The Best of Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975)

Forget the track list, just embark on the journey. And this could be one of the most exquisite and satisfying musical experiences of your life.
Bernard Herrmann (June 29, 1911 - December 24, 1975) was an American composer known for his work in motion pictures. In 1941 he received the Academy Award (Oscar ®) for Music Score of a Dramatic Picture, The Devil and Daniel Webster, later renamed All That Money Can Buy. In 1976 he received the BAFTA Award for Best Film Music, for Taxi Driver.
Herrmann is still a prominent figure in the world of film music today, despite his death over 40 years ago. As such, his career has been studied extensively by biographers and documentarians. His string-only score for Psycho, for example, set the standard when it became a new way to write music for thrillers (rather than big fully orchestrated pieces). In 1992 a documentary, Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann, was made about him. Also in 1992 a 2½ hour long National Public Radio documentary was produced on his life - Bernard Herrmann: A Celebration of his Life and Music (Bruce A. Crawford). In 1991, Steven C. Smith wrote a Herrmann biography titled A Heart at Fire's Center, a quotation from a favorite Stephen Spender poem of Herrmann's.
His music continues to be used in films and recordings after his death. "Georgie's Theme" from Herrmann's score for the 1968 film Twisted Nerve is whistled by one-eyed nurse Elle Driver in the hospital corridor scene in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003). The opening theme from Vertigo was used in the prologue to Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" video, and during a flashback sequence in the pilot episode of FX's American Horror Story, which also featured "Georgie's Theme" in later episodes as a recurring musical motif for the character of Tate. Fellow film composer Danny Elfman adapted Herrmann's music for Psycho for use in director Gus Van Sant's 1998 remake and borrowed from Herrmann's "Mountaintop/Sunrise" theme, from Journey to the Center of the Earth, for his main Batman theme. On their 1977 album Ra, American progressive rock group Utopia also adapted "Mountaintop/Sunrise," in a rock arrangement, as the introduction to the album's opening song, "Communion With The Sun." And most recently, Ludovic Bource used the love theme from Vertigo literally in the last reels of 2011's The Artist.
01.*Vertigo* - Carlotta's Portrait 0:00:00
02.Transformation 0:01:56
03.Prelude/Rooftop 0:02:08
04.The McKittrick 0:07:02
05.The Bay 0:08:28
06.The Forest 0:10:21
07.The Tower 0:13:46
08.The Letter 0:16:21
09.Scene d'Amour 0:19:37
10.San Juan Bautista 0:26:21
11.*Psycho* - Flight (original score, 1960) 0:29:07
12.Car Lot 0:29:48
13.Hotel Room 0:32:00
14.The Madhouse 0:34:03
15.The Murder (Jerry Goldsmith, conductor) 0:35:59
16.The Clean Up (Danny Elfman/Steve Bartek) 0:36:56
17.The Car 0:38:36
18.The Hill 0:39:29
19.The Cellar 0:40:34
20.*North by Northwest* 0:41:42
21.Cheers! 0:44:58
22.The Elevator 0:45:39
23.U.N. 0:46:24
24.Crash Of The Cropduster 0:47:24
25.The Television 0:49:27
26.*The Trouble With Harry* - Tea Time 0:50:08
27.*The Wrong Man* - Jail Cell 0:51:49
28.*The Man Who Knew Too Much* 0:53:13
29.*The Birds* - Opening Credits 0:55:29
30.*Marnie* - The Nightmare/The Word Game 0:57:10
31.*Torn Curtain* - The Killing 0:58:48
32.*Hangover Square* - Concerto Macabre 1:00:52
33.*Citizen Kane* 1:12:47 ("Rosebud" at 1:14:47)
34.Salamnbo Aria (Kiri Te Kanawa) 1:15:28
35.*Wuthering Heights* - I have dreamt (Renée Fleming) 1:19:47
36.*The Ghost and Mrs. Muir* 1:22:40
37.*The 7th Voyage of Sinbad* 1:26:40
38.*Fahrenheit 451* 1:27:39
39.*The Day The Earth Stood Still* 1:29:18
40.*The Egyptian* 1:31:17
41.*On Dangerous Ground* 1:32:57
42.*Cape Fear* 1:35:22
43.*It's Alive* - Lamentation 1:36:33
44.*Sisters* - Phillip's Murder 1:39:47
45.*Obsession* - The Ferry 1:42:51
46.Memorabilia 1:45:39
47.*Taxi Driver* 1:48:32
48."I heard voices"1:50:50

[@gettyO89]

My message to Ms. Dorothy Herrmann on Facebook: "I managed to get my tribute to your father back on KZbin, God knows for how long. The copyright owners have been fighting it for 6 years, even though I never monetized and I've said that they can keep whatever profits the video makes. I just want to bring a little joy to his fans around the world during these incredibly difficult times ❤️" Love to you all my fellow Bernard Herrmann heroes.

[@michaelshultz2540]

Call the spook house; Hitchcock's 13 Halloween Frights. Have thirteen rooms with scary Hitchcock movie or tv show scenes for the customers to experience.

