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1. The Day the Earth Stood Still
(Bernard Herrmann)

The fifth release in Fox Records’ commendable first set of ‘Classic Series’ soundtrack restorations is one of Bernard Herrmann’s best scores. The first composer’s’ outright science fiction score, this ...

2. Vertigo
(Bernard Herrmann)

Joel McNeely conducts this very welcome recording of Herrmann’s VERTIGO, which features nearly thirty minutes of music not included on the original Mercury soundtrack album. Although still about ten minutes ...

3. Bernard Herrmann at Fox Vol. I
(Bernard Herrmann)

It seems that Bernard Herrmann never wrote a bad film score. While the three 20th Century-Fox films represented on this first volume of BERNARD HERRMANN AT FOX may not be his best known, each has something ...

4. Bernard Herrmann at Fox Vol. 2
(Bernard Herrmann)

As good as BERNARD HERRMANN VOL 1 was, this second volume is even better. Last year there was an excellent Marco Polo re-recording of GARDEN OF EVIL and PRINCE OF PLAYERS. The Varèse CD doesn’t include ...

5. The Egyptian
(Alfred Newman)

This splendid new recording in true stereo of one of the classic collaborations of Hollywood composers derives itself from the original score composition to present the music as it was intended to appear ...

6. The Night Digger
(Bernard Herrmann)

Previously issued in 1994, Label X has reissued Bernard Herrmann’s score for the 1971 film THE NIGHT DIGGER in a remastered format with a few minutes of additional music. Sound quality, with well-defined ...

7. George Fenton: The Company of Wolves
(Soundtrack/Interviews)

... whatever, but it definitely has an influence and that’s where I’m most at home, with rhythm sections. In my own area, I think I’m influenced by Bernard Herrmann and I know I have been by Ennio Morricone. ...

8. Christopher Frayling: Sergio Leone - Something to Do with Death
(Reviews/Books)

Paperback: 570 pages Publisher: Faber and Faber (6 Mar 2000) Language English ISBN-10: 0571164382 ISBN-13: 978-0571164387 Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.2 x 4.8 cm Christopher Frayling, ...

9. Ryuichi Sakamoto Interview
(Soundtrack/Interviews)

... by Bernard Herrmann and Ennio Morricone. I am still very interested in them. Ford A. Thaxton: Your first film credit was MERRY CHRISTMAS, MR. LAWRENCE, which you also acted in (Sakamoto played the ...

10. John Ottman: The Wizard of Light and Sound
(Soundtrack/Interviews)

... that excited me most about the project was that I could take John Carpenter’s theme and make a huge orchestral version of it, like Bernard Herrmann meets John Carpenter. Rudy Koppl: What was your ...

11. Joel McNeely meets Peter Pan in RETURN TO NEVER LAND
(Soundtrack/Scoring Session)

... he said enthusiastically. “There’s a wealth of education in here and it makes me a better composer.” As he spoke, he showed me scores by Bernard Herrmann, Elmer Bernstein, Franz Waxman, and John Williams. ...

12. Mario Nascimbene: The Innovative Use of Sounds
(Soundtrack/Interviews)

... effect, but he gave me advice rather than tried to influence me. Among my contemporaries, I very much like Italian composers like Ennio Morricone and Piero Piccioni. Among foreign composers, Bernard ...

13. John Ottman on Scoring EIGHT-LEGGED FREAKS
(Soundtrack/Scoring Session)

... four or six bass clarinets like Bernard Herrmann, but I had three, and it created a nice cluster of sound for those scenes, Randall D. Larson: What do you feel was the biggest challenge you faced ...

14. Franz Waxman: An Appreciation
(Soundtrack/Composers)

... Newman and Bernard Herrmann), THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA (Dimitri Tiomkin), SPARTACUS and CLEOPATRA (both scored by Alex North). It is interesting to imagine what Waxman would have done for these films and ...

15. John Debney’s Sword and Sorcery Spectacular
(Soundtrack/Interviews)

... can do,” the director explained. It was a cue not un-reminiscent of Bernard Herrmann’s music from MYSTERIOUS ISLAND. Debney kicked into full gear and started changing the cue for the director as if he ...

16. Nicola Piovani: Composing by Images
(Soundtrack/Interviews)

... I’d enjoy doing that very much. Claudio Fuiano: What’s the story behind LA TRACE? Nicola Piovani: Bernard Favre is a very talented director - I believe he’s about to embark on a new film, by the ...

17. Kendall Schmidt: The Subtle Art of ReScoring
(Soundtrack/Interviews)

... hooked,” Schmidt said. Among his favorite film composers he names Bernard Herrmann, John Williams and Georges Delerue, and considers his own music influenced by each of them. Since the early 1980s, ...

18. Howard Shore on Scoring SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
(Soundtrack/Scoring Session)

... once said about Bernard Herrmann. Think of some Goldsmith scores in relation to the aloofness he used to display in concerts and recording sessions. Think of Mancini’s soft and enchanting music in relation ...

19. Jerry Goldsmith on Scoring BASIC INSTINCT
(Soundtrack/Scoring Session)

... the preceding generations of film composers with the adulation of Bernard Herrmann, carrying the master’s unrelenting perfectionism and slicing opinions for over 3 decades. Along with such compatriots ...

20. Gerard Schurmann: Music for Hammer, and others
(Soundtrack/Interviews)

A Conversation with Gerard Schurmann by Randall D. Larson © 1993/2010 Originally published in Soundtrack Magazine Vol.12/No.46/1993 Text reproduced by kind permission of the editor, Luc Van de Ven ...