Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann

The film explores the work of a compo­ser who created music for over 50 films, collaborating with such directors as Orson Welles, Nicholas Ray, and Martin Scorsese. Best remembered for his 12-year collaboration with Hitchcock on such classics as Vertigo, North by Northwest, and Psycho, Herrmann pioneered many fundamental techniques of film scoring in the course of his 35-year career. The documentary focuses on Hermann's influence on the role of music in film, emphasizing the importance of scoring as an essential element of filmmaking.