[@michelleregis6181]

And im one of his greatest fans !👌👌

[@johnshitwalker3483]

YT is changing its rules. They'll soon be able to not only monetize whatever they want, but force ads on all videos. As I don't want people to come and sell junk and play carpet merchants on my media at all, I decided to close my account. I will see if I can distribute my content elsewhere. If I can't, too bad. I would rather not show videos, than to see myself associated with commercial advertisements, because I hate it.

[@brucer9572]

Hey, Mr Getty! Thanks for disturbing my sleep. Somebody's going to have to sing me a lullaby tonight. I can take only so much genius.

[@AJG2718]

Thank you, I've listened to this whole playlist more than 33 times. Herrmann is a huge inspiration and his compositions must be heard!

[@kurtwehrmeister5684]

The fact that none of the Herrmann/Hitchcock scores were never even NOMINATED for an Oscar is nothing less than stupefying. This is some of the most memorable, and brilliant, film music of the 20th century.

[@michaelbauers8800]

+Kurt Wehrmeister Weird, as his music seems great. Maybe people didn't appreciate his approach. Some of his stuff is dissonant, but I like it maybe for that reason

[@kirsteni.russell5903]

+Kurt Wehrmeister Herrmann's music has outlived many scores that WERE nominated for an Oscar. I think the Academy Awards are so political (as movie industry politics go) that they award greatness by accident rather than by good judgment. A better measure of greatness is that we are hearing this compilation half a century after it was composed. Another good measure--as I listen to the Concerto Macabre in this compilation, I remember reading that Stephen Sondheim was blown away by this music when he heard it in HANGOVER SQUARE, and Herrmann was audibly one of Sondheim's influences in SWEENEY TODD.

[@boneeatingsilicate580]

Herrmanns abrasive personality and open contempt for the Academy did not endear himself to the voters.

[@elainebmack]

This is why the Oscars mean nothing to me.

[@michelleregis6181]

Thats hard to believe , perhaps today would be different.

[@b.olivera885]

The good old days when there were great movies with great scores.

[@underthesine]

Long gone they are 😪

[@psiclick]

Good to see genius appreciated this way.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Esp. for free.

[@jooei2810]

Vertigo soundtrack is so haunting it will follow you for days.

[@hanimaher3107]

a genius

[@jooei2810]

Alfred Hitchcock chose him to be the sound of his movies, that’s an accolade you cannot dismiss.

[@vixen666ful]

how beautiful

[@vernondavis3718]

Phenomenal Composer

[@elainebmack]

Hermann's music was what I grew up on in the 1960s as a kid watching the sci-fi and fantasy films of the time.

[@mariansantamaria9896]

Amazing!

[@lynngilliam5013]

Brilliant!!!

[@davidmcallister1102]

Top notch musical landscaping...

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Doing the score for a chase scene across Mount Rushmore is no more "landscaping" than is the national park.

[@yvanlmprod]

THIS IS THE BEST

[@stefanoripari1816]

Bernard herrmann GENIUS Great number one soundtrack

[@discokidx1]

easily the greatest modern day composer

[@boneeatingsilicate580]

I second that for his orchestrational color is second to none

[@k.t.5405]

Herman? Meeeeeh.... Poor man's Rachmaninovff/Stravinsky. Vangelis, on the other hand, CREATED a new friggin' genre!

[@unowen-nh9ov]

@@k.t.5405 Yes, "music" the head injured can enjoy.

[@k.t.5405]

@@unowen-nh9ov Herman? Meeeeeh....

[@jooei2810]

Lots of head injured in this thread.

[@crazytrolepoop2513]

Yeah! Taxi Driver!

[@rogerfsimon]

Great compilation--thanks!

[@gettyO89]

My pleasure!

[@unowen-nh9ov]

No such thing as a BAD Herrmann compilation, like a Hitchcock musical.

[@johnshitwalker3483]

Thank you so much to share this wonderfull music ! Love it...

[@gettyO89]

My pleasure!

[@johnshitwalker3483]

@@gettyO89 Pleasure for a lot of people !

[@Guyverman01]

Bernard Herrmann was the John Williams of his day.

[@hudsony777]

John Williams doesn't hold the wick of a candlestick to Herrmann.

[@neelyohara88]

the walking distance suite, written for one thirty minute episode of the twilight zone, is as beautiful and elegiac as any score herrmann ever composed for motion pictures. he was a genius and his music will stand the test of time.

[@anthed7973]

Herrmann - a genius! I never tire of his work. When I want to escape he provides the vehicle.

[@madahad9]

I probably have over 400 tracks of Herrmann's work on my ipod, stretching from Citizen Kane to Vertigo to Sisters to It's Alive to Taxi Driver. Whenever I want to feel weird and setached in a cinematic way I just put on some Bernard Harrmann and it works like a charm. Even the mosr mundane tasks like walking through a mall, riding a bus, picking up groceries at a super market becomes a little more sinister . It's unfortunate he and Hitchcock had their falling out because Hitch's last great film Frenzy would have been all that much better with a Herrmann score. Sadly we were cheated out of Herrmann scoring what would have been his third Brian DePalma film Carrie. The score pretty much rips off Herrmann but it has it's own merits, especially the track Bucket of Blood. It seemed as if Hollywood abandoned him but he was rediscovered by the new wave of directors. Any fan should buy the multi-disc collection of his work on The Alfred Hitchcock Hour---the best tracks are for an episode titled The Jar. I went nuts listening to them. It's the weirdest, most beautiful carnival music you'll ever hear. The discs are a bit pricey but I certainly don't regret the purchase.

