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Overview
Mini Biography:
The man behind the low woodwinds that open Citizen Kane (1941), the shrieking... moreTrivia:
Regarded The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) as his favorite of his own film scores. Some of... moreAwards:
Won Oscar. Another 4 wins & 7 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(15 articles)
The Sound of Falling: Bernard Herrmann’s Score for Vertigo. (From SoundOnSight. 14 June 2009, 11:15 AM, PDT)
Cannes #8: Oh, the days dwindle down, to a precious few...
(From Roger Ebert's Blog. 24 May 2009, 10:39 PM, PDT)
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Music Department:
- "The Good Old Days" (musical director) (58 episodes, 1966-1983)
- Episode dated 2 October 1983 (1983) TV episode (musical director)
- Episode dated 25 September 1983 (1983) TV episode (musical director)
- Episode dated 23 May 1982 (1982) TV episode (musical director)
- Episode dated 10 May 1982 (1982) TV episode (musical director)
- Episode dated 31 December 1980 (1980) TV episode (musical director)
(53 more) - Obsession (1976) (conductor) (uncredited)
- Taxi Driver (1976) (musical director) (uncredited)
- Endless Night (1972) (conductor)
... aka Agatha Christie's Endless Night - The Night Digger (1971) (conductor)
... aka The Road Builder - Backtrack! (1969) (composer: stock music) (uncredited)
- Twisted Nerve (1968) (composer: Georgie theme whistled version) (conductor)
- "Cimarron Strip" (conductor) (1 episode, 1968)
- Knife in the Darkness (1968) TV episode (conductor) - "Lost in Space" (composer: stock music) (8 episodes, 1965-1967)
- The Galaxy Gift (1967) TV episode (composer: stock music)
- The Astral Traveller (1967) TV episode (composer: stock music) (uncredited)
- The Prisoners of Space (1966) TV episode (composer: stock music) (uncredited)
- War of the Robots (1966) TV episode (composer: stock music) (uncredited)
- Invaders from the Fifth Dimension (1965) TV episode (composer: stock music) (uncredited)
(3 more) - "Rawhide" (conductor) (1 episode, 1965)
- Encounter at Boot Hill (1965) TV episode (conductor) - "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" (music score) (4 episodes, 1963-1964) (musical score) (1 episode, 1964)
- The Life Work of Juan Diaz (1964) TV episode (music score)
- Water's Edge (1964) TV episode (music score)
- Change of Address (1964) TV episode (music score)
- Body in the Barn (1964) TV episode (musical score)
- A Home Away from Home (1963) TV episode (music score) - "The Twilight Zone" (conductor) (6 episodes, 1959-1963)
... aka "The Twilight Zone: The Original Series" (Australia)
... aka "Twilight Zone" (USA: new title)
- Ninety Years Without Slumbering (1963) TV episode (conductor)
- Living Doll (1963) TV episode (conductor)
- Little Girl Lost (1962) TV episode (conductor)
- Eye of the Beholder (1960) TV episode (conductor)
- Walking Distance (1959) TV episode (conductor)
(1 more) - Jason and the Argonauts (1963) (conductor: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra) (musical director) (uncredited) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
... aka Jason and the Golden Fleece - "Have Gun - Will Travel" (composer: theme music) (68 episodes, 1957-1963)
- Face of a Shadow (1963) TV episode (composer: theme music) (uncredited)
- The Lady of the Fifth Moon (1963) TV episode (composer: theme music) (uncredited)
- Genesis (1962) TV episode (composer: theme music) (uncredited)
- Gold and Brimstone (1959) TV episode (composer: theme music) (uncredited)
- The Haunted Trees (1959) TV episode (composer: theme music) (uncredited)
(63 more) - Mysterious Island (1961) (conductor: The London Symphony Orchestra) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
... aka Jules Verne's Mysterious Island (UK: complete title) - "Gunsmoke" (conductor) (1 episode, 1961)
... aka "Gun Law" (UK)
... aka "Marshal Dillon" (USA: rerun title)
- Kitty Shot (1961) TV episode (conductor) - The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960) (conductor) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
... aka The Worlds of Gulliver - The Naked and the Dead (1958) (musical director)
- The Fiend Who Walked the West (1958) (composer: stock music) (uncredited)
- Vertigo (1958) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
... aka 'Vertigo' (USA: poster title)
... aka Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (USA: complete title) - A Hatful of Rain (1957) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
