Bernard Herrmann

Hitchcock and Herrmann in 1955

Biography

Bernard Herrmann, born Max Herman, was a composer who is generally regarded today as one of the greatest of all film composers.

Herrmann is most closely associated with the director Alfred Hitchcock and worked on every Hitchcock film from The Trouble with Harry (1955) to Marnie (1964), including Vertigo (1958) and North by Northwest (1959). Herrmann's relationship with Hitchcock came to an end when they disagreed over the score for Torn Curtain (1966).

Filmography

With Hitchcock...

The Trouble with Harry (1955) - composer
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) — cast: Conductor/Himself (uncredited)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) - composer
The Wrong Man (1956) - composer
Vertigo (1958) - composer
North by Northwest (1959) - composer
Psycho (1960) - composer
The Birds (1963)
Marnie (1964) - composer

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour...

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - A Home Away from Home (27/Sep/1963) - composer
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Terror at Northfield (11/Oct/1963) - composer
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - You'll Be the Death of Me (18/Oct/1963) - composer
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Nothing Ever Happens in Linvale (08/Nov/1963) - composer
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - The Jar (14/Feb/1964) - composer
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Behind the Locked Door (27/Mar/1964) - composer
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Body in the Barn (03/Jul/1964) - composer
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Change of Address (12/Oct/1964) - composer
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Water's Edge (19/Oct/1964) - composer
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - The Life Work of Juan Diaz (26/Oct/1964) - composer
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - The McGregor Affair (23/Nov/1964) - composer
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Misadventure (07/Dec/1964) - composer
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Consider Her Ways (28/Dec/1964) - composer
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Where the Woodbine Twineth (11/Jan/1965) - composer
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - An Unlocked Window (15/Feb/1965) - composer
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Wally the Beard (01/Mar/1965) - composer
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour - Death Scene (08/Mar/1965) - composer

Documentaries

Telescope: A Talk with Hitchcock (CBC, 1964) — interviewee
Bernard Herrmann: Music for the Movies (1992) — archive footage
The Making of The Man Who Knew Too Much (2000) — archive footage
The Trouble with Marnie (2000) — archive footage
Howard Goodall's 20th Century Greats - Bernard Herrmann (2004) — archive footage
Sound of Cinema: The Music that Made the Movies (BBC, 2013)

Radio

Rebecca (The Campbell Playhouse, 09/Dec/1938) - composer and conductor
Composer of the Week - Bernard Herrmann (BBC Radio, 2009)

Image Gallery

Images from the Hitchcock Gallery (click to view larger versions or search for all relevant images)...

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