[@tklogan111809]

GREG FREEMAN Pino Donaggio certainly made a tribute to B. Herrmann in Carrie but his score can stand on its own beautifully. Bucket of Blood is a work of genius.

[@madahad9]

It's a terrific score, no complaints whatsoever.

[@moss8448]

GREG FREEMAN Man you hit the nail on the head with your OP.

[@madahad9]

Great composers such as Bernard Herrmann should never be forgotten. When I hear modern movie scorces they are either entirely forgettable or just beat the audience over the head but I'm sure who should rightly be blamed for the over saturation of music. But the mark of a badly made movie is how much music is needed to support these vapid and mindless images. A confident director will let the images stand alone. There is a sequence at the end of Hitchcock's Saboteur set on the torch of the Statue of Liberty where the hero has tracked down the man who can clear him of the act of sabotage but the guy accidentally trips back and tumbles over the railing and is clinging the stone finger. The hero now has to save him and reaches out to pull him back to safety. He gets a hold of the guy's coat sleeve which slowly starts to tear at the sleeve. Bare in mind that all the time there is not a single note of music playing. All the one hears is the sounds of the boats below. The sleeve resumes tearing and he ultimately plunges to his death. Today that same scene would be buried beneath a landslide of music. It doesn't take a degree in film theory to seperate the greats from the mediocre.

[@moss8448]

GREG FREEMAN I agree sometimes its way over done and loud in the wrong places too. For some reason 'Blood Simple' stands out in my mind about how a soundtrack can add to the ambience 'North By Northwest' had a score that although it didn't send you out of the theater humming it like 'Bridge Over The River Kwai' or 'High Noon' but again ole Hermann nailed it. Always liked the 'haunting' sax in 'Taxi Driver'.

[@mark60123]

Herrmann should be on the short list of greatest composers of the 20th Century, period. His music is so vibrant and distinctive, you don't easily forget it. His scores for Vertigo and Psycho are among the most unforgettable ever and still better than most of what's being done today. There is a very good reason Herrmann's 1962 score for Cape Fear was used by Martin Scorsese for his 1991 remake--it couldn't be improved upon. Today's score makers would do well to study his work as it will still be worth listening to a century from now.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Hitchcock wanted no music for the shower scene in Psycho, predictably Herrmann ignored him. When Hitchcock watched the completed scene, he increased Herrmann's salary & bumped his name up in the credits. If only Hitchcock had been as smart for Torn Curtain.

[@brucer9572]

And please let me mention that Mr. Scorsese hired Mr. Herrmann to score the film, Taxi Driver.

[@spockboy]

Agreed. Modern composers like Hans Zimmer rely on loud compressed percussion and other cliches. Herrmann can wow you with so little. Brilliant man.

[@Karlbrentwood]

A true genius.

[@anastasiabeaverhausen8220]

One of the greatest composers who ever lived.

[@STVG71]

The Day the Earth Stood Still and North by Northwest are by far my favorites.

[@brucer9572]

When that spaceship comes down out of the sky, I know full well to be afraid. And yes, I have to say, "Gort! Klaatu barada nikto," but that has nothing to do with Mr. Hermann's genius, and besides, I'm not well.

[@jeroenr.6862]

Bernard Hermann was the best and I often enjoy listening to the music score of Psycho and Vertigo. Although he is dead for many years now, his music will live on forever and I am very happy about that!

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Psycho & Vertigo? WORST 1st date double bill EVER! After maybe Marnie & Frenzy.

[@brucer9572]

@@unowen-nh9ov I might disagree, but I'm not sure. A long time ago, I took a beautiful rich girl on a first date and we saw The Godfather. I remember her flinching from time to time. Yet I could tell that she was enthralled. Anyhow, I was so stupid that I became uninterested later on when she beat me at tennis on her daddy's tennis court out in the backyard (and I didn't know tennis from a racquet.) I've kicked myself once or twice since then. But if you were to take a gal on a first date to see a double feature of Psycho and Vertigo (on a big screen), and she likes it, then you've got it made in the shade.

[@TellyWatcher1997]

He is up there with Cole Porter and Irving Berlin as the greatest ever composers (and not just US-based composers). Such a shame that Hitchcock didn't use Bernard Herrmann's score for Torn Curtain and went to someone else. My favourite Herrmann score is his wonderful work for "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" - the 1947 film with Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison. Incidentally, there was another New Yorker called Bernard Herrmann who came over to Great Britain to compose music for a television variety show called "The Good Old Days". It always intrigued me when I saw the "other" Bernard's name on the television screen. Anyhow, the BH we are bowing to here is just peerless. His widow, Norma, was interviewed for a radio programme a while back, and she said that her name for him was "Benny" (not sure of the spelling) and I suppose that could differentiate him from the Bernard H. who came over to do the musical direction for old time music hall TV programmes....

