Bernard Herrmann Net Worth

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Bernard Herrmann Net Worth

Bernard Herrmann Net Worth is
$200,000

Bernard Herrmann Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

The man behind the low woodwinds that open Citizen Kane (1941), the shrieking violins of Psycho (1960), and the plaintive saxophone of Taxi Driver (1976) was one of the most original and distinctive composers ever to work in film. He started early, winning a composition prize at the age of 13 and founding his own orchestra at the age of 20. After ...

Date Of BirthJune 29, 1911, New York City, New York, United States
DiedDecember 24, 1975, North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Place Of BirthNew York City, New York, USA
Height5' 8" (1.73 m)
ProfessionMusic Department, Composer, Soundtrack
ChildrenDorothy Herrmann, Wendy Herrmann
MoviesJourney to the Center of the Earth
Star SignCancer
TitleSalary
Psycho (1960)$34,500
Citizen Kane (1941)$10,000
#Quote
1[Alfred Hitchcock] only finishes a picture 60 percent. I have to finish it for him.
2[Good film music] . . . can invest a scene with terror, grandeur, gaiety or misery . . . propel narrative swiftly forward, or slow it down.
3I wrote the main title to Psycho (1960) before Saul Bass even did the animation . . . After the main title, nothing much happens for 20 minutes or so. Appearances, of course, are deceiving, for in fact the drama starts immediately with the titles . . . I am firmly convinced, and so is Hitchcock [Alfred Hitchcock], that after the main titles you know something terrible must happen. The main title sequence tells you so, and that is its function: to set the drama. You don't need cymbal crashes or records that never sell.
4In California, they like to pigeonhole you. From the time I began working for Hitchcock [Alfred Hitchcock], they decided I was a big suspense man. On other occasions, I've had fantasies of bittersweet romantic stories. I think I'd enjoy writing a good comedy score, but I've never had the luck to be offered such films. Mancini [Henry Mancini] gets the cheerful ones.
5Your views are as narrow as your tie.
#Fact
1In his series 20th Century Greats (2004), British composer and presenter Howard Goodall made a case for Hermann as one of the four most important composers of the 20th century, along with Leonard Bernstein, Cole Porter and the Lennon (John Lennon)McCartney (Paul McCartney) songwriting partnership.
2Alfred Hitchcock was so pleased by Herrmann's music for Psycho (1960) that he doubled his contracted fee for the score.
3Composed the original opening theme for The Twilight Zone (1959). Near the end of the first season, it was replaced by the more familiar theme composed by Marius Constant.
4Father, with Lucille Fletcher, of Dorothy Herrmann.
5The last film he ever saw was Larry Cohen's God Told Me To (1976). Herrmann was Cohen's original choice to score the film because of his work on It's Alive (1974), but he died in his sleep that night, hours after it was screened for him. The film was dedicated to Herrmann in his honor.
6His second wife was the cousin of his first wife.
7Pictured on one of six 33¢ USA commemorative postage stamps in the Legends of American Music series, honoring Hollywood Composers, issued 21 September 1999. Issued in panes of 20 stamps. Others honored in the set were Max Steiner, Dimitri Tiomkin, Franz Waxman, Alfred Newman, and Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
8Was the #1 inspiration and role model to composer Danny Elfman.
9Conductor for CBS Radio's "Crime Classics" (1953-1954).
10Was supposed to score Brian De Palma's film Carrie (1976), but he died just before that movie's post production was started, so the job was taken over by Pino Donaggio.
11Regarded The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) as his favorite of his own film scores. Some of the main thematic material in the score turned up in Herrmann's only opera, "Wuthering Heights."
12Was known to be a staunch Anglophile.
13Among his early radio work, he scored Orson Welles' infamous "War of the Worlds" broadcast.
14Not one of Herrmann's scores for Alfred Hitchcock was nominated for an Academy Award. However, his scores for Psycho (1960) and Vertigo (1958) were ranked #4 and #12 by the American Film Institute for their list of the top 25 film scores in American cinema.
Orson Welles, Bernard Herrmann

