Bernard Herrmann
Personal Info
Known for
Sound
Gender
Male
Birthday
1911-06-29
Day of Death
1975-12-24 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Bernard Herrmann
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 composed scores for many other movies, including Citizen Kane, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Cape Fear, and Taxi Driver. He worked extensively in radio drama (composing for Orson Welles), composed the scores for several fantasy films by Ray Harryhausen, and many TV programs, including Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone and Have Gun–Will Travel.
Acting
(2023)
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
as Self (archive footage)
(1964)
A Talk with Hitchcock
as Self
(1956)
The Man Who Knew Too Much
as Conductor at Albert Hall
(1956)
The Wrong Man
as Stork Club Piano Player (uncredited)
Crew
(2023)
Creepover
Music
(2020)
Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes
Original Music Composer
(2019)
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Original Music Composer
(2018)
(2008)
Back to Room 666
Original Music Composer
(2007)
The Key to Reserva
Music
(2000)
Psycho Path
Musical
(1998)
Psycho
Original Music Composer
(1994)
(1993)
The Egg
Music
(1991)
Cape Fear
Original Music Composer
(1990)
(1983)
Cada ver es...
Original Music Composer
(1979)
Psycho Shampoo
Music
(1978)
It Lives Again
Original Music Composer
(1976)
Taxi Driver
Original Music Composer, Music Director, Thanks
(1976)
Obsession
Original Music Composer
(1976)
God Told Me To
In Memory Of
(1974)
It's Alive
Original Music Composer, Conductor, Orchestrator
(1973)
Sisters
Original Music Composer
(1972)
Endless Night
Original Music Composer
(1971)
The Road Builder
Original Music Composer
(1969)
Obsessions
Original Music Composer
(1969)
The Battle of Neretva
Original Music Composer
(1968)
The Bride Wore Black
Original Music Composer
(1968)
Twisted Nerve
Original Music Composer
(1968)
Companions in Nightmare
Original Music Composer
(1968)
Death in the Afternoon
Original Music Composer
(1966)
Fahrenheit 451
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1964)
Marnie
Original Music Composer
(1963)
Jason and the Argonauts
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1963)
The Birds
Music Consultant
(1962)
Cape Fear
Original Music Composer
(1962)
Tender Is the Night
Original Music Composer
(1961)
Mysterious Island
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1960)
Psycho
Original Music Composer
(1960)
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
Original Music Composer
(1959)
North by Northwest
Original Music Composer
(1959)
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Original Music Composer
(1959)
Blue Denim
Original Music Composer
(1958)
Vertigo
Original Music Composer
(1958)
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Original Music Composer
(1958)
The Naked and the Dead
Original Music Composer
(1958)
(1957)
A Hatful of Rain
Original Music Composer
(1957)
(1956)
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Original Music Composer
(1956)
The Wrong Man
Original Music Composer
(1956)
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Original Music Composer
(1955)
The Trouble with Harry
Original Music Composer
(1955)
The Kentuckian
Original Music Composer
(1955)
Prince of Players
Original Music Composer
(1954)
Garden of Evil
Original Music Composer
(1954)
A Christmas Carol
Songs
(1954)
The Egyptian
Original Music Composer
(1953)
King of the Khyber Rifles
Original Music Composer
(1953)
White Witch Doctor
Original Music Composer
(1953)
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Original Music Composer
(1952)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Original Music Composer
(1952)
5 Fingers
Original Music Composer
(1951)
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Original Music Composer
(1951)
On Dangerous Ground
Original Music Composer
(1947)
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
(1946)
Anna and the King of Siam
Original Music Composer
(1945)
Hangover Square
Original Music Composer
(1943)
Jane Eyre
Original Music Composer
(1942)
The Magnificent Ambersons
Original Music Composer
(1941)
Citizen Kane
Original Music Composer, Conductor
(1941)
All That Money Can Buy
Original Music Composer, Conductor