[@douglaslaturner9685]

He is by far my favourite composer. Never get tired of his works....

[@robertkincaid]

What about John williams and John Barry there music is amazing look at some there scores and i always say this have you ever seen the film Seconds and that piece of music by Jerry Goldsmith

[@michelleregis6181]

Bernard Herrmann greatly helped my enjoyment of beautifull classical and imaginative flm music all my ife, there will never be a composer quite like him.

[@Claudiomar60]

Amazing !

[@MzKickz]

God this is good. Listening to his music takes me to another world. He is simply a genius. RIP Bernard.

[@michaelelliott2194]

A Hip-Hop fan and a Bernard Herrmann fan - two things I definitely didn't expect to have in common with someone else. Kudos!

[@Warp75]

Yep

[@ruurdm.fenenga2571]

THE most diversified composer ever.

[@johannesbluemink4581]

Everything I know and admire now happened in the space of 20 years, beginning with the Biography 'A Heart at Fire's Center', countless CD's, AH Movies, the Twilight Zone, other movies with his grandiose Soundtrack, and what-have-you in the field of music!! Simply the best!!

[@alexandriareynolds5045]

Ah, Vertigo track is the absolute pinnacle of pain and tragedy that washes all over the incredible story and film which would be NOTHING, NO THING AT ALL without this brilliant divinely inspired music. Yes, BH is widely neglected, what a master, yes, no wonder Hitch insisted working with him. If comparisons are made to Spielberg and John Willaims, as much as I do love John, it just can't compare to the pre-popularization era of Hitch and Hermann. Nothing has moved me as much lately as listening to this score which is virtue of an upcoming Halloween theme concert of San Francisco Symphony, Esa-Pekka salonen who'll perform the Psycho suite. I could do film score listening all my life. Thank you Getty! xoxo

[@gabewilliams9429]

Speaking of John Williams, I actually came to this video because I was watching a score analysis of the Ark theme from Indiana Jones and multiple people said it sounds like it was inspired by Hermann and I had to take a listen. I definitely do hear the similarities, so no wonder it's so damn good. I know this all sounds random, but you were the only comment I could find that mentions John Williams xD

[@Arachne1111]

This composer was a genius

[@Starmapper22]

The best film composer of the last century and this one as well. Vastly under rated. Just an amazing man and composer.

[@davidfmaas]

What a Genius !!!! Enjoy the teamwork of Bernard Hermann and Alfred Hitchcock

[@margaretconyers529]

Pity Hitchcock broke the partnership - bad move.

[@marconewbury5286]

sometimes I think Herrmann was the master more so than Hitchcock

[@tklogan111809]

wrong, Hitchcock was the Master of Suspense, a legend way before Herrmann got in the picture. He made several masterpieces scored by other great composers before & after their association, Rear Window, Strangers on a Train, Dial M for Murder, Shadow of a Doubt, Rebecca, The Birds (no music), Frenzy, Family Plot etc. Hitchcock never really needed Herrmann, he was replaceable. Hitchcock was *irreplaceable*. Herrmann is famous today because of Hitchcock really, and mainly because of Psycho.

[@davidfmaas]

I think you may be right.

[@marconewbury5286]

No doubting Hitchcock's genius. Only thanks to his genius as a Director was there a platform upon which we could all appreciate Herrmann's genius as a composer. Herrmann was a genius at providing wonderful scores to go with Hitch's wonderful films. Up to the viewer/listener as to who they prefer. I can't name another composer from a Hitchcock film other than Herrmann because they've never attracted my attention.

[@sergiosmerieri7284]

straordinario

[@charliehand9412]

I can imagine him, watching the film scenes before there was any music, dreaming up the score. And *this* music is what came into his head. He was a superhuman person. Bernard Herrman's music is like a magic carpet which carries the viewer through the movie.

[@EASYTIGER10]

Oh to be able to create these sound worlds. Hermann was surely one of the great composers of the 20th century.

[@no1shere710]

EASYTIGER10 A bold statement. Could that be true?-----Yes, absolutely!

[@boneeatingsilicate580]

@@no1shere710 not really bold at all...the accolades Herrmann receiving today phenomenal...TCM doing their 2nd Tribute to Herrmann (where are the nods for Steiner, Korngold, Newman, Rozsa? or the new guys Williams and Goldsmith) why is Benny getting all this attention?

[@johnmuller4014]

My opinion, mind: the best film scores ever!!!!! Citizen Kane's score probably is the very best ever written.

[@josephstagnitto7832]

Bernard Herrmann is the absolute best of the best!!! Thank you God for Bernard Herrmann.

[@spactick]

Joseph Stagnitto your welcome :)

[@alaricstuckrath9295]

spactick what if god was one of us? just a stranger on the internet, trying to make his way home

[@spactick]

Alaric Stuckrath we ARE God, if you believe that God is everywhere in everything, Wow I'm starting to sound like a buddist monk

[@richardhill3531]

+Joseph Stagnitto Yeah, it's almost scary to think of a musical world without any of Herrmann's contributions. He could easily be voted the best in a global vote. I'm hearing Psycho right now where Janet Leigh is in her apartment getting dressed and gazing at the money. The music goes right to my bones.

