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Bernard Herrmann (I) (1911–1975)

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The man behind the low woodwinds that open Citizen Kane, the shrieking violins of Psycho, and the plaintive saxophone of Taxi Driver was one of the most original and distinctive composers ever to work in film. He started early, winning a composition prize at the age of 13 and founding his own orchestra at the age of 20... See full bio »

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in New York City, New York, USA

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(age 64) in North Hollywood, California, USA
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2006 The Fear (El Miedo) (composer: stock music)
 
2000 'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic (video documentary) (additional music)
 
1999 Troldspejlet (TV series) (composer: stock music - 1 episode)
– Troldspejlet special: Stop motion (1999) (composer: stock music)
 
1987 It's Alive III: Island of the Alive (composer: original "It's Alive" theme)
 
1976 Obsession (conductor - uncredited)
 
1976 Taxi Driver (musical director - uncredited)
 
1972 Endless Night (conductor)
 
1971 The Night Digger (conductor)
 
1969 Backtrack! (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1968 Twisted Nerve (composer: Georgie theme whistled version, conductor)
 
1968 Cimarron Strip (TV series) (conductor - 1 episode)
– Knife in the Darkness (1968) (conductor)
 
1965-1967 Lost in Space (TV series) (composer: stock music - 8 episodes)
– The Galaxy Gift (1967) (composer: stock music)
– The Astral Traveller (1967) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
– The Prisoners of Space (1966) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
– War of the Robots (1966) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
– Invaders from the Fifth Dimension (1965) (composer: stock music - uncredited)
See all 8 episodes »
 
1965 Rawhide (TV series) (conductor - 1 episode)
– Encounter at Boot Hill (1965) (conductor)
 
1959-1963 Twilight Zone (TV series) (conductor - 6 episodes)
– Ninety Years Without Slumbering (1963) (conductor)
– Living Doll (1963) (conductor)
– Little Girl Lost (1962) (conductor)
– Eye of the Beholder (1960) (conductor)
– Walking Distance (1959) (conductor)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1963 Jason and the Argonauts (conductor: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, musical director - uncredited, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1957-1963 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series) (composer: theme music - 68 episodes)
– Face of a Shadow (1963) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
– The Lady of the Fifth Moon (1963) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
– Genesis (1962) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
– Gold and Brimstone (1959) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
– The Haunted Trees (1959) (composer: theme music - uncredited)
See all 68 episodes »
 
1961 Mysterious Island (conductor: The London Symphony Orchestra, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1960-1961 Hong Kong (TV series) (composer: stock music - 26 episodes)
– The Runaway (1961) (composer: stock music)
– The Innocent Exile (1961) (composer: stock music)
– Love Honor and Perish (1961) (composer: stock music)
– The Woman in Grey (1961) (composer: stock music)
– Murder by Proxy (1961) (composer: stock music)
See all 26 episodes »
 
1961 Gunsmoke (TV series) (conductor - 1 episode)
– Kitty Shot (1961) (conductor)
 
1960 The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (conductor: The London Symphony Orchestra, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1959 North by Northwest (conductor - uncredited, music arranger - uncredited, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1958 The Naked and the Dead (conductor)
 
1958 The Fiend Who Walked the West (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1958 Vertigo (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1957 A Hatful of Rain (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1956 G.E. True Theater (TV series) (conductor - 1 episode)
– A Child Is Born (1956) (conductor)
 
1954 Shower of Stars (TV series) (conductor - 1 episode)
– A Christmas Carol (1954) (conductor)
 
1954 Garden of Evil (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1953 King of the Khyber Rifles (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1953 Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1953 White Witch Doctor (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1952 The Snows of Kilimanjaro (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1952 5 Fingers (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1952 On Dangerous Ground (conductor - uncredited)
 
1951 The Day the Earth Stood Still (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1950 Suspense (TV series) (composer: theme music - 1 episode)
– The Brush Off (1950) (composer: theme music)
 
1947 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1946 Anna and the King of Siam (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1945 Hangover Square (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1944 The Falcon in Mexico (composer: stock music - uncredited)
 
1943 Jane Eyre (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1942 The Magnificent Ambersons (orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 The Devil and Daniel Webster (conductor, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
1941 Citizen Kane (conductor, orchestrator - uncredited)
 
Show ShowComposer (82 titles)
2008 Back to Room 666 (documentary short)
 
2007 Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm (video documentary short)
 
2000 All About 'The Birds' (video documentary)
 
1998 Psycho
 
1992 The Jewel of Death (short)
 
1991 Cape Fear (original score)
 
1978 It Lives Again
 
1976 Obsession
 
1976 Taxi Driver
 
1975 Secret Desire (uncredited)
 
1974/I It's Alive
 
1973 Sisters
 
1972 Endless Night
 
1971 The Night Digger
 
1969 The Battle of Neretva
 
1969 Bezeten - Het gat in de muur
 
1965-1969 The Virginian (TV series)
– Last Grave at Socorro Creek (1969)
– The Reckoning (1967) (music score)
– Show Me a Hero (1965)
– Nobility of Kings (1965)
 
