Music For The Movies: Bernard Herrmann / The Hollywood Sound
1992 & 1995 | 58' + 85' | 4:3 | Dolby 2:0 | Zone 0 - PAL | Languages & Subtitles: English & French
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2 Documentaries about music and Hollywood | Directed By: Joshua Waletzky
"A must for any self respecting cinephile"
Music For The Movies: Bernard Herrmann (58') [1992]:
From
Citizen Kane to
Taxi Driver,
Bernard Herrmann composed over 50 film scores. He is, however, best known for his fruitful collaboration with
Alfred Hitchcock. Illustrated by film scenes and interviews with his friends and collaborators, this portrait helps us to better understand
Bernard Herrmann's immense contribution to cinema.
Interviews of Bernard Herrmann, Elmer Bernstein, Martin Scorsese, Claude Chabrol, David Raskin…
Extracts of
Citizen Kane, Psycho, North by Northwest, Torn Curtain, La mariée était en noir, Sisters.
The Hollywood Sound (85') [1995]:
The 2 main schools of Hollywood composers: The Europeans (Max Steiner and Franz Waxman) who drew heavily on Romanticism and their American counterparts (David Raskin, Jerome Moross and Alex North) influenced by jazz and folk music, illustrated by scenes from "Gone With the Wind', "Rebecca", "Big Country" and "A Streetcar Named Desire".
Bonus: Biography of Bernard Herrmann - Discography of Bernard Hermann