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Bernard Herrmann

Known for: Sound

Biography: 1911-06-29

Deathday: 1975-12-24 (64 years old)

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.

Filmography

all 79

Movies 72

TV Shows 7

self 4

Bernard Herrmann

Biography

Filmography

all 79

Movies 72

TV Shows 7

self 4

Director 1

Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist (2023)

Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes (2020)

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration (2019)

The Morricone Duel: The Most Dangerous Concert Ever (2018)

Back to Room 666 (2008)

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis (2008)

The Key to Reserva (2007)

Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm (2007)

20th Century Greats (2004)

All About 'The Birds' (2000)

Psycho Path (2000)

Psycho (1998)

Bon week-end Monsieur Bennett ! (1994)

The Egg (1993)

Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990)

Cada ver es... (1983)

Psycho Shampoo (1979)

It Lives Again (1978)

The Ups and Downs of a Handyman (1976)

God Told Me To (1976)

Obsession (1976)

Taxi Driver (1976)

It's Alive (1974)

Sisters (1972)

Endless Night (1972)

The Road Builder (1971)

The Battle of Neretva (1969)

Obsessions (1969)

Twisted Nerve (1968)

Companions in Nightmare (1968)

The Bride Wore Black (1968)

Death in the Afternoon (1968)

Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

Lost in Space (1965)

Lost in Space - No Place to Hide (1965)

Marnie (1964)

A Talk with Hitchcock (1964)

Telescope (1963)

Jason and the Argonauts (1963)

The Birds (1963)

Cape Fear (1962)

Tender Is the Night (1962)

Mysterious Island (1961)

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960)

Psycho (1960)

Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

The Twilight Zone (1959)

Blue Denim (1959)

North by Northwest (1959)

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

The Naked and the Dead (1958)

Vertigo (1958)

Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)

A Hatful of Rain (1957)

Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot (1957)

The Wrong Man (1956)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit (1956)

The Trouble with Harry (1955)

The Kentuckian (1955)

Prince of Players (1955)

A Christmas Carol (1954)

The Egyptian (1954)

Garden of Evil (1954)

King of the Khyber Rifles (1953)

Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)

White Witch Doctor (1953)

The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)

5 Fingers (1952)

On Dangerous Ground (1951)

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)

Known For
Sound

Gender
Male

Birthday
1911-06-29

Deathday
1975-12-24 (64 years old)

Birth Place
New York City, United States of America

Height
173-centimeter

Relationships
Lucille Fletcher (1939-01-01 - 1948-01-01)

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Benny, Bernard Hermann

Awards
Arts and Letters Award in Music, Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score, Grammy Award, Grammy Awards