"Hitchcock & Herrmann Hitchcock & Herrmann is a play written by David Knijnenburg which examines the relationship between film director Alfred Hitchcock and musical composer Bernard Herrmann. By combining a talent for self-promotion and producing films that were popular, Alfred Hitchcock became one of the greatest directors of motion pictures. No less of a talent in the world of musical composition, Bernard Herrmann was a child prodigy who had worked with Orson Welles before finding a collaboration with Hitchcock on ""The Trouble with Harry"", """"The Man Who Knew Too Much"""", ""The Wrong Man"", ""North by Northwest"", ""Vertigo"", """"Psycho"""", ""The Birds"""
"Hitchcock (film) Hitchcock is a 2012 American biographical drama film directed by Sacha Gervasi, based on Stephen Rebello's non-fiction book ""Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho"". The film was released in selected cities on November 23, 2012, with a worldwide release on December 14, 2012. ""Hitchcock"" centers on the relationship between film director Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) and his wife Alma Reville (Helen Mirren) during the making of ""Psycho"", a controversial horror film that became one of the most acclaimed and influential works in the filmmaker's career. In 1959, Alfred Hitchcock opens his latest film, ""North by Northwest"", to"
"Music"". He received two Edgar Awards of the Mystery Writers of America for screenplays for suspense films he wrote for director Alfred Hitchcock: ""North by Northwest"" (1959), his only original screenplay, and ""Family Plot"" (1976), one of numerous adaptations. Lehman was born in 1915 to Gertrude (Thorn) and Paul E. Lehman. Their wealthy Jewish family was based on Long Island; they had suffered major financial losses during the Great Depression. Lehman attended the College of the City of New York (The City College of New York). After graduation, he started working as a freelance writer. Lehman felt that freelancing was"
"by Australian-born composer Arthur Benjamin written for the earlier Hitchcock film of the same name). However, this film did give Herrmann the opportunity for an on-screen appearance: he is the conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra in the Albert Hall scene. Herrmann's most recognizable music is from another Hitchcock film, ""Psycho"". Unusual for a thriller at the time, the score uses only the string section of the orchestra. The screeching violin music heard during the famous shower scene (which Hitchcock originally suggested have no music at all) is one of the most famous moments in film score history. Hitchcock admitted"
"the host of the anthology television series ""Alfred Hitchcock Presents"" which he also produced. In 1958, Hitchcock directed the psychological thriller ""Vertigo"" starring Stewart and Kim Novak. The film topped the 2012 poll of the British film magazine ""Sight & Sound"" of the 50 Greatest Films of All Time and also topped the American Film Institute's Top Ten in the mystery genre. He followed this with the spy thriller ""North by Northwest"" (1959) which starred Grant and Eva Marie Saint. In 1960, he directed ""Psycho"", the biggest commercial success of his career and for which he received his fifth nomination"
"Psycho (1960 film) Psycho is a 1960 American psychological horror film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, and written by Joseph Stefano. It stars Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, John Gavin, Vera Miles, and Martin Balsam, and was based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch. The film centers on an encounter between a secretary, Marion Crane (Leigh), who ends up at a secluded motel after stealing money from her employer, and the motel's owner-manager, Norman Bates (Perkins), and its aftermath. ""Psycho"" was seen as a departure from Hitchcock's previous film ""North by Northwest"", having been filmed"
"made an appearance before MGM executives telling the story of ""North by Northwest"", and said that MGM would get two films out of Hitchcock under his contract with MGM. However, eventually Hitchcock abandoned the idea of ""Mary Deare"" and went ahead with ""North by Northwest"" instead. Following ""Psycho"", Hitchcock re-united with Ernest Lehman for an original screenplay idea: A blind pianist, Jimmy Shearing (a role for James Stewart), regains his sight after receiving the eyes of a dead man. Watching a Wild West show at Disneyland with his family, Shearing would have visions of being shot and would come to"
"a shiver down the spine. Author and journalist Nick Clooney praised Lehman's original story and sophisticated dialogue, calling the film ""certainly Alfred Hitchcock's most stylish thriller, if not his best"". ""North by Northwest"" was nominated for three Academy Awards—for Best Film Editing (George Tomasini), Best Art Direction – Set Decoration, Color (William A. Horning, Robert F. Boyle, Merrill Pye, Henry Grace, Frank McKelvy), and Best Original Screenplay (Ernest Lehman)—at the 32nd Academy Awards ceremony. Two of the three awards went instead to ""Ben-Hur"", and the other went to ""Pillow Talk"". The film also won a 1960 Edgar Award for Best"
