Bernard Herrmann Archive

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Dedicated to the life and music of Academy Award-winning film composer Bernard Herrmann. June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975 Featuring updates on THE LIVES OF BERNARD HERRMANN, an upcoming documentary. Now filming. Links: linktr.ee/BernardHerrmannArchive

Bernard Herrmann’s father, Abraham, outside of his office in 1915. Abraham worked as an optometrist in New York City.
Composer Bernard Herrmann and director William Dieterle review the score for ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY, or: THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER (1941).
Cover art for Mercury Records’ 1977 LP release of Bernard Herrmann’s score for VERTIGO (1958).
Cover of François Truffaut’s shooting script for the 1966 film adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s FAHRENHEIT 451.
Cover art for the vinyl release of Bernard Herrmann's score for Brian De Palma's SISTERS (1973).
Robert De Niro, Gregory Peck and Nick Nolte on the set of CAPE FEAR
Italian poster for A HATFUL OF RAIN (1957), directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Eva Marie Saint, Don Murray, and Anthony Franciosa. Poster art by Ezio Tarantelli.
Saul Bass’s storyboards for the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s PSYCHO (1960).
Cover art for the 1977 vinyl release of Bernard Herrmann’s unused score for Alfred Hitchcock’s TORN CURTAIN (1966). The music for this album was performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Herrmann’s friend and colleague, Elmer Bernstein.
Kim Novak photographed on location in San Francisco for Alfred Hitchcock's VERTIGO (1958).
Cybill Shepherd and director Martin Scorsese filming TAXI DRIVER (1976) on location in New York City.
Decca’s 1971 Phase 4 release of “Music From Great Film Classics,” featuring the Bernard Herrmann’s portrait on the album cover.
Poster collage of Bernard Herrmann-scored films
Alfred Hitchcock on the set of The Birds
Tippi Hedren photographed for THE BIRDS (1963).
Eva Marie Saint and Martin Landau in Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest" (1959).
Bernard Herrmann & Mary Astor at the 1942 Academy Awards
Cover art for Decca’s 1977 Phase 4 LP release of “Bernard Herrmann Conducts.”
Orson Welles in CITIZEN KANE (1941)
Danish poster art for TWISTED NERVE (1968).
Bernard Herrmann photographed during the recording of his score for Larry Cohen’s IT’S ALIVE at St. Giles Cripplegate Church, London in 1973.
Cybill Shepherd as Betsy on the set of Scorsese’s masterpiece TAXI DRIVER (1976).
Brian De Palma looks on as Bernard Herrmann conducts his score for OBSESSION (1976).
Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann on the set of THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH in 1955.
Cover art for Varèse Sarabande's 1985 LP release of Bernard Herrmann's THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR (1947). Conducted by Elmer Bernstein.
Kim Novak on location in San Francisco while filming Alfred Hitchcock’s VERTIGO (1958).
Jeanne Moreau photographed behind the scenes
Title design from VERTIGO
Polish poster art for Alfred Hitchcock’s VERTIGO/ZAWRÓT GŁOWY (1958) from 1963. Art by Roman Cieslewicz (1930-1996)
Cover art for Varèse Sarabande's 1983 LP release of Rod Serling’s "The Twilight Zone."
Cary Grant photographed for a hair and makeup test for Alfred Hitchcock's NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959). Notes: "Hair mussed and drunk"
Bernard Herrmann conducting his score for “A Christmas Carol.” On December 23, 1954, Shower of Stars, a CBS anthology series, aired an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, starring Fredric March and Basil Rathbone. The presentation was narrated by Maxwell Anderson.
Vinyl cover art for the original television soundtrack from the 1954 Shower of Stars production of “A Christmas Carol,” featuring Fredric March as Scrooge. Music composed and conducted by Bernard Herrmann.
Bernard Herrmann in the 50s
Cover art for Unicorn’s 1973 LP release of Bernard Herrmann’s “The Devil and Daniel Webster/Welles Raises Kane.”
Martin Scorsese directs Robert De Niro in TAXI DRIVER (1976) on location in New York City.
Bernard Herrmann (back, right) conducting in a rehearsal of Orson Welles’ THE WAR OF THE WORLDS radio adaptation, which aired Oct. 30, 1938.
Cover art for Decca’s 1976 Phase 4 LP release of “Bernard Herrmann Conducts Psycho And Other Film Scores.”
Hayley Mills and Hywel Bennett photographed for Sidney Gilliat‘s ENDLESS NIGHT (1972),
Publicity still for Alfred Hitchcock’s THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955), featuring: Mildred Natwick, Edmund Gwenn, Jerry Mathers, Shirley MacLaine, John Forsythe and “Harry.”
Cover art for Varèse Sarabande's 1983 LP release of "The Twilight Zone: Volume 1." The album featured Bernard Herrmann's music for the episode "Walking Distance," along with additional music by Jerry Goldsmith, Franz Waxman, Nathan Van Cleave and Marius Constant.
Tippi Hedren photographed for THE BIRDS (1963).
Director Brian De Palma and Margot Kidder on the set of SISTERS (1973).
Composer Bernard Herrmann and director William Dieterle review the score for ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY, or: THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER (1941).
Alfred Hitchcock (left) working with cinematographer Robert Burks, ASC (looking through a viewfinder) while filming THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955).
Cover art for CITIZEN KANE
1983 re-release poster for Alfred Hitchcock's THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955).
Kim Novak photographed for Alfred Hitchcock’s VERTIGO (1958).
Saul Bass’s storyboards for the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s PSYCHO (1960).
Author Ray Bradbury with Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann.
Front cover art for Arista’s 1976 LP release of Bernard Herrmann's score for Martin Scorsese’s TAXI DRIVER.
Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese’s TAXI DRIVER (1976).
Bernard Herrmann’s handwritten “Prelude” from VERTIGO (1958).
Hitchcock and Herrmann on the set of THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH in 1955.
Kim Novak in Alfred Hitchcock's VERTIGO (1958).
Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint on the Mount Rushmore set of Alfred Hitchcock’s NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959).