Bernard Herrmann
Sound
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.
Known for
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tvCape Fear
2026
Music
movieMatthew Bourne's The Red Shoes
2020
Original Music Composer
movieThe Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019
Original Music Composer
Back to Room 666
2008
Original Music Composer
tvBetween Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
2008
Main Title Theme Composer
moviePsycho
1998
Original Music Composer
movieThe Egg
1993
Music
movieCape Fear
1991
Original Music Composer
movieThe Story of a Recluse
1987
Original Music Composer
movieCada ver es...
1983
Original Music Composer
movieIt Lives Again
1978
Original Music Composer
movieObsession
1976
Original Music Composer
movieTaxi Driver
1976
Original Music Composer, Music Director
movieIt's Alive
1974
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator, Conductor
movieSisters
1973
Original Music Composer
movieEndless Night
1972
Original Music Composer
movieThe Road Builder
1971
Original Music Composer
movieThe Battle of Neretva
1969
Original Music Composer
movieObsessions
1969
Original Music Composer
movieTwisted Nerve
1968
Original Music Composer
movieCompanions in Nightmare
1968
Original Music Composer
movieThe Bride Wore Black
1968
Original Music Composer
movieDeath in the Afternoon
1968
Original Music Composer
movieFahrenheit 451
1966
Original Music Composer, Conductor
tvLost in Space
1965
Music
movieMarnie
1964
Original Music Composer
movieJason and the Argonauts
1963
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieThe Birds
1963
Music Consultant
movieCape Fear
1962
Original Music Composer
movieTender Is the Night
1962
Original Music Composer
movieMysterious Island
1961
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieThe 3 Worlds of Gulliver
1960
Original Music Composer
moviePsycho
1960
Original Music Composer
movieJourney to the Center of the Earth
1959
Original Music Composer
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959
Original Music Composer
movieNorth by Northwest
1959
Original Music Composer
movieBlue Denim
1959
Original Music Composer
movieThe 7th Voyage of Sinbad
1958
Original Music Composer
movieThe Naked and the Dead
1958
Original Music Composer
movieVertigo
1958
Original Music Composer
tvHave Gun, Will Travel
1957
Original Music Composer
movieA Hatful of Rain
1957
Original Music Composer
movieThe Wrong Man
1956
Original Music Composer
movieThe Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
Original Music Composer
movieThe Man in the Gray Flannel Suit
1956
Original Music Composer
movieThe Trouble with Harry
1955
Original Music Composer
movieThe Kentuckian
1955
Original Music Composer
moviePrince of Players
1955
Original Music Composer
movieThe Egyptian
1954
Original Music Composer
movieGarden of Evil
1954
Original Music Composer
movieKing of the Khyber Rifles
1953
Original Music Composer
movieBeneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953
Original Music Composer
movieWhite Witch Doctor
1953
Original Music Composer
movieThe Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952
Original Music Composer
movie5 Fingers
1952
Original Music Composer
movieOn Dangerous Ground
1951
Original Music Composer
movieThe Day the Earth Stood Still
1951
Original Music Composer
movieThe Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1947
Original Music Composer, Orchestrator
movieAnna and the King of Siam
1946
Original Music Composer
movieHangover Square
1945
Original Music Composer
movieJane Eyre
1943
Original Music Composer
movieThe Magnificent Ambersons
1942
Original Music Composer
movieAll That Money Can Buy
1941
Original Music Composer, Conductor
movieCitizen Kane
1941
Original Music Composer, Conductor
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tv20th Century Greats
2004
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Wrong Man
1956
Stork Club Piano Player (uncredited)
movieThe Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
Conductor at Albert Hall (uncredited)
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movieGod Told Me To
1976
In Memory Of
movieTaxi Driver
1976
Thanks
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moviePsycho Path
1999
Musical