"Joseph Stefano Joseph William Stefano (May 5, 1922 – August 25, 2006) was an American screenwriter, best known for adapting Robert Bloch's novel as the script for Alfred Hitchcock's film ""Psycho"", and for being the producer and co-writer of the original ""The Outer Limits"" TV series. Stefano was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a teenager, Stefano was so keen to become an actor that he dropped out of high school two weeks before graduation and traveled to New York City. In Manhattan he adopted the stage name Jerry Stevens. Stefano's initial career was as a composer of pop music in"
"project for him to either produce or direct, or both. Hitchcock's other collaboration with the screenwriter, ""North by Northwest"" (1959), was followed by several aborted projects. Lehman had incurred the director's anger by declining an offer to write the screenplay for ""No Bail for the Judge"", a thriller set in London intended to star Audrey Hepburn, Laurence Harvey and actor John Williams. Although Hitchcock eventually had a fine screenplay and pre-production (location scouting and costumes) was at an advanced stage, the film was never made; Hepburn became pregnant and Hitchcock turned to another project, ""Psycho"" (1960), instead. Hitchcock, who often"
"life and imagination, it's undeniably lively and provocative."" Hitchcock (film) Hitchcock is a 2012 American biographical drama film directed by Sacha Gervasi, based on Stephen Rebello's non-fiction book ""Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho"". The film was released in selected cities on November 23, 2012, with a worldwide release on December 14, 2012. ""Hitchcock"" centers on the relationship between film director Alfred Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) and his wife Alma Reville (Helen Mirren) during the making of ""Psycho"", a controversial horror film that became one of the most acclaimed and influential works in the filmmaker's career. In 1959, Alfred Hitchcock"
"""perhaps Herrmann's most spectacular Hitchcock achievement."" Hitchcock was pleased with the tension and drama the score added to the film, later remarking ""33% of the effect of ""Psycho"" was due to the music."" and that “Psycho depended heavily on Herrmann’s music for its tension and sense of pervading doom.” The singular contribution of Herrmann's score may be inferred from the unusual penultimate placement of the composer's name in the film's opening credit sequence, as it is followed only by Hitchcock's directing credit. Herrmann used the lowered music budget to his advantage by writing for a string orchestra rather than a"
"title. The third episode of the ""Doctor Who"" serial ""The Deadly Assassin"" includes an homage to ""North by Northwest"", when the Doctor, who like Hitchcock's hero is falsely accused of a politically motivated murder, is attacked by gunfire from a biplane piloted by one of his enemy's henchmen. ""North by Northwest"" was adapted as a stage play by Carolyn Burns. The adaptation premiered at the Melbourne Theatre Company in 2015. North by Northwest North by Northwest is a 1959 American thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, and James Mason. The screenplay was by"
"Alfred Newman (composer) Alfred Newman (March 17, 1901 – February 17, 1970) was an American composer, arranger, and conductor of film music. From his start as a music prodigy, he came to be regarded as a respected figure in the history of film music. He won nine Academy Awards and was nominated forty-three times. In a career spanning more than four decades, Newman composed the scores for over 200 motion pictures. Some of his most famous scores include ""Wuthering Heights"", ""The Hunchback of Notre Dame"", ""The Mark of Zorro"", ""How Green Was My Valley"", ""The Song of Bernadette"", ""Captain from"
"Anthony Perkins Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992) was an American actor and singer. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his second film, ""Friendly Persuasion"", but is best known for playing Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's ""Psycho"" (1960) and its three sequels. His other films include ""Fear Strikes Out"" (1957), ""The Matchmaker"" (1958), ""On the Beach"" (1959), ""Tall Story"" (1960), ""The Trial"" (1962), ""Phaedra"" (1962), ""Five Miles to Midnight"" (1962), ""Pretty Poison"" (1968), ""Murder on the Orient Express"" (1974), ""Mahogany"" (1975), ""North Sea Hijack"" (1979), ""The Black Hole"" (1979), and ""Crimes"
"The World of Alfred Hitchcock In the setting of his office at Universal Studios, Alfred Hitchcock shares his vision of what an artistic film should be in the framework of a commercial industry, the difference between suspense films and mystery films, his conception of eroticism and his vision of Scandinavian women. He also explains in details how he created the suspense in the famous sequence of North by Northwest in the corn field. The film contains an original interview with Bruce Dern, who describes Hitchcock’s method as a director, and film clips from North by Northwest, Frenzy, Topaz, and Family"
"and fellow Disney orchestra members who had died earlier that year within a month of each other. He was buried in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Frank Churchill Frank Churchill (October 20, 1901 – May 14, 1942) was an American film composer. He wrote most of the music for Disney's 1937 movie ""Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"", including ""Heigh-Ho"", ""Whistle While You Work"", and ""Some Day My Prince Will Come"". Other Disney films that he worked on include ""Dumbo,"" ""Bambi,"" and ""The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad."" Churchill was born in Rumford, Maine, on October 20, 1901."
