"House Burns" unused music by Bernard Herrmann.

Cover art for Unicorn’s 1973 LP release of Bernard Herrmann’s “The Devil and Daniel Webster/Welles Raises Kane.” Music performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra (@lporchestra.bsky.social) and conducted by the composer.

Happy 83rd birthday to director Martin Scorsese! 📸 Martin Scorsese directs Robert De Niro in TAXI DRIVER (1976) on location in New York City.

Bernard Herrmann (back, right) conducting in a rehearsal of Orson Welles’ THE WAR OF THE WORLDS radio adaptation, which aired Oct. 30, 1938.

We're chatting with @brandonbrown.bsky.social about Larry Cohen's It's Alive from 1974. @bernardherrmann.bsky.social LISTEN: linktr.ee/FrontRowClas...

Cover art for Decca’s 1976 Phase 4 LP release of “Bernard Herrmann Conducts Psycho And Other Film Scores.”

Hayley Mills and Hywel Bennett photographed for Sidney Gilliat‘s ENDLESS NIGHT (1972), which was based on Agatha Christie’s 1967 novel.

The role of Harry was played by the uncredited Philip Truex.

Publicity still for Alfred Hitchcock’s THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955), featuring: Mildred Natwick, Edmund Gwenn, Jerry Mathers, Shirley MacLaine, John Forsythe and “Harry.”

Cover art for Varèse Sarabande's 1983 LP release of "The Twilight Zone: Volume 1." The album featured Bernard Herrmann's music for the episode "Walking Distance," along with additional music by Jerry Goldsmith, Franz Waxman, Nathan Van Cleave and Marius Constant.

Tippi Hedren photographed for THE BIRDS (1963).

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Director Brian De Palma and Margot Kidder on the set of SISTERS (1973).

Composer Bernard Herrmann and director William Dieterle review the score for ALL THAT MONEY CAN BUY, or: THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER (1941). Bernard Herrmann earned his first and only Academy Award for his original score for the film.

Stephen King on Daphne du Maurier.

Alfred Hitchcock (left) working with cinematographer Robert Burks, ASC (looking through a viewfinder) while filming THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955). This film was Hitchcock’s first collaboration with composer Bernard Herrmann.

Quartet Records (@quartetrecords.bsky.social), in collaboration with Fifth Continent Music Classics, presents remastered reissues of the acclaimed 1991 recordings of Bernard Herrmann’s CITIZEN KANE & THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS scores, conducted by Tony Bremner. 🔗 quartetrecords.com/shop/cd-cata...

1983 re-release poster for Alfred Hitchcock's THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955).

Kim Novak photographed for Alfred Hitchcock’s VERTIGO (1958).

Saul Bass’s storyboards for the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s PSYCHO (1960). “I liked its purity. I must say, when I saw the thing in the theater, it really scared the hell out of me and apparently everybody else.” –Saul Bass on PSYCHO

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Author Ray Bradbury with his friends and colleagues Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Herrmann. @raybradbury.bsky.social

Front and back cover art for Arista’s 1976 LP release of Bernard Herrmann's score for Martin Scorsese’s TAXI DRIVER. Side 1: Composed by Bernard Herrmann. Arranged & conducted by David Blume with Tom Scott on saxophone. Side 2: Composed & conducted by Bernard Herrmann.

Robert De Niro was born on this day in 1943, shown here in Martin Scorsese’s TAXI DRIVER (1976).

Chilling AF! Anthony Perkins take a bow. #Psycho #TCMParty

Bernard Herrmann’s handwritten “Prelude” from VERTIGO (1958).

Alfred Hitchcock was born on this day in 1899. Composer Bernard Herrmann and Hitchcock collaborated on eight films from 1955 to 1964, and also The Alfred Hitchcock Hour television program. Photo: Hitchcock and Herrmann on the set of THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH in 1955.

Four costumes by designer Edith Head worn by Kim Novak in Alfred Hitchcock's VERTIGO (1958).

Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint on the set of Alfred Hitchcock’s NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959).

The only thing we love more than Ray Harryhausen is Ray Harryhausen and @bernardherrmann.bsky.social working on the same film!

Sean Connery on the set of Alfred Hitchcock's MARNIE (1964).

Martin Scorsese and Cybill Shepherd on location in New York City filming TAXI DRIVER (1976).

Cover art for Unicorn’s 1971 LP release of Bernard Herrmann’s “Wuthering Heights” opera. The libretto was written by Herrmann’s first wife, Lucille Fletcher, and was based on the first part of Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel of the same name.

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Photograph of Alfred Hitchcock and model Ina Balke, taken by Jeanloup Sieff for Harper’s Bazaar, 1962.

A great read! 👇 ‘How PSYCHO’s terrifying music changed film forever’ by @thobbsjourno.bsky.social via BBC Culture: www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

Anthony Perkins photographed as Norman Bates in a publicity still for Alfred Hitchcock’s PSYCHO (1960).

I wrote about the genius of Bernard Herrmann for BBC Culture, focusing on his score for 1960's Psycho, which bailed out Hitchcock. I'm proud this writing shows how the dread of the era crept into Herrmann's sound and details his influence on rap. Read: www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

Jeanne Moreau photographed for François Truffaut's THE BRIDE WORE BLACK (1968).

Gene Tierney photographed for Michael Curtiz's THE EGYPTIAN (1954). The film’s score was co-written by Bernard Herrmann and the legendary Alfred Newman.

First Polish release poster for Alfred Hitchcock’s VERTIGO/ZAWRÓT GŁOWY (1958) from 1963. Art by Roman Cieslewicz (1930-1996)

archive.org/details/1959... Here is a rare opportunity to watch an original score by Bernard Herrmann for THE AMERICANS series, an episode titled "The Regular" (Feb 6, 1961).

Lyricist Alan Bergman has died at the grand age of 99. His most famous lyric: The Way We Were. His most magnificently bonkers work and a Hall of Fame movie love theme: This, from the original Thomas Crown Affair. Listen and be amazed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEhS...

Alfred Hitchcock photographed for THE BIRDS (1963).

Japanese 45RPM promo record for Bernard Herrmann’s TAXI DRIVER (1976). Released by Arista. Side A: “Theme from Taxi Driver” (Conducted by David Blume with Tom Scott on sax) Side B: “Diary of a Taxi Driver” (Narrated by Robert De Niro, with music composed and conducted by Bernard Herrmann)

Orson Welles in CITIZEN KANE (1941).

The iconic sled from Orson Welles’s 1941 classic Citizen Kane has sold for $14.75m (£11m) at auction. The buyer is unknown, but the seller was the director Joe Dante, who was given the item in 1984 while working on EXPLORERS on the Paramount lot, previously home to RKO Pictures.

Rosebud sled from Citizen Kane sells at auction for £11m