Bernard Herrmann

Bernard Herrmann

Bernard Herrmann (born Max Herman; June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975) what is an American composer best known for his work in composing for motion pictures. As a conductor, he championed the music of lesser-known composers. To 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 would, and many TV programs, including Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone and Have Gun–Will Travel.

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Movies Made by Bernard Herrmann (72)

Back to Room 666 (2008)

Original Music Composer

Psycho (1998)

Original Music Composer

Cape Fear (1991)

Original Music Composer

The Story of a Recluse (1987)

Original Music Composer

Cada ver es... (1983)

Original Music Composer

It Lives Again (1978)

Original Music Composer

Obsession (1976)

Original Music Composer

Taxi Driver (1976)

Music Director

Sisters (1973)

Original Music Composer

Endless Night (1972)

Original Music Composer

The Road Builder (1971)

Original Music Composer

The Battle of Neretva (1969)

Original Music Composer

Obsessions (1969)

Original Music Composer

Twisted Nerve (1968)

Original Music Composer

Companions in Nightmare (1968)

Original Music Composer

The Bride Wore Black (1968)

Original Music Composer

Death in the Afternoon (1968)

Original Music Composer

Marnie (1964)

Original Music Composer

The Birds (1963)

Music Consultant

Cape Fear (1962)

Original Music Composer

Tender Is the Night (1962)

Original Music Composer

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)

Original Music Composer

Psycho (1960)

Original Music Composer

North by Northwest (1959)

Original Music Composer

Blue Denim (1959)

Original Music Composer

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

Original Music Composer

The Naked and the Dead (1958)

Original Music Composer

Vertigo (1958)

Original Music Composer

A Hatful of Rain (1957)

Original Music Composer

The Wrong Man (1956)

Original Music Composer

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

Original Music Composer

The Trouble with Harry (1955)

Original Music Composer

The Kentuckian (1955)

Original Music Composer

Prince of Players (1955)

Original Music Composer

The Egyptian (1954)

Original Music Composer

Garden of Evil (1954)

Original Music Composer

King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)

Original Music Composer

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)

Original Music Composer

White Witch Doctor (1953)

Original Music Composer

The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)

Original Music Composer

5 Fingers (1952)

Original Music Composer

On Dangerous Ground (1951)

Original Music Composer

Anna and the King of Siam (1946)

Original Music Composer

Hangover Square (1945)

Original Music Composer

Jane Eyre (1943)

Original Music Composer

The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

Original Music Composer

Movies starring Bernard Herrmann (3)

The Wrong Man (1956)

Stork Club Piano Player (Uncredited)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

Conductor At Albert Hall (Uncredited)

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