North By Northwest - Bernard Herrman

[@thinnerdounut]

Saw this last night at AMC theaters. Good movie and I love this theme.

[@hansmiller664]

For almost 45 YEARS (!), I have been looking for this beautiful, romantic and dramatic score! Today I am 60, but I still remember, at age 16, how I was in love... unfulfilled...

[@nicholasgerrish6022]

Bernard Herrmann knocks spots off many of todays film composers and Hitchcock at his best, as he is here, is right up near the the top of a list of the best film directors. There won’t be much argument there……. This particular piece of music, sets a scene for a very romantic interlude on a train. Perfection!

[@rolandh4947]

Close your eyes and open your ears. What heavently music by the genius Bernard Herrmann

[@rykelkharg2903]

This piece "train conversations" is not only beautifully and delicately scored, it is nothing less than a romantic masterpiece. In fact, it is too good for a movie, it deserves to be expanded into a concerto. If Hermann had been persuaded to do so, I have no doubt it would then ranked as one of the greatest of the romantic concertos.

[@greeneyedwarlock882]

Couldn't POSSIBLY AGREE WITH YOU MORE!!! It's brevity is the absolute worst thing about it! It's also as beautiful as ANY CLASSICAL, romantic concerto I've ever heard.....and I've heard an awful lot. So eternally elegant, hypnotic and stunningly beautiful that it is forever HAUNTING. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@greeneyedwarlock882]

Exquisitely and eternally, repeat EXQUISITELY AND ETERNALLY mesmerizing, stunning and beautiful!!!❤🧡💛💚💙💜

[@AndersonDE7]

Thank you for uploading this enchanting music. It will live forever as long as movies are watched.

[@gregorymccollum9107]

Incomparable movie and music. Pure genius. I continue to watch it several times per year.

[@donaldbutler6545]

Love it. Seen movie many times. One does not think about this music much; to me it shows the absolute genius of Bernard Herrmann.

[@florenciodelasherasmartind4882]

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[@nicholasgerrish6022]

So often one doesn’t listen to the music….. That’s the brilliance of a fine movie, editing and a wonderful music score, which pulls the film together.

[@a320trevor]

Art that will last for ever 1959 dawn of the 60s. ❤️❤️❤️

[@kirsteni.russell5903]

This theme conveys so much romantic longing. After you see the movie and understand the motivations of the character Eva Marie Saint played, you can hear what she feels in this theme. Yet the music is so good that it stands on its own. I saw North by Northwest many times before the film became available on home video and before any recording of this theme was produced on record, tape, or CD, and I used to play the music in my head at the oddest times--including a train trip! This is music that gets under my skin!

[@mikerf53]

Kirsten I. Russell hello Kirsten my name is Mike I love this love scene so much and the music the scene has everything you would ever want passion romance and it is the most erotic love scene ever made the passion the way they look into each other's eyes the way they kiss the erotic way he strokes her hair the way he kisses her neck I love your take on the music please tell me your romantic take on the love scene would love to here it I think the scene is the best love scene ever made please let me know what you think would value your opinion greatly please to know you

[@jerrythenipper2372]

This music was especially effective for the kissing scene on the train. Very memorable!!

[@mca1218]

Singularly gorgeous, rapturous music- especially at the 1:40 downbeat with the strings full out. You can hear that trademark Herrmann major/minor lilt that he repeated so memorably in Vertigo, just one year earlier.

[@dfw3355]

thank you so much for posting this........beautiful music from an incredibly electrifying scene. One of Hollywood's greatest moments to this day.

[@nicholasgerrish6022]

Here we have it, and like me, we aren’t disappointed! I’m 75, and feel the same……

[@organist1965]

Alfred Hitchcock & Bernhard Herrmann einfach genial!

[@rocksmeller99]

very good music but sad! great job on this and tremendous movie!

[@BahamaWynters]

Love the stills you put with Herrmann's music. Well done.

[@oldmoviemusic]

Thanks!

[@jewellmiket]

I have done a movie of my own to pay tribute to Bernard Herrmann and Alfred Hitchcock for their unique collaberation that I am attaching to this site. They were a great inspiration............

[@germancycle]

Although I am a trumpet player, Bernard Herrmann was extremely good at writing music for string instruments. They could be incredibly lush like here and Vertigo, and yet harsh and unsettling in Psycho. It took me a while to appreciate just how good the strings sound in this kind of music.

[@mangiafrani]

It's the most beautiful peace of music Herrmann ever wrote.

