Less well known today than a John Williams or an Ennio Morricone, due to his
death in 1975 and the lack of public interest in film music composers at the
time, Bernard Herrmann was nonetheless the author of some of cinema's most
distressing themes. A naked girl, a shower curtain, the spindly figure of Mrs.
Bates slowly approaching with dagger in hand on subjective camera, while the
shrill, jerky melody of Psycho plays... A now legendary scene that has thrilled
the hearts of millions of filmgoers worldwide. As Alfred Hitchcock's official
composer, Herrmann helped make the master o...