- "General Electric Theater" (conductor) (1 episode, 1956)
... aka "G.E. Theater" (USA: informal short title)
... aka "G.E. True Theater" (USA: new title)
- A Child Is Born (1956) TV episode (conductor) - "Shower of Stars" (conductor) (1 episode, 1954)
... aka "Chrysler Shower of Stars"
- A Christmas Carol (1954) TV episode (conductor) - Garden of Evil (1954) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
- King of the Khyber Rifles (1953) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
- Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
- White Witch Doctor (1953) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
... aka Ernest Hemingway's The Snows of Kilimanjaro (USA: complete title) - 5 Fingers (1952) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
... aka Five Fingers - On Dangerous Ground (1952) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
- "Suspense" (composer: theme music) (1 episode, 1950)
- The Brush Off (1950) TV episode (composer: theme music) - The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
- Anna and the King of Siam (1946) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
- Hangover Square (1945) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
- The Falcon in Mexico (1944) (composer: stock music) (uncredited)
- Jane Eyre (1944) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
- The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
- All That Money Can Buy (1941) (conductor) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
... aka The Devil and Daniel Webster (International: English title) (USA: reissue title)
... aka Daniel and the Devil (USA: reissue title) - Citizen Kane (1941) (conductor) (music arranger) (uncredited) (orchestrator) (uncredited)
Composer:
- Back to Room 666 (2008) (music by)
... aka De Volta ao Quarto 666 (Brazil)
... aka Ensaios Visuais: De Volta ao Quarto 666 (Brazil: long title)
... aka Think Tank #03: Back to Room 666 (International: English title: long title) - Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm (2007) (V)
- The Jewel of Death (1992)
- Obsession (1976)
- Taxi Driver (1976)
- It's Alive (1974/I)
- Sisters (1973)
... aka Blood Sisters (UK) - Endless Night (1972)
... aka Agatha Christie's Endless Night - The Night Digger (1971)
... aka The Road Builder - Bitka na Neretvi (1969)
... aka Battle of the River Neretva (Australia: video title)
... aka Die Schlacht an der Neretva (West Germany)
... aka La battaglia della Neretva (Italy)
... aka The Battle of Neretva (USA)
... aka The Battle of the River Neretva (USA) - Bezeten - Het gat in de muur (1969)
... aka Besessen - Das Loch in der Wand (West Germany) - "The Virginian" (4 episodes, 1965-1969)
... aka "The Men from Shiloh" (USA: new title)
- Last Grave at Socorro Creek (1969) TV episode
- Reckoning (1967) TV episode
- Show Me a Hero (1965) TV episode
- Nobility of Kings (1965) TV episode - Twisted Nerve (1968)
- Companions in Nightmare (1968) (TV)
- La mariée était en noir (1968)
... aka The Bride Wore Black (Australia) (UK) (USA)
... aka La sposa in nero (Italy) - "Cimarron Strip" (1 episode, 1968)
- Knife in the Darkness (1968) TV episode - Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
- "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1 episode, 1966)
... aka "The Chrysler Theater"
... aka "Universal Star Time" (syndication title)
- Nightmare (1966) TV episode - "Rawhide" (2 episodes, 1965)
- The Pursuit (1965) TV episode
- Encounter at Boot Hill (1965) TV episode - "Convoy" (1965) TV series (unknown episodes)
- Joy in the Morning (1965)
- "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" (13 episodes, 1963-1965)
- Death Scene (1965) TV episode
- Wally the Beard (1965) TV episode (music score)
- An Unlocked Window (1965) TV episode (music score)
- Where the Woodbine Twineth (1965) TV episode (music score)
- Consider Her Ways (1964) TV episode (music score)
(8 more) - "Kraft Suspense Theatre" (1 episode, 1964)
... aka "Crisis" (USA: syndication title)
... aka "Suspense Theatre" (USA: syndication title)
- A Lion Amongst Men (1964) TV episode - Marnie (1964) (musical composition by)
- "The Twilight Zone" (7 episodes, 1959-1963)
... aka "The Twilight Zone: The Original Series" (Australia)
... aka "Twilight Zone" (USA: new title)
- Ninety Years Without Slumbering (1963) TV episode
- Living Doll (1963) TV episode
- Little Girl Lost (1962) TV episode
- Eye of the Beholder (1960) TV episode
- The Lonely (1959) TV episode
(2 more) - "The Great Adventure" (1 episode, 1963)
