Bernard Herrmann Archive
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Dedicated to the life and music of Academy Award-winning film composer Bernard Herrmann.
June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975
Featuring updates on THE LIVES OF BERNARD HERRMANN, an upcoming documentary. Now filming.
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June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975
Featuring updates on THE LIVES OF BERNARD HERRMANN, an upcoming documentary. Now filming.
Links:
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'It's a reference whenever you want to build tension': How Psycho's terrifying music changed film forever
Alfred Hitchcock's grisly horror, which turns 65 this month, might not have become known as an-all time classic without the crucial addition of Bernard Herrmann's disturbing score.
www.bbc.com
A great read! 👇
‘How PSYCHO’s terrifying music changed film forever’ by @thobbsjourno.bsky.social via BBC Culture: www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
‘How PSYCHO’s terrifying music changed film forever’ by @thobbsjourno.bsky.social via BBC Culture: www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
Bernard Herrmann (back, right) conducting in a rehearsal of Orson Welles’ THE WAR OF THE WORLDS radio adaptation, which aired Oct. 30, 1938.
October 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Bernard Herrmann (back, right) conducting in a rehearsal of Orson Welles’ THE WAR OF THE WORLDS radio adaptation, which aired Oct. 30, 1938.
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We're chatting with @brandonbrown.bsky.social about Larry Cohen's It's Alive from 1974.
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October 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
We're chatting with @brandonbrown.bsky.social about Larry Cohen's It's Alive from 1974.
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LISTEN: linktr.ee/FrontRowClas...
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Cover art for Decca’s 1976 Phase 4 LP release of “Bernard Herrmann Conducts Psycho And Other Film Scores.”
October 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Cover art for Decca’s 1976 Phase 4 LP release of “Bernard Herrmann Conducts Psycho And Other Film Scores.”
Hayley Mills and Hywel Bennett photographed for Sidney Gilliat‘s ENDLESS NIGHT (1972), which was based on Agatha Christie’s 1967 novel.
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Hayley Mills and Hywel Bennett photographed for Sidney Gilliat‘s ENDLESS NIGHT (1972), which was based on Agatha Christie’s 1967 novel.
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The role of Harry was played by the uncredited Philip Truex.
Publicity still for Alfred Hitchcock’s THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955), featuring: Mildred Natwick, Edmund Gwenn, Jerry Mathers, Shirley MacLaine, John Forsythe and “Harry.”
October 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The role of Harry was played by the uncredited Philip Truex.
Publicity still for Alfred Hitchcock’s THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955), featuring: Mildred Natwick, Edmund Gwenn, Jerry Mathers, Shirley MacLaine, John Forsythe and “Harry.”
October 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Publicity still for Alfred Hitchcock’s THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955), featuring: Mildred Natwick, Edmund Gwenn, Jerry Mathers, Shirley MacLaine, John Forsythe and “Harry.”
Cover art for Varèse Sarabande's 1983 LP release of "The Twilight Zone: Volume 1." The album featured Bernard Herrmann's music for the episode "Walking Distance," along with additional music by Jerry Goldsmith, Franz Waxman, Nathan Van Cleave and Marius Constant.
October 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Cover art for Varèse Sarabande's 1983 LP release of "The Twilight Zone: Volume 1." The album featured Bernard Herrmann's music for the episode "Walking Distance," along with additional music by Jerry Goldsmith, Franz Waxman, Nathan Van Cleave and Marius Constant.
Tippi Hedren photographed for THE BIRDS (1963).
October 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Tippi Hedren photographed for THE BIRDS (1963).
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Director Brian De Palma and Margot Kidder on the set of SISTERS (1973).
October 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Director Brian De Palma and Margot Kidder on the set of SISTERS (1973).
Composer Bernard Herrmann and director William Dieterle review the score for ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY, or: THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER (1941). Bernard Herrmann earned his first and only Academy Award for his original score for the film.
September 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Composer Bernard Herrmann and director William Dieterle review the score for ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY, or: THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER (1941). Bernard Herrmann earned his first and only Academy Award for his original score for the film.
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Stephen King on Daphne du Maurier.
‘She wrote the best first line – and the most chilling stories’: Stephen King on the dark brilliance of Daphne du Maurier
From Rebecca to The Birds and scores of creepy short stories, Du Maurier was queen of the uncanny, writes the US horror maestro
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Stephen King on Daphne du Maurier.
Alfred Hitchcock (left) working with cinematographer Robert Burks, ASC (looking through a viewfinder) while filming THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955). This film was Hitchcock’s first collaboration with composer Bernard Herrmann.
September 29, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Alfred Hitchcock (left) working with cinematographer Robert Burks, ASC (looking through a viewfinder) while filming THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955). This film was Hitchcock’s first collaboration with composer Bernard Herrmann.
Quartet Records (@quartetrecords.bsky.social), in collaboration with Fifth Continent Music Classics, presents remastered reissues of the acclaimed 1991 recordings of Bernard Herrmann’s CITIZEN KANE & THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS scores, conducted by Tony Bremner.
