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Bernard Herrmann
Affiliation: BMI
Born on: 6 / 30 / 1911 - Deceased: 12 / 24 / 1975


ANNA AND THE KING OF SIAM
Play Sample
Suite 1946
9:44 [ Details ]
Prelude, Montage, Elegy, Coronation

Recorded by Joel McNeely with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra for "Fahrenheit 451" (Varese Sarabande)
 

BRIDE WORE BLACK, THE
A Musical Scenario

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A Musical Scenario 1968
11:27 [ Details ]
Prelude, Femme Fatale, The Accident, Love and Death, Funeral and Finale

Arranged by Christopher Palmer
 

BRIDE WORE BLACK, THE
A Suite in Four Movements (from the film)
Suite 1968
9:00 [ Details ]
Movements: 1. Valse 2. The Boy 3. The Shooting

Edited by Christopher Husted
 

Concerto Macabre
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For Piano & Orchestra 1975
12:00 [ Details ]
For piano solo & orchestra

Recorded as part of The Paradine Case CD with David Beuchner (Koch International Classics)
Suggestions
Concert Works: Non Film

DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, THE
Play Sample
Suite 1951
11:46 [ Details ]
1. Outer Space
2. Radar
3. Gort
4. The Robot
5. Space Control
6. Terror
7. Farewell & Finale

 

DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, THE 1951
5:00 [ Details ]
Arrival
 

GHOST OF MRS. MUIR, THE
Play Sample
Andante Cantabile 1947
3:33 [ Details ]
Andante Cantabile

Recorded by Joel McNeely with the Seattle Symphony on "Fahrenheit 451" (Varese Sarabande)
Suggestions
Halloween: Reel Chillers

IT'S ALIVE! 1973
3:00 [ Details ]
Overture
Suggestions
Halloween: Reel Chillers

JANE EYRE
Play Sample
Suite 1943
13:19 [ Details ]
Lowood, Thornfield & Rochester, The Tower, Departure & Retreat
 

JASON & THE ARGONAUTS 1963
[ Details ]
Scherzo Macabre
 

JASON & THE ARGONAUTS Suite 1963
[ Details ]
Prelude 2:35
Talos 2:20
Talos’s Heel
Talos’s Death 2:43
The Harpies
The Nets
The Rope
The Narrows
Trapped
Androcles and Jason Fight
Temple Dance
The Banquet
Jason’s Arrest
Medea’s Prayer
The Hydra’s Teeth
The Skeletons
Finale
 

JASON AND ARGONAUTS
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Suite 1963
10:15 [ Details ]
1. Prelude 2:35
2. Talos 2:20
3. Talos' Death 2:43
4. Triton 3:17

Scherzo Macabre

Suggestions
Herrmann & Harryhausen

JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH
Play Sample
1959
15:03 [ Details ]
1. Mountain Top & Sunrise

2. Salt Slides

3. Atlantis

4. The Shaft & Finale


 

KING OF THE KHYBER RIFLES 1953
2:00 & 3:30 [ Details ]
1. Overture 2:00
2. The Fight 3:30
 

MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT, THE
Play Sample
1956
2:11 [ Details ]
Main Title/The Farewell

Recorded by Joel McNeely with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra for "Fahrenheit 451" (Varese Sarabande)
 

MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, THE
Play Sample
Cantata 1956
9:15 [ Details ]
The Storm Clouds Cantata (arranged by Sir Arthur Benjamin)
Suggestions
Choral Classics from the Cinema
Hitchcock Thrillers
James Stewart (1908 - 1997)

MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, THE 1956
[ Details ]
Prelude
 

MYSTERIOUS ISLAND
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Suite 1961
13:10 [ Details ]
1. Prelude 1:59
2. The Balloon 2:53
3. The Giant Crab 3:37
4. The Giant Bee 2:52
5. The Giant Bird 3:09

 

NAKED & THE DEAD, THE 1958
2:00 [ Details ]
Overture

. Also available for concert band

 

