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Dedicated to the life and music of Academy Award-winning film composer Bernard Herrmann. June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975 Featuring updates on THE LIVES OF BERNARD HERRMANN, an upcoming documentary. Now filming. Links: linktr.ee/BernardHerrmannArchive
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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · Jul 29
A great read! 👇

‘How PSYCHO’s terrifying music changed film forever’ by @thobbsjourno.bsky.social via BBC Culture: www.bbc.com/culture/arti...
'It's a reference whenever you want to build tension': How Psycho's terrifying music changed film forever
Alfred Hitchcock's grisly horror, which turns 65 this month, might not have become known as an-all time classic without the crucial addition of Bernard Herrmann's disturbing score.
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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · 5d
Cover art for Decca’s 1976 Phase 4 LP release of “Bernard Herrmann Conducts Psycho And Other Film Scores.”
Cover art for Decca’s 1976 Phase 4 LP release of “Bernard Herrmann Conducts Psycho And Other Film Scores.”
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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · 18d
Hayley Mills and Hywel Bennett photographed for Sidney Gilliat‘s ENDLESS NIGHT (1972), which was based on Agatha Christie’s 1967 novel.
Hayley Mills and Hywel Bennett photographed for Sidney Gilliat‘s ENDLESS NIGHT (1972),
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David Collard @davidcollard.bsky.social · 20d
The role of Harry was played by the uncredited Philip Truex.
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Publicity still for Alfred Hitchcock’s THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955), featuring: Mildred Natwick, Edmund Gwenn, Jerry Mathers, Shirley MacLaine, John Forsythe and “Harry.”
Publicity still for Alfred Hitchcock’s THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955), featuring: Mildred Natwick, Edmund Gwenn, Jerry Mathers, Shirley MacLaine, John Forsythe and “Harry.”
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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · 20d
Publicity still for Alfred Hitchcock’s THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955), featuring: Mildred Natwick, Edmund Gwenn, Jerry Mathers, Shirley MacLaine, John Forsythe and “Harry.”
Publicity still for Alfred Hitchcock’s THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955), featuring: Mildred Natwick, Edmund Gwenn, Jerry Mathers, Shirley MacLaine, John Forsythe and “Harry.”
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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · 22d
Cover art for Varèse Sarabande's 1983 LP release of "The Twilight Zone: Volume 1." The album featured Bernard Herrmann's music for the episode "Walking Distance," along with additional music by Jerry Goldsmith, Franz Waxman, Nathan Van Cleave and Marius Constant.
Cover art for Varèse Sarabande's 1983 LP release of "The Twilight Zone: Volume 1." The album featured Bernard Herrmann's music for the episode "Walking Distance," along with additional music by Jerry Goldsmith, Franz Waxman, Nathan Van Cleave and Marius Constant.
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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · 24d
Tippi Hedren photographed for THE BIRDS (1963).
Tippi Hedren photographed for THE BIRDS (1963).
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Rod Serling Memorial Foundation @rodserlingmemfndtn.bsky.social · 25d
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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · 25d
De Palma has a great way of mixing humor with the macabre!
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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · 26d
Director Brian De Palma and Margot Kidder on the set of SISTERS (1973).
Director Brian De Palma and Margot Kidder on the set of SISTERS (1973).
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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · 26d
Truly! So many great scores!
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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · 27d
Composer Bernard Herrmann and director William Dieterle review the score for ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY, or: THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER (1941). Bernard Herrmann earned his first and only Academy Award for his original score for the film.
Composer Bernard Herrmann and director William Dieterle review the score for ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY, or: THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER (1941).
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Anne Billson @annebillson.bsky.social · 29d
Stephen King on Daphne du Maurier.
‘She wrote the best first line – and the most chilling stories’: Stephen King on the dark brilliance of Daphne du Maurier
From Rebecca to The Birds and scores of creepy short stories, Du Maurier was queen of the uncanny, writes the US horror maestro
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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · 28d
Alfred Hitchcock (left) working with cinematographer Robert Burks, ASC (looking through a viewfinder) while filming THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955). This film was Hitchcock’s first collaboration with composer Bernard Herrmann.
Alfred Hitchcock (left) working with cinematographer Robert Burks, ASC (looking through a viewfinder) while filming THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955).
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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · Sep 26
Each release includes a lavish, 24-page booklet featuring an exclusive essay by Herrmann’s official biographer, Steven C. Smith, which uncovers new aspects of the relationship between the composer and director Orson Welles.
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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · Sep 26
The albums have been remixed and remastered by Chris Malone (@malonedigital.bsky.social) on Super Audio CD at 32-bit/96 kHz from high-resolution sources transferred in two-channel stereo.
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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · Sep 26
Quartet Records (@quartetrecords.bsky.social), in collaboration with Fifth Continent Music Classics, presents remastered reissues of the acclaimed 1991 recordings of Bernard Herrmann’s CITIZEN KANE & THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS scores, conducted by Tony Bremner.

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Cover art for CITIZEN KANE Cover art for THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS
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Bill Wrobel [Film Score Rundowns] @filmscorerundowns.bsky.social · Sep 19
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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · Sep 16
1983 re-release poster for Alfred Hitchcock's THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955).
1983 re-release poster for Alfred Hitchcock's THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955).
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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · Sep 4
Kim Novak photographed for Alfred Hitchcock’s VERTIGO (1958).
Kim Novak photographed for Alfred Hitchcock’s VERTIGO (1958).
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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · Sep 3
Saul Bass’s storyboards for the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s PSYCHO (1960).

“I liked its purity. I must say, when I saw the thing in the theater, it really scared the hell out of me and apparently everybody else.”
–Saul Bass on PSYCHO
Saul Bass’s storyboards for the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s PSYCHO (1960).
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · Aug 29
7 Treasured Film Scores (semi-random)

• Ennio Morricone, Days of Heaven
• @bernardherrmann.bsky.social, Journey to the Center of the Earth
• Thomas Newman, Road to Perdition
• Michael Gibbs, Housekeeping
• Nino Rota, Giulietta degli spiriti
• José Nieto, Passion in the Desert
• James Bernard, She
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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · Aug 23
Author Ray Bradbury with his friends and colleagues Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann.

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Author Ray Bradbury with Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann.
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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · Aug 18
Front and back cover art for Arista’s 1976 LP release of Bernard Herrmann's score for Martin Scorsese’s TAXI DRIVER.

Side 1: Composed by Bernard
Herrmann. Arranged & conducted by David Blume with Tom Scott on saxophone.

Side 2: Composed & conducted by Bernard Herrmann.
Front cover art for Arista’s 1976 LP release of Bernard Herrmann's score for Martin Scorsese’s TAXI DRIVER. Back cover art for Arista’s 1976 LP release of Bernard Herrmann's score for Martin Scorsese’s TAXI DRIVER.
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Bernard Herrmann Archive @bernardherrmann.bsky.social · Aug 17
Robert De Niro was born on this day in 1943, shown here in Martin Scorsese’s TAXI DRIVER (1976).
Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese’s TAXI DRIVER (1976).
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teamrickandilsa.bsky.social @teamrickandilsa.bsky.social · Aug 16
Chilling AF! Anthony Perkins take a bow. #Psycho #TCMParty
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