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September 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Quartet Records (@quartetrecords.bsky.social), in collaboration with Fifth Continent Music Classics, presents remastered reissues of the acclaimed 1991 recordings of Bernard Herrmann’s CITIZEN KANE & THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS scores, conducted by Tony Bremner.
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1983 re-release poster for Alfred Hitchcock's THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955).
September 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
1983 re-release poster for Alfred Hitchcock's THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955).
Kim Novak photographed for Alfred Hitchcock’s VERTIGO (1958).
September 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Kim Novak photographed for Alfred Hitchcock’s VERTIGO (1958).
Saul Bass’s storyboards for the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s PSYCHO (1960).
“I liked its purity. I must say, when I saw the thing in the theater, it really scared the hell out of me and apparently everybody else.”
–Saul Bass on PSYCHO
“I liked its purity. I must say, when I saw the thing in the theater, it really scared the hell out of me and apparently everybody else.”
–Saul Bass on PSYCHO
September 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Saul Bass’s storyboards for the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s PSYCHO (1960).
“I liked its purity. I must say, when I saw the thing in the theater, it really scared the hell out of me and apparently everybody else.”
–Saul Bass on PSYCHO
“I liked its purity. I must say, when I saw the thing in the theater, it really scared the hell out of me and apparently everybody else.”
–Saul Bass on PSYCHO
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7 Treasured Film Scores (semi-random)
• Ennio Morricone, Days of Heaven
• @bernardherrmann.bsky.social, Journey to the Center of the Earth
• Thomas Newman, Road to Perdition
• Michael Gibbs, Housekeeping
• Nino Rota, Giulietta degli spiriti
• José Nieto, Passion in the Desert
• James Bernard, She
• Ennio Morricone, Days of Heaven
• @bernardherrmann.bsky.social, Journey to the Center of the Earth
• Thomas Newman, Road to Perdition
• Michael Gibbs, Housekeeping
• Nino Rota, Giulietta degli spiriti
• José Nieto, Passion in the Desert
• James Bernard, She
August 29, 2025 at 12:55 AM
7 Treasured Film Scores (semi-random)
• Ennio Morricone, Days of Heaven
• @bernardherrmann.bsky.social, Journey to the Center of the Earth
• Thomas Newman, Road to Perdition
• Michael Gibbs, Housekeeping
• Nino Rota, Giulietta degli spiriti
• José Nieto, Passion in the Desert
• James Bernard, She
• Ennio Morricone, Days of Heaven
• @bernardherrmann.bsky.social, Journey to the Center of the Earth
• Thomas Newman, Road to Perdition
• Michael Gibbs, Housekeeping
• Nino Rota, Giulietta degli spiriti
• José Nieto, Passion in the Desert
• James Bernard, She
Author Ray Bradbury with his friends and colleagues Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann.
@raybradbury.bsky.social
@raybradbury.bsky.social
August 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Author Ray Bradbury with his friends and colleagues Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann.
@raybradbury.bsky.social
@raybradbury.bsky.social
Front and back cover art for Arista’s 1976 LP release of Bernard Herrmann's score for Martin Scorsese’s TAXI DRIVER.
Side 1: Composed by Bernard
Herrmann. Arranged & conducted by David Blume with Tom Scott on saxophone.
Side 2: Composed & conducted by Bernard Herrmann.
Side 1: Composed by Bernard
Herrmann. Arranged & conducted by David Blume with Tom Scott on saxophone.
Side 2: Composed & conducted by Bernard Herrmann.
August 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Front and back cover art for Arista’s 1976 LP release of Bernard Herrmann's score for Martin Scorsese’s TAXI DRIVER.
Side 1: Composed by Bernard
Herrmann. Arranged & conducted by David Blume with Tom Scott on saxophone.
Side 2: Composed & conducted by Bernard Herrmann.
Side 1: Composed by Bernard
Herrmann. Arranged & conducted by David Blume with Tom Scott on saxophone.
Side 2: Composed & conducted by Bernard Herrmann.
Robert De Niro was born on this day in 1943, shown here in Martin Scorsese’s TAXI DRIVER (1976).
August 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Robert De Niro was born on this day in 1943, shown here in Martin Scorsese’s TAXI DRIVER (1976).
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August 16, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Bernard Herrmann’s handwritten “Prelude” from VERTIGO (1958).
August 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Bernard Herrmann’s handwritten “Prelude” from VERTIGO (1958).
Alfred Hitchcock was born on this day in 1899. Composer Bernard Herrmann and Hitchcock collaborated on eight films from 1955 to 1964, and also The Alfred Hitchcock Hour television program.
Photo: Hitchcock and Herrmann on the set of THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH in 1955.
Photo: Hitchcock and Herrmann on the set of THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH in 1955.
August 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Alfred Hitchcock was born on this day in 1899. Composer Bernard Herrmann and Hitchcock collaborated on eight films from 1955 to 1964, and also The Alfred Hitchcock Hour television program.
Photo: Hitchcock and Herrmann on the set of THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH in 1955.
Photo: Hitchcock and Herrmann on the set of THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH in 1955.