Music Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Meat2016/VShort completed
Citizen Vader2014Short original score music
Gintberg på kanten2014TV Series documentary music - 1 episode
The Marble Elephant2013Short music composed by
La clínica2012Short stock music
The Fear (El Miedo)2006composer: stock music
'Rear Window' Ethics: Remembering and Restoring a Hitchcock Classic2000Video documentary additional music
Troldspejlet1999-2000TV Series composer - 2 episodes
Reputations1999TV Series documentary additional music - 2 episodes
Everything Went Wrong1994Short music by
It's Alive III: Island of the Alive1987composer: original "It's Alive" theme
Grizzly II: The Concert1983composer: stock music
Xenogenesis1978Short composer: stock music
Obsession1976conductor - uncredited
Taxi Driver1976musical director - uncredited
Endless Night1972conductor
The Night Digger1971conductor / orchestrator - uncredited
Backtrack!1969composer: stock music - uncredited
Twisted Nerve1968composer: Georgie theme whistled version - uncredited / conductor - uncredited
Cimarron Strip1968TV Series conductor - 1 episode
Lost in Space1965-1968TV Series composer - 17 episodes
Rawhide1965TV Series conductor - 1 episode
Joy in the Morning1965conductor - uncredited / orchestrator - uncredited
The Richard Boone Show1963-1964TV Series conductor - 3 episodes
The Twilight ZoneTV Series composer - 21 episodes, 1959 - 1960 conductor - 7 episodes, 1959 - 1963
Jason and the Argonauts1963conductor: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / musical director - uncredited / orchestrator - uncredited
Have Gun - Will Travel1957-1963TV Series composer - 68 episodes
Mysterious Island1961conductor: The London Symphony Orchestra / orchestrator - uncredited
Hong Kong1960-1961TV Series composer - 12 episodes
Gunsmoke1961TV Series conductor - 2 episodes
Jarrett of K Street1960TV Movie composer: opening and closing theme music
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver1960conductor: The London Symphony Orchestra / orchestrator - uncredited
Psycho1960conductor - uncredited / orchestrator - uncredited
Blue Denim1959conductor - uncredited
North by Northwest1959conductor - uncredited / music arranger - uncredited / orchestrator - uncredited
The Trap1959composer: stock music - uncredited
Pursuit1958TV Series composer - 12 episodes
The Naked and the Dead1958conductor - uncredited
The Fiend Who Walked the West1958composer: stock music - uncredited
The Law and Jake Wade1958composer: stock music - uncredited / composer: title music - uncredited
Vertigo1958orchestrator - uncredited
Perry Mason1958TV Series composer - 1 episode
Studio One in Hollywood1958TV Series composer - 1 episode
A Hatful of Rain1957conductor - uncredited / orchestrator - uncredited
General Electric Theater1956TV Series conductor - 1 episode
The Wrong Man1956conductor - uncredited / orchestrator - uncredited
Shower of Stars1954TV Series conductor - 1 episode
The Egyptian1954conductor - uncredited / orchestrator - uncredited
Garden of Evil1954orchestrator - uncredited
King of the Khyber Rifles1953orchestrator - uncredited
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef1953conductor - uncredited / orchestrator - uncredited
White Witch Doctor1953orchestrator - uncredited
The Snows of Kilimanjaro1952orchestrator - uncredited
5 Fingers1952orchestrator - uncredited
On Dangerous Ground1951conductor - uncredited / orchestrator - uncredited
The Day the Earth Stood Still1951orchestrator - uncredited
Suspense1950TV Series composer - 1 episode
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir1947orchestrator - uncredited
Anna and the King of Siam1946orchestrator - uncredited
Hangover Square1945orchestrator - uncredited
The Falcon in Mexico1944composer: stock music - uncredited
Jane Eyre1943conductor - uncredited / orchestrator - uncredited
The Magnificent Ambersons1942conductor - uncredited / orchestrator - uncredited
The Devil and Daniel Webster1941conductor / orchestrator - uncredited
Citizen Kane1941music conducted by / orchestrator - uncredited

