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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. Links: linktr.ee/BernardHerrmannArchive

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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · Jul 29

A great read! 👇

‘How PSYCHO’s terrifying music changed film forever’ by @thobbsjourno.bsky.social via BBC Culture: www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

'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.

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David Collard @davidcollard.bsky.social · 1d

The role of Harry was played by the uncredited Philip Truex.

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Publicity still for Alfred Hitchcock’s THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955), featuring: Mildred Natwick, Edmund Gwenn, Jerry Mathers, Shirley MacLaine, John Forsythe and “Harry.”

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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · 1d

Publicity still for Alfred Hitchcock’s THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955), featuring: Mildred Natwick, Edmund Gwenn, Jerry Mathers, Shirley MacLaine, John Forsythe and “Harry.”

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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · 3d

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.

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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · 5d

Tippi Hedren photographed for THE BIRDS (1963).

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Rod Serling Memorial Foundation @rodserlingmemfndtn.bsky.social · 6d

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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · 6d

De Palma has a great way of mixing humor with the macabre!

Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · 7d

Director Brian De Palma and Margot Kidder on the set of SISTERS (1973).

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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · 8d

Truly! So many great scores!

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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · 8d

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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Anne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social · 10d

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

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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · 9d

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.

Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · 12d

Each release includes a lavish, 24-page booklet featuring an exclusive essay by Herrmann’s official biographer, Steven C. Smith, which uncovers new aspects of the relationship between the composer and director Orson Welles.

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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · 12d

The albums have been remixed and remastered by Chris Malone (@malonedigital.bsky.social) on Super Audio CD at 32-bit/96 kHz from high-resolution sources transferred in two-channel stereo.

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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · 12d

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.

🔗 quartetrecords.com/shop/cd-cata...

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Bill Wrobel [Film Score Rundowns] @filmscorerundowns.bsky.social · 20d

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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · 22d

1983 re-release poster for Alfred Hitchcock's THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955).

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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · Sep 4

Kim Novak photographed for Alfred Hitchcock’s VERTIGO (1958).

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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · Sep 3

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

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · Aug 29

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

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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · Aug 23

Author Ray Bradbury with his friends and colleagues Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann.

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Author Ray Bradbury with Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann.

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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · Aug 18

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.

Front cover art for Arista’s 1976 LP release of Bernard Herrmann's score for Martin Scorsese’s TAXI DRIVER.

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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · Aug 17

Robert De Niro was born on this day in 1943, shown here in Martin Scorsese’s TAXI DRIVER (1976).

Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese’s TAXI DRIVER (1976).

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teamrickandilsa.bsky.social @teamrickandilsa.bsky.social · Aug 16

Chilling AF! Anthony Perkins take a bow. #Psycho #TCMParty

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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · Aug 15

Bernard Herrmann’s handwritten “Prelude” from VERTIGO (1958).

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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · Aug 13

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.

Hitchcock and Herrmann on the set of THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH in 1955.

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