"which was the most expensive movie made until then, was created especially for the movie, which was then unusual. The score was explicitly mentioned in the advertisements for the movie and was described in 1921 as the most memorable up to that time, and as ""a high point of motion picture music"". Robert Hood Bowers Robert Hood Bowers (24 May 1877 - 29 December 1941) was an American composer, conductor and musical director of operettas and stage musicals, and a conductor and musical director for radio. He composed the musical scores for some of the most popular silent movies, including"
"the 2006 Danish Film Academy Awards. His subsequent score for Rupert Wyatt's suspense thriller ""The Escapist"" earned him a nomination as Best Original Film Score in the 2009 Ivor Novello Awards and his second nomination in the 2008 World Soundtrack Awards. Wallfisch resides in Los Angeles, California with his wife Missy. Benjamin Wallfisch Benjamin Mark Lasker Wallfisch (born 7 August 1979) is an English composer, conductor, and pianist. Since the mid-2000s, he has composed and contributed to music for over 60 feature films. His compositions include original scores for ""A Cure For Wellness"", ""Hidden Figures"", ""Lights Out"", ""Desert Dancer"", ""It"","
"Plot. The World of Alfred Hitchcock In the setting of his office at Universal Studios, Alfred Hitchcock shares his vision of what an artistic film should be in the framework of a commercial industry, the difference between suspense films and mystery films, his conception of eroticism and his vision of Scandinavian women. He also explains in details how he created the suspense in the famous sequence of North by Northwest in the corn field. The film contains an original interview with Bruce Dern, who describes Hitchcock’s method as a director, and film clips from North by Northwest, Frenzy, Topaz, and"
"Psycho (franchise) Psycho is an American horror franchise consisting of six films loosely based on the ""Psycho"" novels by Robert Bloch, namely ""Psycho"", ""Psycho II"", ""Psycho III"", ""Bates Motel"", """", the 1998 remake of the original film, and additional merchandise spanning various media. The first film, ""Psycho"", was directed by filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock. Subsequently, another film related to the series was made: an Alfred Hitchcock biopic. Also, an independent documentary called ""The Psycho Legacy"" was released on October 19, 2010. It mostly focused on ""Psycho II"", ""Psycho III"" and """", but did cover the impact and legacy of the original"
"his other film musicals were also nominated: Alan Menken Alan Irwin Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American musical theatre and film score composer and pianist. Menken is best known for his scores for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. His scores for ""The Little Mermaid"" (1989), ""Beauty and the Beast"" (1991), ""Aladdin"" (1992), and ""Pocahontas"" (1995) have each won him two Academy Awards. He also composed the scores for ""Little Shop of Horrors"" (1986), ""Newsies"" (1992), ""The Hunchback of Notre Dame"" (1996), ""Hercules"" (1997), ""Home on the Range"" (2004), ""Enchanted"" (2007), ""Tangled"" (2010), and ""Sausage Party"" (2016),"
"he had worked with. Composer John Williams was considered to do the score for the film, but it was decided to go with composer Jerry Goldsmith. Goldsmith was a long-time friend of original film composer Bernard Herrmann. On some film assignments Goldsmith would discover that the director had used some of Herrmann's music from other films as temporary soundtracks. Goldsmith would often joke when he discovered this (""Not Benny again!""); when he conducted a rerecording of ""The Murder"" for the opening of ""Psycho II"" he suggested that Herrmann ""must be rolling over in his grave."" Goldsmith had written a theme"
"Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho is a non-fiction book by Stephen Rebello. It details the creation of director Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 thriller ""Psycho"". The 2012 American biographical drama film directed by Sacha Gervasi, based on this non-fiction book is titled ""Hitchcock"". The film was released on November 23, 2012 The book was first published on April 15, 1990 by Dembner Books, and distributed by W. W. Norton & Company. Stephen Rebello researched the film thoroughly through Hitchcock's personal records and archives and he interviewed virtually every surviving cast and crew member."