[@josephstagnitto7832]

One of my favorite movies is The Bride Wore Black, directed by Francois Truffaut and music by Bernard Herrmann of course. I decided to visit some of the scenes filmed in the movie and Herrmann's music as in my head as I re-eanacted some of the scenes. Cannes France is where I found the opening scenes and I had a great time!

[@alimorris2002]

If he were still alive, what music would he not make of the sufferings of the 21st century...? He and Morricone were wonders rest in peace

[@TerryUniGeezerPeterson]

One hallmark of a great composer is being able to identify them in just the first few bars. BH had this gift in spades.

[@joewright9879]

I am not an educated listener, but I always enjoyed Mr. Herrman’s introduction to ‘Mysterious Island’.

[@allertonoff4]

AGREED ! .. mega musical hero (disciple of Holst) .. thanks for posting. (and don't forget Saul Bass .. animatographical innovator) .. what did Žižek imply ? .. los angeles only ever existed for Hitchcock to film at that particular city. and jason and the Argonauts.

[@brucer9572]

The story on Saul Bass is that all you had to do is watch his opening titles, and you'll have gotten the gist of the entire movie, but here's one for you: Watch the ending credits of Around the World in 80 Days. Now you will know what you just saw. You got the whole movie right there. Thank you, Mr. Saul Bass. And a tip of me hat to Mr. Victor Young, composer.

[@brucer9572]

I like "disciple of Holst." I'll never listen to "The Planets" the same way again.

[@allertonoff4]

grew up listening to it, and Sheherezade :]

[@jimrick6632]

HIS MUSIC IS IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZABLE.....AMAZING COMPOSER....

[@jaimesilva6637]

La,música,calza,perfecta,con,cada,excena,,de,las,películas,de,suspenso,bravo,Bernard,ídolo,🇨🇱, 🥰,

[@douglascarlson9006]

Man oh man oh man ... Would I ever love to do coffee with all the people who made a post to this page!

[@voicetube]

If you're based in Dallas, maybe I'll join you at my favorite java joint, Buzz Brews :-)

[@douglascarlson9006]

Could not agree more - I've actually been of the battery-acid, demon piss black coffee for a while now.

[@douglascarlson9006]

That stuff is terrible - and your use of the word "relapse" is totally appropriate - it's one type of relapse that is both easily forgiven and misunderstood.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

There aren't that many day passes in the universe.

[@clevelandgarylee8945]

ever since I was a kid, I have NEVER heard anyone like his music,,loving that music for the whole balloon sequence of MYSTERIOUS ISLAND;;so many countless times his melding with Harryhausen's excellent visuals would bring me to tears of excitement! and how about the incredible event of having Harryhausen and Herrmann sharing the same birthday on this coming June 29th!! If you are not aware of it,get th book A HEART AT FIRE'S CENTER which is all about Bernie,and in that book you'll learn the astonishing connection between Herrmann and my favorite group The Beatles! Long live the legacy of Bernard Herrmann...when he was asked to score The EXORCIST,he stated,in his usual gruff way,"I don't do religious pictures!" Lastly,a few years ago,I had a CD of his music for JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH that I had with me that I listened to on my walkman headphones as I was on one of the tours at Mammoth Cave in Kentucky..it was so perfect as I felt like I was walking on the movie set! Herrmann's music has given me so much pleasure over the years. Oh,at the start of this'I meant I have never heard any other composer come close to Bernie's style with the exception of Alfred Newman as he and Bernie collaborated only on one film The EGYPTIAN And their styles meld well in that film.

[@johannesbluemink4581]

The book is my treaure of knowing Herrmann.

[@boneeatingsilicate580]

Me too..his music wipes me out..timeless

[@brucer9572]

A giant crab! A giant crab on The Mysterious Island!

[@boneeatingsilicate580]

​@@brucer9572 the whooping French horns make this cue my favorite

[@thespiritsandhambone6746]

Incredible!!! Absolutely mindblowing!!! Thank You for this share

[@estebanpm6893]

Qué genio!

[@thegiftedone]

Masterful! Exquisite. Genius. The best character, of any the films he composed for… The greatest of all time! John Williams your a close #2 Herman’s music, is what feelings sound like!

[@ChristianSchonbergerMusic]

Herrmann: one of the very best ever! It is absolutely incredible how well his work stands the test of time! What a genius - he used each instrument to its fullest potential. What a range of dynamics, timbres and complex textures! "Bennie" broke film music free from all boundaries and cliches with deep, profound knowledge. I am sure he was simply way too brilliant and ahead of his time for the "Academy". He didn't write songs to sing along. He always surprised us and took us to places we didn't even know existed! He didn't win the awards he should have won - but he left a body of work which will inspire composers for many generations to come. His music hasn't aged one day! Thanks for the great upload!

[@jooei2810]

You got it simply put great!

[@anthed7973]

Hitchcock was also a genius for he choose Herrmann to perform the scores that completed the psychological tour de force...

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Except for wanting no music in the Psycho shower scene & firing him from Torn Curtain.

[@paulpearce1161]

I can't help wondering how 16 people could down thumb this wonderful music.

