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Alfred Hitchcock 100 Years A Bernard Herrmann Film Score Tribute
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Conducted by Elmer Bernstein Performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Produced by James Fitzpatrick and Bob & Barn Release Date: August 10, 1999
This is the second Alfred Hitchcock compilation CD released in celebration of the esteemed director’s one-hundredth birthday, and while it does one-up the Signatures in Suspense album in a few places, it mostly falls flat. There are only three things that this compilation has going for it over it’s competition. One is the inclusion of music from The Man Who Knew Too Much, second is the far better sound quality of the North by Northwest track, and the other is a couple of tracks the contain commentary on the art of film scoring by Bernard Herrmann. The commentary tracks are very interesting, but don’t last very long and they left me wanting more. On the downside, this CD doesn’t have near as much music on it as Signatures in Suspense, and includes an absolutely horrible remix of the murder music from Psycho, complete with grating electronic sound effects. |
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1 - Bernard Herrmann (on the impact of cinema) (0:53) 2 - Psycho (Suite: Prelude (2:04) / The Murder (2:37) / Finale (1:52) 3 - Vertigo (Scene d'Amour) (6:39) 4 - Bernard Herrmann (on Hitchcock) (1:09) 5 - The Man Who Knew Too Much (Cantata - The Storm Clouds) (8:16) 6 - North by Northwest (Prelude) (3:08) 7 - Bernard Herrmann (on the emotion of cinema music) (1:32) 8 - The Wrong Man (Prelude) (2:08) 9 - Psycho ( The Murder 1999 Remix) (1:33) 10 - Bernard Herrmann (on a composer's responsibility) (1:06) |
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| Total Running Time: 33:12 | ||
Overall, if you’re looking for a good Hitchcock compilation CD, I would
skip this one and go with
