Bernard Herrmann

...classic thriller Psycho Photo: AP Composed by Bernard Hermann, the tune reaches a crescendo as Norman Bates stabs Marion (played by Janet Leigh) to death, leaving her blood to pour down the plughole. It beat Jerry Goldsmith's eerie Ave...

In this article: Psycho, Janet Leigh, Alfred Hitchcock, The Ring, Norman Bates, Hans Zimmer, Mike Oldfield, Bernard Hermann, and Jerry Goldsmith

...tune, according to a new survey. The tune, composed by Bernard Hermann, reaches a crescendo when Norman Bates kills Marion (Janet Leigh) to death, which leaves her blood to pour down the plughole. It pipped Jerry Goldsmith''s Ave...

In this article: Psycho, Alfred Hitchcock, The Ring, Norman Bates, Hans Zimmer, Mike Oldfield, Bernard Hermann, Janet Leigh, Jerry Goldsmith, and Andrew Lloyd Webber

...the American Film Institute in 2005. John Williams leads the list with 3 scores, including the top choice, ''Star Wars ''. Max Steiner, Bernard Herrmann, Elmer Bernstein and Jerry Goldsmith come in second with two scores from each of them.

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...a list with John Williams. Williams started out as an orchestrator and pianist for Bernard Herrmann, Alfred Newman, Jerry Goldsmith, Elmer Bernstein and Henry Mancini (all great genre composers in their own rights). After composing themes for...

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...in the radio version of Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. Music for the series was composed by Bernard Herrmann, Jerry Goldsmith, Amerigo Moreno, Ray Noble and Leith Stevens. Other writers adapted to the series included Robert A....

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The man's a living legend. His MAN WITH NO NAME scores for Leone alone cemented his stature, standing shoulder to shoulder with the likes of Max Steiner, Bernard Herrmann, Jerry Goldsmith and John Williams. But also consider his amazing...

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...matter of the film. The music was influenced by his own work for Argento's Masters of Horror episodes ("Jenifer " and "Pelts ") as well as composers such as Carl Orff, Jerry Goldsmith, and Bernard Herrmann (among others). The score also...

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...as well as a selection of Star Wars suites from the John Williams catalogue. Bernard Hermann regularly used the orchestra for recordings of his film work. Kenneth Schermerhorn conducted the orchestra on the soundtrack of Baryshnikov 's...

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...Fred Steiner, and Franz Waxman. The first season featured an orchestral title theme by Herrmann, who also wrote original scores for 7 of the episodes including the premier "Where Is Everybody". The iconic atonal guitar theme most...

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