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Bernard Herrmann USA [1911-1975]
Group: Film
Short description: Hitchcock trillers. Bird sounds edited together as the soundtrack to The Birds. Bold percussion music. Bold and direct, yet certainly not typical of the day. Rather than full-blown themes, his knack was to select and develop simple mottos such as those high-pitched screaming Psycho violins or in Vertigo those dizzying augmented chord arpeggios that seemed to encapsulate the whole concept of the movie (moving in different directions at the same time). Orchestration also tended to be unusual but again tailored perfectly to the particular need. Psycho used strings only, which seemed to match the black and white photography. Follows Rozsa being bold and dark and an integral part of the film experience. Taxi driver (central theme on saxophone oozing a sleazy Jazz mood for the city night life, and some sweeping dramatic surges to show the Robert de Niro character state of mind). Orchestration also tended to be unusual but again tailored perfectly to the particular need. Psycho used strings only, which seemed to match the black and white photography. In Jason and the Argonauts, he makes use of woodwinds in lower registers and primordial brass fanfares to evoke Hellenic antiquity.
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1996 - The Great Hitchcock Movie Thrillers/01 - Psycho (15m)
1996 - The Great Hitchcock Movie Thrillers/02 - Marnie (10m)
1996 - The Great Hitchcock Movie Thrillers/03 - North by Northwest (3m)
1996 - The Great Hitchcock Movie Thrillers/04 - Vertigo (11m)
1996 - The Great Hitchcock Movie Thrillers/05 - A Portrait of Hitch (from The Trouble with Harry) (8m)
Taxi Driver/01 - Main Title (2m)
Taxi Driver/02 - Thank God for the Rain (2m)
Taxi Driver/03 - Cleaning the Cab (1m)
Taxi Driver/04 - I Still Cant Sleep - They Cannot Touch Her (Betsys Theme) (5m)
Taxi Driver/05 - Phone Call - I Realize How Much She is Like the Others - A Strange Customer - Watching Palantine on TV - Youre Gonna Die In Hell - Betsys Theme - Hitting The Girl (6m)
Taxi Driver/06 - The.44 Magnum is a Monster (3m)
Taxi Driver/07 - Getting Into Shape - Listen You Screwheads - Gun Play - Dear Father Mother - The Card - Soap Opera (5m)
Taxi Driver/08 - Sport and Iris (2m)
Taxi Driver/09 - The 20 Bill - Target Practice (3m)
Taxi Driver/10 - Assassination Attempt - After the Carnage (5m)
Taxi Driver/11 - A Reluctant Hero - Betsy - End Credits (5m)
Taxi Driver/12 - Diary of a Taxi Driver (Album Version) (4m)
Taxi Driver/13 - Gods Lonely Man (Album Version, with Alternate Ending) (2m)
Taxi Driver/14 - Theme from Taxi Driver (4m)
Taxi Driver/15 - I Work the Whole City (2m)
Taxi Driver/16 - Betsy in a White Dress (2m)
Taxi Driver/17 - The Days Do Not End (4m)
Taxi Driver/18 - Theme from Taxi Driver (Reprise) (2m)

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Deyneka RUS-1899
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S Davis AME-1892
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