OBSESSION Valse Lente 1969
3:00 [ Details ]
Valse Lente
Suggestions
Waltz Time

ON DANGEROUS GROUND 1951
2:23 [ Details ]
The Death Hunt

Restored by Christopher Palmer

Recorded by Charles Gerhardt with the National Philharmonic for "Citizen Kane: The Classic Film Scores by Bernard Herrmann" (RCA)
 

Portrait of Hitch Suite 1954
8:21 [ Details ]
TROUBLE WITH HARRY, THE

Also available for concert band

 

PRINCE OF PLAYERS
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Overture 1954
[ Details ]
Overture

Idyll

Suggestions
British Isles Salute
Civil War

PSYCHO
Play Sample
A narrative for string orchestra 1960
14:32, 7:22, 5:00, 1 hr. 49 min. [ Details ]
. Film cues with pauses between movements:

Prelude, The City, The Rainstorm, The Madhouse, The Murder, The Water, The Swamp, The stairs, The Knife, The Cellar, Finale

Recorded by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Essa Pekka Salonen, (SONY) 14:00

. The original playthrough edition was restored by John Mauceri in 1990
Recorded by the composer (London/Decca) 14:00

. The seven minute edition which includes the Prelude, Murder & Finale

Recorded by Elmer Bernstein & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Denon)7:22

. Five minute edition, edited by John Mauceri, is also available

. Psycho: Ballet

. The complete score is available for performances 109 minutes
Suggestions
Chamber Orchestra: Film Music
60's
Halloween: Reel Chillers
Hitchcock Thrillers

SEVENTH VOYAGE OF SINBAD, THE
Play Sample
Suite 1958
8:39 [ Details ]
1. Overture 2:16
2. The Duel With The Skeleton 2:14
3. Baghdad & Finale 3:59

Suggestions
Herrmann & Harryhausen

SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO, THE
Play Sample
The Memory Waltz 1952
4:15 & 6:39 [ Details ]
1. Overture 4:15
2. Romance - Interlude 6:39
3. The Memory Waltz 4:00
 

TAXI DRIVER
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A Night Piece For Orchestra 1976
8:32 [ Details ]
With alto saxophone solo

Prelude, Blues, Night Prowl, Bloodbath, Finale

Arranged by Christopher Palmer

 

TENDER IS THE NIGHT 1962
1:51 [ Details ]
The Embrace

Recorded by Joel McNeely with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra for "Fahrenheit 451" (Varese Sarabande)
 

THREE WORLDS OF GULLIVER, THE
Play Sample
Suite 1960
26:37 [ Details ]
1. Overture 2:26
2. Minuetto-Wapping 2:03
3. Hornpipe 1:20
4. Lilliputians 3:22
5. Victory 3:22
6. Escape .40
7. The King's March 2:00
8. Trees 2:25
9. The Tightrope 3:03
10. Lovers 2:53
11. The Chess Game 1:25
12. Pursuit 1:49
13. Finale 1:09

Suggestions
Herrmann & Harryhausen

TROUBLE WITH HARRY, THE
Play Sample
Suite 1955
8:16 [ Details ]
Portrait of Hitch
Suggestions
Hitchcock Thrillers

TWILIGHT ZONE
[ Details ]
Where is Everybody?

Main Title/End Tag

 

VERTIGO 1958
2:51 [ Details ]
1. Prelude
 

VERTIGO 1958
2:03 [ Details ]
2. Nightmare
 

VERTIGO 1958
5:07 [ Details ]
3. Scene d'amour
 

VERTIGO Suite 10:29
Play Sample
Suite 1958
10:36 complete [ Details ]
1. Prelude 2:51
2. The Nightmare 2:03
3. Scene d'amour 5:07

Suggestions
50's
Halloween: Reel Chillers
Hitchcock Thrillers
James Stewart (1908 - 1997)

WRONG MAN, THE
Play Sample
Prelude 1956
2:05 [ Details ]
Suggestions
Hitchcock Thrillers
Jazz in Films