About

Known credits:
83
Birthday:
1911-06-29
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
Website:
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Bernard Herrmann

Overview

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

Acting
2023 Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist Actor Self (archive footage) 58
Average
2004 20th Century Greats Actor Self (archive footage) N/A
N/A
1964 A Talk with Hitchcock Actor Self 59
Average
1956 The Wrong Man Actor Stork Club Piano Player (uncredited) 65
Fair
1956 The Man Who Knew Too Much Actor Conductor at Albert Hall 70
Good

Writing
2000 Psycho Path Writing Musical 59
Average

Sound
2023 Creepover Sound Music 59
Average
2020 Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2019 The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2018 The Morricone Duel: The Most Dangerous Concert Ever Sound Music 59
Average
2008 Back to Room 666 Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2008 Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis Sound Main Title Theme Composer 72
Good
2007 The Key to Reserva Sound Music 60
Fair
1998 Psycho Sound Original Music Composer 53
Average
1994 Bon week-end Monsieur Bennett ! Sound Music N/A
N/A
1993 The Egg Sound Music 59
Average
1991 Cape Fear Sound Original Music Composer 71
Good
1990 Psycho IV: The Beginning Sound Music 58
Average
1983 Cada ver es... Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1979 Psycho Shampoo Sound Music N/A
N/A
1978 It Lives Again Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1976 Obsession Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
1976 Taxi Driver Sound Music Director 80
Very good
1976 Taxi Driver Sound Original Music Composer 80
Very good
1974 It's Alive Sound Orchestrator 59
Average
1974 It's Alive Sound Conductor 59
Average
1974 It's Alive Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1973 Sisters Sound Original Music Composer 62
Fair
1972 Endless Night Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1971 The Road Builder Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1969 Obsessions Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1968 Twisted Nerve Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1968 Companions in Nightmare Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1968 The Bride Wore Black Sound Original Music Composer 62
Fair
1968 Death in the Afternoon Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1966 Fahrenheit 451 Sound Original Music Composer 66
Fair
1966 Fahrenheit 451 Sound Conductor 66
Fair
1964 Marnie Sound Original Music Composer 67
Fair
1963 Jason and the Argonauts Sound Original Music Composer 65
Fair
1963 Jason and the Argonauts Sound Conductor 65
Fair
1963 The Birds Sound Music Consultant 73
Good
1962 Cape Fear Sound Original Music Composer 66
Fair
1962 Tender Is the Night Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1961 Mysterious Island Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
1961 Mysterious Island Sound Conductor 60
Fair
1960 The 3 Worlds of Gulliver Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1960 Psycho Sound Original Music Composer 82
Very good
1959 Journey to the Center of the Earth Sound Original Music Composer 64
Fair
1959 Blue Denim Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1959 North by Northwest Sound Original Music Composer 77
Good
1958 The 7th Voyage of Sinbad Sound Original Music Composer 62
Fair
1958 The Naked and the Dead Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1958 Vertigo Sound Original Music Composer 80
Very good
1957 A Hatful of Rain Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1957 Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot Sound Music N/A
N/A
1956 The Wrong Man Sound Original Music Composer 65
Fair
1956 The Man Who Knew Too Much Sound Original Music Composer 70
Good
1956 The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1955 The Trouble with Harry Sound Original Music Composer 65
Fair
1955 The Kentuckian Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1955 Prince of Players Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1954 A Christmas Carol Sound Songs 59
Average
1954 The Egyptian Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1954 Garden of Evil Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1953 King of the Khyber Rifles Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1953 Beneath the 12-Mile Reef Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1953 White Witch Doctor Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1952 The Snows of Kilimanjaro Sound Original Music Composer 58
Average
1952 5 Fingers Sound Original Music Composer 61
Fair
1951 On Dangerous Ground Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
1951 The Day the Earth Stood Still Sound Original Music Composer 69
Fair
1947 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Sound Orchestrator 64
Fair
1947 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Sound Original Music Composer 64
Fair
1946 Anna and the King of Siam Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
1945 Hangover Square Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
1943 Jane Eyre Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
1942 The Magnificent Ambersons Sound Original Music Composer 65
Fair
1941 All That Money Can Buy Sound Conductor 60
Fair
1941 All That Money Can Buy Sound Original Music Composer 60
Fair
1941 Citizen Kane Sound Original Music Composer 78
Good
1941 Citizen Kane Sound Conductor 78
Good

Crew
1976 God Told Me To Crew In Memory Of 58
Average
1976 Taxi Driver Crew Thanks 80
Very good