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Alfred hitchcock and bernard herrmann and text: the friendship and film scores that changed cinema; hitchcock and herrmann by steven c smith.

Hitchcock and Herrmann: The Friendship & Film Scores That Changed Cinema

“A wonderful study of two of history’s most lovable incorrigibles.”
– John Williams

This is the story of the game-changing collaboration between director Alfred Hitchcock and composer Bernard Herrmann, who channeled their inner fears and desires into films that would become the nightmarish soundtracks of our lives.

Alfred hitchcock and bernard herrmann and text: the friendship and film scores that changed cinema; hitchcock and herrmann by steven c smith.
book cover photo of Max Steiner

Music by Max Steiner:
The Epic Life of Hollywood’s Most Influential Composer

During a seven-decade career that spanned from 19th century Vienna to 1920s Broadway to the golden age of Hollywood, three-time Academy Award winner Max Steiner did more than any other composer to establish the language of film music, while writing many of cinema’s most memorable scores.

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A Heart at Fire’s Center:
The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann

No composer contributed more to film than Oscar winner Bernard Herrmann, who in over 40 scores enriched the work of such directors as Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, François Truffaut, and Martin Scorsese.

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