Bernard Hermann- Pyscho

• Bernard Hermann is from America
• When was he born 1911
• Bernard Hermann's Works Citizen Kate, Jason and the Argonauts, Fahrenheit 451 and Taxi Driver
• He obtains an Oscar
• He worked with Alfred Hitchcock for Psycho
• Who was Alfred Hitchhock A flim produced
• Who influenced Bernard Hermann modernist composers and not romantic
• Prioir to flim composing, Bernard Hermann was a classical composer
• He was known for being a ‘prickly’ character, with a (justifiably) high opinion of himself, he insisted from the very beginning on artistic freedom, whenever he took on a film
• Hermann help achieve 33% of the effect of Pyscho due to his music
• The music of psycho is described as being tense, cold, ruthless music, evoking madness at times, but also with occasional moments of tenderness
• Why was Hermann considered bold He only used strings
• Harmony in general No tonal centres and schemes and no functional harmony
• The tempo is fast in Prelude, Murder, Cellar, Discovery.
• The tempo is slow in The City, Marion, Toys, Finale.
• He died in 1975
• Williams, Percy Grainger, and especially Holst (composer of The Planets) seemed to have influenced Herrmann, and Herrmann certainly had that Anglophile tie.
• He studied music in Juilliard School New York University