- The Story of Nathan Hale (1963) TV episode - Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
... aka Jason and the Golden Fleece - Cape Fear (1962)
- Tender Is the Night (1962)
- Mysterious Island (1961)
... aka Jules Verne's Mysterious Island (UK: complete title) - "Gunsmoke" (2 episodes, 1961)
... aka "Gun Law" (UK)
... aka "Marshal Dillon" (USA: rerun title)
- Harriet (1961) TV episode
- Kitty Shot (1961) TV episode - "The Americans" (1961) TV series (unknown episodes)
- The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)
... aka The Worlds of Gulliver - Psycho (1960) (music by)
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)
... aka Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth
... aka Trip to the Center of the Earth - Blue Denim (1959)
... aka Blue Jeans (UK) - North by Northwest (1959)
... aka Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (USA: complete title) - "For Better or Worse" (1959) TV series
- The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
- "Pursuit" (1958) TV series (unknown episodes)
- "Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse" (1958) TV series (unknown episodes)
... aka "Desilu Playhouse" - The Naked and the Dead (1958)
- Vertigo (1958)
... aka 'Vertigo' (USA: poster title)
... aka Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (USA: complete title) - Collector's Item (1958) (TV) (uncredited)
- "Have Gun - Will Travel" (1 episode, 1957)
- Three Bells to Perdido (1957) TV episode (as Bernard Hermann) - A Hatful of Rain (1957)
- "Playhouse 90" (1 episode, 1957)
- Without Incident (1957) TV episode - "Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans" (1 episode, 1957)
... aka "Hawkeye"
... aka "Last of the Mohicans" (Canada: English title)
- The Ethan Allen Story (1957) TV episode - Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot (1957)
- "General Electric Theater" (2 episodes, 1955-1956)
... aka "G.E. Theater" (USA: informal short title)
... aka "G.E. True Theater" (USA: new title)
- A Child Is Born (1956) TV episode
- A Child Is Born (1955) TV episode - The Wrong Man (1956)
- The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) (music scored by)
- The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)
- Landmark (1956) (TV)
- The Trouble with Harry (1955) (music score by)
- The Kentuckian (1955)
- Prince of Players (1955)
- "Shower of Stars" (1 episode, 1954)
... aka "Chrysler Shower of Stars"
- A Christmas Carol (1954) TV episode - "Climax!" (1954) TV series (unknown episodes)
... aka "Climax Mystery Theater" (USA) - The Egyptian (1954)
- Garden of Evil (1954)
- "The Lineup" (1954) TV series (unknown episodes)
... aka "San Francisco Beat" - King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)
- Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)
- White Witch Doctor (1953)
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)
... aka Ernest Hemingway's The Snows of Kilimanjaro (USA: complete title) - 5 Fingers (1952)
... aka Five Fingers - On Dangerous Ground (1952)
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
- "Studio One" (1948) TV series (unknown episodes)
... aka "Studio One Summer Theatre" (USA: summer title)
... aka "Studio One in Hollywood" (USA: new title)
... aka "Summer Theatre" (USA: summer title)
... aka "Westinghouse Studio One" (USA)
... aka "Westinghouse Summer Theatre" (USA: summer title) - The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
- Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
- Hangover Square (1945)
- Jane Eyre (1944)
- The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) (uncredited)
- All That Money Can Buy (1941)
... aka The Devil and Daniel Webster (International: English title) (USA: reissue title)
... aka Daniel and the Devil (USA: reissue title) - Citizen Kane (1941)
Soundtrack:
- Hotel for Dogs (2009) (writer: "The Murder")
... aka Das Hundehotel (Germany) - Yes Man (2008) (writer: "Journey To The Center Of The Earth")
- The Key to Reserva (2007) (writer: "Music")
... aka La clave Reserva (Spain) - Death Proof (2007) (writer: "Introduction") (performer: "Introduction")
... aka Grindhouse Presents: Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof (USA: DVD title)
... aka Grindhouse: Death Proof (International: English title)
... aka Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof (USA: complete title)
... aka Quentin Tarantino's Thunder Bolt (USA: informal alternative title) - Arthur et les Minimoys (2006) ("Rosalie")
