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Bernard Herrmann
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Bernard Herrmann (born Max Herman; June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975) was an American composer best known for his work in composing for motion pictures. As a conductor, he championed the music of lesser-known composers. An Academy Award-winner (for The Devil and Daniel Webster, 1941; later renamed All That Money Can Buy), Herrmann is particularly known for his collaborations with director Alfred Hitchcock, most famously Psycho, North by Northwest, The Man Who Knew Too Much, and Vertigo. He also composed scores for many other movies, including Citizen Kane, The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Cape Fear, and Taxi Driver. He worked extensively in radio drama (composing for Orson Welles), composed the scores for several fantasy films by Ray Harryhausen, and many TV programs, including Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone and Have Gun–Will Travel.
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Taxi Driver
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Cape Fear
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Vertigo
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North by Northwest
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
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Psycho
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Psycho
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Citizen Kane
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Psycho
1998
Cape Fear
1991
Obsession
1976
Taxi Driver
1976
Sisters
1973
Twisted Nerve
1968
The Bride Wore Black
1968
Marnie
1964
Jason and the Argonauts
1963
Mysterious Island
1961
Psycho
1960
Journey to the Center of the Earth
1959
North by Northwest
1959
Vertigo
1958
The Wrong Man
1956
The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956
The Trouble with Harry
1955
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
1953
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
1947
Jane Eyre
1943
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942
Citizen Kane
1941