Bernard Herrmann

ComposerSoundActorWriterCrew Jun 29 (died age 64) New York City, New York, USA 1941–2020 (79 year career)

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Biography

Bernard Herrmann (born Max Herman; June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975) was an American composer best known for his work in composing for motion pictures. As a conductor, he championed the music of lesser-known composers. An Academy Award-winner (for The Devil and Daniel Webster, 1941; later renamed All That Money Can Buy), Herrmann is particularly known for his collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock, most famously Psycho, North by Northwest, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo. He also…

Known For

Film

Psycho

Original Music Composer

Film

Taxi Driver

Music Director

Film

Vertigo

Original Music Composer

Film

Citizen Kane

Conductor

Film

North by Northwest

Original Music Composer

Film

The Birds

Music Consultant

Film

Cape Fear

Original Music Composer

Film

The Twilight Zone

Original Music Composer

Filmography

Acting (5)

Movies (3)

A Talk with Hitchcock

1964

as Self

6.5

The Man Who Knew Too Much

1956

as Conductor at Albert Hall (uncredited)

7.4

The Wrong Man

1956

as Stork Club Piano Player (uncredited)

7.1

Television (2)

20th Century Greats

2004

as Self (archive footage)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

as Conductor (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.8

Crew (85)

Movies (81)

Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes

2020

Original Music Composer

7.0

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

2019

Original Music Composer

10.0

The Morricone Duel: The Most Dangerous Concert Ever

2018

Music

8.6

Le carnaval de l’angoisse

2009

Music

Back to Room 666

2008

Original Music Composer

The Key to Reserva

Music

Psycho Path

Musical

Psycho

Original Music Composer

5.1

Bon week-end Monsieur Bennett !

1994

Music

The Egg

1993

Music

6.0

Cape Fear

1991

Original Music Composer

7.3

Psycho IV: The Beginning

1990

Music

5.7

Cada ver es...

1983

Original Music Composer

6.1

Psycho Shampoo

1979

Music

It Lives Again

1978

Original Music Composer

Taxi Driver

Music Director

Taxi Driver

Original Music Composer

Taxi Driver

Thanks

Obsession

Original Music Composer

6.7

God Told Me To

1976

In Memory Of

5.8

Hanuman and the Five Kamen Riders

Music

It's Alive

Conductor

It's Alive

Orchestrator

It's Alive

Original Music Composer

6.0

Sisters

1973

Original Music Composer

6.7

Endless Night

1972

Original Music Composer

6.0

The Road Builder

1971

Original Music Composer

6.2

The Battle of Neretva

1969

Original Music Composer

6.8

Obsessions

1969

Original Music Composer

4.3

Twisted Nerve

1968

Original Music Composer

6.7

Death in the Afternoon

1968

Original Music Composer

4.9

The Bride Wore Black

1968

Original Music Composer

7.1

Companions in Nightmare

1968

Original Music Composer

Fahrenheit 451

Conductor

Fahrenheit 451

Original Music Composer

7.1

Marnie

1964

Original Music Composer

7.1

The Birds

1963

Music Consultant

7.5

Jason and the Argonauts

1963

Conductor

7.2

Jason and the Argonauts

1963

Original Music Composer

7.2

Cape Fear

1962

Original Music Composer

7.5

Tender Is the Night

1962

Original Music Composer

Mysterious Island

Conductor

Mysterious Island

Original Music Composer

6.6

Psycho

1960

Original Music Composer

8.4

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver

1960

Original Music Composer

6.6

North by Northwest

1959

Original Music Composer

8.0

Journey to the Center of the Earth

1959

Original Music Composer

6.9

Blue Denim

1959

Original Music Composer

4.9

Vertigo

1958

Original Music Composer

8.1

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

1958

Original Music Composer

6.9

The Naked and the Dead

1958

Original Music Composer

5.8

The Fiend Who Walked the West

1958

Music

6.0

A Hatful of Rain

1957

Original Music Composer

6.7

Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot

1957

Music

The Man Who Knew Too Much

1956

Original Music Composer

7.4

The Wrong Man

1956

Original Music Composer

7.1

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

1956

Original Music Composer

6.7

The Trouble with Harry

1955

Original Music Composer

7.0

The Kentuckian

1955

Original Music Composer

5.7

Prince of Players

1955

Original Music Composer

4.7

The Egyptian

1954

Original Music Composer

6.4

Garden of Evil

1954

Original Music Composer

A Christmas Carol

Songs

White Witch Doctor

Original Music Composer

6.3

King of the Khyber Rifles

1953

Original Music Composer

5.7

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef

1953

Original Music Composer

5.9

5 Fingers

1952

Original Music Composer

7.6

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

1952

Original Music Composer

5.9

The Day the Earth Stood Still

1951

Original Music Composer

7.5

On Dangerous Ground

1951

Original Music Composer

6.6

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

1947

Orchestrator

7.5

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

1947

Original Music Composer

7.5

Anna and the King of Siam

1946

Original Music Composer

6.0

Hangover Square

1945

Original Music Composer

7.0

Jane Eyre

1943

Original Music Composer

6.9

The Magnificent Ambersons

1942

Original Music Composer

Citizen Kane

Conductor

Citizen Kane

Original Music Composer

8.0

All That Money Can Buy

1941

Conductor

7.0

All That Money Can Buy

1941

Original Music Composer

7.0

It Is Accomplished

Music

10.0

Television (4)

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

2008

Main Title Theme Composer

Lost in Space

Music

The Twilight Zone

Original Music Composer

8.5

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

Original Music Composer

7.3