"Alan Menken Alan Irwin Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American musical theatre and film score composer and pianist. Menken is best known for his scores for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. His scores for ""The Little Mermaid"" (1989), ""Beauty and the Beast"" (1991), ""Aladdin"" (1992), and ""Pocahontas"" (1995) have each won him two Academy Awards. He also composed the scores for ""Little Shop of Horrors"" (1986), ""Newsies"" (1992), ""The Hunchback of Notre Dame"" (1996), ""Hercules"" (1997), ""Home on the Range"" (2004), ""Enchanted"" (2007), ""Tangled"" (2010), and ""Sausage Party"" (2016), among others. He is also known for"
"Carter Burwell Carter Benedict Burwell (born November 18, 1954) is an American composer of film scores. He has frequently collaborated with the Coen brothers, having scored 15 of their films. Burwell has also scored three of Todd Haynes' films and all the films of director Martin McDonagh. He has received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Score for Haynes' ""Carol"" (2015) and McDonagh's ""Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"" (2017). Other notable film scores include the Spike Jonze films ""Being John Malkovich"" (1999), ""Adaptation"" (2002), and ""Where the Wild Things Are"" (2009), David O. Russell's ""Three Kings"" (1999), Lisa Cholodenko's ""Olive"
""""", which was released in May 2018. John Powell (film composer) John Powell (born 18 September 1963) is an English composer, best known for his scores to motion pictures. He has been based in Los Angeles since 1997 and has composed the scores to over fifty feature films. He is particularly known for his scores for animated films, including ""Antz"", ""Chicken Run"", ""Shrek"" (all three co-composed with Harry Gregson-Williams), ""Robots"", ""Happy Feet"" (and its sequel), three ""Ice Age"" sequels, ""Rio"", and the ""How to Train Your Dragon"" film series, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for the"
"Jack Nitzsche Bernard Alfred Nitzsche (22 April 1937 – 25 August 2000) known by pen name Jack Nitzsche, was an American musician, arranger, songwriter, record producer and film score composer. He first came to prominence in the late 1950s as the right-hand-man of producer Phil Spector and went on to work with the Rolling Stones and Neil Young, among others. He also worked extensively in film scores, notably for films such as ""Performance"", ""The Exorcist"" and ""One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"". In 1983, he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for co-writing ""Up Where We Belong"". Born"
"Vertigo (film score) The music score for Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 film ""Vertigo"" was composed by Bernard Herrmann between 3 January and 19 February 1958. The recordings were made in London and Vienna, with orchestra conducted by Muir Mathieson. A musicians' strike had prevented the score from being recorded in Los Angeles with Herrmann conducting. What follows is a list of the music cues that appear in the film and where (or if) they can be found on the various releases of the original soundtrack recordings and significant re-recordings of the score. Bernard Herrmann's score for ""Vertigo"" consists of 42 cues,"
"full symphonic ensemble, contrary to Hitchcock's request for a jazz score. He thought of the single tone color of the all-string soundtrack as a way of reflecting the black-and-white cinematography of the film. The strings play ""con sordini"" (muted) for all the music other than the shower scene, creating a darker and more intense effect. Film composer Fred Steiner, in an analysis of the score to ""Psycho"", points out that string instruments gave Herrmann access to a wider range in tone, dynamics, and instrumental special effects than any other single instrumental group would have. The main title music, a tense,"
"seeking new material to recover from two aborted projects with Paramount, ""Flamingo Feather"" and ""No Bail for the Judge"". He disliked stars' salary demands and trusted only a few people to choose prospective material, including Robertson. Paramount executives balked at Hitchcock's proposal and refused to provide his usual budget. In response, Hitchcock offered to film ""Psycho"" quickly and cheaply in black and white using his ""Alfred Hitchcock Presents"" television series crew. Paramount executives rejected this cost-conscious approach, claiming their sound stages were booked even though the industry was in a slump. Hitchcock countered he would personally finance the project and"
"Stuhlbarg as powerful agent and studio boss Lew Wasserman, Michael Wincott as serial killer Ed Gein, Ralph Macchio as screenwriter Joseph Stefano, Richard Portnow as Paramount Pictures boss Barney Balaban, and Wallace Langham as graphic designer Saul Bass. Principal photography for the film began on April 13 in Los Angeles, with the film retitled as ""Hitchcock"". Filming was wrapped up on May 31 after the completion of a scene set during ""Psycho""s New York City premiere on June 16, 1960. On September 12, 2012, it was announced that Danny Elfman would compose the film's score. Elfman had previously rerecorded Bernard"
"stages of production, Kubrick had actually commissioned a from Hollywood composer Alex North, who had written the score for ""Spartacus"" and also worked on ""Dr. Strangelove"". However, during postproduction, Kubrick chose to abandon North's music in favor of the now-familiar classical pieces he had earlier chosen as ""guide pieces"" for the soundtrack. North did not know of the abandonment of the score until after he saw the film's premiere screening. Also engaged to score the film was composer Frank Cordell. Cordell stated in interviews that the score would primarily consist of arrangements of Gustav Mahler works. This score remains unreleased."