Bernard Herrmann

Bernard Herrmann

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.

Sound

2020

1998

Psycho
Movie

Original Music Composer

1991

Cape Fear
Movie

Original Music Composer

1978

It Lives Again
Movie

Original Music Composer

1976

Obsession
Movie

Original Music Composer

1976

Taxi Driver
Movie

Music Director

1976

Taxi Driver
Movie

Original Music Composer

1974

It's Alive
Movie

Original Music Composer

1974

It's Alive
Movie

Orchestrator

1974

1973

Sisters
Movie

Original Music Composer

1972

Endless Night
Movie

Original Music Composer

1971

The Road Builder
Movie

Original Music Composer

1969

The Battle of Neretva
Movie

Original Music Composer

1969

Obsessions
Movie

Original Music Composer

1968

Twisted Nerve
Movie

Original Music Composer

1968

The Bride Wore Black
Movie

Original Music Composer

1966

Fahrenheit 451
Movie

Original Music Composer

1966

1964

Marnie
Movie

Original Music Composer

1963

Jason and the Argonauts
Movie

Original Music Composer

1963

The Birds
Movie

Music Consultant

1962

Cape Fear
Movie

Original Music Composer

1962

Tender Is the Night
Movie

Original Music Composer

1961

Mysterious Island
Movie

Original Music Composer

1960

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver
Movie

Original Music Composer

1960

Psycho
Movie

Original Music Composer

1959

1959

The Twilight Zone
Tv

Original Music Composer

1959

North by Northwest
Movie

Original Music Composer

1959

Blue Denim
Movie

Original Music Composer

1958

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Movie

Original Music Composer

1958

The Naked and the Dead
Movie

Original Music Composer

1958

Vertigo
Movie

Original Music Composer

1957

A Hatful of Rain
Movie

Original Music Composer

1956

The Wrong Man
Movie

Original Music Composer

1956

The Man Who Knew Too Much
Movie

Original Music Composer

1956

1955

The Trouble with Harry
Movie

Original Music Composer

1955

The Kentuckian
Movie

Original Music Composer

1955

Prince of Players
Movie

Original Music Composer

1954

The Egyptian
Movie

Original Music Composer

1954

Garden of Evil
Movie

Original Music Composer

1953

King of the Khyber Rifles
Movie

Original Music Composer

1953

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Movie

Original Music Composer

1952

The Snows of Kilimanjaro
Movie

Original Music Composer

1952

5 Fingers
Movie

Original Music Composer

1951

On Dangerous Ground
Movie

Original Music Composer

1951

The Day the Earth Stood Still
Movie

Original Music Composer

1947

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Movie

Original Music Composer

1946

Anna and the King of Siam
Movie

Original Music Composer

1945

Hangover Square
Movie

Original Music Composer

1943

Jane Eyre
Movie

Original Music Composer

1942

The Magnificent Ambersons
Movie

Original Music Composer

1941

All That Money Can Buy
Movie

Original Music Composer

1941

1941

Citizen Kane
Movie

Original Music Composer

Acting

1956

The Wrong Man
Movie

Stork Club Piano Player (uncredited)

1956

The Man Who Knew Too Much
Movie

Conductor at Albert Hall

Crew

1976

Infos

Full Name
Bernard Herrmann
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
6/29/1911
Date of Death
12/24/1975
Also Known As

Benny

Bernard Hermann