... aka Arthur and the Invisibles (Philippines: English title) (USA)
... aka Arthur and the Minimoys (Hong Kong: English title)
... aka Arthur et les Minimoys (France) - "The Sopranos" (1 episode, 2006)
- Kaisha (2006) TV episode ("Prelude (Main Titles)") - Movie Boy (2005) (writer: "The Killing")
- Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) (writer: "Twisted Nerve") (performer: "Twisted Nerve")
... aka Kill Bill (USA: informal short title)
... aka Kill Bill Part 1 (USA: informal title)
... aka Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume One (USA: promotional title) - Wonderland (2003) ("I Work the Whole City" (1976))
- Koi... Mil Gaya (2003) (writer: "Music from tt0055824" (uncredited))
... aka I Found Someone (International: English title: informal literal title)
... aka I've... Found Someone (India: English title: literal title) - Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) (writer: "Cape Fear", "Scene D'Amour"/"The Nightmare")
- Finding Nemo (2003) (writer: "Psycho (The Murder)" (1960))
- Daddy Day Care (2003) (writer: "The Knife")
- Jackass: The Movie (2002) ("The Murder")
... aka Jackass (USA) - Stuart Little 2 (2002) (writer: "The Beach (from Vertigo)")
- "Livshunger" (1 episode, 2002)
- Episode #1.6 (2002) TV episode (music: "ALL THE ANIMALS COME OUT AT NIGHT") - The Majestic (2001) ("Klaatu", "Gort", "The Visor")
- Columbo: Murder with Too Many Notes (2000) (TV) (music: "The Murder from Psycho")
- RKO 281 (1999) (TV) (writer: "Finale from Citizen Kane")
... aka RKO 281: The Battle Over Citizen Kane (USA: video box title) - Strange Planet (1999) (writer: Original Soundtrack)
- Drive Me Crazy (1999) (writer: "Duo")
- Contact (1997) (music: "The Twilight Zone" (uncredited))
- Kingpin (1996) (writer: "Sound Byte")
- Twelve Monkeys (1995) (writer: "Vertigo Theme" (1958))
- Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1994) (writer: "The Day the Earth Stood Still")
- Kika (1993) ("The Car Lot, the Package" (fragment from "Suite from Psycho"))
... aka Kika (France) - Coneheads (1993) ("The Lincoln Memorial")
- Wayne's World (1992) ("THE MURDER")
- Paint It Black (1989) ("FANFARE FOR 'TORN CURTAIN'")
- Morgan Stewart's Coming Home (1987) (writer: "The Murder") (performer: "The Murder")
... aka Home Front - "Moonlighting" (1 episode, 1986)
- Funeral for a Door Nail (1986) TV episode (writer: "Psycho (The Murder)") - Precious Images (1986) ("Theme")
- "Knight Rider" (1 episode, 1984)
- Halloween Knight (1984) TV episode (writer: "Psycho (The Murder)") - "The Benny Hill Show" (1 episode, 1980)
- Name That Tune (1980) TV episode (writer: "Psycho (The Murder)") (performer: "Psycho (The Murder)") - More Than Sisters (1979) (writer: "Psycho original motion picture soundtrack" (uncredited))
... aka Every Women has a Fantasy Pt 3 (Australia: video title) - Mary! Mary! (1977) (writer: "The Twilight Zone (1959 version) television soundtrack exerpts" (uncredited))
... aka Money Honey - Taxi Driver (1976) (music: "HOLD ME CLOSE")
- "The Twilight Zone" (1959) TV series (unknown episodes)
... aka "The Twilight Zone: The Original Series" (Australia)
... aka "Twilight Zone" (USA: new title) - The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) ("Storm Cloud Cantata")
- Portrait of Jennie (1948) (music: "Jennie's Song" (uncredited))
... aka Jennie (UK)
... aka Tidal Wave - Hangover Square (1945) (writer: "Concerto Macabre") (music: "Gay Love")
- Citizen Kane (1941) (music: "Aria from Salammbo")
Sound Department:
- The Birds (1963) (sound consultant) (sound designer) (uncredited)
... aka Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds (UK: complete title)
Actor:
- The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) (uncredited) .... Conductor
Thanks:
- Dusty (2008) (special thanks)
- Taxi Driver (1976) (our gratitude and respect to: June 29, 1911 - December 24, 1975)
- Portrait of Jennie (1948) (acknowledgment)
... aka Jennie (UK)
... aka Tidal Wave
Self:
- The Trouble with Marnie (2000) (TV) .... Himself (Archive Footage)
- Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann (1992) .... Himself
- "Telescope" .... Himself (1 episode, 1964)
- A Talk with Hitchcock (1964) TV episode (uncredited) .... Himself
Archive Footage:
- "20th Century Greats" (2004) .... Himself
- The Music of 'Fahrenheit 451' (2003) (V) .... Himself
- The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' (2000) (V) .... Himself
- Obsessed with Vertigo (1997) (TV) .... Himself - Photo
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