Bernard Herrmann
70 movies · 4 TV shows
- Known for
- Music & Sound
- Born
- Jun 29, 1911
- Died
- Dec 24, 1975 (age 64)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Benny · Bernard Hermann · Max Herman
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Bernard Herrmann: movies and TV shows
Acting (2)
- 1956 The Wrong Man
as Stork Club Piano Player (uncredited)
- 1956 The Man Who Knew Too Much
as Conductor at Albert Hall (uncredited)
Behind the camera (75)
- 2026
- 2020 Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes
Original Music Composer
- 2019 The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Original Music Composer
- 2018
- 2009
- 2008 Back to Room 666
Original Music Composer
- 2008
- 1999 Psycho Path
Musical
- 1998 Psycho
Original Music Composer
- 1994
- 1993 The Egg
Music
- 1991 Cape Fear
Original Music Composer
- 1990 Psycho IV: The Beginning
Music
- 1987 The Story of a Recluse
Original Music Composer
- 1983 Cada ver es...
Original Music Composer
- 1979 Psycho Shampoo
Music
- 1978 It Lives Again
Original Music Composer
- 1976 God Told Me To
In Memory Of
- 1976 Obsession
Original Music Composer
- 1976 Taxi Driver
Original Music Composer, Music Director, Thanks
- 1975
- 1974 It's Alive
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor
- 1973 Sisters
Original Music Composer
- 1972 Endless Night
Original Music Composer
- 1971 The Road Builder
Original Music Composer
- 1969 The Battle of Neretva
Original Music Composer
- 1969 Obsessions
Original Music Composer
- 1968 Twisted Nerve
Original Music Composer
- 1968 Companions in Nightmare
Original Music Composer
- 1968 The Bride Wore Black
Original Music Composer
- 1968 Death in the Afternoon
Original Music Composer
- 1966 Fahrenheit 451
Original Music Composer, Conductor
- 1965
- 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 The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
Original Music Composer
- 1960 Psycho
Original Music Composer
- 1959 Journey to the Center of the Earth
Original Music Composer
- 1959
- 1959 North by Northwest
Original Music Composer
- 1959 Blue Denim
Original Music Composer
- 1958 The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Original Music Composer
- 1958 The Naked and the Dead
Original Music Composer
- 1958
- 1958 Vertigo
Original Music Composer
- 1957
- 1957 A Hatful of Rain
Original Music Composer
- 1957
- 1956 The Wrong Man
Original Music Composer
- 1956 The Man Who Knew Too Much
Original Music Composer
- 1956 The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
Original Music Composer, Conductor, Music Arranger
- 1955 The Trouble with Harry
Original Music Composer
- 1955 The Kentuckian
Original Music Composer
- 1955 Prince of Players
Original Music Composer
- 1954 A Christmas Carol
Songs
- 1954 The Egyptian
Original Music Composer
- 1954 Garden of Evil
Original Music Composer
- 1953 King of the Khyber Rifles
Original Music Composer
- 1953 Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Original Music Composer
- 1953 White Witch Doctor
Original Music Composer
- 1952 The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Original Music Composer
- 1952 5 Fingers
Original Music Composer
- 1951 On Dangerous Ground
Original Music Composer
- 1951 The Day the Earth Stood Still
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 All That Money Can Buy
Original Music Composer, Conductor
- 1941 Citizen Kane
Original Music Composer, Conductor
Talk shows and appearances (2)
- 2004 20th Century Greats
4 episodes
- 1964