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Preeminent film composer brought to Hollywood by Orson Welles and subsequently renowned for his collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock. Herrmann had scored many of Welles' radio shows before making the move west for "Citizen Kane" (1941), which immediately placed him in the front rank of film composers. In contrast to the prevailing Hollywood style, Herrmann's scores moved away from full, lush arrangements to smaller, often unorthodox orchestration....
Full Bio , Awards & Milestones

Filmography

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle - ( Music / 2003 / Released / )
Daddy Day Care - ( Music / 2003 / Released / )
Finding Nemo - ( Music / 2003 / Released / )
Jackass: The movie - ( Song / 2002 / Released / )
Drive Me Crazy - ( Song / 1999 / Released / )
North By Northwest - ( Music / 1999 / Released / )
One Hundred and One Nights - ( Music(- music excerpts) / 1999 / Released / )
Strange Planet - ( Song / 1999 / Released / New Vision Films )
Psycho - ( Song / 1998 / Released / )
Psycho - ( Music / 1998 / Released / )
Coneheads - ( Song / 1993 / Released / )
Music For the Movies: Bernard Herrmann - ( Himself / 1992 / Released / )
Wayne's World - ( Song / 1992 / Released / )
Cape Fear - ( Music / 1991 / Released / )
Fahrenheit 451 - ( Music / 1989 / Released / )
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive - ( Theme Music / 1987 / Released / Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group )
Stand By Me - ( Song / 1986 / Released / )
Terror in the Aisles - ( Music(- music extract) / 1984 / Released / )
King Blank - ( Music(- music extract) / 1983 / Released / )
Thriller - ( Music / 1979 / Released / )
Death at Work - ( Music / 1978 / Released / Sacis )
It's Alive 2 - ( Music / 1978 / Released / )
Obsession - ( Music / 1976 / Released / )
Taxi Driver - ( Music / 1976 / Released / )
It's Alive - ( Music / 1974 / Released / Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution )
Sisters - ( Music / 1973 / Released / Orion Pictures )
Endless Night - ( Music / 1972 / Released / )
The Battle of Neretva - ( Music / 1971 / Released / Jadran Films )
The Night Digger - ( Music / 1971 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
Obsessions - ( Music / 1969 / Released / )
Twisted Nerve - ( Music / 1969 / Released / British Lion Films )
Twisted Nerve - ( Music(- music director) / 1969 / Released / British Lion Films )
The Bride Wore Black - ( Music / 1968 / Released / )
Joy in the Morning - ( Music / 1965 / Released / )
Marnie - ( Music / 1964 / Released / )
Jason and the Argonauts - ( Music Conductor / 1963 / Released / )
The Birds - ( Sound(- sound construction) / 1963 / Released / )
Cape Fear - ( Music / 1962 / Released / )
Tender Is the Night - ( Music / 1962 / Released / Fox Films, Ltd. )
Mysterious Island - ( Music / 1961 / Released / Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group )
Psycho - ( Music / 1960 / Released / UIP The Film Consortium )
The Three Worlds of Gulliver - ( Music / 1960 / Released / Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group )
Blue Denim - ( Music / 1959 / Released / )
Journey to the Center of the Earth - ( Music / 1959 / Released / )
The Fiend Who Walked the West - ( Music(- music extract) / 1958 / Released / )
The Naked and the Dead - ( Music / 1958 / Released / )
The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad - ( Music / 1958 / Released / )
Vertigo - ( Music / 1958 / Released / )
A Hatful of Rain - ( Music / 1957 / Released / )
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit - ( Music / 1956 / Released / )
The Man Who Knew Too Much - ( Music / 1956 / Released / )
The Wrong Man - ( Music / 1956 / Released / )
Prince of Players - ( Music / 1955 / Released / )
The Kentuckian - ( Music / 1955 / Released / United Artists Pictures Inc. )
The Trouble With Harry - ( Music / 1955 / Released / )
Garden of Evil - ( Music / 1954 / Released / Fox Films, Ltd. )
The Egyptian - ( Music / 1954 / Released / )
Beneath the 12 Mile Reef - ( Music / 1953 / Released / 20th Century Fox Studios )
King of the Khyber Rifles - ( Music / 1953 / Released / )
The Wages of Fear - ( Music / 1953 / Released / Filmsonor )
White Witch Doctor - ( Music / 1953 / Released / )
Five Fingers - ( Music / 1952 / Released / )
On Dangerous Ground - ( Music / 1952 / Released / RKO Pictures Distribution )
The Snows of Kilimanjaro - ( Music / 1952 / Released / )
The Day the Earth Stood Still - ( Music / 1951 / Released / )
Portrait of Jennie - ( Song / 1948 / Released / Selznick Releasing )
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir - ( Music / 1947 / Released / Fox Films, Ltd. )
Anna and the King of Siam - ( Music / 1946 / Released / )
Hangover Square - ( Music / 1945 / Released / Fox Films, Ltd. )
The Magnificent Ambersons - ( Music / 1942 / Released / )
Citizen Kane - ( Music Conductor / 1941 / Released / T&O Film )
Citizen Kane - ( Music / 1941 / Released / T&O Film )
The Devil and Daniel Webster - ( Music / 1941 / Released / )
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Full Biography (Back to top)

Preeminent film composer brought to Hollywood by Orson Welles and subsequently renowned for his collaborations with Alfred Hitchcock. Herrmann had scored many of Welles' radio shows before making the move west for "Citizen Kane" (1941), which immediately placed him in the front rank of film composers. In contrast to the prevailing Hollywood style, Herrmann's scores moved away from full, lush arrangements to smaller, often unorthodox orchestration. Equally innovative was his use of brief, easily recognizable themes in place of lengthier melodies.

Of Herrmann's many collaborations with Hitchcock, "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956)--in which he appears as the conductor--"Vertigo" (1958) and "Psycho" (1960) stand out. His other outstanding credits include "The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1941)--which beat out his "Kane" score for the Oscar--"The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad" (1958), Francois Truffaut's "The Bride Wore Black" (1968) and Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver" (1976).


Profession(s):
composer, conductor
Sometimes Credited As:
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Family
daughter:Dorothy Herrmann
wife:Lucille Fletcher (divorced; died on August 31, 2000 at age 88)
wife:Lucy Anderson (divorced)
wife:Norma Shepherd (survived him)

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Education
DeWitt Clinton High School New York, New York
New York University New York, New York
The Juilliard School New York, New York music
Awards (Back to top)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best Music Score "Taxi Driver" 1976
Oscar "All That Money Can Buy/The Devil and Daniel Webster" 1941

Milestones (Back to top)
1931 - 1932 Founded and conducted New Chamber Orchestra
Guest conductor, New York Philaharmonic, BBC Symphony
Staff conductor, CBS

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