[@elder-woodsilverstein7716]

I was reading Richerd Connell's "The Most Dangerous Game" while listening to this. I listened to the ending music while finishing the story, and it was perfect.

[@davidparry2054]

Pure genius. My mentor. Film composer of the Galaxy.

[@cinemabon]

I heard my first album of Herrmann's work back in the 1970's when I came across his recordings at Tower Records. The tributes (Charles Gerhardt) and other works he's conducted are outstanding. His 4-phase stereo recording of suites he conducted in London are some of the best. I still have all the vinyl from that period and have kept it in pristine condition.

[@namarow]

Agree

[@marconewbury5286]

This is gold. Thanks so much for making it available.

[@gettyO89]

My pleasure!

[@margaretconyers529]

Totally agree, I'm sure it helped make his films better altogether. Didnt Hermann make the soundtrack for a film about the Gods and a huge statue which came alive (creaking all the way)...wish I could remember the name of it.

[@dahliagreen5919]

Yes, the film is Jason and the Argonauts, 1963.

[@marcelmischeaux2099]

OBESSION - my #1 filmscore from Mr. BERNARD HERRMANN. God I miss you - RIP (from 976 CREOLEMAN)!

[@brucer9572]

Hey, thanks a lot man! Now I am thoroughly afraid. By the beauty, I mean.

[@robertpage2023]

BH was a musical genius. I can see why "Hitch" loved his compositions. A Hitchcock film without them just wouldn't be the same. You really understand how all those great Hollywood classic films were "made" just from the music scores adding all the additional intrigue to the experience. BH's last "Requiem" in the guise of the score from "Taxi Driver" was just as cryptic as Mozart's Requiem. He was driven to finish it and will be forever HIS death knell.

[@robertkincaid]

what about john Williams and Steven Speilburg and john barry and the Bond films especially The Living Daylights and other film of which is never spoken about the film Seconds the score by Jerry Goldsmith that is a piece of music when you hear it

[@hudsony777]

@@robertkincaid And of course, Fellini and Rota. And Barry and Bond. Never impressed by Williams. He's okay. Not up there.

[@robertkincaid]

@@hudsony777 I have seen the latest Indiana Jones music by John Williams four other pieces of film soundtracks Star Wars Superman ET and Schinders List he is a musical genus look at his film scores i have on CD JOHN Williams Greatest Hits 1969 to 1999 what about Goodbye Mr Chips Harry Potter , the witches of East wick Hook having seen most of these films they are in my life time and having the soundtracks on vinyl for ET Raiders Return of the jedi

[@robertkincaid]

@@hudsony777 Five films Star wars E T Raiders of the Lost Superman and Schinders List others Harry Potter ,Empire of the Sun, Catch me if you can the BBC at the Royal Albert Hall with the BBC concert orchestra played two hours part of the proms as part of the John Williams music and most of the people remember all this music having seen all these movies like myself , it must avalable on You Tube

[@SLABONECHD]

una de las mentes mas brillantes en componer musica para las peliculas

[@MrCryptic55]

whole tone scales all day

[@plastique45]

His work on the original The Twilight Zone has a place in here has well, it's some of his most mesmerizing work!

[@thespiritsandhambone6746]

Incredible!!! You are sooo awesome for posting.Thank you

[@GwcMuso]

Thank you so much for this !!

[@gettyO89]

My pleasure.

[@robertsimms5861]

One of the best ever. Hitchcock said himself that his movies were memorable, in part, due to the score by Hermann.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Reputedly Hitchcock wanted no music in the shower scene, Herrmann ignored him, when Hitchcock saw the orchestrated scene he gave Herrmann a bonus & bumped his name up in the credits.

[@floridafyme]

This is a very fine and important video.

[@gettyO89]

My pleasure!

[@boneeatingsilicate580]

Man I love those strings that play against each other during Judy's Confession letter 17:27..higher and higher string sonorities

[@brunoantony3218]

gorgeous indeed.

[@davejamison6288]

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir theme/score is not just a great score but a great work. The moodiness, the sadness conveyed. Amazing.

[@djrbfmbfm-woa]

you've got that right. j.

[@philmfan]

I almost become overhwelmed when I listen to Herrmann's scores. I don't understand music from a technical standpoint, but I think that whatever it is that he does boils down to psychological complexity, both that of the characters and stories and that of the viewer/listener. No film composer conjures an entire world in my head as Bernard Herrmann can. And those worlds can be that of the films or something entirely new and different each time I listen because his work both serves the film as completely as any musical score can and qualifies as independent creations of a serious composer. There are a lot of really great film score composers and many of them have their adherents who would disagree, and that's OK (of course!), but to me it's clear that none of them are as strong as Bernard Hermann is in these areas. He infects the imagination.

[@isaacthomas6544]

I've been a fan of film scores for most of my life, but the one thing I've noticed with a lot of them is that film scores don't quite work independently. I mean, they're fantastic to listen to and whatnot, but as a piece of orchestrated music, it doesn't quite work. I know a lot of fans of classical music are a bit snobby when it comes to film score composers since film scores are treated more like pop music than anything. I say all this only to lead to the fact that I've always felt Bernard Herrmann's score work perfectly on their own. You don't need to know the context of the film to enjoy it, and it sounds very much like a work of its own rather than a supplement to something else. Very powerful. Absolutely adore his work.