[@TellyWatcher1997]

Indeed it is a masterpiece and so beautiful but for me it's the music to "The Ghost and Mrs Muir", 1947, with Gene Tierney and Rex Harrison. The Andante Cantabile is wonderful (Herrman at the height of his powers to move listeners with his music) where Lucy Muir talks to her newly engaged daughter about the dreams she had and how Captain Gregg may well have come back to talk to her....

[@unowen-nh9ov]

@@TellyWatcher1997 Why I love him (1 reason), so many varieties, so many genres, so rich. Who else conducted radio network symphony, worked with Welles, Hitchcock, Harryhausen, Scorsese? Spielberg's story of meeting Herrmann last day of his life is hilarious, completely what you want a legend to be. His music will live on for as long as their are listeners.

[@RobertSilvestri86]

Great music, great films & great screenplays never grow old. Visually dated maybe. But then there is Eva, (smiling)

[@cognitiveharmony2950]

Never visually dated. These films have far more impact than modern movies. Take it from me. Born in 94, saw North by Northwest at a very young age. My dad had bought the DVD for me to see. Changed my life.

[@brucermorgan]

Love it.

[@oldmoviemusic]

good way of phrasing it! the softness of the old film colors really draws you into the old movies well.

[@mangiafrani]

Sorry about my stupid spelling. I meant to say this is the most beautiful piece of music Herrmann ever wrote. It is also known as "Romance on the Train."

[@Shabannie]

Thank you for bringing this movie to my attention. I enjoyed the music as well. ----Ellen

[@reedlanger5988]

i kind of wish this song was used more in the film, like if they used it when ever Thornhill arrived at a new location, or when the bus drops him off in Indiana regardless, the movie is still a masterpiece

[@kirsteni.russell5903]

This theme marks the transition of a comedy thriller into a romantic thriller, and also could serve as the second movement of Bernard Herrmann's Symphonic Dances, which his score for North by Northwest really is!

[@jennifercepeda554]

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[@kirsteni.russell5903]

No need for me to watch the movie online. I have the DVD and a TV screen much bigger than my computer screen!

[@richarddowney1972]

Haven't decided if this love theme or that of "Laura" is is the superior. A dead heat. Dead heat also between this Hitchcock film and "Rear Window". Ah, New York Central RR and others. The post-war golden age of passenger railroads. Now old and nostalgic.

[@bondurango]

Bernard Herrmann may have been Alfred Hitchcock's musical alter ego. But the influence of Richard Wagner, on this piece, is unmistakable.

[@wesleyan97]

@BlueCougar, the Wesendonck were composed as studies for Tristan--that is, they were written before Tristan.

[@bronxboy47]

The scene accompanying this throbbing, hypnotic music contained some of the raciest sexual dialog ever heard on the screen before.

[@oldmoviemusic]

Yes, Hitchcock was great at cleverly sidestepping the censorship of the day with innuendo.

[@BERTRAMCAT]

merci Alfred merci Bernard merci Leo

[@radiootoo]

DREAMY INDEED...THANKS FOR YOUR LABOR OF LOVE...

[@eisenherzification]

Eine Melodie welche die Liebe neu erfinden lässt.

[@wesleyan97]

@bondurango And so much of the Vertigo soundtrack seems almost directly lifted from the Wesendonck Lieder...which is why I love it :-)

[@SingHouse]

@bondurango In particular at 1:40 it has Tristan-y dimensions...

[@jewellmiket]

The movie I made, "We all do dumb things", is hilarious and suspense-filled with non-stop fun and I owe it all to Hitchcock and Herrmann as my inspirations.........

[@oldmoviemusic]

If you have not seen North By Northwest, you may consider the end of this clip to be a spoiler, so do not watch to the end if you have not seen the movie! Please rate and comment! Thanks!>

[@Disley74]

Would Herrmann have written this without Wagner? No, but he may have created a different sound world. Vertigo is his masterpeice for me. Tristan! A joy to perform too.

[@oldmoviemusic]

@bondurango Yes indeed!

[@PaulRietvoorn]

Double like

[@oldmoviemusic]

haha, that would be funny...however, not that many directors do cameos now, and when they do they never compare to the wit or difficulty of Hitchcock's appearances. If Hitch were still directing then we could put your category into action and finally get him the Oscar he never won!

[@43nostromo]

North West Airlines. LOL. Ooops....hope I didn't ruin this for anyone.

[@harrihiltunen1244]

classical movie...

[@dfw3355]

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