1968 Twisted Nerve
 
1968 Companions in Nightmare (TV movie)
 
1968 The Bride Wore Black
 
1968 Cimarron Strip (TV series)
– Knife in the Darkness (1968) (music composed and conducted by)
 
1966 Fahrenheit 451
 
1966 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
– Nightmare (1966)
 
1965 Rawhide (TV series)
– The Pursuit (1965)
– Encounter at Boot Hill (1965)
 
1965 Convoy (TV series)
 
1965 Joy in the Morning
 
1963-1965 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (TV series)
– Death Scene (1965)
– Wally the Beard (1965) (music score)
– An Unlocked Window (1965) (music score)
– Where the Woodbine Twineth (1965) (music score)
– Consider Her Ways (1964) (music score)
See all 17 episodes »
 
1964 Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV series)
– A Lion Amongst Men (1964)
 
1964 Marnie (musical composition by)
 
1959-1963 Twilight Zone (TV series)
– Ninety Years Without Slumbering (1963)
– Living Doll (1963)
– Little Girl Lost (1962)
– Eye of the Beholder (1960)
– The Lonely (1959)
See all 7 episodes »
 
1963 The Great Adventure (TV series)
– The Story of Nathan Hale (1963)
 
1963 Jason and the Argonauts
 
1962 Cape Fear
 
1962 Tender Is the Night
 
1961 Mysterious Island
 
1961 Gunsmoke (TV series)
– Harriet (1961)
– Kitty Shot (1961)
– Tall Trapper (1961) (music composed and conducted by)
 
1961 The Americans (TV series)
 
1960 The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
 
1960 Psycho (music by)
 
1959 Journey to the Center of the Earth
 
1959 Blue Denim
 
1959 North by Northwest
 
1959 For Better or Worse (TV series)
 
1958 The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
 
1958 Pursuit (TV series)
 
1958 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV series)
 
1958 The Naked and the Dead
 
1958 Vertigo
 
1958 Collector's Item (TV movie) (uncredited)
 
1957 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
– Three Bells to Perdido (1957) (as Bernard Hermann)
 
1957 A Hatful of Rain
 
1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
– Without Incident (1957)
 
1957 Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (TV series)
– The Ethan Allen Story (1957)
 
1957 Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot (short)
 
1955-1956 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
– A Child Is Born (1956)
– A Child Is Born (1955)
 
1956 The Wrong Man (music by)
 
1956 The Man Who Knew Too Much (music scored by)
 
1956 The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
 
1956 Landmark (TV movie)
 
1955 The Trouble with Harry (music score by)
 
1955 The Kentuckian
 
1955 Prince of Players
 
1954 Shower of Stars (TV series)
– A Christmas Carol (1954)
 
1954 Climax! (TV series)
 
1954 The Egyptian
 
1954 Garden of Evil
 
1954 The Lineup (TV series)
 
1953 King of the Khyber Rifles
 
1953 Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
 
1953 White Witch Doctor
 
1952 The Snows of Kilimanjaro
 
1952 5 Fingers
 
1952 On Dangerous Ground
 
1951 The Day the Earth Stood Still (music)
 
1948 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
 
1947 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (music)
 
1946 Anna and the King of Siam (music)
 
1945 Hangover Square
 
1943 Jane Eyre (music)
 
1942 The Magnificent Ambersons (uncredited)
 
1941 The Devil and Daniel Webster
 
1941 Citizen Kane (music composed by)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (53 titles)
2010 Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (writer: "Psycho Theme")
 
2009 A Single Man (writer: "Scene D'Amour")
 
2009 Capitalism: A Love Story (documentary) (writer: "Vertigo Prelude")
 
2009 Hotel for Dogs (writer: "The Murder")
 
2008 Yes Man (writer: "Journey to the Center of the Earth")
 
2008 Australia (writer: "Prelude" from tt0038303, "Time Passage" from tt0036969)
 
2008 Drillbit Taylor (writer: "The Panic")
 
2007 The Key to Reserva (short) (writer: "Music")
 
2007 Willkommen Österreich (TV series)
– Episode #1.4 (2007) (writer: "The Murder" - uncredited)
 
2007 Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series (TV series)
– The Rebexorcist (2007) (writer: "Theme from Psycho" - uncredited / performer: "Theme from Psycho" - uncredited)
 