[@johannesbluemink4581]

Interesting. Certainly true with Herrmann. But I bought other soundtracks, way before I watched the movie! The English Patient, Gladiator, Schindler's List, The Piano.

[@yaffayafo82]

Hans Zimmer said, "It's a conversation."

[@michelleregis6181]

i agree wholeheartedly !

[@brucer9572]

I agree with you 100% but we have to mention Max Steiner and Elmer Bernstein and Dimitri Tiomkin and Franz Waxman and, oh dear, who else am I forgetting?

[@yaffayafo82]

SUBLIME from Citizen Kane, Pyscho, to Jason & the Argonauts, and, finally, Taxi Driver

[@dougbelcastro6127]

I remember wishing as a kid that I'd grow up to write music like him!

[@FriendofRamblinJack]

Phenomenal. I can't thank you enough for creating and posting this. I'm a kid all over again on the edge of my seat. Herrmann is one of my favourites. Pure genius!

[@gettyO89]

My pleasure!

[@unowen-nh9ov]

LOVE that The Birds is included here, because there is no musical score people don't even realize Herrmann was involved. Anyone enjoying his work here should KZbin his never released score from Torn Curtain.

[@brucer9572]

Hey, guess what? His work is among the best movie music ever written. Go ahead, try it on! You're going to look better today than you've ever looked in your entire life.

[@richmoreno9938]

In my opinion, Bernard Hermann holds the same rank with Bach, Beethoven or any of the 18th Century composers. He was that prolific.

[@blankowvsingt]

ahahah

[@boneeatingsilicate580]

Easily

[@yaffayafo82]

But, because he was a composer for motion pictures, his work will never be seen as such, legendary and classical.

[@boneeatingsilicate580]

​@@yaffayafo82 actually he'll probably be heralded as 'the greatest composer who ever lived' in another 100 years as his music is that timeless

[@fillmorehagan]

Some of the BH. Twilight Zone TV scores also are superb. I especially like the score for the episode "Where is Everybody"

[@JordanSmith-up7xe]

Might also add that James Stewart and Kim Novak brought his music to life so, so well in VERTIGO!

[@gettyO89]

Quite true.

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Without Bernard Herrmann, Vertigo would be Harvey. He conducted Doris Day to Que Sera, Sera fer chrissakes!

[@fillmorehagan]

Fully agree on Schifrin. He is one of the greats.

[@SpikesTrailerPark]

Yes it is!

[@kirsteni.russell5903]

Thanks for this Herrmann concert. Hearing so much Herrmann makes me feel plugged into the universe. Thanks also for including "Lamentation" from IT'S ALIVE--a movie I never saw and a Herrmann composition I've never heard before. Always glad to discover more Herrmann.

[@doyasteve]

Thanks very much for your hard work and sharing this.

[@gettyO89]

My pleasure.

[@hudsony777]

I'd forgotten how evocative and compelling the score for "Vertigo" is.

[@user-tv3bu9jd3v]

The Scene da'mour from Vertigo is his masterpiece. Absolutely gorgeous! OMG those harps and violins!

[@yokooinfo]

My very favorite is Portrait of Hitch, from The Trouble with Harry!

[@lucky-one4569]

01.*Vertigo* - Carlotta's Portrait 0:00:00​ 02.Transformation 0:01:56​ 03.Prelude/Rooftop 0:02:08​ 04.The McKittrick 0:07:02​ 05.The Bay 0:08:28​ 06.The Forest 0:10:21​ 07.The Tower 0:13:46​ 08.The Letter 0:16:21​ 09.Scene d'Amour 0:19:37​ 10.San Juan Bautista 0:26:21​ 11.*Psycho* - Flight (original score, 1960) 0:29:07​ 12.Car Lot 0:29:48​ 13.Hotel Room 0:32:00​ 14.The Madhouse 0:34:03​ 15.The Murder (Jerry Goldsmith, conductor) 0:35:59​ 16.The Clean Up (Danny Elfman/Steve Bartek) 0:36:56​ 17.The Car 0:38:36​ 18.The Hill 0:39:29​ 19.The Cellar 0:40:34​ 20.*North by Northwest* 0:41:42​ 21.Cheers! 0:44:58​ 22.The Elevator 0:45:39​ 23.U.N. 0:46:24​ 24.Crash Of The Cropduster 0:47:24​ 25.The Television 0:49:27​ 26.*The Trouble With Harry* - Tea Time 0:50:08​ 27.*The Wrong Man* - Jail Cell 0:51:49​ 28.*The Man Who Knew Too Much* 0:53:13​ 29.*The Birds* - Opening Credits 0:55:29​ 30.*Marnie* - The Nightmare/The Word Game 0:57:10​ 31.*Torn Curtain* - The Killing 0:58:48​ 32.*Hangover Square* - Concerto Macabre 1:00:52​ 33.*Citizen Kane* 1:12:47​ ("Rosebud" at 1:14:47​) 34.Salamnbo Aria (Kiri Te Kanawa) 1:15:28​ 35.*Wuthering Heights* - I have dreamt (Renée Fleming) 1:19:47​ 36.*The Ghost and Mrs. Muir* 1:22:40​ 37.*The 7th Voyage of Sinbad* 1:26:40​ 38.*Fahrenheit 451* 1:27:39​ 39.*The Day The Earth Stood Still* 1:29:18​ 40.*The Egyptian* 1:31:17​ 41.*On Dangerous Ground* 1:32:57​ 42.*Cape Fear* 1:35:22​ 43.*It's Alive* - Lamentation 1:36:33​ 44.*Sisters* - Phillip's Murder 1:39:47​ 45.*Obsession* - The Ferry 1:42:51​ 46.Memorabilia 1:45:39​ 47.*Taxi Driver* 1:48:32​ 48."I heard voices"1:50:50 **I´m a hero**

