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 Posted: Thu Jan 17th, 2008 09:05 pm
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kj3553
Born in the wrong century


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Mana: 
 Hello. I've been away from the board for a long time and am going through the various threads, seeing what everyone's been talking about.

Hitchcock, eh? Yes, I love his films. I recently watched "The Lady Vanishes", and was pleased to see how well it holds up even today.

What stands out the most for me are the later films, in particular, the ones that had their scores written by Bernard Herrmann -- "Vertigo", "Psycho", "North by Northwest", etc. When I was very young, and before I understood such things, I knew there was this certain sound that Hitch's films had. Later, I realized what I was recognizing at that tender age was a specific composer's style.

Soundtracks are one of my favorite genres of music, and among my CDs are several with Herrmann's music. Of his Hitchcock scores, my favorite is the one he wrote for "Psycho".