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Bärbel Schäfer2002TV Series writer - 1 episode
Livshunger2002TV Series music - 1 episode
The Majestic2001performer: "Klaatu", "Gort", "The Visor" / writer: "Klaatu", "Gort", "The Visor"
Curb Your Enthusiasm2000TV Series music - 1 episode
Columbo2000TV Series music - 1 episode
RKO 2811999TV Movie music: "Finale"
Lukas1998-1999TV Series writer - 2 episodes
Strange Planet1999writer: Original Soundtrack
Drive Me Crazy1999writer: "Duo"
Psycho1998writer: "Weepy Donuts"
Seinfeld1998TV Series music - 1 episode
Contact1997music: "The Twilight Zone" - uncredited
Jonathan Creek1997TV Series writer - 1 episode
Kingpin1996writer: "Sound Byte"
The Epic of Detective Mandy: Book Four - Spoof of the Living Dead II1995TV Movie writer: "Max", "Sam's Story", "Love?", "Strip Search", "Rape and Hospital", "Kersek Killed", "Houseboat", "The Fight", "The End"
Twelve Monkeys1995writer: "Vertigo Theme" 1958
Lumière et compagnie1995Documentary "Pas de printemps pour Marnie"
It Takes Two1995writer: "Theme from Psycho"
100 Years at the Movies1994TV Short documentary writer: "Citizen Kane: Snow Picture" - uncredited
Kika1993writer: "The Car Lot, the Package"
Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey1993Documentary writer: "The Day the Earth Stood Still"
Coneheads1993"The Lincoln Memorial"
Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann1992Documentary "North by Northwest", "Vertigo Suite" / writer: "Taxi Driver", "Citizen Kane", "On Dangerous Ground", "North by Northwest", "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir", "The Man Who Knew Too Much", "Psycho", "Cape Fear", "Torn Curtain", "The Bride Wore Black", "Sisters", "Jane Eyre", "Psycho-A Narrative for Orchestra"
Wayne's World1992"THE MURDER"
Palm Harbor Vice1991performer: "The Murder" from tt0054215 / writer: "The Murder" from tt0054215
Mystery Science Theater 30001991TV Series writer - 1 episode
Paint It Black1989writer: "FANFARE FOR 'TORN CURTAIN'"
Moonlighting1986-1988TV Series writer - 2 episodes
The Great Outdoors1988writer: "The Twilight Zone" - uncredited
Citizen Steve1987Documentary short performer: "Citizen Kane" / writer: "Citizen Kane"
Morgan Stewart's Coming Home1987performer: "The Murder" / writer: "The Murder"
Precious Images1986Documentary short writer: "Theme"
Knight Rider1984TV Series writer - 1 episode
Beauty1981writer: "Love Music" - uncredited
The Benny Hill ShowTV Series performer - 1 episode, 1980 writer - 1 episode, 1980
Thriller1979music: "Psycho"
More Than Sisters1979writer: "Music" - uncredited
Blue Heat1978writer: Music from the tt0054215 soundtrack - uncredited
Mary! Mary!1977writer: "Excerpts" - uncredited
Carrie1976writer: "Psycho, Suite: Prelude/The Murder/Finale" - uncredited
Taxi Driver1976music: "Hold Me Close"
Secret Desire1975writer: "Music from tt0054215 soundtrack" - uncredited
Hitler's Harlot1973writer: "Themes from The Day the Earth Stood Still" - uncredited
The Naked Witch1961music: "The Day the Earth Stood Still" 1951 - uncredited
Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall1960TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Twilight Zone1959TV Series writer: "Twilight Zone Theme"
The Man Who Knew Too Much1956arranger: "Storm Cloud Cantata" 1934 / performer: "Storm Cloud Cantata" 1934
Across the Wide Missouri1951writer: "The Devil's Concerto" from "The Devil and Daniel Webster' - uncredited
Portrait of Jennie1948music: "Jennie's Song" - uncredited
Hangover Square1945music: "Gay Love" - uncredited / writer: "Concerto Macabre" - uncredited
Cat People1942arranger: "Nothin' Else To Do" - uncredited
Citizen Kane1941music: "Aria from Salammbo" 1941 - uncredited
The Disappointments Room2016writer: "The Wedding", "The Wife"
Subdue2016Video short performer: "The Twilight Zone" / writer: "The Twilight Zone"
Joy2015/Iwriter: "Prelude" from tt0039420, "Goodnight" from tt0052357
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip2015writer: "The Murder"
De Palma2015Documentary writer: "The Solution/The Clinic/Hypnotic Trance"
Who's Doing the Dishes?2015TV Series writer - 1 episode
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl2015performer: "Scene D'Amour" from the motion picture tt0052357 / writer: "Scene D'Amour" from the motion picture tt0052357
Night at the Museum 32014writer: "The Murder"
Strictly Come Dancing2014TV Series writer - 1 episode
Perfect Therapy 3: Dawn of the Bite2014Short "Prelude and Nightmare"
Citizen Vader2014Short "Prelude", "Finale"
The 50 Year Argument2014Documentary performer: "The Road" / writer: "The Road", "The Reading"
Caffeine Madness2014Short writer: "The Twilight Zone Theme"
The Sugarcube Critic2014TV Series writer - 1 episode
What Is Cinema?2013Documentary performer: "Prelude" from Fahrenheit 451 written by nm0002136, "Finale" from Fahrenheit 451 written by nm0002136
Hitchcock2012writer: "The Murder", "The Bathroom"
Hollywood in Vienna 20122012TV Special music: "Psycho"
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia2012TV Series music - 1 episode
Not Fade Away2012writer: "Finale"
Atop the Fourth WallTV Series 1 episode, 2010 performer - 1 episode, 2012
Nostalgia Critic2012TV Series music - 1 episode
American Horror StoryTV Series writer - 2 episodes, 2011 performer - 2 episodes, 2011
The Simpsons2011TV Series writer - 1 episode
Dancing with the Stars2011TV Series music - 1 episode
BBC Proms2011TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno2011TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Artist2011/Imusic: "Love Scene"
South by Southeast2010Short music: "North by Northwest"
Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore2010writer: "Psycho Theme"
A Single Man2009writer: "Scène d'Amour" - uncredited
Capitalism: A Love Story2009Documentary writer: "Vertigo Prelude"
Hotel for Dogs2009writer: "The Murder"
Yes Man2008writer: "Journey to the Center of the Earth"
Australia2008writer: "Prelude" from tt0038303, "Time Passage" from tt0036969
Drillbit Taylor2008writer: "The Panic"
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis2008TV Series writer: "Theme From Taxi Driver"
The Key to Reserva2007Short writer: "Music"
Willkommen Österreich2007TV Series writer - 1 episode
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged SeriesTV Series performer - 1 episode, 2007 writer - 1 episode, 2007
Death Proof2007performer: "Introduction" / writer: "Introduction"
Arthur and the Invisibles2006performer: "Rosalie"
The SopranosTV Series music - 1 episode, 2006 writer - 1 episode, 2006
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis2006Documentary writer: "Final", "Overture"
Silence Becomes You2005writer: "Jane Eyre"
AMV Hell 3: The Motion Picture2005writer: "Twisted Nerve"
Movie Boy2005writer: "The Killing"
Kill Bill: Vol. 12003performer: "Twisted Nerve" / writer: "Twisted Nerve"
Wonderland2003writer: "I Work the Whole City" 1976
Koi... Mil Gaya2003writer: "Music" - uncredited
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle2003writer: "Cape Fear", "Scene D'Amour"/"The Nightmare"
Finding Nemo2003writer: "Psycho The Murder" 1960
Daddy Day Care2003writer: "The Knife"
Jackass: The Movie2002Documentary "The Murder"
Stuart Little 22002writer: "The Beach from Vertigo"

