- Known For
- Sound
- Born
- June 29, 1911
- Place of Birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- December 24, 1975
Bernard Herrmann
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
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
movieThe Morricone Duel: The Most Dangerous Concert Ever
2018 · Music
Le carnaval de l’angoisse
movieLe carnaval de l’angoisse
2009 · Music
Back to Room 666
movieBack to Room 666
2008 · Original Music Composer
tvBetween Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis
2008 · Main Title Theme Composer
tv20th Century Greats
2004 · Self (archive footage)
moviePsycho Path
1999 · Musical
moviePsycho
1998 · Original Music Composer
movieBon week-end Monsieur Bennett !
1994 · Music
movieThe Egg
1993 · Music
movieCape Fear
1991 · Original Music Composer
moviePsycho IV: The Beginning
1990 · Music
movieThe Story of a Recluse
1987 · Original Music Composer
movieCada ver es...
1983 · Original Music Composer
moviePsycho Shampoo
1979 · Music
movieIt Lives Again
1978 · Original Music Composer
movieGod Told Me To
1976 · In Memory Of
movieObsession
1976 · Original Music Composer
movieTaxi Driver
1976 · Original Music Composer, Music Director, Thanks
movieHanuman and the Five Kamen Riders
1975 · Music
movieIt's Alive
1974 · Original Music Composer, Conductor, Orchestrator
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
movieA Talk with Hitchcock
1964 · Self
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
movieThe Fiend Who Walked the West
1958 · Music
movieVertigo
1958 · Original Music Composer
tvHave Gun, Will Travel
1957 · Original Music Composer
movieA Hatful of Rain
1957 · Original Music Composer
movieWilliamsburg: The Story of a Patriot
1957 · Music
movieThe Wrong Man
1956 · Stork Club Piano Player (uncredited), Original Music Composer
movieThe Man Who Knew Too Much
1956 · Conductor at Albert Hall (uncredited), 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
movieA Christmas Carol
1954 · Songs
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