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Bernard Herrmann was an American composer and conductor best known for his work in film scores. He composed the scores for such classic films as Citizen Kane, Psycho, Vertigo, and Taxi Driver. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his work on The Day the Earth Stood Still and won an Emmy for his score for The Twilight Zone. He also composed the music for the television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Herrmann was a pioneer in the use of electronic instruments in film scores and was one of the first composers to use the theremin in his scores. He was also a prolific composer of concert works, including symphonies, ballets, and operas. He died in 1975 at the age of 64.
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Max Herman |
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music_department,composer,soundtrack |
| Age |
64 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer |
| Born |
29 June, 1911 |
| Birthday |
29 June |
| Birthplace |
New York City, New York, USA |
| Date of death |
24 December, 1975 |
| Died Place |
North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Nationality |
United States |
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Bernard Herrmann Height, Weight & Measurements
At 64 years old, Bernard Herrmann height is 5' 8" (1.73 m) .
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5' 8" (1.73 m) |
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Who Is Bernard Herrmann's Wife?
His wife is Norma Shepherd (27 November 1967 - 24 December 1975) ( his death), Lucy Anderson (August 1949 - 1964) ( divorced), Lucille Fletcher (2 October 1939 - 1948) ( divorced) ( 2 children)
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| Wife |
Norma Shepherd (27 November 1967 - 24 December 1975) ( his death), Lucy Anderson (August 1949 - 1964) ( divorced), Lucille Fletcher (2 October 1939 - 1948) ( divorced) ( 2 children) |
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Bernard Herrmann Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Bernard Herrmann worth at the age of 64 years old? Bernard Herrmann’s income source is mostly from being a successful Music Department. He is from United States. We have estimated
Bernard Herrmann's net worth
, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Citizen Kane (1941) | $10,000 |
| Psycho (1960) | $34,500 |
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Timeline
In his series 20th Century Greats (2004), British composer and presenter Howard Goodall made a case for Hermann as one of the four most important composers of the 20th century, along with Leonard Bernstein, Cole Porter and the Lennon (John Lennon)\McCartney (Paul McCartney) songwriting partnership.
Was supposed to score Brian De Palma's film Carrie (1976), but he died just before that movie's post production was started, so the job was taken over by Pino Donaggio.
He ended his partnership with Hitchcock after the latter rejected his score for Torn Curtain (1966) on studio advice.
A notorious perfectionist and demanding (he once said that most directors didn't have a clue about music, and he blithely ignored their instructions--like Hitchcock's suggestion that Psycho (1960) have a jazz score and no music in the shower scene).
Composed the original opening theme for The Twilight Zone (1959). At the start of the second season, it was replaced by the more familiar theme composed by Marius Constant.
Conductor for CBS Radio's "Crime Classics" (1953-1954).
He was also an early experimenter in the sounds used in film scores, most famously Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951), scored for two theremins, pianos, and a horn section; and was a consultant on the electronic sounds created by Oskar Sala on the mixtrautonium for The Birds (1963).
Regarded The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) as his favorite of his own film scores. Some of the main thematic material in the score turned up in Herrmann's only opera, "Wuthering Heights."
The man behind the low woodwinds that open Citizen Kane (1941), the shrieking violins of Psycho (1960), and the plaintive saxophone of Taxi Driver (1976) was one of the most original and distinctive composers ever to work in film. He started early, winning a composition prize at the age of 13 and founding his own orchestra at the age of 20.
After writing scores for Orson Welles's radio shows in the 1930s (including the notorious 1938 "The War of the Worlds" broadcast), he was the obvious choice to score Welles's film debut, Citizen Kane (1941), and, subsequently, The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), although he removed his name from the latter after additional music was added without his (or Welles's) consent when the film was mutilated by a panic-stricken studio. Herrmann was a prolific film composer, producing some of his most memorable work for Alfred Hitchcock, for whom he wrote nine scores.