Composer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Man in the Silo2016
The Audition2013/IIIShort
Back to Room 6662008Documentary short
Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm2007Video documentary short
All About 'The Birds'2000Video documentary
Psycho1998
Untitled1997Short uncredited
The Jewel of Death1992Short
It Lives Again1978
Obsession1976
Taxi Driver1976
It's Alive1974
Sisters1972
Endless Night1972
The Night Digger1971
Bitka na Neretvi1969
Bezeten - Het gat in de muur1969
The Virginian1965-1969TV Series 4 episodes
Twisted Nerve1968
Companions in Nightmare1968TV Movie
The Bride Wore Black1968
Cimarron Strip1968TV Series 1 episode
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre1965-1966TV Series 2 episodes
Fahrenheit 4511966
Rawhide1965TV Series 2 episodes
Convoy1965TV Series
Joy in the Morning1965
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1963-1965TV Series 17 episodes
Kraft Suspense Theatre1964TV Series 1 episode
Marnie1964musical composition by
The Richard Boone Show1963-1964TV Series 3 episodes
The Twilight Zone1959-1963TV Series 7 episodes
The Great Adventure1963TV Series 1 episode
Jason and the Argonauts1963
Cape Fear1962
Tender Is the Night1962
Mysterious Island1961
Gunsmoke1961TV Series 3 episodes
The Americans1961TV Series 1 episode
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver1960
Psycho1960
The House on K-Street1959TV Movie
Journey to the Center of the Earth1959
Perry Mason1958-1959TV Series 2 episodes
Blue Denim1959
North by Northwest1959
For Better or Worse1959TV Series
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad1958
Pursuit1958TV Series
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse1958TV Series
The Naked and the Dead1958
The Law and Jake Wade1958uncredited
Vertigo1958
Collector's Item1958TV Movie uncredited
Have Gun - Will Travel1957TV Series 1 episode
A Hatful of Rain1957
Playhouse 901957TV Series 1 episode
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans1957TV Series 1 episode
Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot1957Short
General Electric Theater1955-1956TV Series 2 episodes
The Wrong Man1956
The Man Who Knew Too Much1956music scored by
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit1956
Landmark1956TV Movie
The Trouble with Harry1955music score
The Kentuckian1955
Prince of Players1955
Shower of Stars1954TV Series 1 episode
Climax!1954TV Series
The Lineup1954TV Series
The Egyptian1954
Garden of Evil1954
King of the Khyber Rifles1953
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef1953
White Witch Doctor1953
The Snows of Kilimanjaro1952
5 Fingers1952
On Dangerous Ground1951
The Day the Earth Stood Still1951
Studio One in Hollywood1948TV Series
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir1947
Anna and the King of Siam1946
Hangover Square1945
Jane Eyre1943
The Magnificent Ambersons1942uncredited
The Devil and Daniel Webster1941
Citizen Kane1941

