    Other Authors:
    Format: Audio


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    Wuthering Heights : opera in four acts and a prologue by Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975

    London : Unicorn-Kachina, 1992
    Format: Audio


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    The Devil and Daniel Webster by Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975

    [United States] : Criterion Collection, 2003
    Format: Video


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    Marnie by Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975

    Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2013
    Format: DVD


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    Citizen Kane : original motion picture score by Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975

    Studio City, CA : Varèse Sarabande, 1999
    Format: Audio


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    Alfred Hitchcock's The trouble with Harry by Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975

    Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, 2006
    Format: Book


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    The film scores on Phase 4 by Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975

    [Hilversum, Netherlands] : Decca, 2021
    Other Authors: “…Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975…”
    Format: Audio


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    Vertigo : original motion picture score by Herrmann, Bernard, 1911-1975

    Studio City, Calif. : Varèse Sarabande, 1996
    Format: Audio