2007 Death Proof (writer: "Introduction" / performer: "Introduction")
 
2006 Arthur and the Invisibles ("Rosalie")
 
2006 The Sopranos (TV series)
– Kaisha (2006) ("Prelude Main Titles" - uncredited)
 
2005 Movie Boy (writer: "The Killing")
 
2003 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (writer: "Twisted Nerve" / performer: "Twisted Nerve")
 
2003 Wonderland ("I Work the Whole City" 1976)
 
2003 Koi... Mil Gaya (writer: "Music" - uncredited)
 
2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (writer: "Cape Fear", "Scene D'Amour"/"The Nightmare")
 
2003 Finding Nemo (writer: "Psycho The Murder" 1960)
 
2003 Daddy Day Care (writer: "The Knife")
 
2002 Jackass: The Movie (documentary) ("The Murder")
 
2002 Stuart Little 2 (writer: "The Beach from Vertigo")
 
2002 Livshunger (TV series)
– Episode #1.6 (2002) (music: "ALL THE ANIMALS COME OUT AT NIGHT")
 
2001 The Majestic ("Klaatu", "Gort", "The Visor")
 
2000 Columbo (TV series)
– Murder with Too Many Notes (2000) (music: "The Murder from Psycho")
 
1999 RKO 281 (TV movie) (music: "Finale")
 
1999 Strange Planet (writer: Original Soundtrack)
 
1999 Drive Me Crazy (writer: "Duo")
 
1998 Seinfeld (TV series)
– The Bookstore (1998) (music: "Theme From Cape Fear" - uncredited)
 
1997 Contact (music: "The Twilight Zone" - uncredited)
 
1996 Kingpin (writer: "Sound Byte")
 
1995 Twelve Monkeys (writer: "Vertigo Theme" 1958)
 
1994 Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (documentary) (writer: "The Day the Earth Stood Still")
 
1993 Kika ("The Car Lot, the Package" fragment from "Suite from Psycho")
 
1993 Coneheads ("The Lincoln Memorial")
 
1992 Wayne's World ("THE MURDER")
 
1992 Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann (documentary) ("Taxi Driver", "Citizen Kane", "On Dangerous Ground", "North by Northwest", "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir", "The Man Who Knew Too Much", "Psycho", "Cape Fear", "Torn Curtain", "The Bride Wore Black", "Sisters", "Jane Eyre", "Psycho-A Narrative for Orchestra", "Vertigo Suite")
 
1989 Paint It Black ("FANFARE FOR 'TORN CURTAIN'")
 
1989 Precious Images (documentary short) ("Theme")
 
1986-1988 Moonlighting (TV series)
– Between a Yuk and a Hard Place (1988) (writer: "On the Rocks" - uncredited)
– Funeral for a Door Nail (1986) (writer: "Psycho The Murder")
 
1987 Morgan Stewart's Coming Home (writer: "The Murder" / performer: "The Murder")
 
1984 Knight Rider (TV series)
– Halloween Knight (1984) (writer: "Psycho The Murder")
 
1981 Beauty (writer: "Love Music" - uncredited)
 
1980 The Benny Hill Show (TV series)
– Name That Tune (1980) (writer: "Psycho The Murder" / performer: "Psycho The Murder")
 
1979 More Than Sisters (writer: "Music" - uncredited)
 
1977 Mary! Mary! (writer: "Excerpts" - uncredited)
 
1976 Taxi Driver (music: "HOLD ME CLOSE")
 
1960 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
– Episode dated 7 December 1960 (1960) (writer: "Have Gun, Will Travel" - uncredited)
 
1959 Twilight Zone (TV series)
 
1956 The Man Who Knew Too Much ("Storm Cloud Cantata")
 
1948 Portrait of Jennie (music: "Jennie's Song" - uncredited)
 
1945 Hangover Square (writer: "Concerto Macabre" / music: "Gay Love")
 
1941 Citizen Kane (music: "Aria from Salammbo" 1941 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowSound Department (1 title)
1963 The Birds (sound consultant, sound designer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1956 The Man Who Knew Too Much
Conductor/Himself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowThanks (4 titles)
2008 Dusty (short) (special thanks)
 
1976 God Told Me To (dedicated to the memory of - as Mr. Bernard Herrmann)
 
1976 Taxi Driver (our gratitude and respect to: June 29, 1911 - December 24, 1975)
 
1948 Portrait of Jennie (grateful acknowledgment)
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
1992 Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann (documentary)
Himself
 
1964 Telescope (TV series documentary)
Himself
– A Talk with Hitchcock (1964) … Himself (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (4 titles)
2004 20th Century Greats (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
2003 The Music of 'Fahrenheit 451' (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2000 The Trouble with Marnie (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000 The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' (video documentary short)
Himself
 

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Alternate Names:

Bernard Hermann | Mr. Bernard Herrmann

Height:

5' 8" (1.73 m)
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Star Sign:

Cancer