Description
Book SynopsisBernard Herrmann is a music composer who in over 40 scores enriched the work of directors like Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Francois Truffaut, and Martin Scorsese. He scored for "Fahrenheit 451", "The Day the Earth Stood Still", and "Psycho". This title is his biography exploring the inter-relationships between his music and his personal life.
Trade Review"An exceptional work. I stand in awe of anyone who can piece together the puzzle of a man's life so fully, especially a man as odd and contradictory as Herrmann. A brilliant job."-Leonard Maltin; "Bernard Herrmann was a master of psychology. His incredibly innovative music 'inhabited' the film it was in, creating moods that stayed with the audience long after the film was over."-Esa-Pekka Salonen, Music Director, Los Angeles Philharmonic
Table of ContentsPreface to the 2002 Edition
Acknowledgments
Prelude
PART ONE: NEW YORK, 1911-1951
PART TWO: HOLLYWOOD, 1951-1971
PART THREE: LONDON, 1971-1975
Postlude
Appendix:
The Music of Bernard Herrmann
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
Photographs
