Bernard Herrmann
- Sound
- June 29, 1911 · New York City, New York, USA
- December 24, 1975
Biography
Bernard Herrmann (born Max Herman; June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975) was an American composer best known for his work in composing for motion pictures. As a conductor, he championed the music of lesser-known composers. An Academy Award-winner (for The Devil and Daniel Webster, 1941; later renamed All That Money Can Buy), Herrmann is particularly known for his collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock, most famously Psycho, North by Northwest, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo. He also composed scores for many other movies, including Citizen Kane, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Cape Fear, and Taxi Driver. He worked extensively in radio drama (composing for Orson Welles), composed the scores for several fantasy films by Ray Harryhausen, and many TV programs, including Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone and Have Gun–Will Travel.
Known for
Filmography
- Cape Fear · Music
- Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes · Music
- The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration · Music
- The Morricone Duel: The Most Dangerous Concert Ever · Music
- Le carnaval de l’angoisse · Music
- Back to Room 666 · Music
- Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis · Main Title Theme Composer
- 20th Century Greats · Self
- Psycho Path · Musical
- Psycho · Music
- Bon week-end Monsieur Bennett ! · Music
- The Egg · Music
- Cape Fear · Music
- Psycho IV: The Beginning · Music
- The Story of a Recluse · Music
- Cada ver es... · Music
- Psycho Shampoo · Music
- It Lives Again · Music
- God Told Me To · In Memory Of
- Obsession · Music
- Taxi Driver · Music, Music Director
- Hanuman and the Five Kamen Riders · Music
- It's Alive · Music, Orchestrator
- Sisters · Music
- Endless Night · Music
- The Road Builder · Music
- The Battle of Neretva · Music
- Obsessions · Music
- Twisted Nerve · Music
- Companions in Nightmare · Music
- The Bride Wore Black · Music
- Death in the Afternoon · Music
- Fahrenheit 451 · Music, Conductor
- Lost in Space · Music
- Marnie · Music
- A Talk with Hitchcock · Self
- Jason and the Argonauts · Music, Conductor
- The Birds · Music Consultant
- Cape Fear · Music
- Tender Is the Night · Music
- Mysterious Island · Music, Conductor
- The 3 Worlds of Gulliver · Music
- Psycho · Music
- Journey to the Center of the Earth · Music
- The Twilight Zone · Music
- North by Northwest · Music
- Blue Denim · Music
- The 7th Voyage of Sinbad · Music
- The Naked and the Dead · Music
- The Fiend Who Walked the West · Music
- Vertigo · Music
- Have Gun, Will Travel · Music
- A Hatful of Rain · Music
- Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot · Music
- The Wrong Man · Stork Club Piano Player (uncredited), Music
- The Man Who Knew Too Much · Conductor at Albert Hall (uncredited), Music
- The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit · Music, Conductor
- The Trouble with Harry · Music
- The Kentuckian · Music
- Prince of Players · Music
- A Christmas Carol · Songs
- The Egyptian · Music
- Garden of Evil · Music
- King of the Khyber Rifles · Music
- Beneath the 12-Mile Reef · Music
- White Witch Doctor · Music
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro · Music
- 5 Fingers · Music
- On Dangerous Ground · Music
- The Day the Earth Stood Still · Music
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir · Music, Orchestrator
- Anna and the King of Siam · Music
- Hangover Square · Music
- Jane Eyre · Music
- The Magnificent Ambersons · Music
- All That Money Can Buy · Music, Conductor
- Citizen Kane · Music, Conductor