[@gabbyhyman1246]

Yes you are! Thank you!!!

[@brucer9572]

Thank you!

[@elder-woodsilverstein7716]

You are a hero, thanks.

[@terry7473]

​@@gabbyhyman1246 Nice One..to whoever put this mix together.....Takes Me on a Trip......

[@JohnWray89025]

Reading this man's history I realize now the extensive contribution he made to some of the most iconic movies ever made, and particularly for the Sci-Fi/Adventure films I enjoyed as a kid/teen. It was his scores that added as much tension and drama to a picture as the art of the actors and director. Thank you for posting this compilation.

[@brucer9572]

You got that right! I think that it was Bette Davis who said that as long as Max Steiner had done the score, then the movie would do well. I don't mean to slight anyone. I mean to say, you've got Max Steiner, Bernard Herrmann, Victor Young, Dimitri Tiomkin, and many more. You get the idea. The score is really important.

[@TellyWatcher1997]

@@brucer9572 Absolutely spot on and, don't forget, many of them found refuge in the USA after having to flee from occupied Europe. These wonderful composers brought the depth and artistry of old Europe with them and flourished in their new home.

[@brucer9572]

@@TellyWatcher1997 And don't forget that none of those guys wanted to be in Hollywood. Hollywood was a backwater. They wanted to be in Vienna, or Paris, or London, or New York. They were just working stiffs, top-notch working stiffs.

[@brucer9572]

@@TellyWatcher1997 Those guys did not want to be in Hollywood. Hollywood was a backwater. They wanted to be in Vienna, or Paris, or London, or New York, but they ended up in Hollywood, and the rest is history.

[@HonoredGeneral]

@@brucer9572 Darryl Zanuck commented that Herrmann's score for "The Twelve Mile Reef" saved the film.

[@graveyard_shifter]

this man is such a genius, no seriously, this is godly status. how can a human being think of such epicness if he isn't some kinda x men type mutant. love his work

[@musiquenonstop]

what an ending…..!!

[@gettyO89]

I thought you'd like it ❤️

[@cellofingers]

It is hard to compare Bernard Herrmann with today's contemporary film composers as he was so unique in his talent and sound. His compositions fitted the times and the souls of the films his talent graced.

[@kirsteni.russell5903]

+cellofingers True--his film scores fit the films beautifully. Yet they also stand alone. I think they are timeless.

[@boneeatingsilicate580]

But more so than others..his music can be extracted from the film to take one on a journey through time..his unique sound is so seductive

[@stednet9752]

hans zimmerman

[@unowen-nh9ov]

Follows Herrmann, as do they all, yes.

[@johnshitwalker3483]

THANK YOU SO MUCH for sharing this amazing music, I LOVE Herrmann's compositions. He was, for me, the greatest movie composer.

[@RSEFX]

It feels like---and I could very well be wrong big time---that Hermann drew inspiration for an all-string PSYCHO score from James Bernard's earlier, and very innovative, Hammer work, most strikingly from THE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT and QUATERMASS 2. All notable and wonderful works.

[@brunoantony3218]

You're not wrong. James Bernard did it first.

[@jazminselena1]

Main title for taxi driver is absolutely fantastic and piece of music I cherish deeply since I’ve heard it I haven’t been able to stop listening it’s one of the greatest pieces of music I’ve ever heard so stunning I just feel like I’m floating when I listen to it

[@blankowvsingt]

check Sun Ra discography

[@alexalex13131]

The greatness of his scores went far beyond the main titles. For example check out the music which ran throughout The Snows Of Kilimanjaro (Not included here). Also, he once said his favorite score was for The Ghost And Mrs. Muir of which there is only a tiny fraction here.

[@kirsteni.russell5903]

+alexalex13131 The Snows of Kilimanjaro has a lovely Memory Waltz--and a wonderfully creepy motif for the vultures!

[@johannesbluemink4581]

Ghost and Mrs Muir is one of my favorites. I had the soundtrack years before I had the movie on DVD!

[@boneeatingsilicate580]

Oh dude..2 years later after Snows..listen to his terrific tone poem of the jungle in White Witch Doctor..another incredible score

[@yvanlmprod]

l'oiseau et le feu

[@tonytee5435]

One of the super greats in the business 👏 just got done watching 7th voyage of Sinbad for the millionth time and can never get enough of the music.