Bernard Herrmann

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.

Most Famous Work

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7

Lost in Space

(1965) Music

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7

Have Gun, Will Travel

(1957) Original Music Composer

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8

The Twilight Zone

(1959) Original Music Composer

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8

Psycho

(1960) Original Music Composer

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8

Taxi Driver

(1976) Music Director

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

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7

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

(2008) Main Title Theme Composer

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8

Vertigo

(1958) Original Music Composer

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8

North by Northwest

(1959) Original Music Composer

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2023	Self (archive footage)	Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist 2023-10-05 Movie
2004	Self (archive footage)	20th Century Greats 2004-11-27 TV Show
1964	Self	A Talk with Hitchcock 1964-02-21 Movie
1956	Stork Club Piano Player (uncredited)	The Wrong Man 1956-12-22 Movie
	Conductor at Albert Hall	The Man Who Knew Too Much 1956-05-16 Movie
1955	Conductor (archive footage) (uncredited)	Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955-10-02 TV Show
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2020	Original Music Composer	Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes 2020-09-30 Movie
2019	Original Music Composer	The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration 2019-11-14 Movie
2018	Music	The Morricone Duel: The Most Dangerous Concert Ever 2018-11-09 Movie
2008	Original Music Composer	Back to Room 666 2008-02-02 Movie
	Main Title Theme Composer	Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis 2008-01-04 TV Show
2007	Music	The Key to Reserva 2007-12-14 Movie
1998	Original Music Composer	Psycho 1998-12-04 Movie
1994	Music	Bon week-end Monsieur Bennett ! 1994-07-12 Movie
1993	Music	The Egg 1993-01-01 Movie
1990	Music	Psycho IV: The Beginning 1990-11-10 Movie
1983	Original Music Composer	Cada ver es... 1983-11-21 Movie
1979	Music	Psycho Shampoo 1979-01-01 Movie
1978	Original Music Composer	It Lives Again 1978-05-10 Movie
1976	Original Music Composer	Obsession 1976-08-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Taxi Driver 1976-02-09 Movie
	Music Director	Taxi Driver 1976-02-09 Movie
1974	Conductor	It's Alive 1974-04-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	It's Alive 1974-04-26 Movie
	Orchestrator	It's Alive 1974-04-26 Movie
1973	Original Music Composer	Sisters 1973-04-18 Movie
1972	Original Music Composer	Endless Night 1972-10-05 Movie
1971	Original Music Composer	The Road Builder 1971-02-25 Movie
1969	Original Music Composer	Obsessions 1969-08-15 Movie
1968	Original Music Composer	Twisted Nerve 1968-12-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Companions in Nightmare 1968-11-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Bride Wore Black 1968-03-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Death in the Afternoon 1968-01-01 Movie
1966	Original Music Composer	Fahrenheit 451 1966-09-07 Movie
	Conductor	Fahrenheit 451 1966-09-07 Movie
1965	Music	Lost in Space 1965-09-15 TV Show
1964	Original Music Composer	Marnie 1964-07-17 Movie
1963	Original Music Composer	Jason and the Argonauts 1963-06-19 Movie
	Conductor	Jason and the Argonauts 1963-06-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Birds 1963-03-28 Movie
1962	Original Music Composer	Cape Fear 1962-04-12 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Tender Is the Night 1962-01-19 Movie
1961	Original Music Composer	Mysterious Island 1961-12-19 Movie
	Conductor	Mysterious Island 1961-12-19 Movie
1960	Original Music Composer	The 3 Worlds of Gulliver 1960-11-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Psycho 1960-06-22 Movie
1959	Original Music Composer	Journey to the Center of the Earth 1959-12-15 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Twilight Zone 1959-10-02 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	Blue Denim 1959-07-30 Movie
	Original Music Composer	North by Northwest 1959-07-08 Movie
1958	Original Music Composer	The 7th Voyage of Sinbad 1958-12-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Naked and the Dead 1958-08-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Vertigo 1958-05-28 Movie
1957	Original Music Composer	Have Gun, Will Travel 1957-09-14 TV Show
	Original Music Composer	A Hatful of Rain 1957-07-17 Movie
1956	Original Music Composer	The Wrong Man 1956-12-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Man Who Knew Too Much 1956-05-16 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit 1956-04-12 Movie
1955	Original Music Composer	The Trouble with Harry 1955-10-03 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Kentuckian 1955-07-22 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Prince of Players 1955-01-11 Movie
1954	Songs	A Christmas Carol 1954-12-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Egyptian 1954-08-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Garden of Evil 1954-07-09 Movie
1953	Original Music Composer	King of the Khyber Rifles 1953-12-23 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Beneath the 12-Mile Reef 1953-12-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	White Witch Doctor 1953-07-01 Movie
1952	Original Music Composer	The Snows of Kilimanjaro 1952-10-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	5 Fingers 1952-02-22 Movie
1951	Original Music Composer	On Dangerous Ground 1951-12-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951-09-28 Movie
1947	Original Music Composer	The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1947-05-25 Movie
1946	Original Music Composer	Anna and the King of Siam 1946-08-11 Movie
1945	Original Music Composer	Hangover Square 1945-02-07 Movie
1943	Original Music Composer	Jane Eyre 1943-12-24 Movie
1942	Original Music Composer	The Magnificent Ambersons 1942-07-10 Movie
1941	Original Music Composer	All That Money Can Buy 1941-10-17 Movie
	Conductor	All That Money Can Buy 1941-10-17 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Citizen Kane 1941-04-17 Movie
	Conductor	Citizen Kane 1941-04-17 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv