20th Century Greats

Season 1 Episode 3: Bernard Herrmann

Bernard Herrmann wrote some of the most famous film music of the twentieth century, from Citizen Kane to The Day The Earth Stood Still, Fahrenheit 451 to Taxi Driver. He is best known for his scores for Alfred Hitchcock, in particular the masterpieces Vertigo and Psycho. Herrmann completely transformed film music, dragging it out of its reliance on the sounds and textures of nineteenth centuryVienna and into the modern age.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

4

Cast:

Leonard Bernstein, Howard Goodall, George Harrison

Quality:

HD

Duration:

48 min

First Air:

2004

Rating:

7.0