Sound Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Birds1963sound consultant / sound designer - uncredited

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Man Who Knew Too Much1956Conductor / Himself (uncredited)

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
At Granny's House2015thanks
Dusty2008Short special thanks
God Told Me To1976dedicated to the memory of - as Mr. Bernard Herrmann
Taxi Driver1976our gratitude and respect to: June 29, 1911 - December 24, 1975
Portrait of Jennie1948grateful acknowledgment

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Music for the Movies: Bernard Herrmann1992DocumentaryHimself
Telescope1964TV Series documentaryHimself

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
SCORE: A Film Music Documentary2016DocumentaryHimself
20th Century Greats2004TV Mini-Series documentaryHimself
The Music of 'Fahrenheit 451'2003Video documentary shortHimself
The Making of 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'2000Video documentary shortHimself
The Trouble with Marnie2000TV Movie documentaryHimself

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2015IFMCA AwardInternational Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)Best Archival Release of an Existing Score - Re-ReleaseObsession (1976)
2015IFMCA AwardInternational Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)Best Archival Release of an Existing Score - Re-RecordingObsession (1976)
2011IFMCA AwardInternational Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)Best Archival Re-Recording of an Existing ScoreBitka na Neretvi (1969)
1999OFTA Film Hall of FameOnline Film & Television AssociationBehind the ScenesMusic
1992BMI Film Music AwardBMI Film & TV AwardsCape Fear (1991)
1977Anthony Asquith Award for Film MusicBAFTA AwardsTaxi Driver (1976)
1976LAFCA AwardLos Angeles Film Critics Association AwardsBest MusicTaxi Driver (1976)
1975Golden ScrollAcademy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USABest MusicFor his career.
1942OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Music, Scoring of a Dramatic PictureAll That Money Can Buy (1941)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
1998FMCJ AwardInternational Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)Best New Recording of a Previously Existing ScoreThe 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
1977OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Music, Original ScoreObsession (1976)
1977OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Music, Original ScoreTaxi Driver (1976)
1977GrammyGrammy AwardsBest Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television SpecialTaxi Driver (1976)
1955Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsBest Original Music Composed for TVShower of Stars (1954)
1952Golden GlobeGolden Globes, USABest Original ScoreThe Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
1947OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy PictureAnna and the King of Siam (1946)
1942OscarAcademy Awards, USABest Music, Scoring of a Dramatic PictureCitizen Kane (1941)

Known for movies

Music Department

Citizen Kane (1941)
as Music Department

Music Department

Taxi Driver (1976)
as Music Department

Soundtrack

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
as Soundtrack

Music Department

Psycho (1960)
as Music Department

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IMDB Wikipedia

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